Legislative District 43 - State Senator (4-year term)
Legislative (Senate) District 43; 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 157,837 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 ÷ 157,837) ÷ ln(50,000) = 68.03, 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 · declared
Hannah Sabio-Howell is communications director for Working Washington and worked four years as a legislative aide and Senate caucus communications specialist. She wants lower rents and easier home ownership, universal childcare, and fully funded public schools.
Records: Corporate Accountability 2 for, Civil Rights 1 for, Data Privacy 1 for
Democratic · Incumbent · declared
Jamie Pedersen is Senate Majority Leader and a parent of four children in Seattle Public Schools. He argues the state's public schools are underfunded and that support must increase for its 1.1 million K-12 students.
Records: Labor Rights 26 for, Housing Affordability 18 for, Corporate Accountability 16 for,
Sources: sos.wa.gov23