Legislative District 36 - State Senator (4-year term)
Legislative (Senate) District 36; 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 159,952 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 ÷ 159,952) ÷ ln(50,000) = 67.97, 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
Jillian England works in computer science and healthcare business operations and holds a computer science and business degree from the University of Puget Sound. She backs energy abundance through hydropower, natural gas and small modular reactors, plus lower taxes.
Democratic · Incumbent · declared
Noel Frame has represented the 36th Legislative District as state senator since January 2023, after serving as state representative from January 2016. She has been honored more than 15 times for advocating for youth in foster care and juvenile justice and for fixing the state's upside-down tax code.
Records: Labor Rights 28 for, Housing Affordability 18 for, Corporate Accountability 16 for,
Sources: sos.wa.gov23