华盛顿州朗维尤市5月发生的一场纸浆厂爆炸事故造成11人丧生，成为该州近一个世纪来最严重的工业事故之一。1 这场悲剧发生在日本产业包装公司位于朗维尤港口城市的设施内，爆炸时间为上午7:18。1 虽然这起事故曾短暂团结了当地社区，但随后举行的选举再次暴露了该地区根深蒂固的政治分歧。
在8月4日举行的初选中，共和党州参议员约翰·布劳恩以39.7%的得票率领先民主党众议员玛丽·格鲁森坎普·佩雷兹的36.4%，两人顺利进入11月的国会众议院决选。1 进步民主党人布伦特·亨里希以16.7%的得票率排名第三。1 根据最新民调，布劳恩以48%的支持率领先格鲁森坎普·佩雷兹的47%，还有5%的选民未作决定。1
格鲁森坎普·佩雷兹在爆炸事故后迅速行动，6月支持了一项修正案，为独立联邦机构美国化学安全和危险调查委员会恢复1400万美元的拨款。1 然而，她因投票支持《美国选民资格保护法》、ICE相关拨款以及限制公立学校性别认同教育的法案而遭到进步派的批评。1
A devastating explosion at a paper mill in Longview, Washington has become a defining issue in a tightly contested congressional race. The blast occurred at the Nippon Dynawave Packaging facility on the morning of May at 7:18 a.m., killing 11 people in what constitutes one of the state's most serious industrial accidents in nearly a century 1.
The disaster has thrust local concerns about workplace safety and industrial regulation into the center of the competition for Washington's Third Congressional District House seat. In the August 4 primary election, Republican state Senator John Braun narrowly led with 39.7 percent of the vote, followed closely by Democratic Representative Mary Grusenkamp Perez at 36.4 percent, with progressive Democrat Brent Heinrich capturing 16.7 percent 1. The top two finishers advanced to the November general election, where recent polling shows an exceptionally tight contest: Braun at 48 percent and Grusenkamp Perez at 47 percent, with 5 percent of voters remaining undecided 1.
Grusenkamp Perez moved to address safety concerns stemming from the explosion, supporting an amendment in June to restore $14 million in federal funding for the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board, an independent federal agency 1. However, her voting record has exposed divisions within the district's Democratic base. She has faced criticism from progressive voters for her support of legislation restricting gender identity education in public schools, her vote for an immigration enforcement appropriations bill, and her backing of the Voter Protection Act 1. While the industrial tragedy temporarily united the community, deep political divisions remain and continue to influence how residents approach the pivotal House election.
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