Primaries in Washington, 2026

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2024

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

State party
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

See also: United States House elections in Washington, 2026 (August 4 top-two primaries)
The U.S. House of Representatives elections in Washington are scheduled on November 3, 2026. Voters will elect 10 candidates to serve in the U.S. House from each of the state's 10 U.S. House districts. The primary is August 4, 2026. The filing deadline is May 8, 2026. To see a full list of candidates in the primary in each district, click "Show more" below.
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District 1

Primary candidates

Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.

District 2

Primary candidates

Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.

District 3

Primary candidates

Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.

District 4

Primary candidates

Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.

District 5

Primary candidates

Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.

District 6

Primary candidates

Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.

District 7

Primary candidates

Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.

District 8

Primary candidates

Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.

District 9

Primary candidates

Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.

District 10

Primary candidates

Note: The candidate list in this election may not be complete.

State elections

State Senate

See also: Washington State Senate elections, 2026
Elections for the Washington State Senate will take place in 2026. The general election is on November 3, 2026. The primary is August 4, 2026. The filing deadline is May 8, 2026. To see a full list of state Senate candidates in the top-two primaries, click "Show more" below.
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Washington State Senate elections, 2026

  • Incumbents are marked with an (i) after their name.
  • The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
  • Please contact Ballotpedia about candidate additions, withdrawals, or disqualifications.
Office Democratic Party Democratic Republican Party Republican Other
District 6

Jeff Holy (i)

District 7

Shelly Short (i)

District 8

Matt Boehnke (i)

District 13

Judith Warnick (i)
Tom Dent

District 15

Jeremie Dufault

District 21

Marko Liias (i)

District 26

Renee Hernandez Greenfield

District 29

Steve Conway (i)

District 30

Claire Wilson (i)

District 31

Phil Fortunato (i)

District 32

Jesse Salomon (i)

District 33


Did not make the ballot:
Karen Keiser 

District 34


Did not make the ballot:
Joe Nguyen 

District 35

Drew MacEwen (i)

District 36

Noel Frame (i)

District 37

Rebecca Saldana (i)

District 38

June Robinson (i)

District 42

Sharon Shewmake (i)

District 43

Jamie Pedersen (i)

District 44

John Lovick (i)

District 45

Manka Dhingra (i)

District 46

Javier Valdez (i)

District 47

Claudia Kauffman (i)

District 48


House of Representatives

See also: Washington House of Representatives elections, 2026
Elections for the Washington House of Representatives will take place in 2026. The general election is on November 3, 2026. The primary is August 4, 2026. The filing deadline is May 8, 2026. To see a full list of state House candidates in the top-two primaries, click "Show more" below.
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Washington House of Representatives elections, 2026

  • Incumbents are marked with an (i) after their name.
  • The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
  • Please contact Ballotpedia about candidate additions, withdrawals, or disqualifications.
Office Democratic Party Democratic Republican Party Republican Other
District 1-Position 1

Davina Duerr (i)

District 1-Position 2
District 2-Position 1

Andrew Barkis (i)

District 2-Position 2

Matt Marshall (i)

District 3-Position 1
District 3-Position 2

Timm Ormsby (i)

District 4-Position 1
District 4-Position 2
District 5-Position 1
District 5-Position 2

Lisa Callan (i)

District 6-Position 1

Isaiah Paine

District 6-Position 2

Jenny Graham (i)

District 7-Position 1

David Engell (i)

District 7-Position 2

Hunter Abell (i)

District 8-Position 1

Stephanie Barnard (i)

District 8-Position 2

April Connors (i)

District 9-Position 1

Mary Dye (i)

District 9-Position 2

Joe Schmick (i)

District 10-Position 1

Clyde Shavers (i)

Robert Hicks

District 10-Position 2

Dave Paul (i)

District 11-Position 1

David Hackney (i)

District 11-Position 2

Steve Bergquist (i)

District 12-Position 1

Brian Burnett (i)

District 12-Position 2

Mike Steele (i)

District 13-Position 1
District 13-Position 2

Alex Ybarra (i)

District 14-Position 1

Chelsea Dimas

Gloria Mendoza (i)

District 14-Position 2

Deb Manjarrez (i)

District 15-Position 1

Chris Corry (i)

District 15-Position 2
District 16-Position 1

Mark Klicker (i)

District 16-Position 2

Skyler Rude (i)

District 17-Position 1

Kevin Waters (i)

District 17-Position 2

Terri Niles

David Stuebe (i)

District 18-Position 1

Stephanie McClintock (i)

District 18-Position 2

John Ley (i)

District 19-Position 1

Jim Walsh (i)

District 19-Position 2

Terry Carlson

Joel McEntire (i)

District 20-Position 1

Peter Abbarno (i)

District 20-Position 2

Ed Orcutt (i)

District 21-Position 1

Strom Peterson (i)

District 21-Position 2

Lillian Ortiz-Self (i)

District 22-Position 1

Beth Doglio (i)

District 22-Position 2

Lisa Parshley (i)

District 23-Position 1

Tarra Simmons (i)

District 23-Position 2

Greg Nance (i)

District 24-Position 1

Adam Bernbaum (i)

District 24-Position 2

Steve Tharinger (i)

District 25-Position 1

Michael Keaton (i)

District 25-Position 2

Cyndy Jacobsen (i)

District 26-Position 1

Adison Richards (i)

District 26-Position 2
District 27-Position 1

Laurie Jinkins (i)

District 27-Position 2

Jake Fey (i)

District 28-Position 1

Mari Leavitt (i)

District 28-Position 2

Dan Bronoske (i)

District 29-Position 1

Melanie Morgan (i)

District 29-Position 2

Sharlett Mena (i)

District 30-Position 1

Jamila Taylor (i)

District 30-Position 2

Kristine Reeves (i)

District 31-Position 1

Drew Stokesbary (i)

District 31-Position 2

Josh Penner (i)

District 32-Position 1

Cindy Ryu (i)
Keith Scully

District 32-Position 2

Lauren Davis (i)

District 33-Position 1
District 33-Position 2

Mia Gregerson (i)

District 34-Position 1
District 34-Position 2

Joe Fitzgibbon (i)

District 35-Position 1

Dan Griffey (i)

District 35-Position 2
District 36-Position 1

Julia Reed (i)

District 36-Position 2

Liz Berry (i)

District 37-Position 1

Sharon Tomiko Santos (i)

District 37-Position 2

Chipalo Street (i)

District 38-Position 1

Julio Cortes (i)

District 38-Position 2

Mary Fosse (i)

District 39-Position 1
District 39-Position 2
District 40-Position 1

Debra Lekanoff (i)

District 40-Position 2

Alex Ramel (i)

District 41-Position 1
District 41-Position 2

My-Linh Thai (i)

District 42-Position 1

Alicia Rule (i)

District 42-Position 2

Joe Timmons (i)

District 43-Position 1

Nicole Macri (i)

District 43-Position 2

Shaun Scott (i)

District 44-Position 1

Brandy Donaghy (i)

District 44-Position 2

April Berg (i)

District 45-Position 1
District 45-Position 2

Larry Springer (i)

District 46-Position 1

Gerry Pollet (i)

District 46-Position 2

Darya Farivar (i)

District 47-Position 1

Debra Entenman (i)

District 47-Position 2

Chris Stearns (i)

Ted Cooke

District 48-Position 1
District 48-Position 2
District 49-Position 1

Sharon Wylie (i)

District 49-Position 2

Monica Jurado Stonier (i)


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
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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
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

See also: State political party revenue and State political party revenue per capita

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


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