Legislative District 39 - State Representative Position 1
Legislative (House) District 39; 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 · 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 160,718 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 ÷ 160,718) ÷ 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
Dusty Wisniew
Did not advanceRepublican · lost
Dusty Wisniew is a husband, father of five, tradesman and small business owner who was born and raised in Pullman. He has lived in Legislative District 39 for the past six years.
Kathryn Lewandowsky
AdvancedDemocratic · advanced
Kathryn Lewandowsky earned her LPN license in 1987 as a single mother of three and her Registered Nurse license in 1991, working across oncology, critical care and in-patient hospice over a 40 year career. She completed her Bachelor's of Science in Nursing in 2017.
Sam Low
AdvancedRepublican · Incumbent · advanced
Sam Low represents District 39, Position 1 in the Washington House of Representatives. He is Ranking Minority Member on Housing and Assistant Ranking Minority Member on Transportation.
Records: Government Spending Reduction 12 for, Labor Rights 12 for, Public Infrastructure 9 for, 1 against,
Results
Advanced · Certified
Winners: Kathryn Lewandowsky (Democratic), Sam Low (Republican)
Source: sos.wa.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Source: sos.wa.gov