Legislative District 4 - State Representative Pos. 1 (2-year term)
Legislative (House) District 4; 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 162,056 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 ÷ 162,056) ÷ ln(50,000) = 67.91, 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
Debra Long is an accountant and former five-term Central Valley School District board director who served from 2003 through 2023. She also served as president of the Washington State School Directors' Association and has local business-owner experience.
Republican · declared
George Wagner is a retired U.S. Navy recruiter and small-business owner from Newman Lake. He served 21 years in the Navy and later worked as a legislative assistant to Washington state Rep. Jenny Graham.
Republican · declared
Hillary Q. Pham is a U.S. Air Force veteran and former legislative assistant to Washington state Rep. Rob Chase. She also worked in intergovernmental affairs for Spokane County and served on the county's appointed Veterans' Advisory Board.
Republican · declared
Trent Maier is an engineer, entrepreneur, and owner of Trailbreaker Cider in Liberty Lake. He earned an electrical engineering degree from Michigan State University and previously worked in the automation and energy industries.
Source: sos.wa.gov