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Jim Walsh
Republican Party
Candidate, Washington House of Representatives District 19-Position 1
Republican Party of Washington Chair
Tenure
Present officeholder
Washington House of Representatives District 19-Position 1
Tenure
2017 - Present
Term ends
2027
Years in position
9
Predecessor: JD Rossetti (D)
Compensation
Base salary
$61,997/year
Per diem
$206/day
Elections and appointments
Last election
November 5, 2024
Next election
August 4, 2026
Education
Bachelor's
Amherst College, 1986
Personal
Birthplace
Jacksonville, FL
Profession
Business owner
Contact
Official website
Official Facebook
Campaign website
Campaign Facebook
Personal Facebook

Jim Walsh (Republican Party) is a member of the Washington House of Representatives, representing District 19-Position 1. He assumed office on January 9, 2017. His current term ends on January 11, 2027.

Walsh is also the Republican Party of Washington Chair.

Walsh (Republican Party) is running for re-election to the Washington House of Representatives to represent District 19-Position 1. He declared candidacy for the primary scheduled on August 4, 2026.[source]

On August 12, 2023, party leadership elected Walsh to serve as the chairman of the Washington Republican Party.[1]

Biography

Jim Walsh was born in Jacksonville, Florida. He earned a bachelor's degree from Amherst College in 1986. Walsh's career experience includes working as a business owner.[2]

Committee assignments

2023-2024

Walsh was assigned to the following committees:

2021-2022

Walsh was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Walsh was assigned to the following committees:

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

Washington committee assignments, 2017
• Agriculture and Natural Resources
• Business and Financial Services
• Capital Budget

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.


Elections

2026

See also: Washington House of Representatives elections, 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 election

Nonpartisan primary for Washington House of Representatives District 19-Position 1

Incumbent Jim Walsh is running in the primary for Washington House of Representatives District 19-Position 1 on August 4, 2026.

Candidate
Image of Jim Walsh
Jim Walsh (R)

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2024

See also: Washington House of Representatives elections, 2024

General election

General election for Washington House of Representatives District 19-Position 1

Incumbent Jim Walsh defeated Mike Coverdale in the general election for Washington House of Representatives District 19-Position 1 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Jim Walsh
Jim Walsh (R)
 
60.1
 
48,544
Image of Mike Coverdale
Mike Coverdale (D) Candidate Connection
 
39.8
 
32,094
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
76

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 80,714
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Washington House of Representatives District 19-Position 1

Incumbent Jim Walsh and Mike Coverdale advanced from the primary for Washington House of Representatives District 19-Position 1 on August 6, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Jim Walsh
Jim Walsh (R)
 
59.6
 
25,771
✔
Image of Mike Coverdale
Mike Coverdale (D) Candidate Connection
 
40.3
 
17,450
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
54

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 43,275
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Campaign finance

Endorsements

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2022

See also: Washington House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for Washington House of Representatives District 19-Position 1

Incumbent Jim Walsh defeated Kelli Hughes-Ham in the general election for Washington House of Representatives District 19-Position 1 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Jim Walsh
Jim Walsh (R) Candidate Connection
 
62.2
 
39,940
Image of Kelli Hughes-Ham
Kelli Hughes-Ham (D) Candidate Connection
 
37.7
 
24,232
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
71

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 64,243
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Washington House of Representatives District 19-Position 1

Incumbent Jim Walsh and Kelli Hughes-Ham advanced from the primary for Washington House of Representatives District 19-Position 1 on August 2, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Jim Walsh
Jim Walsh (R) Candidate Connection
 
61.0
 
27,044
✔
Image of Kelli Hughes-Ham
Kelli Hughes-Ham (D) Candidate Connection
 
38.8
 
17,200
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
66

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 44,310
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2020

See also: Washington House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Washington House of Representatives District 19-Position 1

Incumbent Jim Walsh defeated Marianna Everson in the general election for Washington House of Representatives District 19-Position 1 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Jim Walsh
Jim Walsh (R)
 
59.3
 
43,315
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Marianna Everson (D)
 
40.6
 
29,625
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
84

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 73,024
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Washington House of Representatives District 19-Position 1

Incumbent Jim Walsh and Marianna Everson defeated Clint Bryson in the primary for Washington House of Representatives District 19-Position 1 on August 4, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Jim Walsh
Jim Walsh (R)
 
57.6
 
27,203
✔
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Marianna Everson (D)
 
22.3
 
10,525
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Clint Bryson (D)
 
20.0
 
9,447
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
39

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 47,214
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2018

See also: Washington House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for Washington House of Representatives District 19-Position 1

Incumbent Jim Walsh defeated Erin Frasier in the general election for Washington House of Representatives District 19-Position 1 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Jim Walsh
Jim Walsh (R)
 
50.4
 
28,569
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Erin Frasier (D)
 
49.6
 
28,085

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 56,654
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Washington House of Representatives District 19-Position 1

Incumbent Jim Walsh and Erin Frasier advanced from the primary for Washington House of Representatives District 19-Position 1 on August 7, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Jim Walsh
Jim Walsh (R)
 
50.2
 
17,605
✔
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Erin Frasier (D)
 
49.8
 
17,469

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 35,074
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2016

See also: Washington House of Representatives elections, 2016

Elections for the Washington House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election was held on August 2, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was May 20, 2016.

Jim Walsh defeated Teresa Purcell in the Washington House of Representatives, District 19-Position 1 general election.[3]

Washington House of Representatives, District 19-Position 1 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Jim Walsh 50.49% 28,693
     Democratic Teresa Purcell 49.51% 28,134
Total Votes 56,827
Source: Washington Secretary of State


Teresa Purcell and Jim Walsh defeated incumbent JD Rossetti, Tim Sutinen and Val Tinney in the Washington House of Representatives District 19-Position 1 top two primary.[4][5]

Washington House of Representatives, District 19-Position 1 Top Two Primary, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Teresa Purcell 24.19% 6,411
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Jim Walsh 28.96% 7,675
     Democratic JD Rossetti Incumbent 24.00% 6,361
     Democratic Tim Sutinen 8.23% 2,180
     Republican Val Tinney 14.63% 3,877
Total Votes 26,504
Source: Washington Secretary of State

Campaign themes

2026

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2024

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2022

Candidate Connection

Jim Walsh completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Walsh's responses.

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I am husband of one and father of five. I own and operate a small business. In the legislature, I am a strong voice for constitutional government, safe streets in our communities, a thriving private-sector economy that creates jobs and opportunity, and delivering excellent basic education to WA's children. Our state constitution starts by reminding us: "All political power is inherent in the people, and governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed and are established to protect and maintain individual rights."
  • Restore balanced, constitutional government in Olympia.
  • Return the ability to chase criminal suspects and fight crime to our law enforcement agencies.
  • Give the people of Washington reasonable tax relief: especially property, sales and fuel tax relief.
My legislative committee assignments reflect my policy focuses. I'm ranking member on the WA House Civil Rights and Judiciary Committee. I'm assistant ranking member on two other committees: K-12 Education and State Government. And I also sit on the House Transportation Committee. In addition to those assignments, I serve on the Community Economic Revitalization Board (CERB) and on the legislature's Water Rights Mitigation Task Force.
Thomas Jefferson. Abraham Lincoln. Barry Goldwater. Dan Evans.
Walter Cronkite reading death tallies from the war in Viet Nam. I was three or four years old.
My first job was as a lifeguard. I did that through high school and my first year of college.
Co-equal.
To restore balanced, constitutional government in Olympia.

To rein in an overreaching bureaucratic administrative establishment.

To assure that a high-quality basic education is available to children in every corner of the state.
Washington does not have a unicameral legislature. I assume that one of the benefits is a simpler process for moving bills. Our bicameral legislature has screwed up needed reforms in the last days of the last several sessions.
Not necessarily.
Yes.
WA's bipartisan commission system is good.
See above.
Yes.
Necessary, sometimes. Not necessarily desirable.
To compromise without losing integrity, a legislator must start from a place of strong principles. And return to that place regularly.

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2020

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2016

Walsh's campaign website highlighted the following issues:

“

For Jobs

State government can do better when it comes to our local economy. Seattle politicians make decisions that shutter local businesses and then say our communities should be dependent on tourism. Tourism is great, but we can't rebuild our economy on any one industry. We need family wage jobs. That means a diversified economy. And local legislators who will stand up to Seattle’s agenda.

For Schools

For too many years, Olympia has failed our community, refusing to fund our local schools adequately. The 19th District needs a more effective state education system and a fairer property tax system. Our kids...and their families...deserve a good education. But the issue is even bigger than that. Good schools are vital to our future--and our economic recovery.

For Representative

Jim Walsh shares our community’s values. He's committed to Coastal Washington's success. He cares about the future of our children and our local economy. He shares our area's commitment to bi-partisanship and common sense. Most of all: He’s a voice for the Coast, not Seattle.[6]

”
—Jim Walsh[7]

Campaign finance summary

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Jim Walsh campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024Washington House of Representatives District 19-Position 1Won general$78,491 $75,024
2022Washington House of Representatives District 19-Position 1Won general$133,315 $135,317
2020Washington House of Representatives District 19-Position 1Won general$173,528 N/A**
2018Washington House of Representatives District 19-Position 1Won general$260,611 N/A**
2016Washington House of Representatives, District 19-Position 1Won $198,719 N/A**
Grand total$844,664 $210,341
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Election Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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    Footnotes

    1. ↑ Washington State Republican Party, "Washington State Republican Party elects Rep. Jim Walsh for Chairman," accessed August 21, 2023
    2. ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on July 3, 2022
    3. ↑ Washington Secretary of State, "General Election Results 2016," accessed December 2, 2016
    4. ↑ Washington Secretary of State, "2016 Candidates Who Have Filed," accessed May 23, 2016
    5. ↑ Washington Secretary of State, "August 2, 2016 Primary Results," accessed August 25, 2016
    6. ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
    7. ↑ Elect Jim Walsh, "Issues," accessed October 4, 2016

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    Preceded by
    JD Rossetti (D)     		Washington House of Representatives District 19-Position 1
    2017-Present    		 Succeeded by
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    Preceded by
    -     		Republican Party of Washington Chair
    -Present    		 Succeeded by
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