Legislative District 21 - State Representative Pos. 2
Legislative (House) District 21; 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 · 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 155,780 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 ÷ 155,780) ÷ ln(50,000) = 68.09, 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
Libertarian · declared
Bruce Guthrie is a retired Operations, Sales and Marketing Executive with a second career in teaching who has lived in Edmonds since 2008. He holds a BA from Cornell U., an MBA from Northwestern U. and a Masters In Teaching from Seattle U.
Democratic · Incumbent · declared
Lillian Ortiz-Self has worked across child-serving systems and human services, including as clinical director of the Tri-Cty Mental Health Center in Missouri and as a regional coordinator.
Records: Labor Rights 23 for, Civil Rights 14 for, Corporate Accountability 13 for,
Sources: sos.wa.gov2 · www2.sos.wa.gov