Candidate · U.S. House, District 3
John Braun
What this job does: Your district's one vote in the U.S. House, which writes federal laws, taxes and spending. A term is two years.
- Current office
- State Senator, 20th Legislative District (since 2013)
- Occupation
- State senator; business owner; retired Navy captain
Background
- State Senator for the 20th Legislative District since 2013; Senate Republican Leader and former Ways and Means Committee chair. source: sos.wa.gov (Secretary of State)
- Retired U.S. Navy captain with 31 years of service in the submarine force. source: sos.wa.gov (Secretary of State)
- President of Braun Northwest, a Chehalis emergency-vehicle manufacturer that employs about 350 people. source: sos.wa.gov (Secretary of State)
- B.S. in Electrical Engineering, University of Washington; M.B.A. and M.S. in Manufacturing Engineering, University of Michigan. source: sos.wa.gov (Secretary of State)
In their own words
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- Protect taxpayers and homeowners; lower taxes and cut waste and fraud source: sos.wa.gov (Secretary of State)
- Rebuild American manufacturing source: sos.wa.gov (Secretary of State)
- Support law enforcement and veterans source: sos.wa.gov (Secretary of State)
- Protect Social Security and Medicare; restore parents' rights in education source: sos.wa.gov (Secretary of State)
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