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From car shop owner to Congress, U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez’s life has changed considerably since last fall, but one telling detail remains unchanged: She doesn’t like wearing suits.
“I don’t walk around wearing a suit because I don’t want people to think that I think I’m better than them,” Perez, D-Skamania, said in a recent interview with The Columbian at her district office in Vancouver.
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