Riding profile

WA-4

US House district — WA · Mixed · us wa

The question

WA-4: a safe seat for the Republicans?

Current forecast

Republican

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
86.7
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Republican 93.2%

    Amanda McKinney

  • Democrat 6.5%

    John Duresky

Watch list

The tightest races

Smallest projected margin. Open one for the numbers.

  1. FL-22Democrat68 %1.1 pt margin
  2. AZ-2Republican57 %1.1 pt margin
  3. OH-10Democrat60 %1.1 pt margin

In context

How this riding stacks up

Republican Democrat Other
HereWA-4 93.2%6.5%0.3%
National averageUnited States 44.9% +48.3 54.3% −47.8 5.1% −4.8

Nationwide averages computed across the 435 riding-level projections (unweighted mean).

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Editorial read

WA-4, a mixed riding in WA, elected a member with the Republicans in the previous cycle, with a 96-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the Republicans ahead at 93% vote share, against 7% for the Democrats, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

NEWHOUSE, DAN

Sits with Republican

Primary race

Primary results

Held Aug 4, 2026 · Certified official result

Top-two primary

Advanced to the general election

Amanda McKinney 34.8%

49,652 votes

Advanced to the general election

John Duresky 29.9%

42,681 votes

Official source →

Who's running

The candidates

Declared and on-ballot candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Democrat Open seat

    Duresky, John

  • Republican Open seat

    Mckinney, Amanda

Previous election · 2024

Won by
Republican
Margin
96.3 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-9.6 pts
Last model run
Cycle
us_house_2026