Washington — 1st District

D Democratic Suzan DelBene

Supports middle-class tax relief and economic investments

DelBene focuses on easing rising costs for families, including gas, housing, and child care. She supports expanding the Child Tax Credit, investing in worker training programs, and creating an economy that works for working families and small businesses.

• Supports expanding the Child Tax Credit to assist working families facing inflation.
• Promotes investments in worker training programs and local job growth.
• Previously advocated higher tax rates on individuals earning over $1 million per year.

“While our economy grew because of Democrats’ economic policies, including the expansion of the Child Tax Credit, under the Trump administration many families are struggling with rising costs including the price of gas, housing, and child care.”

“I support expanding economic opportunity, helping working families and small businesses, spurring job growth, and being fiscally responsible.”

R Republican Mary Silva

Supports tax cuts, deregulation, and housing reforms

Silva emphasizes cutting middle-class taxes, deregulating, and lowering energy costs to combat skyrocketing living expenses. To address housing shortages, she advocates capping Wall Street investors from buying single-family homes and streamlining local permitting.

• Advocates cutting middle-class taxes, deregulating, and expanding domestic energy production.
• Proposes capping Wall Street investors from hoarding single-family homes to help local families compete.
• Recommends rewarding local governments that streamline permitting and freeing up community bank lending.
• Demands accountability for Wall Street executives who profited off taxpayer bailouts.

“Washington’s cost of living has skyrocketed due to inflation and a severe housing shortage, which drives up everyday expenses like groceries and daycare.”

“To fix housing, we should reward local governments that streamline permitting, free up community bank lending, and cap Wall Street investors from hoarding single-family homes, ensuring local families can compete.”

“Finally, we must cut middle-class taxes, deregulate, slash green energy mandates, and expand domestic energy production to lower costs and increase take-home pay for first district residents.”

D Democratic Suzan DelBene

Supports tech innovation and digital privacy

DelBene, a former tech executive, focuses on protecting consumer digital privacy and regulating tech access. She strongly criticized the Trump administration for granting unmonitored access to sensitive personal and financial data to private entities like DOGE.

• Opposed granting unmonitored citizen data access to private entities like Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency.
• Voted Yea on the GENIUS Act (S.1582) creating a regulatory framework for payment stablecoins.
• Emphasizes protecting personal data privacy from both private corporations and government overreach.

“Fighting to protect the privacy of all of us means your personal information is protected from private entities and public ones.”

“It’s why when President Trump gave Elon Musk and the ‘Department of Government Efficiency’ unprecedented access to your sensitive personal, financial, and health information with little oversight or accountability – it was outrageous and illegal.”

R Republican Mary Silva

Supports reshoring technology and cyber infrastructure

Silva's flagship priority is reshoring semiconductor manufacturing, IT, AI, and cybersecurity operations to protect national security. She advocates restructuring the H-1B visa program to curb tech offshoring and force corporations to hire local American workers.

• Proposes bringing semiconductor, IT, AI, and server manufacturing back to Washington State and the U.S.
• Calls for restructuring the H-1B visa program to stop tech offshoring and prioritize domestic talent.
• Warns that foreign tech manufacturing leaves domestic critical infrastructure vulnerable to espionage and cyberattacks.

“The core message of my platform is that I want to bring technology jobs back to Washington State and protect our national security.”

“We should be building chips, servers, and advanced systems here, with American workers under American laws; not crossing our fingers that overseas suppliers and foreign standards hold steady.”

“Restructure the H-1B visa program to curb tech offshoring and incentivize corporations to prioritize local American talent over foreign labor.”

D Democratic Suzan DelBene

Supports protecting the ACA and universal coverage

DelBene supports strengthening the Affordable Care Act and moving toward universal coverage by offering a public option alongside private plans. She consistently votes to protect pre-existing condition protections and expand healthcare access.

• Consistently votes to protect and build upon the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
• Supports creating a public option to compete with private insurance and achieve universal coverage.
• Defends protections for pre-existing conditions and opposes gender-based premium discrimination.

“That’s why I have consistently voted to protect the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and build on it.”

“I support getting America to universal quality coverage and the best way to incentivize competition is to give people a choice between public and private coverage options.”

R Republican Mary Silva

Opposes health mandates and supports consent

Silva strongly opposes government, employer, or pharmaceutical health mandates, asserting full individual and parental rights over medical choices. Endorsed by Stand for Health Freedom, she advocates removing corporate conflicts from public health agencies and holding manufacturers liable.

• Opposes all medical and vaccine mandates for employment, schooling, or public participation.
• Guarantees absolute parental rights over children's medical and wellness decisions.
• Calls for stripping corporate conflicts of interest from health agencies and holding pharmaceutical manufacturers liable.
• Endorsed by Stand for Health Freedom.

“Protect every individual’s fundamental right to make their own medical decisions without government mandates, digital tracking, or economic coercion.”

“Healthcare should empower you, not control you. I believe in your rights to retain the ultimate control over your body, your medical decisions, and the healthcare of your children.”

“Oppose pharmaceutical and treatment requirements as conditions for employment, schooling, or public participation.”

D Democratic Suzan DelBene

Supports comprehensive reform and ICE guardrails

DelBene advocates for comprehensive immigration reform to fix the broken system for families and businesses. She also demands legal guardrails on immigration enforcement agencies like ICE to prevent community terrorization.

• Champions comprehensive immigration reform for families and businesses.
• Demands legal guardrails on ICE enforcement actions in local communities.
• Voted Nay on the Laken Riley Act (S.5) and the Protect Our Communities from DUIs Act (H.R.875).
• Voted Nay on the SAVE Act (H.R.22) requiring documentary proof of citizenship for voter registration.

“We must fix our nation’s broken immigration system so it works for families, businesses, and our economy.”

“We must pass comprehensive immigration reform which I have championed since being sworn in to Congress and we need legal guardrails to prevent ICE from committing violence and terrorizing our communities.”

R Republican Mary Silva

Supports border fortification and visa reform

Silva calls for fortifying border security and overhauling high-level security clearance procedures to protect national security. She also advocates restructuring the H-1B visa program to stop corporations from prioritizing foreign labor over local workers.

• Calls for fortifying border security and security clearance procedures to stop foreign espionage.
• Advocates restructuring the H-1B visa program to reduce foreign worker dependency and incentivize local hiring.

“Fortify border security and overhaul high-level security clearance procedures to combat foreign espionage.”

“Restructure the H-1B visa program to curb tech offshoring and incentivize corporations to prioritize local American talent over foreign labor.”

D Democratic Suzan DelBene

Supports oversight and defense authorizations

DelBene supports responsible defense funding and national oversight, consistently voting for annual defense authorization bills. She voted in favor of the Epstein Files Transparency Act (H.R.4405) to force DOJ document releases.

• Voted Yea on the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for FY2024.
• Voted Yea on the Epstein Files Transparency Act (H.R.4405) requiring searchable DOJ releases.
• Endorsed by Democratic Majority for Israel PAC.

“I support expanding economic opportunity, helping working families and small businesses, spurring job growth, and being fiscally responsible.”

R Republican Mary Silva

Supports 9/11 probe and intelligence reform

Silva demands public hearings into potential involvement by foreign intelligence agencies in the September 11 attacks and calls for overhauling the intelligence community. She advocates auditing the Pentagon, reforming FISA court rules, and ending foreign influence and foundation funding networks.

• Presses for public congressional hearings into foreign intelligence involvement in the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
• Demands a comprehensive audit of the Pentagon and overhaul of the $70 billion intelligence community.
• Proposes reforming FISA court rules, strengthening whistleblower protections, and curbing over-classification/FOIA delays.
• Advocates ending foundation funding networks that she claims subvert U.S. foreign policy.

“In the House, my highest priority will be to press for public hearings into the involvement of Israeli and other foreign intelligence agencies in the terrorist attacks on our soil on September 11, 2001.”

“Execute a comprehensive, real audit of the Pentagon to stop waste and enforce fiscal responsibility.”

“End the foundations, end the funding, end the interference in our government policies.”

D Democratic Suzan DelBene

Supports climate action and clean energy

DelBene emphasizes taking meaningful action to combat climate change, pointing to wildfire seasons and changing ocean conditions affecting the Pacific Northwest. She opposes rolling back green energy tax incentives.

• Supports federal action to mitigate climate change, protect natural resources, and address wildfires.
• Voted Nay on the Lower Energy Costs Act (H.R.1) that sought to expand fossil fuel production and repeal green energy tax credits.
• Voted Nay on H.J.Res.30 regarding ESG factors in investment decisions.

“We need meaningful action now to combat climate change to protect our health, wellbeing, and natural resources.”

“The Pacific Northwest is already experiencing the impacts of climate change. Growing wildfire seasons and changing ocean conditions harm our communities and environment.”

R Republican Mary Silva

Supports expanding domestic energy and slashing mandates

Silva advocates expanding domestic energy production and slashing green energy mandates to lower consumer expenses. She argues green mandates drive up the cost of living for middle-class residents.

• Calls for slashing green energy mandates and expanding domestic energy production.
• Argues green energy regulations inflate gas and electricity prices for middle-class families.

“Finally, we must cut middle-class taxes, deregulate, slash green energy mandates, and expand domestic energy production to lower costs and increase take-home pay for first district residents.”

D Democratic Suzan DelBene

Supports congressional oversight of administration

DelBene prioritizes using congressional majority oversight to hold the executive branch accountable for unlawful actions. She opposes restrictive voting laws like the SAVE Act and supports protecting government agency integrity.

• Serves as DCCC Chair to secure a Democratic House majority to hold the executive branch accountable.
• Voted Nay on the SAVE Act (H.R.22) and budget reconciliation resolutions (H.Con.Res.14).
• Voted Nay on the NORRA of 2025 (H.R.1526) restricting nationwide injunctions by federal courts.

“In the time he’s been back in office, Trump has brazenly violated the law, threatened the safety of our communities, and jeopardized our country’s economic security. I am fighting every single day as Chair of the DCCC to win us a majority in November 2026, so that we can hold this administration accountable.”

R Republican Mary Silva

Supports voter ID, surveillance bans, and transparency

Silva advocates for 100% election integrity through mandatory voter ID and establishing a midweek national voting holiday. She also demands dismantling warrantless mass surveillance like Flock license-plate cameras and enforcing strict Fourth Amendment protections.

• Requires mandatory voter ID and proposes a midweek national voting holiday to boost civic participation.
• Proposes dismantling warrantless domestic surveillance systems like Flock cameras.
• Prohibits foreign-linked or high-risk technology integration in local police and dispatch networks.
• Requires warrants before government or third-party vendors collect location or communication data.

“Require voter ID to guarantee secure, transparent, and trustworthy elections.”

“Dismantle the intrusive domestic surveillance networks—such as widespread Flock license-plate camera systems—that monitor everyday law-abiding citizens without judicial oversight or transparency.”

“Establish a midweek voting holiday to encourage civic participation and allow more citizens to observe and protect the voting process.”

D Democratic Suzan DelBene

Supports federal education funding and Department of Education

DelBene strongly opposes efforts to dismantle or shutter the Department of Education, asserting it would slash funding for public schools, special education, and college affordability. She also supports college tuition assistance programs.

• Opposes efforts to eliminate the Department of Education or cut federal public school funding.
• Protects federal funding for students with disabilities and college financial aid.
• Previously advocated for college tuition assistance programs.

“Trump has recklessly tried to shutter the Department of Education. I strongly oppose his illegal attempt to dismantle the department, which would slash federal funding for public schools nationwide, eliminate programs for children with disabilities, and cut programs that make attending college affordable.”

“Let’s be clear, eliminating the Department of Education would require an act of Congress – and I will fight any effort to do so.”

R Republican Mary Silva

Supports vocational training over four-year degrees

Silva advocates expanding apprenticeships, trade education, and federal reskilling programs as fast-track alternatives to traditional four-year college degrees, helping young workers earn high salaries without excessive debt.

• Promotes apprenticeships and trade education over standard four-year college pathways.
• Supports federal reskilling programs to prepare workers for high-paying technical careers.

“Expand apprenticeships, federal reskilling programs, and trade education as fast-track alternatives to four-year degrees, helping young workers earn high salaries sooner.”

D Democratic Suzan DelBene

Supports community policing and gun safety

DelBene advocates investing in community policing, crime diversion programs, and police accountability. She also champions commonsense gun safety legislation to curb endemic gun violence.

• Invests in community policing, crime diversion programs, and law enforcement accountability.
• Advocates addressing endemic gun violence through commonsense gun safety legislation.
• Voted Nay on the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act (H.R.28).

“I support investing in proven community policing and crime diversion programs to keep our streets, homes, and communities safe.”

“We must also address the endemic gun violence in America so our families and communities are safe.”

R Republican Mary Silva

Supports local domestic police tech

Silva focuses on law enforcement tech integrity, advocating for fully domestic, auditable police technology and banning foreign-linked platforms from local 911 dispatch networks.

• Requires all police technology and data to be domestically operated, controlled, and auditable.
• Bans foreign-linked surveillance platforms from local law enforcement networks.

“All police tools and their related data must be fully domestically operated, controlled, and auditable by an independent agency—especially when abuse is suspected.”

“Prohibit the integration of foreign-linked or compromised surveillance platforms into local law enforcement and 911 dispatch networks.”

D Democratic Suzan DelBene

Supports federal abortion rights protections

DelBene is a vocal defender of abortion access and reproductive rights following the overturning of Roe v. Wade. She supports the Women's Health Protection Act to guarantee abortion access nationwide.

• Co-sponsors and supports the Women's Health Protection Act to codify nationwide abortion access.
• Endorsed by Planned Parenthood Action Fund.
• Opposes Republican efforts to restrict reproductive healthcare choices.

“I’m a strong supporter of the Women’s Health Protection Act, a bill to guarantee everyone access to abortion care no matter which state they live in.”

“An extreme Republican supermajority on the Supreme Court has now stripped women of their constitutional right to an abortion.”