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Primaries in Washington, 2026
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| Top-two and top-four battleground primaries, 2026 |
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| Primary Date |
| August 4, 2026 |
| Federal elections |
| Top-two primaries for U.S. House |
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| State political party revenue |
This page focuses on the top-two primaries that will take place in Washington on August 4, 2026.
Washington uses a top-two primary system, in which all candidates appear on the same ballot, for congressional and state-level elections. The top two vote-getters move on to the general election, regardless of their party affiliation. In states that do not use a top-two system, all parties are usually able to put forward a candidate for the general election if they choose to.[1][2]
For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.
Federal elections
U.S. House
District 1
Primary candidatesNote: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Suzan DelBene (Incumbent) (Democratic Party)
District 2
Primary candidatesNote: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Rick Larsen (Incumbent) (Democratic Party)
District 3
Primary candidatesNote: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Marie Gluesenkamp Pérez (Incumbent) (Democratic Party)
- Antony Barran (Republican Party)
- John Braun (Republican Party)
- Brent Hennrich (Democratic Party)
- Eric Vaughan (Independent)
District 4
Primary candidatesNote: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Dan Newhouse (Incumbent) (Republican Party)
- John Duresky (Democratic Party)
- Wesley Meier (Republican Party)
- Jerrod Sessler (Republican Party)
District 5
Primary candidatesNote: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Michael Baumgartner (Incumbent) (Republican Party)
- Carmela Conroy (Democratic Party)
- Aaron Croft (Independent)
- Ann Marie Danimus (Democratic Party)
- Anthony Jensen (Republican Party)
District 6
Primary candidatesNote: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Emily Randall (Incumbent) (Democratic Party)
District 7
Primary candidatesNote: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Pramila Jayapal (Incumbent) (Democratic Party)
District 8
Primary candidatesNote: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Kim Schrier (Incumbent) (Democratic Party)
- Bob Hagglund (Republican Party)
- Andres Valleza (Republican Party)
= candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection surveyDistrict 9
Primary candidatesNote: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- D. Adam Smith (Incumbent) (Democratic Party)
- Melissa Chaudhry (Democratic Party)
- Janis Clark (Republican Party)
- C. Mark Greene (Republican Party)
- Kshama Sawant (Independent)
District 10
Primary candidatesNote: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
- Marilyn Strickland (Incumbent) (Democratic Party)
- Adam Arafat (Democratic Party)
State elections
State Senate
- See also: Washington State Senate elections, 2026
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| District 6 |
Jeff Holy (i) |
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| District 7 |
Shelly Short (i) |
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| District 8 |
Matt Boehnke (i) |
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| District 21 |
Marko Liias (i) |
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| District 26 |
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| District 29 |
Steve Conway (i) |
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| District 30 |
Claire Wilson (i) |
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| District 31 |
Phil Fortunato (i) |
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| District 32 |
Jesse Salomon (i) |
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| District 33 |
Did not make the ballot: |
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| District 34 |
Did not make the ballot: |
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| District 35 |
Drew MacEwen (i) |
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| District 36 |
Noel Frame (i) |
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| District 37 |
Rebecca Saldana (i) |
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| District 38 |
June Robinson (i) |
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| District 42 |
Sharon Shewmake (i) |
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| District 43 |
Jamie Pedersen (i) |
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| District 44 |
John Lovick (i) |
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| District 45 |
Manka Dhingra (i) |
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| District 46 |
Javier Valdez (i) |
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| District 47 |
Claudia Kauffman (i) |
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| District 48 |
Did not make the ballot: |
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House of Representatives
Voting information
- See also: Voting in Washington
Ballotpedia will publish the dates and deadlines related to this election as they are made available.
Context of the 2026 elections
Washington Party Control: 1992-2024
Eighteen years of Democratic trifectas • No Republican trifectas
Scroll left and right on the table below to view more years.
| Year | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
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| Governor | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D |
| Senate | R | D | D | D | D | R | R | D | D | D | D | R | R | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | R | R | R | R | R[3] | D | D | D | D | D | D | D |
| House | D | D | D | R | R | R | R | S | S | S | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D |
State party overview
Democratic Party of Washington
- See also: Democratic Party of Washington
Republican Party of Washington
- See also: Republican Party of Washington
State political party revenue
State political parties typically deposit revenue in separate state and federal accounts in order to comply with state and federal campaign finance laws.
The Democratic Party and the Republican Party maintain state affiliates in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and select U.S. territories. The following map displays total state political party revenue per capita for the Democratic and Republican state party affiliates.
See also
2026 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Washington State Legislature, "Wash. Rev. Code § 29A.52.112," accessed September 16, 2025
- ↑ Washington State Legislature, "Wash. Rev. Code § 29A.60.221," accessed September 16, 2025
- ↑ Democrats gained full control of the state Senate after a special election on November 7, 2017.
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