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Rep. Gluesenkamp Perez finds her footing

Congresswoman opens district office, stakes claim for S.W. Washington in D.C.

By , Columbian staff writer
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McKenzie and Molly Williams of Camas, from left, chat with Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez during the open house for her new district office along Officers Row on Thursday afternoon.
McKenzie and Molly Williams of Camas, from left, chat with Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez during the open house for her new district office along Officers Row on Thursday afternoon. (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian) Photo Gallery

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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