This year’s filing deadline for candidates running for the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington was May 8, 2026.
This year has the second-highest number of candidates since 2014. Sixty-nine candidates — 29 Democrats, 20 Republicans, 16 minor-party candidates, and four independents — are running for Washington’s 10 congressional districts. That’s 6.9 candidates per district. There were 6.2 candidates per district in 2024, 6.8 in 2022, 7.3 in 2020, 4.9 in 2018, 5.6 in 2016, and 4.9 in 2014.