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The WA-5 race
Washington’s 2026 general election for U.S. House District 5 is scheduled for Nov. 3, 2026. Fourteen candidates are listed in the contested race: six Democrats, six Independents and two Republicans.
Andrew Bartleson is listed as an Independent candidate. The records do not identify his background, state his positions on public policy or list figures for funds raised, funds spent or cash on hand. The same information is unlisted for every candidate in the race.
Party affiliation is the main distinction recorded for most of the field. Michael James Baumgartner, a Republican, is also identified as the incumbent.
Candidates in the race
Each candidate’s listing contains the same limited set of details about biography, policy and campaign finances:
- Anthony Jensen — Republican. Jensen is listed in WA-5; no biography, documented policy positions or campaign-finance figures are listed.
- Nate Powell — Independent. Powell is listed in WA-5; no biography, documented policy positions or campaign-finance figures are listed.
- Michael James Baumgartner — Republican, incumbent. Baumgartner is listed in WA-5; no biography, documented policy positions or campaign-finance figures are listed.
- Kyle B Usrey — Independent. Usrey is listed in WA-5; no biography, documented policy positions or campaign-finance figures are listed.
- Carmela Conroy — Democrat. Conroy is listed in WA-5; no biography, documented policy positions or campaign-finance figures are listed.
- Anthony A Whisenhunt — Democrat. Whisenhunt is listed in WA-5; no biography, documented policy positions or campaign-finance figures are listed.
- Aaron Matthew Croft — Independent. Croft is listed in WA-5; no biography, documented policy positions or campaign-finance figures are listed.
- David Womack — Democrat. Womack is listed in WA-5; no biography, documented policy positions or campaign-finance figures are listed.
- Ann Marie Danimus — Independent. Danimus is listed in WA-5; no biography, documented policy positions or campaign-finance figures are listed.
- Richard Freudenberg — Democrat. Freudenberg is listed in WA-5; no biography, documented policy positions or campaign-finance figures are listed.
- Matthew Stephen Hayes — Independent. Hayes is listed in WA-5; no biography, documented policy positions or campaign-finance figures are listed.
- Andrew Bartleson — Independent. Bartleson is listed in WA-5; no biography, documented policy positions or campaign-finance figures are listed.
- Bajun Mavalwalla — Democrat. Mavalwalla is listed in WA-5; no biography, documented policy positions or campaign-finance figures are listed.
- Kevin Fagan — Democrat. Fagan is listed in WA-5; no biography, documented policy positions or campaign-finance figures are listed.
Policy positions and campaign finances
No documented policy positions are listed for Bartleson or any of the other candidates. That means the candidates cannot be compared on issues from the official entries at this stage. A party label identifies how a candidate is listed in the race, but it does not establish that candidate’s position on a specific issue.
Campaign-finance totals also are not listed for any candidate. There are no recorded figures for money raised, money spent or cash on hand. An unlisted amount should not be read as a reported total of zero; it means no figure is recorded in the candidate entry.
No candidate biography is listed. The official entries therefore do not establish details such as occupation, education, prior public service or community involvement for Bartleson or any other candidate.
What comes next
The general election is scheduled for Nov. 3, 2026. Before then, voters can watch for updates to the candidate list, the publication of biographies and policy positions, and the addition of campaign-finance figures.
Those updates would allow direct comparisons among Bartleson, the other five Independent candidates, the six Democratic candidates and the two Republican candidates. Until such entries are made, the documented facts are limited to the candidates’ names, listed affiliations, the incumbent designation for Baumgartner, the district and the election date.
