Legislative District 26 - State Senator (4-year term)
Legislative (Senate) District 26; 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 157,576 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 ÷ 157,576) ÷ 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
Democratic · Incumbent · declared
Deborah Krishnadasan has served in the Washington State Senate since December 2024 and was elected to the Peninsula School District board in 2015, serving as its president from 2018 to 2020. She works on lowering household costs and on school and transportation funding.
Records: Labor Rights 25 for, Housing Affordability 15 for, Corporate Accountability 13 for,
Republican · declared
Gary Parker is a retired Intel engineer who owns the BBQ2U restaurant in Gig Harbor and founded Olympic Civic Services, a nonprofit serving seniors and veterans. He puts affordability and public safety first.
Sources: sos.wa.gov23