Elections · U.S. House, District 9 · Washington

Melissa Chaudhry

Democrat Not on the November ballot

Not on the November ballot

Chaudhry is not on the November ballot for this seat. Adam Smith and Doug Basler are.

Who is on the ballot is a filed fact about the contest, not a judgement about a candidate. Chaudhry's campaign finance and record below are still their own record, and their committee may still be filing.

The whole race

Where the money comes from

66%from small donors

Small donors: 66%$20K
Large donors: 25%$7.4K
PACs: --
Party: --
Self-funding: --
Other: 9%$2.8K

Receipts reported through July 15, 2026. Source: FEC.

How to vote in Washington

General electionNovember 3, 2026

All dates and rules

The district they want to represent

People: 773K
Median household income: $100K
Unemployment: 5.6%
Living below the poverty line: 10.9%
Without health insurance: 7.4%

U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Context about the district, not a statement about any candidate.

Against the field for this seat

Each campaign's reported receipts on one shared scale, incumbent first and then by name, never in money order.

Adam Smith$1.9M
Doug Basler$12K
Melissa Chaudhrythis page$30K
Kshama Sawant$754K

Muted rows are campaigns not on the November ballot; this page's own row keeps its weight so the comparison stays readable.

The whole race

In their own words

What Chaudhry's campaign says it would work on.

The priorities Chaudhry's own campaign site lists, quoted as written there. They are what the campaign says. Nobody has voted on them.

“From the Newsletter”
“Host Melissa”
“Host a Gathering”

Quoted from votemelissa4congress.com, read August 14, 2026. A campaign site changes; this is what it said on that date. Curia quotes these and does not check, rate or rank them.

Record in office

Chaudhry does not hold a seat in Congress now, so there is no current voting record, cosponsorships or committee service to show here.

That absence is not a position for or against anything.

Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.

Cite this page

Project Curia. "Melissa Chaudhry: Washington House candidate, 2026." Sources: Federal Election Commission candidate and committee filings; National Conference of State Legislatures election dates and voter-registration rules; Washington Secretary of State ballot records; U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates; https://votemelissa4congress.com campaign website. Data as of 2026-10-12. /elections/candidate/H-WA-09/H4WA09095

The citation names the source data used for this record.