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Michelle Caldier

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Michelle Caldier
Image of Michelle Caldier

Candidate, Washington State Senate District 26

Washington House of Representatives District 26-Position 2
Tenure

2015 - Present

Term ends

2027

Years in position

10

Compensation

Base salary

$61,997/year

Per diem

$202/day

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 5, 2024

Next election

November 4, 2025

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Michelle Caldier (Republican Party) is a member of the Washington House of Representatives, representing District 26-Position 2. She assumed office on January 12, 2015. Her current term ends on January 11, 2027.

Caldier (Republican Party) is running in a special election to the Washington State Senate to represent District 26. She is on the ballot in the special general election on November 4, 2025. She advanced from the special primary on August 5, 2025.

Committee assignments

Note: This membership information was last updated in September 2023. Ballotpedia completes biannual updates of committee membership. If you would like to send us an update, email us at: editor@ballotpedia.org.

2023-2024

Caldier was assigned to the following committees:

2021-2022

Caldier was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Caldier was assigned to the following committees:

2017 legislative session

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

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Caldier served on the following committees:

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

2025

See also: Washington state legislative special elections, 2025

General election

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Special general election for Washington State Senate District 26

Incumbent Deborah Krishnadasan and Michelle Caldier are running in the special general election for Washington State Senate District 26 on November 4, 2025.


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Nonpartisan primary election

Special nonpartisan primary for Washington State Senate District 26

Incumbent Deborah Krishnadasan and Michelle Caldier advanced from the special primary for Washington State Senate District 26 on August 5, 2025.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Deborah Krishnadasan
Deborah Krishnadasan (D)
 
51.2
 
23,048
Image of Michelle Caldier
Michelle Caldier (R)
 
48.6
 
21,897
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.2
 
94

Total votes: 45,039
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2024

See also: Washington House of Representatives elections, 2024

General election

General election for Washington House of Representatives District 26-Position 2

Incumbent Michelle Caldier defeated Tiffiny Mitchell in the general election for Washington House of Representatives District 26-Position 2 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Michelle Caldier
Michelle Caldier (R)
 
54.6
 
49,086
Image of Tiffiny Mitchell
Tiffiny Mitchell (D)
 
45.2
 
40,636
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.2
 
187

Total votes: 89,909
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Washington House of Representatives District 26-Position 2

Incumbent Michelle Caldier and Tiffiny Mitchell defeated Rachel Harter, Lori McPherson, and Josh Smith in the primary for Washington House of Representatives District 26-Position 2 on August 6, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Michelle Caldier
Michelle Caldier (R)
 
33.7
 
16,878
Image of Tiffiny Mitchell
Tiffiny Mitchell (D)
 
29.8
 
14,909
Rachel Harter (R)
 
18.4
 
9,204
Lori McPherson (D)
 
10.5
 
5,236
Image of Josh Smith
Josh Smith (No party preference) Candidate Connection
 
7.6
 
3,814
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
40

Total votes: 50,081
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Campaign finance

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2022

See also: Washington House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for Washington House of Representatives District 26-Position 2

Incumbent Michelle Caldier defeated Matt Macklin in the general election for Washington House of Representatives District 26-Position 2 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Michelle Caldier
Michelle Caldier (R)
 
56.2
 
42,087
Image of Matt Macklin
Matt Macklin (D) Candidate Connection
 
43.7
 
32,741
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
65

Total votes: 74,893
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Washington House of Representatives District 26-Position 2

Incumbent Michelle Caldier and Matt Macklin advanced from the primary for Washington House of Representatives District 26-Position 2 on August 2, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Michelle Caldier
Michelle Caldier (R)
 
54.9
 
27,267
Image of Matt Macklin
Matt Macklin (D) Candidate Connection
 
44.9
 
22,303
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.2
 
85

Total votes: 49,655
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

2020

See also: Washington House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Washington House of Representatives District 26-Position 2

Incumbent Michelle Caldier defeated Joy Stanford in the general election for Washington House of Representatives District 26-Position 2 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Michelle Caldier
Michelle Caldier (R)
 
54.8
 
48,973
Joy Stanford (D)
 
45.0
 
40,189
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.2
 
183

Total votes: 89,345
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Washington House of Representatives District 26-Position 2

Joy Stanford and incumbent Michelle Caldier defeated Alisha Beeler in the primary for Washington House of Representatives District 26-Position 2 on August 4, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Joy Stanford (D)
 
42.9
 
24,820
Image of Michelle Caldier
Michelle Caldier (R)
 
37.3
 
21,551
Image of Alisha Beeler
Alisha Beeler (R) Candidate Connection
 
19.7
 
11,412
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
41

Total votes: 57,824
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2018

See also: Washington House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for Washington House of Representatives District 26-Position 2

Incumbent Michelle Caldier defeated Joy Stanford in the general election for Washington House of Representatives District 26-Position 2 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Michelle Caldier
Michelle Caldier (R)
 
55.1
 
38,339
Joy Stanford (D)
 
44.9
 
31,233

Total votes: 69,572
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Washington House of Representatives District 26-Position 2

Joy Stanford and incumbent Michelle Caldier defeated Randy Boss and Marco Padilla in the primary for Washington House of Representatives District 26-Position 2 on August 7, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Joy Stanford (D)
 
41.8
 
16,775
Image of Michelle Caldier
Michelle Caldier (R)
 
34.9
 
14,011
Randy Boss (R)
 
18.0
 
7,231
Marco Padilla (People Over Party)
 
5.3
 
2,143

Total votes: 40,160
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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.

Incumbent Michelle Caldier defeated Randy Spitzer in the Washington House of Representatives, District 26-Position 2 general election.[1]

Washington House of Representatives, District 26-Position 2 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Michelle Caldier Incumbent 58.94% 40,755
     Independent Democrat Randy Spitzer 41.06% 28,387
Total Votes 69,142
Source: Washington Secretary of State


Incumbent Michelle Caldier and Randy Spitzer were unopposed in the Washington House of Representatives District 26-Position 2 top two primary.[2][3]

Washington House of Representatives, District 26-Position 2 Top Two Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png Michelle Caldier Incumbent
    Independent Democrat Green check mark transparent.png Randy Spitzer
Source: Washington Secretary of State

2014

See also: Washington House of Representatives elections, 2014

Elections for the Washington House of Representatives took place in 2014. A blanket primary election took place on August 5, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was May 17, 2014. Incumbent Larry Seaquist (D) and Michelle Caldier (R) were unopposed in the primary. Seaquist was defeated by Caldier in the general election.[4][5][6]

Washington House of Representatives, District 26-Position 2 General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngMichelle Caldier 50.6% 24,847
     Democratic Larry Seaquist Incumbent 49.4% 24,246
Total Votes 49,093

Campaign themes

2025

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2024

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2022

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2020

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2016

Caldier's campaign website highlighted the following issues:

  • Schools. Michelle credits her teachers at Tracyton Elementary, Central Kitsap Junior High and High School for changing her pathway in life. Over the last two decades, there has been an attrition in our dollars reaching the classroom and a greater emphasis on using those dollars to grow administration and cumbersome student testing. She is devoted to refocus those dollars to the classroom and improve our educational system so every child has an opportunity to succeed in our state.
  • Use transportation dollars more efficiently. Rather than asking voters for more gas taxes, let us invest in some common-sense reforms that increase accountability and yield more dollars to put back into our roads, bridges and ferries.
  • Health care. Dr. Caldier comes from the health care industry and understands insurance, regulations and the needs of the medical community. Michelle is devoted to working to improve quality and access to health care for our citizens.
  • Increase college opportunities for our graduating students. As an Affiliate Professor at the University of Washington, Michelle saw some student's tuition double while they were in school. Children today are graduation college with high student loan debts and many are unable to find gainful employment to pay those debts. Student debt loads need to be reduced and their education should reflect the demands of the economy.[7]
—Michelle Caldier[8]

Campaign finance summary


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Michelle Caldier campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* Washington House of Representatives District 26-Position 2Won general$271,972 $233,714
2022Washington House of Representatives District 26-Position 2Won general$200,628 $226,153
2020Washington House of Representatives District 26-Position 2Won general$250,952 N/A**
2018Washington House of Representatives District 26-Position 2Won general$246,439 N/A**
2016Washington House of Representatives, District 26-Position 2Won $251,358 N/A**
2014Washington House of Representatives District 26-Position 2Won $256,755 N/A**
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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2015-Present
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