Legislative District 42 - State Representative Pos. 1 (2-year term)
Legislative (House) District 42; 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 · 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, 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
Democratic · Incumbent · declared
Alicia Rule's family has called Whatcom County home for five generations, after her great-grandparents immigrated from Holland and her grandparents owned a farm in Sumas. She is the daughter of a truck driver who delivered hay to local dairies and a mother who works for PeaceHealth.
Records: Labor Rights 21 for, Corporate Accountability 11 for, Housing Affordability 10 for,
Republican · declared
Misty Flowers moved to Whatcom County 23 years ago after seeing the consequences of poor public policy in California, where rising taxes were not raising living wages. She campaigns on helping families keep their assets in Whatcom County and grow for generations.
Records: Environment and Public Health 1 against, Government Efficiency 1 for
Sources: sos.wa.gov23