Legislative District 33 - State Representative Pos. 1 (2-year term)
Legislative (House) District 33; Washington
My vote power
High
Election date
November 3, 2026 · General election
How do we calculate my vote power?
What goes into the rating: Representation: how much weight one vote carries here compared with a statewide vote — the smaller the district, the more each vote counts. Decisiveness: how likely this race is to be close, based on past results or current analyst ratings, plus the number of candidates.
Representation: High · 68 out of 100
This district is a small slice of its state, so each vote here carries much more weight than a vote in a statewide race. About 157,458 people live here.
Show the representation math
score = 50 + 50 × ln(state population ÷ this district's) ÷ ln(50,000) = 50 + 50 × ln(7,816,116 ÷ 157,458) ÷ ln(50,000) = 68.04, measured against a statewide vote in WA (grades: 66+ high, 33+ normal, otherwise low; a statewide race is the 50 baseline)
Decisiveness: Unknown
No analyst ratings or past results for this contest yet.
High representation → My vote power: High.
Some data is missing, so this rating is based on partial information and capped at "High".
About this office
- Voting on how much you pay in state taxes
- Voting on how much money your local public schools get
- Voting on which roads and highways get built or repaired
Affects: AI Regulation, Healthcare Affordability, Environment and Public Health,
Candidates
Republican · declared
Chris Martinez describes himself as a true blue-collar worker raised by a single mother who never made more than $18,847 a year while raising four children below the poverty line. He spent time in juvenile correctional facilities and was last incarcerated at 23 in the King County Jail.
Democratic · Incumbent · declared
Edwin Obras came to the U.S. from the Philippines as a kid, grew up on Beacon Hill in Seattle and was the first in his family to graduate college, earning a degree at UW and a Master of Public Administration at Northeastern. He spent 18 years at the City of Seattle's Human Services Department.
Records: Labor Rights 24 for, Housing Affordability 13 for, Corporate Accountability 11 for,
Sources: sos.wa.gov23