More legislative races to watch this year in WA

By: Jake Goldstein-Street, Aspen Ford

Outlets: Washington State Standard

Published: May 12, 2026

Words: 2,050

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 6 days ago

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This is the second installment providing an initial look at this year’s legislative races. You can read part one here.

This year’s midterms are significant for Washington state government, as all 98 seats in the state House and 24 of 49 state Senate seats are up for grabs. Meanwhile, a surge of retirements will mean many new lawmakers arriving in Olympia.

The filing deadline for candidates was Friday at 5 p.m. They had …

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