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2026 candidates we're tracking in WA-9
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Doug Basler
Prefers Republ
Basler founded and leads Prologue Digital Inc., an advertising and video production company, and has worked in media and marketing since 1990, per the campaign site. He has served as King County Republican Party vice chairman and Eastside Republican Club president, and attended Multnomah University, per the campaign site.
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Adam Smith
Prefers Democr
Incumbent
Smith was raised in SeaTac by an adoptive family; his father was a ramp serviceman and Machinists' Union member at Sea-Tac Airport, per the campaign site. He earned a political science degree from Fordham University while working nights loading UPS trucks, and later a law degree from the University of Washington, per the campaign site. He worked as a Seattle prosecutor and judge pro tempore before serving in the Washington State Senate and, since 1996, in the U.S. House representing Washington's 9th District, where he has led the House Armed Services Committee, per the campaign site.
About this race
Washington's 9th Congressional District elects one member of the U.S. House of Representatives to a two-year term. Every House seat in the country is on the ballot in 2026. The Washington primary is Tuesday, August 4, 2026, and the general election is Tuesday, November 3, 2026.