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2026 candidates we're tracking in WA-4
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Jacek "Jack" Kobiesa
States No Part
Jacek "Jack" Kobiesa is a Pasco mechanical engineer who immigrated from Poland, per the Yakima Herald-Republic's guide to this field.
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Amanda McKinney
Prefers Republ
Amanda McKinney is a Yakima County commissioner, small business owner, and former mortgage banker, per the Yakima Herald-Republic, which reports she leads the field in fundraising through March 2026 FEC filings.
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John Duresky
Prefers Democr
John Duresky is a retired Air Force major from West Richland who worked as a project control officer at the Hanford site, with 37 years of combined military and civil service, per the Yakima Herald-Republic; he is the only filer in this field stating a Democra…
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John C. Hughs
Prefers Republ
John C. Hughs is a certified pharmacy technician from Lind who works in medication therapy management for a community health plan, per the Yakima Herald-Republic.
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Favian Valencia
Prefers Indepe
Favian Valencia is a Yakima civil rights attorney and business owner whose family settled in the valley as farmworkers, per the Yakima Herald-Republic and his campaign site.
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Jerrod Sessler
Prefers Republ
Jerrod Sessler is a Navy veteran, entrepreneur, and former NASCAR driver from Prosser, per his campaign site; the Yakima Herald-Republic notes he advanced to the November 2024 ballot for this seat.
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Devin Poore
Prefers Cascad
Devin Poore is an East Wenatchee software engineer who left his job to campaign full time, per the Yakima Herald-Republic; he runs with the new centrist Cascade Party of Washington.
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Ken Vaz
Prefers Republ
Ken Vaz is a software developer who has worked at Nordstrom, Salesforce, Amazon, and Tableau, per his campaign site; the Yakima Herald-Republic notes he is based in Seattle, outside Central Washington.
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Zac Rossi
States No Part
Zac Rossi of West Richland says on his campaign site that he filed to draw attention to the national debt and asks voters not to vote for him.
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Elpidia Saavedra
Prefers Republ
Elpidia Saavedra is the mayor of Toppenish and a dental hygienist at a community health center in the Lower Yakima Valley, per the Yakima Herald-Republic.
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Matt Boehnke
Prefers Republ
Matt Boehnke is a Washington state senator from Kennewick, a retired Army officer with more than 21 years of active duty, and a cybersecurity educator at Columbia Basin College, per the Yakima Herald-Republic and the Washington State Standard.
About this race
Washington's 4th Congressional District elects one member of the U.S. House of Representatives to a two-year term. Every House seat in the country is on the ballot in 2026. The Washington primary is Tuesday, August 4, 2026, and the general election is Tuesday, November 3, 2026.