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Washington

Washington Voter Guide 2026

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State Snapshot

Primary ElectionAug. 4, 2026
General ElectionNov. 3, 2026
StateWashington
Places Listed32
Profiles246

2026 Federal Races

Washington elects its governor and other statewide officers in presidential-election years, so none are on the 2026 ballot. Every U.S. House seat is up this year; these are the certified candidates from the state election office:

U.S. House - WA-1

7 candidates
  • Benjamin Kincaid (Prefers Democratic Party)
    Benjamin Kincaid describes himself on his campaign site as a moderate reform Democrat focused on public safety, affordability, and accountability, and proposes ending federal income tax liability for people earning under $61,000, per the same site.
    Priorities: Public safety and civil commitment reform · No federal income tax on earnings under $61,000 · Government accountability
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  • Suzan DelBene (Prefers Democratic Party)Incumbent
    Suzan DelBene
    Suzan DelBene is the sitting U.S. Representative for this district, per the chamber's current membership roster. Her campaign site lists economic security for families, health care, and reproductive rights among her focus areas.
    Priorities: Economic security and lowering costs for families · Health care · Reproductive rights
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  • Bryce Nickel (Prefers Democratic Party)
    Bryce Nickel is on the Washington Secretary of State's official filing list for this district's August 4, 2026 top-two ballot.
  • James Etzkorn (Prefers Independent Party)
    James Etzkorn is an engineer and fifth generation Washingtonian, per his campaign site, which calls for term limits, campaign finance restrictions, and a ban on congressional insider trading.
    Priorities: Modernizing government and cutting waste · Growing real wages and easing costs · Reducing the national debt
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  • Hunter Gordon (Prefers Democratic Party)
    Hunter Gordon is a home care aide and union worker who grew up in Redmond and has lived in the district his whole life, per his campaign site; he says his more than five years of care work includes supporting his brother, who has Down syndrome.
    Priorities: Medicare for All · A $25 federal minimum wage · A wealth tax on billionaires
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  • Mary Silva (Prefers Republican Party)
    Mary Silva is the only filer in this field stating a Republican Party preference, per the state's official filing list; her campaign site lists jobs and national security, accountability for government officials, and medical decision-making rights among her focus areas.
    Priorities: Jobs and national security · Government accountability · Medical decision-making rights
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  • Catherine Hildebrand (Prefers Democratic Party)
    Catherine Hildebrand describes herself as a progressive voice for the district on her campaign site.
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U.S. House - WA-2

4 candidates
  • Edwin H. Feller (Prefers Republican Party)
    Edwin H. Feller is a Lynden contractor who founded Feller Heating and Air Conditioning and spent about six decades in the trade, including State Department facility work abroad, per Cascadia Daily News; he is the only filer in this field stating a Republican Party preference. The paper reports his platform includes support for law enforcement and expanded nuclear and hydroelectric power.
    Priorities: Support for law enforcement · Expanding nuclear and hydroelectric energy
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  • Tomas Scheel (Prefers Democratic Party)
    Tomas Scheel is a small business owner challenging the incumbent, per Everett Herald coverage of this race.
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  • Devin Hermanson (Prefers Democratic Party)
    Devin Hermanson is an activist and entrepreneur who founded the protest group Defund Musk, per his campaign site, which says he accepts no campaign donations at all.
    Priorities: Medicare for All · A Green New Deal · Removing corporate money from politics
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  • Rick Larsen (Prefers Democratic Party)Incumbent
    Rick Larsen
    Rick Larsen is the sitting U.S. Representative for this district and the top Democrat on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, per his campaign site; Everett Herald coverage notes he is seeking a 14th term. His site says he has directed $386 million in federal infrastructure funds to the district.
    Priorities: Lowering costs for families · Protecting reproductive freedom · Fighting fentanyl and supporting veterans
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U.S. House - WA-3

9 candidates
  • Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (Prefers Democratic Party)Incumbent
    Marie Gluesenkamp Perez
    Marie Gluesenkamp Perez is the sitting U.S. Representative for this district; she lives in rural Skamania County and co-owns a Portland auto repair shop with her husband, per the Camas-Washougal Post-Record. The paper notes she is a member of the centrist Blue Dog Coalition and often votes independently of her party.
    Priorities: Border security · Reproductive freedom · Right to repair
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  • Brent Hennrich (Prefers Democratic Party)
    Brent Hennrich is a movie theater industry site supervisor from Vancouver, per the Camas-Washougal Post-Record, which reports he leads the incumbent's challengers in fundraising. He sought this seat in 2022 before withdrawing and endorsing Gluesenkamp Perez, per KUOW.
    Priorities: Universal health care · Affordability · Education access
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  • John P. Roco (Prefers Republican Party)
    John P. Roco is on the Washington Secretary of State's official filing list for this district's August 4, 2026 top-two ballot.
  • John Saulie-Rohman (Prefers Independent Party)
    John Saulie-Rohman is a father of four from the Camas-Washougal area making his second run for this seat, per the Camas-Washougal Post-Record; his campaign site centers on removing lobbyist and special interest money from Congress.
    Priorities: Removing special interest money from Congress · Resilient local communities and economies · Moving past the two-party system
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  • Troy Rasband (Prefers Democratic Party)
    Troy Rasband is a Vancouver blue-collar worker who has held such jobs since age 16 and holds an associate degree from Clark College, per the Camas-Washougal Post-Record; his campaign site says it accepts no corporate PAC money.
    Priorities: Medicare for All · Higher taxes on the wealthiest · Clean energy jobs
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  • John Braun (Prefers Republican Party)
    John Braun is the Washington State Senate minority leader from the Centralia area, president of emergency vehicle manufacturer Braun Northwest, and a retired Navy submarine captain with 31 years of service, per his campaign site and the Camas-Washougal Post-Record.
    Priorities: Border security · Restraining federal spending · Lower costs for families
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  • Antony Barran (Prefers Cascade Party)
    Antony Barran is an entrepreneur who co-founded Willapa Wild, a regenerative oyster farm on Willapa Bay, per his campaign site; he began the race as a Republican and switched to the centrist Cascade Party of Washington, per the same site and the Camas-Washougal Post-Record.
    Priorities: Jobs and small business growth · Attainable home ownership · Regional infrastructure
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  • Austin Braswell (Prefers Democratic Party)
    Austin Braswell is on the Washington Secretary of State's official filing list for this district's August 4, 2026 top-two ballot.

U.S. House - WA-4

11 candidates
  • Jacek "Jack" Kobiesa (States No Party Preference)
    Jacek "Jack" Kobiesa is a Pasco mechanical engineer who immigrated from Poland, per the Yakima Herald-Republic's guide to this field.
    Priorities: Protecting Columbia River hydroelectric power · Government accountability
  • Amanda McKinney (Prefers Republican Party)
    Amanda McKinney is a Yakima County commissioner, small business owner, and former mortgage banker, per the Yakima Herald-Republic, which reports she leads the field in fundraising through March 2026 FEC filings.
    Priorities: Agriculture and water rights · Energy production and lowering costs · Border security
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  • John Duresky (Prefers Democratic Party)
    John Duresky is a retired Air Force major from West Richland who worked as a project control officer at the Hanford site, with 37 years of combined military and civil service, per the Yakima Herald-Republic; he is the only filer in this field stating a Democratic Party preference.
    Priorities: Affordability for working families · Agriculture and water rights · Term limits and a congressional stock trading ban
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  • John C. Hughs (Prefers Republican Party)
    John C. Hughs is a certified pharmacy technician from Lind who works in medication therapy management for a community health plan, per the Yakima Herald-Republic.
    Priorities: Regulating artificial intelligence to protect civil liberties · Controlling government spending · Vocational and technical education
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  • Favian Valencia (Prefers Independent Party)
    Favian Valencia is a Yakima civil rights attorney and business owner whose family settled in the valley as farmworkers, per the Yakima Herald-Republic and his campaign site.
    Priorities: Health care access · Affordability and the local economy · Term limits and campaign finance reform
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  • Jerrod Sessler (Prefers Republican Party)
    Jerrod Sessler is a Navy veteran, entrepreneur, and former NASCAR driver from Prosser, per his campaign site; the Yakima Herald-Republic notes he advanced to the November 2024 ballot for this seat.
    Priorities: Restraining government spending · Supporting farmers and agriculture infrastructure · Rural and veterans health care
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  • Devin Poore (Prefers Cascade Party)
    Devin Poore is an East Wenatchee software engineer who left his job to campaign full time, per the Yakima Herald-Republic; he runs with the new centrist Cascade Party of Washington.
    Priorities: Getting big money out of politics · Congressional term limits · A Central Washington plan on affordability, energy, and water
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  • Ken Vaz (Prefers Republican Party)
    Ken Vaz is a software developer who has worked at Nordstrom, Salesforce, Amazon, and Tableau, per his campaign site; the Yakima Herald-Republic notes he is based in Seattle, outside Central Washington.
    Priorities: Affordability · Social Security reform · Privacy protections
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U.S. House - WA-5

12 candidates
  • Nate Powell (Prefers Independent Party)
    Nate Powell is a union firefighter and Marine Corps veteran, per his campaign site; RANGE Media reports he was recruited and endorsed by the Working Class Heroes Fund and ranks third in the field in fundraising.
    Priorities: Medicare for All · A congressional stock trading ban · Antitrust enforcement to protect family farms
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  • Carmela Conroy (Prefers Democratic Party)
    Carmela Conroy is a former U.S. Foreign Service officer whose postings included Afghanistan, Japan, and Pakistan, and a former Spokane County deputy prosecutor, per her campaign site; she was the district's 2024 Democratic nominee, per RANGE Media and the Spokesman-Review.
    Priorities: An economy that works for Eastern Washington · Protecting Medicare, Medicaid, and rural hospitals · Public safety and steady foreign policy
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  • Matthew Hayes (Prefers Independent Party)
    Matthew Hayes is an Air Force veteran, retired physician, and recent Gonzaga law graduate, per RANGE Media's guide to the field.
    Priorities: Increasing voter turnout · Patients over profit in health care
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  • Bajun R. Mavalwalla (Prefers Democratic Party)
    Bajun R. Mavalwalla is a retired Army officer from Valley, Washington who served more than two decades with deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, per his campaign site.
    Priorities: Civil liberties and the Bill of Rights · Higher taxes on billionaires · Support for veterans and workers
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  • Michael McGarr (Prefers Democratic Party)
    Michael McGarr is a retired Spokesman-Review copy editor, a former air traffic controller, and an Air Force veteran, per Spokesman-Review coverage of this race; RANGE Media reports he has filed no fundraising with the FEC.
    Priorities: Bipartisan cooperation · Medicare for All · Term limits for Supreme Court justices
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  • Kevin Fagan (Prefers Democratic Party)
    Kevin Fagan serves on the City of Spokane's Climate Resilience and Sustainability Board and is the youngest contender in the field, per RANGE Media; his campaign site pledges to refuse corporate PAC money.
    Priorities: Restoring health insurance subsidies and expanding coverage · Housing, clean energy, and infrastructure · A congressional stock trading ban and term limits
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  • Michael Baumgartner (Prefers Republican Party)Incumbent
    Michael Baumgartner
    Michael Baumgartner is the sitting U.S. Representative for this district, a former Spokane County treasurer, and a former State Department officer who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, per RANGE Media and the Spokesman-Review; he sits on the Education and Workforce, Judiciary, and Foreign Affairs committees, per RANGE Media.
    Priorities: Border security and lower taxes · Protecting the Lower Snake River dams · Federal infrastructure funding for Eastern Washington
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  • Kyle Usrey (Prefers Independent Party)
    Kyle Usrey is an attorney and former university dean who led Whitworth University's business school and a university in Lithuania, per a Spokesman-Review profile; his campaign site says it accepts no PAC money.
    Priorities: Tariff relief for Palouse farmers · Health care reform
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U.S. House - WA-6

5 candidates
  • Emily Randall (Prefers Democratic Party)Incumbent
    Emily Randall
    Emily Randall is the sitting U.S. Representative for this district and a former deputy majority leader of the Washington State Senate from Port Orchard, per the Kitsap Daily News; she told the paper she founded the bipartisan Congressional Ferry Caucus in her first term.
    Priorities: Health care access and affordability · Housing and childcare affordability · Congressional oversight and accountability
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  • Brian P. O'Gorman (Prefers Independent Party)
    Brian P. O'Gorman is a disabled Army veteran who served 16 years as a field medic, per his campaign site and the Kitsap Daily News.
    Priorities: Constitutional protections, including ending civil forfeiture · Reducing two-party control of politics
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  • Teresa Fox (Prefers Republican Party)
    Teresa Fox is an occupational safety professional from Bremerton who directed environmental health and safety at Olympic College and coordinated safety programs for the state Department of Labor and Industries, per the Kitsap Daily News.
    Priorities: Public safety · Affordability and taxes · Reducing government waste
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  • Macy Jones (States No Party Preference)
    Macy Jones is a behavioral health student at Peninsula College who volunteers with a weekly food distribution program, per her state voters pamphlet statement as printed by the Kitsap Daily News.
    Priorities: Universal health care · Raising the federal minimum wage · Affordability
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  • Leon Lawson (Prefers Trump Republican Party)
    Leon Lawson owns Dogcon Auto, a used car dealership in Shelton, and has run statewide three times, per the Kitsap Daily News; he told the paper he is running a zero-spend grassroots campaign.
    Priorities: Lower prescription drug costs for seniors · Federal cannabis policy reform · Vocational training for youth

U.S. House - WA-7

4 candidates
  • David W. Blomstrom (Prefers Fifth Republic Party)
    David W. Blomstrom is on the Washington Secretary of State's official filing list for this district's August 4, 2026 top-two ballot.
  • Pramila Jayapal (Prefers Democratic Party)Incumbent
    Pramila Jayapal
    Pramila Jayapal is the sitting U.S. Representative for this district and has represented it since 2017, per her official profile at congress.gov. Her campaign site emphasizes grassroots organizing.
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  • Nirav Sheth (Prefers Republican Party)
    Nirav Sheth is a small business owner, Marine Corps veteran, and former Lakewood police officer who immigrated from India in 2008, per his campaign site.
    Priorities: Affordability and the economy · Public safety · Small business growth
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  • Gwen Kirkland (Prefers Democratic Party)
    Gwen Kirkland describes herself as a labor organizer on her campaign site.
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U.S. House - WA-8

6 candidates
  • Kim Schrier (Prefers Democratic Party)Incumbent
    Kim Schrier
    Kim Schrier is the sitting U.S. Representative for this district and a pediatrician who practiced in Issaquah for 16 years before her election, per her campaign site.
    Priorities: Lowering health care and prescription drug costs · Taking on corporate consolidation that raises consumer costs · Protecting Medicaid and health care access
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  • Trinh Ha (Prefers Republican Party)
    Trinh Ha is a scholar with a doctorate from the University of California, Berkeley who served as a consultant to the Department of Veterans Affairs from 2019 to 2025, per her campaign site; she came to the United States from Vietnam in 1995.
    Priorities: Strong schools · Safe streets · A people-first economy
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  • Spencer Meline (Prefers Republican Party)
    Spencer Meline is a small business owner and father of four, born and raised in Washington, per his campaign site.
    Priorities: Strong small businesses · Lowering the cost of living · Safe communities
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  • Keith Arnold (Prefers Democratic Party)
    Keith Arnold's campaign site centers on election reform, including ranked choice voting, and on his account of losing a federal position over his past runs for office.
    Priorities: Ranked choice voting
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  • Andres Valleza (Prefers Republican Party)
    Andres Valleza describes a public service career in law enforcement and behavioral health on his campaign site; he told NBC Right Now that affordability and community safety are at the center of his campaign.
    Priorities: Justice and public safety · Government accountability · Affordability and tax relief
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  • Bob Hagglund (Prefers Republican Party)
    Bob Hagglund is a former UnitedHealth Group data scientist from Granite Falls and a former Snohomish County Republican Party chair, per Spokesman-Review candidate coverage; he ran statewide for lieutenant governor in 2024, per the Washington State Standard.
    Priorities: Lowering costs and growing local jobs · Parental voice and choice in education · Crime and public safety
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U.S. House - WA-9

5 candidates
  • Jacob Perasso (Prefers Socialist Workers Party)
    Jacob Perasso told KUOW he has raised less than $5,000 and has no campaign website; he is on the state's official filing list with a Socialist Workers Party preference.
  • Kshama Sawant (Prefers Independent Party)
    Kshama Sawant served ten years on the Seattle City Council, where her campaign site says she led the push for the city's $15 minimum wage; KUOW coverage of this race describes her as a socialist former councilmember.
    Priorities: Free universal public health care · National rent control · Higher taxes on the wealthy
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  • Melissa Chaudhry (Prefers Democratic Party)
    Melissa Chaudhry describes 15 years of work across civil rights, housing, and human services on her campaign site; she advanced to the November 2024 ballot for this seat, per KOMO News results coverage.
    Priorities: Foreign policy change and peace · Constitutional rights and free speech · Health care and housing
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  • Doug Basler (Prefers Republican Party)
    Doug Basler is the only filer in this field stating a Republican Party preference and has sought this seat five times before, per KUOW; his campaign site leads with affordability, families, and public safety.
    Priorities: Affordability and economic opportunity · Supporting families · Public safety
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  • Adam Smith (Prefers Democratic Party)Incumbent
    Adam Smith
    Adam Smith is the sitting U.S. Representative for this district and has held the seat for nearly three decades, per KUOW, which notes he faces several challengers this cycle.
    Priorities: Lower rents and more housing construction · Pathways to high-paying jobs
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U.S. House - WA-10

6 candidates
  • Adam Arafat (Prefers Democratic Party)
    Adam Arafat is an Army aviation veteran from Spanaway whose campaign site says he accepts no corporate PAC money.
    Priorities: Accountable government · Measurable local investment in the district
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  • Marilyn Strickland (Prefers Democratic Party)Incumbent
    Marilyn Strickland
    Marilyn Strickland is the sitting U.S. Representative for this district, a former two-term mayor of Tacoma, and a former CEO of the Seattle Metro Chamber, per her campaign site.
    Priorities: Affordable housing and good jobs · Health care affordability · Safe neighborhoods and secure retirement
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  • Kurtis Engle (Prefers Union Party)
    Kurtis Engle is on the Washington Secretary of State's official filing list for this district's August 4, 2026 top-two ballot.
  • Alex Scheel (Prefers Democratic Party)
    Alex Scheel is an Army combat veteran who deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan and later worked in the craft beer industry, per his campaign site, which says he accepts no corporate PAC money.
    Priorities: Medicare for All · Housing and workers' rights
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  • Derek Maynes (States No Party Preference)
    Derek Maynes centers his campaign on what his site calls the Tenth Vote, a direct democracy plan under which district voters would collectively direct his votes in Congress.
    Priorities: Direct democracy through the Tenth Vote plan · Reducing the national debt
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  • Chris D. Chung (Prefers Republican Party)
    Chris D. Chung is on the Washington Secretary of State's official filing list for this district's August 4, 2026 top-two ballot.

Statewide Ballot Measures

2 statewide measures are on Washington's 2026 ballot. Tap a measure for the plain-language summary.

  • Parental Right to Review Education Materials, Receive Notifications, and Opt Out of Sexual-Health Education Initiative
    Re-enact Initiative to the Legislature 2081 (2024), related to parental rights to review educational materials, receive specific notifications, and opt their children out of sexual health education.
    Indirect initiated state statute
    Full measures guide →
  • Sex Verification Requirements for Female School Sports Initiative
    Require school and voluntary nonprofit athletics to prohibit biologically male students from competing with and against biologically female students.
    Indirect initiated state statute
    Full measures guide →

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King County

124 candidates
  • 124 tracked candidate profiles
  • 55 races covered

Clark County

21 candidates
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  • 9 races covered

Pierce County

17 candidates
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  • 6 races covered

Spokane County

16 candidates
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  • 10 races covered

Snohomish County

4 candidates
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  • 2 races covered

Island County

29 candidates
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  • 14 office types represented

Balance of Clark County

21 candidates
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  • 11 office types represented

Balance of Pierce County

20 candidates
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  • 18 office types represented

Grays Harbor County

15 candidates
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  • 11 office types represented

Skagit County

15 candidates
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  • 11 office types represented

Cowlitz County

14 candidates
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Yakima city

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Benton County

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Clallam County

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8 candidates
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  • 3 office types represented

Bellevue city

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Grant County

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Kirkland city

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Kitsap County

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Sammamish city

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Thurston County

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Lewis County

3 candidates
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2 candidates
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Chelan County

2 candidates
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Mason County

2 candidates
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  • 1 office type represented

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1 candidates
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Federal Way city

1 candidates
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Kennewick city

1 candidates
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Seattle city

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Yakima County

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