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Elections · U.S. House · Washington

Washington House race, District 1

Suzan DelBene holds this seat and is running to keep it against Mary Silva.

The November ballot

DelBene
$3.6M
Silva
$3K

Raised so far, filed with the FEC

General-election ballot as recorded August 27, 2026. Not a prediction.

The seat

Suzan DelBene

Democrat · Holds the seat now

671
Trades disclosed
$309M
Estimated volume
Cosponsored a bill that would ban it

From the member's own disclosures and congress.gov. Not cosponsoring is not a vote against a ban.

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How to vote in Washington

  • General electionNovember 3, 2026In 10 weeks

Register 8 days before online or by mail, or same-day through 8 p.m. on Election Day in person.

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How they won the primary

Nonpartisan primaryTop two advance

The primary · 160,573 votes

  • Suzan DelBeneAdvanced53%85,156
  • Mary SilvaAdvanced26.2%42,088
  • James Etzkorn7.5%12,023
  • Hunter Gordon6.2%10,014
  • Bryce Nickel2.4%3,929

2 more candidates on the full canvass.

Every candidate runs on one ballot and the top two advance to November, whatever their party. Primary results as recorded August 27, 2026, in the canvass's own published order. Source: the state's canvass, via Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). A primary result is a filed fact about a past contest, not a prediction of November.

The money on this race

Raised by candidates
$3.7M
Outside money
$10

Outside money, for and against

Supporting DelBene$10
Opposing DelBene-
Supporting Silva-
Opposing Silva-

Independent expenditures; direction is each filer's own declared filing.

Where each candidate's money comes from

22%$776KSmall donors$44214%
28%$993KLarge donors$50016%
42%$1.5MPACs--
--Self-funding$2.2K70%
8%$301KOther--

Small donors give under $200; PACs are political action committees. Shares of each candidate's own receipts on file with the FEC. Outside money is not part of these figures.

Who is spending on this race

The 1 group spending independently here, ranked; open a row for whose race the money went into.

Independent expenditures reported to the FEC; direction is each group's own declared filing.

Not on the November ballot

4 filed

Primary candidates who did not advance, committees still on file, and candidacies that ended. Being here is a filing fact, not a mark against anyone.

The district

Census context
People
784K
Median household income
$135K
Unemployment
4.3%
Living below the poverty line
6.3%
Without health insurance
4.9%

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

How this seat voted last time

D+26 in 2024

  • Suzan K. DeLbeneWon63%
  • Jeb Brewer36.7%

360,658 votes for candidates. A past result is a filed fact, not a prediction of November.

Certified returns via MIT Election Data and Science Lab, from the House Clerk's election statistics and state canvasses.

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Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain; money figures carry their own coverage dates. Dataset built 2026-08-27. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.