Hunter Gordon
Hunter Gordon (Democratic Party) is running for election to the U.S. House to represent Washington's 1st Congressional District. He declared candidacy for the primary scheduled on August 4, 2026.[source]
Gordon completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2026. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Hunter Gordon graduated from Tesla STEM School. He earned a bachelor's degree from Western Washington University in 2018. His career experience includes working as a caregiver.[1]
Elections
2026
See also: Washington's 1st Congressional District election, 2026
General election
The primary will occur on August 4, 2026. The general election will occur on November 3, 2026. General election candidates will be added here following the primary.
Nonpartisan primary
Nonpartisan primary election for U.S. House Washington District 1
Incumbent Suzan DelBene (D), Hunter Gordon (D), Benjamin Kincaid (D), and James Etzkorn (Independent) are running in the primary for U.S. House Washington District 1 on August 4, 2026.
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 | Suzan DelBene (D) | |
 | Hunter Gordon (D)  | |
| Benjamin Kincaid (D) | ||
 | James Etzkorn (Independent) | |
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Campaign themes
2026
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Hunter Gordon completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2026. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Gordon's responses.
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As a home care aide helping my brother with Down syndrome and a young person in America, I know the struggles people in this district face every single day. I know what it’s like to navigate and fight with a broken healthcare system that doesn’t prioritize patients. I know that my generation is unlikely to be able to afford the cost of living for the foreseeable future, and I know as a union worker how relentless corporate greed is killing the working class. It is this perspective that is so badly needed in Congress, and it’s one today that is platformed by so few because of the deeply entrenched power of corporate money in our elections.
If elected, I will take your anger at the state of our country, our economy, and turn it into action. I will relentlessly fight for you, your family and your livelihood - not AIPAC, big tech or billionaire donors.- I stand for working people first. The Billionaire class is destroying our country, and it should be illegal to hoard the obscene level of wealth required to become one. If elected, I will introduce legislation to create a Wealth Tax and amend the tax code so that every dollar gained over a billion goes back into the social safety net. This by itself isn't enough though — in order to rebuild the middle class and make living affordable, we need to drastically raise the minimum wage to $25/an hour to keep pace with inflation, and fight for national rent control and harsh punishments for corporate greed to end price gouging and make it cheap to own a home once again.
- I will always prioritize human rights. Immigrant families deserve not to be terrorized and ripped apart by masked ICE thugs. Trans people deserve to be able to live their lives without the federal government trying to erase their existence. And Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank deserve the opportunity to build their lives without the threat of more bombings using the weapons we continually send Israel. If elected I will push to abolish ICE, prosecute Kristi Noem and protect our immigrant communities. I will introduce legislation to federally enshrine access to gender-affirming healthcare and other basic protections for trans people, and I will not vote for even a single additional cent in monetary or material aid to Israel.
- Tech billionaires like Elon Musk, Peter Thiel and Bill Gates have wreaked havoc on our country with their out of control corporate greed and constant attacks on our privacy. Now they want to shove AI slop down our throats and make us pay to power their datacenters, all so these same companies can improve their bottom lines and kill millions of jobs. It’s time to punish CEOs who have sold our personal data, and implement strict regulations on generative AI that exists only to destroy art, culture and spread disinformation. Then, it’s time to break up the big tech monopolies themselves and protect the workers who make their machines run.
Beyond healthcare, I care deeply about fighting for a Green New Deal, for LGBTQ+ rights, for an immigration system that prioritizes humanity and opportunity over cruelty and deportation.
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
2026 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on March 2, 2026
