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Washington’s 6th District

U.S. House · WA-6

Election day November 3, 2026 · forecast of November 2, 2026

Our forecast gives the Democrats a more than 99% chance of winning, with an average lead of 25.3 points.

Safe seat. Chance of a final gap under 5 points: under 1%.

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Democrat 62.6%

    Emily Randall, incumbent

  • Republican 37.4%

    Teresa Fox

Thin vertical mark: 2024 result.

What Orbit says

Orbit, our experimental model, picks the same favourite as our main forecast: the Democrat, with a 96% chance (> 99% according to Harfang des neiges).

ModelFavouriteChance
Harfang des neigesDemocrat> 99%
OrbitDemocrat96%
50/50 blendDemocrat98%

Figures as of November 2, 2026. The blend averages the two chances; in replays of the 2018 and 2022 Quebec elections, it beat our main forecast on its own.

Every race according to Orbit

Compared with the average

Democrat Republican
WA-6 62.6%37.4%
National averageUnited States 54.9%+7.7 43.9%−6.5

Simple average of the 435 districts, not weighted by population.

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Local profile

Latino citizens aged 18 and over6.6% (± 0.2)

Share of all citizens aged 18 and over (ACS 2020–2024 estimate). Not a share of registered or actual voters.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, citizen voting-age population by race and ethnicity, ACS 2020–2024, 119th Congress districts

Current member

Emily Randall · Democrat

Primary results

Held August 4, 2026 · Certified official result · Official source

Top-two primary Emily Randall · Advanced to the general election 58.8% 132,805 votes
Top-two primary Teresa Fox · Advanced to the general election 25.6% 57,700 votes

Who's running

The candidates

Candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Democrat Incumbent

    Emily Randall

    source
  • Republican Challenger

    Teresa Fox

    source

Previous election (2024)

The Democrats won by 13.6 points.

Our current projection: the Democrats ahead by 25.3 points.

Nearby districts

Party ahead and how sure the projection is.

  • WA-7 Democrat, safe seat
  • WA-10 Democrat, safe seat
  • WA-9 Democrat, safe seat
  • WA-1 Democrat, safe seat
  • WA-2 Democrat, safe seat
  • WA-3 Democrat, competitive

Watch list

The tightest races

The smallest projected gaps between the top two.

  1. AZ-2Democrat55%5.7-point gap
  2. VA-1Republican55%5.7-point gap
  3. MI-4Republican56%5.8-point gap
Forecast updated