Riding profile
WA-1
The question
WA-1: a safe seat for the Democrats?
Editorial read
WA-1, a mixed riding in WA, elected a member with the Democrats in the previous cycle, with a 26-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the Democrats ahead at 66% vote share, against 34% for the Republicans, and the probability of a close race is negligible.
Sitting member
DELBENE, SUZAN K
Sits with Democrat
Who's running
The candidates
Declared and on-ballot candidates for the upcoming election.
-
Democrat Incumbent Delbene, Suzan K
- Democrat Challenger
Gordon, Hunter
Current forecast
Democrat
Safe
- Probability
- 100%
- Mean margin (pts)
- 31.9
- P(close race)
- 0%
In context
How this riding stacks up
| Democrat | Republican | |
|---|---|---|
| HereWA-1 | 66.0% | 34.0% |
| National averageUnited States | 51.9% +14.1 | 46.6% −12.6 |
Nationwide averages computed across the 435 riding-level projections (unweighted mean).
Projection track
How the projection has moved
Previous election · US HOUSE_2024
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- Cycle
us_house_2026