Washington

Washington in Focus

The 2026 races, the candidates and officials, and the money behind them, from Washington’s public records. More of the state’s ledgers are on the way.

10races on the Nov. 3 ballot covered here: 10 HouseFEC and state election offices
20candidates listed in those racesFEC and state candidate lists
$31.7Mraised by Washington’s federal candidatesFEC campaign reports, latest filed (through Sept. 30, 2026)
$12.2Mspent by outside groups for or against themFEC independent expenditures, duplicates removed

These figures are different measures from different records and are not added together. Candidate fundraising counts federal candidates only. How the figures were checked →

Washington’s top topics

Washington’s 2026 racesEvery federal and governor’s race on Washington’s ballot, with the money behind each candidate.→
Candidates & officialsWho is on the ballot and who represents Washington in Congress now, each with a page of their records.→
Gathering data
Where they standEach candidate’s position on the issues. Research has started in Florida.
How they votedRoll calls by Washington’s members of Congress, grouped by issue.→
Gathering data
Flock & ALPRWhich police agencies use license-plate readers, and their contracts.
AI & data centersLarge data-center projects in Washington on our map.→
Gathering data
Washington’s public moneyThe state budget, reserves and debt, what county governments collect and spend, and what local officials are paid.

On the ballot Nov. 3

Every federal race and the governor’s race in Washington. Pick a race for the money behind each candidate.

All of Washington’s races →

Washington has no U.S. Senate race on the 2026 ballot.

Candidates & officials

20 candidates on the Nov. 3 ballot in the races above, and who represents Washington now.

In Congress now

How they voted, by issue →

Gathering data

State legislators, statewide officers and local officials in Washington, with their campaign accounts and the money they report, as we have built for Florida.

Your county at a glance

Coming soon

A county map of Washington: plate readers, local officials’ pay and county budgets, one county at a time.

Washington stories

Coming soon

Investigations follow one stream of public money from the ledger to the people it reaches. Florida is first; see Florida in Focus for what a state’s Files look like.

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