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Washington’s 2nd District

U.S. House · WA-2

Election day November 3, 2026 · forecast of October 15, 2026

Our forecast gives the Democrats a more than 99% chance of winning, with an average lead of 38.5 points.

Safe seat. Chance of a final gap under 5 points: under 1%.

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Democrat 69.2%

    Rick Larsen, incumbent

  • Republican 30.8%

    Edwin H. Feller

Thin vertical mark: 2024 result.

Compared with the average

Democrat Republican
WA-2 69.2%30.8%
National averageUnited States 54.5%+14.7 44.2%−13.5

Simple average of the 435 districts, not weighted by population.

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Local profile

Latino citizens aged 18 and over7.9% (± 0.3)

Share of all citizens aged 18 and over (ACS 2020–2024 estimate). Not a share of registered or actual voters.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, citizen voting-age population by race and ethnicity, ACS 2020–2024, 119th Congress districts

Current member

Rick Larsen · Democrat

Primary results

Held August 4, 2026 · Certified official result · Official source

Top-two primary Rick Larsen · Advanced to the general election 42.4% 88,708 votes
Top-two primary Edwin H. Feller · Advanced to the general election 32.8% 68,713 votes

Who's running

The candidates

Candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Democrat Incumbent

    Rick Larsen

    source
  • Republican Challenger

    Edwin H. Feller

    source

Previous election (2024)

The Democrats won by 28.0 points.

Our current projection: the Democrats ahead by 38.5 points.

Nearby districts

Party ahead and how sure the projection is.

  • WA-1 Democrat, safe seat
  • WA-7 Democrat, safe seat
  • WA-9 Democrat, safe seat
  • WA-8 Democrat, safe seat
  • WA-6 Democrat, safe seat
  • WA-10 Democrat, safe seat

Watch list

The tightest races

The smallest projected gaps between the top two.

  1. AZ-2Republican52%5.7-point gap
  2. KY-6Republican53%5.8-point gap
  3. VA-1Republican58%5.8-point gap
Forecast updated