Elections · U.S. House · Washington
2026 Washington House race,
Suzan DelBene (Democrat) and Mary Silva (Republican), who advanced from Washington's all-party primary, are on the November 3, 2026 ballot for U.S. House in Washington District 1, as recorded September 21, 2026 from the Washington Secretary of State.
The November ballot
Raised so far, filed with the FEC
Also in this race: Mary Silva (Republican).
Certified list: Washington Secretary of State. Faces and bars are the campaigns that hold the seat or have $25,000 raised or outside spending on file; being outside that group is a filing fact, not a mark. Not a prediction.
The seat
Suzan DelBene
Democrat · Holds the seat now
First took office 2012 · Age 64
From the member's own disclosures and congress.gov. Not cosponsoring is not a vote against a ban.
How to vote in Washington
- General electionNovember 3, 2026
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
The primary · 160,573 votes
- Suzan DelBene Advanced: 53.0% 85,156
- Mary Silva Advanced: 26.2% 42,088
- James Etzkorn: 7.5% 12,023
- Hunter Gordon: 6.2% 10,014
- Bryce Nickel: 2.4% 3,929
2 more candidates in the full results at the source named below.
The total includes 221 write-in or scattered votes not listed by candidate.
Every candidate runs on one ballot and the top two advance to November, whatever their party. Primary results as recorded October 12, 2026, ordered by votes. Source: Washington Secretary of State official primary canvass. A primary result is a recorded fact about a past contest, not a prediction of November.
The money on this race
- Raised by candidates
- $3.7M
- Outside money
- $141K
Outside money, for and against
Independent expenditures; direction is each filer's own declared filing. The other $28K of the race's $141K was spent on candidates not listed here. No outside money is on file for or against the other name on this ballot.
Where each candidate's money comes from
Small donors give $200 or less; 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 largest groups 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 filedPrimary 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 DelBene Won: 63.0%
- Jeb Brewer: 36.7%
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.
Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain. Candidate totals are each campaign's latest FEC report, ending between July 15, 2026 and September 30, 2026. Outside money is the FEC's processed total of independent expenditures plus the 24- and 48-hour reports filed since each group's latest regular report. It covers this two-year cycle, the same as the candidate totals. Dataset built 2026-10-12. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.