Legislative District 42 - State Senator (4-year term)
Legislative (Senate) 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, 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
Republican · declared
Erika Creydt is a clinical psychologist and founder of Touchstone Counseling Group who was raised in Whatcom County and chose to build her life and raise her family there. She emphasizes understanding the realities of running a business and balancing a budget.
Records: Government Spending Reduction 1 for
Democratic · declared
Michael Alvarez Shepard is the Port of Bellingham's District 1 Commissioner and a professor in the Anthropology Department at Western Washington University. He has previously worked for Northwest Indian College and Whatcom Community College and holds a Ph.D. from the University of British Columbia.
Records: Government Spending Reduction 1 for, 2 against, Public Infrastructure 2 for, Civil Rights 1 for
Sources: sos.wa.gov23