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This page provides information on the 2026 elections in Washington, including the offices on the ballot covered by Ballotpedia, election dates, and frequently asked questions.

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Election dates

See also: Washington election calendar

Statewide election dates in Washington are listed below. For more statewide dates, please see the statewide elections calendar.

Statewide election dates

August 4, 2026: Primary
November 3, 2026: General election

Offices on the ballot

Below is a list of Washington elections covered by Ballotpedia in 2026. Click the links to learn more about each type:

Washington elections, 2026
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Intermediate appellate courts	✓	Click here
School boards	—	—
Municipal government	✓	Click here
Recalls	—	—
Ballot measures	✓	Click here
Local ballot measures	✓	Click here
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Noteworthy elections

Below is a list of races in this state that received in-depth coverage on Ballotpedia. Click the link below to learn about that race.

• Washington's 3rd Congressional District election, 2026
• Washington's 9th Congressional District election, 2026

Statewide ballot measures

See also: Washington 2026 ballot measures

Type	Title	Subject	Description
IndISS	Parental Right to Review Education Materials, Receive Notifications, and Opt Out of Sexual-Health Education Initiative	Public education governance	Re-enact Initiative to the Legislature 2081 (2024), related to parental rights to review educational materials, receive specific notifications, and opt their children out of sexual health education
IndISS	Sex Verification Requirements for Female School Sports Initiative	Sex and gender; LGBTQ; Public education governance; Athletics	Require school and voluntary nonprofit athletics to prohibit biologically male students from competing with and against biologically female students

What's on your ballot?

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List of candidates

The following table displays a list of candidates in Washington. The list does not include presidential candidates, and it may not include all candidates for local offices. Please click here to learn more about Ballotpedia's coverage scope.

Federal Candidates

candidate	office	party	status
Suzan DelBene Incumbent	U.S. House Washington District 1	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Hunter Gordon	U.S. House Washington District 1	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Benjamin Kincaid	U.S. House Washington District 1	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
James Etzkorn	U.S. House Washington District 1	Independent	Candidacy Declared Primary
Rick Larsen Incumbent	U.S. House Washington District 2	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Tomas Scheel	U.S. House Washington District 2	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Marie Gluesenkamp Pérez Incumbent	U.S. House Washington District 3	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
John Braun	U.S. House Washington District 3	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Lawrence Kellogg	U.S. House Washington District 3	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Wadi Yakhour	U.S. House Washington District 3	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Antony Barran	U.S. House Washington District 3	Cascade Party	Candidacy Declared Primary
Brent Hennrich	U.S. House Washington District 3	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Eric Vaughan	U.S. House Washington District 3	Independent	Candidacy Declared Primary
Suzzanna V. Tanner	U.S. House Washington District 3	No party preference	Candidacy Declared Primary
Matt Boehnke	U.S. House Washington District 4	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
John Hughs	U.S. House Washington District 4	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Amanda McKinney	U.S. House Washington District 4	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Wesley Meier	U.S. House Washington District 4	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Jerrod Sessler	U.S. House Washington District 4	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
John Duresky	U.S. House Washington District 4	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Devin Poore	U.S. House Washington District 4	Independent	Candidacy Declared Primary
Michael Baumgartner Incumbent	U.S. House Washington District 5	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Anthony Jensen	U.S. House Washington District 5	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Carmela Conroy	U.S. House Washington District 5	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Kevin Fagan	U.S. House Washington District 5	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Bajun Mavalwalla	U.S. House Washington District 5	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Anthony Whisenhunt	U.S. House Washington District 5	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
David Womack	U.S. House Washington District 5	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Aaron Croft	U.S. House Washington District 5	Independent	Candidacy Declared Primary
Ann Marie Danimus	U.S. House Washington District 5	Independent	Candidacy Declared Primary
Nate Powell	U.S. House Washington District 5	No party preference	Candidacy Declared Primary
Emily Randall Incumbent	U.S. House Washington District 6	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Teresa Fox	U.S. House Washington District 6	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Leon Lawson	U.S. House Washington District 6	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Pramila Jayapal Incumbent	U.S. House Washington District 7	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Kim Schrier Incumbent	U.S. House Washington District 8	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Trinh Ha	U.S. House Washington District 8	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Bob Hagglund	U.S. House Washington District 8	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Spencer Meline	U.S. House Washington District 8	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Andres Valleza	U.S. House Washington District 8	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
D. Adam Smith Incumbent	U.S. House Washington District 9	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Janis Clark	U.S. House Washington District 9	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
C. Mark Greene	U.S. House Washington District 9	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Melissa Chaudhry	U.S. House Washington District 9	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Kshama Sawant	U.S. House Washington District 9	Independent	Candidacy Declared Primary
Marilyn Strickland Incumbent	U.S. House Washington District 10	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Adam Arafat	U.S. House Washington District 10	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary

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State Candidates

candidate	office	party	status
Jeff Holy Incumbent	Washington State Senate District 6	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Shelly Short Incumbent	Washington State Senate District 7	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Nikki Torres Incumbent	Washington State Senate District 8	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Gabe Galbraith	Washington State Senate District 8	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Tom Dent	Washington State Senate District 13	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Jeremie Dufault	Washington State Senate District 15	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Marko Liias Incumbent	Washington State Senate District 21	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Deborah Krishnadasan Incumbent	Washington State Senate District 26	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Gary Parker	Washington State Senate District 26	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Sharlett Mena	Washington State Senate District 29	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Claire Wilson Incumbent	Washington State Senate District 30	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Phil Fortunato Incumbent	Washington State Senate District 31	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Jesse Salomon Incumbent	Washington State Senate District 32	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Tina Orwall Incumbent	Washington State Senate District 33	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Emily Alvarado Incumbent	Washington State Senate District 34	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Drew MacEwen Incumbent	Washington State Senate District 35	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Noel Frame Incumbent	Washington State Senate District 36	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
June Robinson Incumbent	Washington State Senate District 38	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Erika Creydt	Washington State Senate District 42	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Eamonn Collins	Washington State Senate District 42	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Michael Shepard	Washington State Senate District 42	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Jamie Pedersen Incumbent	Washington State Senate District 43	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Hannah Sabio-Howell	Washington State Senate District 43	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
John Lovick Incumbent	Washington State Senate District 44	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Manka Dhingra Incumbent	Washington State Senate District 45	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Javier Valdez Incumbent	Washington State Senate District 46	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Claudia Kauffman Incumbent	Washington State Senate District 47	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Carmen Goers	Washington State Senate District 47	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Vandana Slatter Incumbent	Washington State Senate District 48	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Davina Duerr Incumbent	Washington House of Representatives District 1-Position 1	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Andrew Barkis Incumbent	Washington House of Representatives District 2-Position 1	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
William Rasmussen	Washington House of Representatives District 2-Position 1	Independent	Candidacy Declared Primary
Matt Marshall Incumbent	Washington House of Representatives District 2-Position 2	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Natasha Hill Incumbent	Washington House of Representatives District 3-Position 1	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Timm Ormsby Incumbent	Washington House of Representatives District 3-Position 2	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Suzanne Schmidt Incumbent	Washington House of Representatives District 4-Position 1	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Hilary Pham	Washington House of Representatives District 4-Position 1	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Zach Hall Incumbent	Washington House of Representatives District 5-Position 1	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Lisa Callan Incumbent	Washington House of Representatives District 5-Position 2	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Isaiah Paine	Washington House of Representatives District 6-Position 1	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Jonathan Bingle	Washington House of Representatives District 6-Position 2	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
David Engell Incumbent	Washington House of Representatives District 7-Position 1	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Hunter Abell Incumbent	Washington House of Representatives District 7-Position 2	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Stephanie Barnard Incumbent	Washington House of Representatives District 8-Position 1	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
April Connors Incumbent	Washington House of Representatives District 8-Position 2	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Mary Dye Incumbent	Washington House of Representatives District 9-Position 1	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Joe Schmick Incumbent	Washington House of Representatives District 9-Position 2	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Clyde Shavers Incumbent	Washington House of Representatives District 10-Position 1	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Robert Hicks	Washington House of Representatives District 10-Position 1	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Dave Paul Incumbent	Washington House of Representatives District 10-Position 2	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
David Hackney Incumbent	Washington House of Representatives District 11-Position 1	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Steve Bergquist Incumbent	Washington House of Representatives District 11-Position 2	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Brian Burnett Incumbent	Washington House of Representatives District 12-Position 1	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Stacy Willoughby	Washington House of Representatives District 12-Position 1	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Mike Steele Incumbent	Washington House of Representatives District 12-Position 2	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Adam James	Washington House of Representatives District 12-Position 2	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Alex Ybarra Incumbent	Washington House of Representatives District 13-Position 2	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Gloria Mendoza Incumbent	Washington House of Representatives District 14-Position 1	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Chelsea Dimas	Washington House of Representatives District 14-Position 1	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Deb Manjarrez Incumbent	Washington House of Representatives District 14-Position 2	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Chris Corry Incumbent	Washington House of Representatives District 15-Position 1	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Mark Klicker Incumbent	Washington House of Representatives District 16-Position 1	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Skyler Rude Incumbent	Washington House of Representatives District 16-Position 2	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Kevin Waters Incumbent	Washington House of Representatives District 17-Position 1	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
David Stuebe Incumbent	Washington House of Representatives District 17-Position 2	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Terri Niles	Washington House of Representatives District 17-Position 2	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Stephanie McClintock Incumbent	Washington House of Representatives District 18-Position 1	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
John Ley Incumbent	Washington House of Representatives District 18-Position 2	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Deken Letinich	Washington House of Representatives District 18-Position 2	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Jim Walsh Incumbent	Washington House of Representatives District 19-Position 1	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Joel McEntire Incumbent	Washington House of Representatives District 19-Position 2	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Terry Carlson	Washington House of Representatives District 19-Position 2	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Peter Abbarno Incumbent	Washington House of Representatives District 20-Position 1	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Ed Orcutt Incumbent	Washington House of Representatives District 20-Position 2	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Strom Peterson Incumbent	Washington House of Representatives District 21-Position 1	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Jason Moon	Washington House of Representatives District 21-Position 1	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Lillian Ortiz-Self Incumbent	Washington House of Representatives District 21-Position 2	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Beth Doglio Incumbent	Washington House of Representatives District 22-Position 1	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Lisa Parshley Incumbent	Washington House of Representatives District 22-Position 2	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Tarra Simmons Incumbent	Washington House of Representatives District 23-Position 1	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Greg Nance Incumbent	Washington House of Representatives District 23-Position 2	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Adam Bernbaum Incumbent	Washington House of Representatives District 24-Position 1	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Steve Tharinger Incumbent	Washington House of Representatives District 24-Position 2	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Aiden Hamilton	Washington House of Representatives District 24-Position 2	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Michael Keaton Incumbent	Washington House of Representatives District 25-Position 1	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Cyndy Jacobsen Incumbent	Washington House of Representatives District 25-Position 2	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Adison Richards Incumbent	Washington House of Representatives District 26-Position 1	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Katy Cornell	Washington House of Representatives District 26-Position 1	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
David Olson	Washington House of Representatives District 26-Position 1	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Rafe Sher	Washington House of Representatives District 26-Position 2	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Laurie Jinkins Incumbent	Washington House of Representatives District 27-Position 1	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Jake Fey Incumbent	Washington House of Representatives District 27-Position 2	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Mari Leavitt Incumbent	Washington House of Representatives District 28-Position 1	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Dan Bronoske Incumbent	Washington House of Representatives District 28-Position 2	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Melanie Morgan Incumbent	Washington House of Representatives District 29-Position 1	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Joe Bushnell	Washington House of Representatives District 29-Position 2	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Jamila Taylor Incumbent	Washington House of Representatives District 30-Position 1	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Kristine Reeves Incumbent	Washington House of Representatives District 30-Position 2	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Drew Stokesbary Incumbent	Washington House of Representatives District 31-Position 1	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Josh Penner Incumbent	Washington House of Representatives District 31-Position 2	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Cindy Ryu Incumbent	Washington House of Representatives District 32-Position 1	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Keith Scully	Washington House of Representatives District 32-Position 1	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Lauren Davis Incumbent	Washington House of Representatives District 32-Position 2	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Mia Gregerson Incumbent	Washington House of Representatives District 33-Position 2	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Alex Andrade	Washington House of Representatives District 33-Position 2	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Joe Fitzgibbon Incumbent	Washington House of Representatives District 34-Position 2	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Dan Griffey Incumbent	Washington House of Representatives District 35-Position 1	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Julia Reed Incumbent	Washington House of Representatives District 36-Position 1	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Liz Berry Incumbent	Washington House of Representatives District 36-Position 2	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Sharon Tomiko Santos Incumbent	Washington House of Representatives District 37-Position 1	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Jaelynn Scott	Washington House of Representatives District 37-Position 2	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Julio Cortes Incumbent	Washington House of Representatives District 38-Position 1	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Annie Fitzgerald	Washington House of Representatives District 38-Position 1	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Mary Fosse Incumbent	Washington House of Representatives District 38-Position 2	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Sam Low Incumbent	Washington House of Representatives District 39-Position 1	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Carolyn Eslick Incumbent	Washington House of Representatives District 39-Position 2	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Debra Lekanoff Incumbent	Washington House of Representatives District 40-Position 1	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Alex Ramel Incumbent	Washington House of Representatives District 40-Position 2	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Janice Zahn Incumbent	Washington House of Representatives District 41-Position 1	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
My-Linh Thai Incumbent	Washington House of Representatives District 41-Position 2	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Alicia Rule Incumbent	Washington House of Representatives District 42-Position 1	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Joe Timmons Incumbent	Washington House of Representatives District 42-Position 2	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Nicole Macri Incumbent	Washington House of Representatives District 43-Position 1	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Shaun Scott Incumbent	Washington House of Representatives District 43-Position 2	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Brandy Donaghy Incumbent	Washington House of Representatives District 44-Position 1	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Chris Elder	Washington House of Representatives District 44-Position 1	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
April Berg Incumbent	Washington House of Representatives District 44-Position 2	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Roger Goodman Incumbent	Washington House of Representatives District 45-Position 1	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Larry Springer Incumbent	Washington House of Representatives District 45-Position 2	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Vanessa Kritzer	Washington House of Representatives District 45-Position 2	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Gerry Pollet Incumbent	Washington House of Representatives District 46-Position 1	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Darya Farivar Incumbent	Washington House of Representatives District 46-Position 2	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Debra Entenman Incumbent	Washington House of Representatives District 47-Position 1	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Chris Stearns Incumbent	Washington House of Representatives District 47-Position 2	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Ted Cooke	Washington House of Representatives District 47-Position 2	Republican	Candidacy Declared Primary
Osman Salahuddin Incumbent	Washington House of Representatives District 48-Position 1	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Amy Walen Incumbent	Washington House of Representatives District 48-Position 2	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Jessica Forsythe	Washington House of Representatives District 48-Position 2	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Kim Harless	Washington House of Representatives District 49-Position 1	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Mike Pond	Washington House of Representatives District 49-Position 1	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Monica Jurado Stonier Incumbent	Washington House of Representatives District 49-Position 2	Democratic	Candidacy Declared Primary
Ian Birk	Washington State Supreme Court Position 4	Nonpartisan	Candidacy Declared Primary
Sean O'Donnell	Washington State Supreme Court Position 4	Nonpartisan	Candidacy Declared Primary
Debra Stephens Incumbent	Washington State Supreme Court Position 7	Nonpartisan	Candidacy Declared Primary

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Local Candidates

candidate	office	party	status
Csenka Favorini-Csorba Incumbent	King Conservation District Board of Supervisors Zone 3	Nonpartisan	Won General
Erica Chung	King Conservation District Board of Supervisors Zone 3	Nonpartisan	Lost General
Chris Porter	King Conservation District Board of Supervisors Zone 3	Nonpartisan	Lost General

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