May 10
Filing Week recap: Take a look at the most contested races, which legislators ended up unopposed, and the biggest surprises
Washington’s 2026 Filing Week is over, and the landscape of this year’s midterm election cycle is now coming into focus. A total of 1,107 candidates filed for 602 offices across the state, ranging from Congress and the Legislature to county courthouses, ports, city councils, and judicial benches. The filing period produced a familiar pattern: a huge opening-day rush, a midweek slowdown, and then…