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2026 candidates we're tracking in WA-5
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Nate Powell
Prefers Indepe
Nate Powell is a union firefighter and Marine Corps veteran, per his campaign site; RANGE Media reports he was recruited and endorsed by the Working Class Heroes Fund and ranks third in the field in fundraising.
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Carmela Conroy
Prefers Democr
Carmela Conroy is a former U.S. Foreign Service officer whose postings included Afghanistan, Japan, and Pakistan, and a former Spokane County deputy prosecutor, per her campaign site; she was the district's 2024 Democratic nominee, per RANGE Media and the Spok…
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Matthew Hayes
Prefers Indepe
Matthew Hayes is an Air Force veteran, retired physician, and recent Gonzaga law graduate, per RANGE Media's guide to the field.
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Bajun R. Mavalwalla
Prefers Democr
Bajun R. Mavalwalla is a retired Army officer from Valley, Washington who served more than two decades with deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, per his campaign site.
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Michael McGarr
Prefers Democr
Michael McGarr is a retired Spokesman-Review copy editor, a former air traffic controller, and an Air Force veteran, per Spokesman-Review coverage of this race; RANGE Media reports he has filed no fundraising with the FEC.
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Kevin Fagan
Prefers Democr
Kevin Fagan serves on the City of Spokane's Climate Resilience and Sustainability Board and is the youngest contender in the field, per RANGE Media; his campaign site pledges to refuse corporate PAC money.
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Michael Baumgartner
Prefers Republ
Incumbent
Michael Baumgartner is the sitting U.S. Representative for this district, a former Spokane County treasurer, and a former State Department officer who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, per RANGE Media and the Spokesman-Review; he sits on the Education and Workfo…
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Kyle Usrey
Prefers Indepe
Kyle Usrey is an attorney and former university dean who led Whitworth University's business school and a university in Lithuania, per a Spokesman-Review profile; his campaign site says it accepts no PAC money.
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Andrew Bartleson
Prefers Indepe
Andrew Bartleson is an auditor for the Washington Department of Labor and Industries, per RANGE Media, which reports he has taken no donations and campaigns by giving away t-shirts.
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Ann Marie Danimus
Prefers Indepe
Ann Marie Danimus owns the marketing company Stubborn Girl Creative and is a double organ transplant survivor, per her campaign site and Spokesman-Review coverage, which notes this is her third run for the seat.
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Richard Freudenberg
Prefers Democr
Richard Freudenberg is an attorney and retired Air Force Judge Advocate from Liberty Lake who retired from the Washington Air National Guard as a lieutenant colonel in May 2026, per a Spokesman-Review profile.
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David Womack
Prefers Democr
David Womack is a retired Air Force colonel and health care executive from Walla Walla who commanded the medical group at Fairchild Air Force Base and later led a rural hospital in Colfax, per his campaign site and a Spokesman-Review profile.
About this race
Washington's 5th 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.