Legislative District 42 - State Representative Position 2
Legislative (House) District 42; Washington
My vote power
High
Election date
August 4, 2026 · Primary 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 · 67 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 160,832 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 ÷ 160,832) ÷ ln(50,000) = 67.95, measured against a statewide vote in WA (grades: 66+ high, 55+ above average, 33+ average, 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
Democratic · Incumbent · declared
Joe Timmons grew up in a working class Washington household where his parents ran a small mechanical contracting company out of their garage. He graduated from Western Washington University and the University of Washington's Evans School of Public Policy and Governance.
Records: Labor Rights 25 for, Environment and Public Health 10 for, 2 against, Corporate Accountability 11 for,
Republican · declared
Justin Pike has served more than 23 years in the military and nearly two decades in law enforcement, working as a patrol officer and detective. He describes meeting people on the hardest day of their lives and standing with victims and families in crisis.
Records: Government Spending Reduction 1 for
Source: sos.wa.gov