Legislative District 9 - State Representative Pos. 2 (2-year term)
Legislative (House) District 9; 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 158,812 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 ÷ 158,812) ÷ ln(50,000) = 68.01, 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 · Incumbent · declared
Joe Schmick has represented Washington House District 9 since 2007. He is a former second-generation farmer and small-business owner with accounting and economics degrees from Eastern Washington University.
Records: Healthcare Affordability 9 for, 1 against, Environment and Public Health 5 for, 4 against, Public Education Quality 3 for, 3 against,
Democratic · declared
Karina Wallace is a Cheney-based advocate with experience in domestic-violence shelters, a DSHS Job Center, and certified peer support. She attended college while raising six children and is campaigning on working-family and disability-access issues.
Sources: sos.wa.gov23