The Winner
If you live in Washington's 7th U.S. House District, you will continue to be represented in Congress by Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), who has been declared the winner of the 2026 congressional race, according to the Associated Press.
Jayapal took about 87.6% of the vote to about 12.1% for Republican Nirav Sheth, a margin of about 75 points or about 262,639 votes, according to official results from the Washington Secretary of State Elections Division as of Nov. 10. The winner rests on the AP call, and the vote figures are preliminary and may change until the state certifies them.
The Race
Nirav Sheth, the Republican, reached the general election ballot by advancing from the Aug. 4 top-two primary. Cook Political Report rated the race Solid Democratic before Election Day.
The district takes in parts of King County, including Seattle, Burien, Shoreline, Lake Forest Park and Normandy Park, according to Ballotpedia. Seattle is the largest city.
Washington's 7th Congressional District has about 779,300 residents, according to geographic data for the district. The median household income is about $125,200, and the median age is about 36. About 66.5% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The population is about 63.4% white, about 15.3% Asian, about 9.6% Hispanic, and about 4.9% Black, with an unemployment rate of about 4.8% and a poverty rate of about 9.3%.
What's Next
Jayapal is set to take office on Jan. 3, 2027. Jayapal, who is from Seattle, Washington, said she would continue working to stop defense funding in the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 2027, the annual defense policy bill, and instead invest in people and communities, according to Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal's official website, which reported her statement on July 22.
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