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Washington District 8 · U.S. House · 2026

Seat U.S. House, Washington District 8

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U.S. House, Washington District 8 · Incumbent running
DEMAdvanced to the general
Kim Schrier incumbent
95%Hume Outlook · Hume model estimate · as of 2026-10-28
REPAdvanced to the general
Spencer Meline
5%Hume Outlook · Hume model estimate · as of 2026-10-28
IncumbentKim Schrier

Hume Outlook

hume-2026.10-r1 · Forecast as of Oct 28, 2026
95% Kim Schrier · DemocratChance to win, between the two named candidates
DEM Kim Schrier 95%
REP Spencer Meline 5%
  • Hume model estimate · built on polls, fundamentals, and markets
Latest poll Not available No public polls of this race in our data yet.
Seat lean (Hume PVI) D+1 as of cycle 2020
Prior result, this seat DEM 54.1% 2024 general · margin 8.2%

Side by side

2 candidates · 5 measures
FEC summary through 2026-10-14
MeasureDEMSchrierREPMeline
Total receiptsUSD, cycle to date, all authorized committees
Kim Schrier$3,766,607.24
Spencer Meline$157,773.63
Total disbursementsUSD, cycle to date
Kim Schrier$2,371,337.66
Spencer Meline$85,052.41
Cash on handUSD, close of the covered period
Kim Schrier$3,216,892.25
Spencer Meline$72,721.22
Latest pollpercent, as stored
Kim SchrierNot available No public polls of this race in our data yet.
Spencer MelineNot available No public polls of this race in our data yet.
Seat lean (Hume PVI)identical for every candidate
Kim SchrierD+1seat-level
Spencer MelineD+1seat-level
Money is each candidate's FEC summary: every committee the candidate has authorized, combined, as filed through the coverage date shown.

Polling

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Not available No public polls of this race in our data yet.

    Seat lean · Hume PVI

    as of cycle 2020
    D+1
    Lean (D minus R, points)
    +0.975

    Hume PVI is Hidden Levers' own two-party presidential-lean index for the district, computed on the district's current lines, not the Cook PVI.

    Prior result, this seat

    election returns

    2024 general

    CandidatePartyVotes% of total
    Kim SchrierDEM224,60754.09%
    Carmen GoersREP190,67545.91%

    Total votes 415,282 · winning margin 8.17% of total (margin computed here from the cited vote counts)

    Sources: FEC filings (through Oct 14, 2026) · Prior result: MIT Election Data + Science Lab (CC0) · Hume PVI and Hume Outlook: Hidden Levers estimates.

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