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Victoria Hunt
2025 - Present
2029
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Victoria Hunt (Democratic Party) is a member of the Washington State Senate, representing District 5. She assumed office on June 3, 2025. Her current term ends on January 8, 2029.
Hunt (Democratic Party) ran in a special election to the Washington State Senate to represent District 5. She won in the special general election on November 4, 2025.
Hunt also ran for election to the Washington House of Representatives to represent District 5-Position 1. She will not appear on the ballot for the primary on August 4, 2026.
The King County Council appointed Hunt to the Washington State Senate District 5 on June 3, 2025 to replace Bill Ramos (D).[1]
Biography
Victoria Hunt earned a bachelor's degree from Cornell University in 2007 and a Ph.D. from the University of Illinois in 2015. Her career experience includes working as the chief data officer at Crosswalk Labs, as a faculty member at the University of Washington, and as a data scientist at Breakthrough Energy.[2]
Sponsored legislation
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Elections
2026
See also: Washington House of Representatives elections, 2026
There are no official candidates yet for this election.
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
There are no candidates on the ballot in the primary at this time.
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Victoria Hunt (D)
Endorsements
Hunt received the following endorsements. To send us additional endorsements, click here.
2025
See also: Washington state legislative special elections, 2025
General election
Special general election for Washington State Senate District 5
Incumbent Victoria Hunt defeated Chad Magendanz in the special general election for Washington State Senate District 5 on November 4, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Victoria Hunt (D) | 56.3 | 28,402 |
 | Chad Magendanz (R)  | 43.6 | 22,005 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 62 | ||
| Total votes: 50,469 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Special nonpartisan primary for Washington State Senate District 5
Incumbent Victoria Hunt and Chad Magendanz advanced from the special primary for Washington State Senate District 5 on August 5, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Victoria Hunt (D) | 54.1 | 21,178 |
| ✔ | | Chad Magendanz (R) | 45.7 | 17,907 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 59 | ||
| Total votes: 39,144 | |||
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Endorsements
Hunt received the following endorsements.
2024
See also: Washington House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Washington House of Representatives District 5-Position 1
Victoria Hunt defeated Mark Hargrove in the general election for Washington House of Representatives District 5-Position 1 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Victoria Hunt (D) | 54.1 | 45,999 |
 | Mark Hargrove (R) | 45.9 | 39,039 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 64 | ||
| Total votes: 85,102 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Washington House of Representatives District 5-Position 1
Victoria Hunt and Mark Hargrove defeated Landon Halverson, Kristiana de Leon, and Jason Ritchie in the primary for Washington House of Representatives District 5-Position 1 on August 6, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Victoria Hunt (D) | 35.1 | 15,646 |
| ✔ | | Mark Hargrove (R) | 27.5 | 12,270 |
| Landon Halverson (R) | 17.3 | 7,701 | ||
 | Kristiana de Leon (D) | 10.2 | 4,558 | |
 | Jason Ritchie (D) | 9.9 | 4,404 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.0 | 22 | ||
| Total votes: 44,601 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Waylon Menzia (D)
- Stephanie Lawson (R)
Campaign finance
Endorsements
Hunt received the following endorsements. To view a full list of Hunt's endorsements as published by their campaign, click here.
Campaign themes
2026
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Victoria Hunt did not complete Ballotpedia's 2026 Candidate Connection survey.
2025
Victoria Hunt did not complete Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey.
Other survey responses
Ballotpedia identified the following surveys, interviews, and questionnaires Hunt completed for other organizations. If you are aware of a link that should be added, email us.
2024
Victoria Hunt completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Hunt's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- As a climate scientist and land use planning expert with years of experience as a local elected councilmember in the district, I will bring unique skills to Olympia to help address both the need for more housing—and the urgency to protect our communities and health from hotter summers and worsening fire seasons.
- I am a local leader and public school mom who will take on issues of safety, affordability and opportunity with real experience and a focus on data-driven solutions.
- I am the only candidate in the race endorsed by the King County Democrats and 5th LD Democrats. I further have the sole endorsement of Representative Callan, who I hope will be my seat mate in the legislature, and Representative Ramos, who is the leaving the seat I am running for to run for the State Senate. I am endorsed my all of my fellow Issaquah City Councilmembers and the Mayor of Issaquah, whom I have worked with for years. My collaborative nature, as well as my alliances and broad support will allow me to hit the ground running as a legislator, to make meaningful positive impacts for Washingtonians from day one.
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Campaign finance summary
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Scorecards
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See also
2025 Elections
External links
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Candidate Washington House of Representatives District 5-Position 1 |
Officeholder Washington State Senate District 5 |
Personal |
Footnotes
- ↑ ‘’Seattle Times', “King County Council appoints Victoria Hunt, Zach Hall to legislative roles,” June 4, 2025
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on July 8, 2024
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by Bill Ramos (D) |
Washington State Senate District 5 2025-Present |
Succeeded by - |
| Preceded by Bill Ramos (D) |
Washington House of Representatives District 5-Position 1 2025-2025 |
Succeeded by Zach Hall (D) |
