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U.S. House District 5
2026 Washington U.S. House — District 5 — General Election · November 3, 2026
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Election: Washington 2026 Primary
Election date: 2026-08-04
Office: U.S. Representative, Congressional District 5
Candidate: Michael Baumgartner
Party preference: Republican
Current top-two rank: 1
Current unofficial votes: 95,359
Reporting units: 12/12
Result status: Unofficial pending Washington certification
Secretary of State Certifies Candidates and Measures for November General Election
August 21, 2026
Today, the Office of the Secretary of State certified statewide results for the Aug. 4 Primary.
Along with certification of results, the Secretary of State also certified all measures and candidates that will appear on the ballot in November.
Candidate: Michael Baumgartner
Office: U.S. House District 5
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PO BOX 8508, SPOKANE, WA, 99203
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Campaign mailing address: PO BOX 8508, SPOKANE, WA, 99203
Campaign email: [email protected]
Campaign website: https://www.votebaumgartner.com
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Campaign website: https://www.votebaumgartner.com
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I love Eastern Washington: I grew up in Colton and on the Palouse, and my wife and I are raising our five children in Spokane. I would be honored to have your vote.
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I love Eastern Washington: I grew up in Colton and on the Palouse, and my wife and I are raising our five children in Spokane. I would be honored to have your vote.
Michael Baumgartner was first elected to Congress in 2024, taking the oath of office in January 2025.
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Michael Baumgartner was first elected to Congress in 2024, taking the oath of office in January 2025.
Born in Pullman and raised in Colton, Michael Baumgartner is deeply rooted in Eastern Washington. The son of a public-school teacher and a Washington State University forestry professor, he grew up with a strong respect for hard work, education, and the land.
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Born in Pullman and raised in Colton, Michael Baumgartner is deeply rooted in Eastern Washington. The son of a public-school teacher and a Washington State University forestry professor, he grew up with a strong respect for hard work, education, and the land.
A proud WSU Cougar, Michael earned his degree in economics from Washington State University as a Foley Scholar before completing a Master of Public Administration at Harvard, where he also served as a teaching fellow.
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A proud WSU Cougar, Michael earned his degree in economics from Washington State University as a Foley Scholar before completing a Master of Public Administration at Harvard, where he also served as a teaching fellow.
Michael served as a U.S. State Department economics officer at the US Embassy in Iraq and worked on civilian counter-narcotics efforts in Afghanistan on behalf of the US Government. Earlier in his career, he worked summers with the U.S. Forest Service and spent a year as a Jesuit volunteer in Mozambique teaching at the local university and working with refugees.
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Michael served as a U.S. State Department economics officer at the US Embassy in Iraq and worked on civilian counter-narcotics efforts in Afghanistan on behalf of the US Government. Earlier in his career, he worked summers with the U.S. Forest Service and spent a year as a Jesuit volunteer in Mozambique teaching at the local university and working with refugees.
Back home, Michael was elected to the Washington State Senate in 2010, defeating an incumbent Democrat. He spent eight years as a State Senator, for six of which he helped lead a Republican majority coalition while cutting college tuition, lowering taxes, and supporting the creation of the WSU Medical School in Spokane. He later served six years as Spokane County Treasurer, where he increased transparency and oversaw a $2 billion public investment fund to earn returns for taxpayers.
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Back home, Michael was elected to the Washington State Senate in 2010, defeating an incumbent Democrat. He spent eight years as a State Senator, for six of which he helped lead a Republican majority coalition while cutting college tuition, lowering taxes, and supporting the creation of the WSU Medical School in Spokane. He later served six years as Spokane County Treasurer, where he increased transparency and oversaw a $2 billion public investment fund to earn returns for taxpayers.
Michael is well-traveled. He served as a US State Department Officer in Iraq and has visited more than 80 countries.
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Michael is well-traveled. He served as a US State Department Officer in Iraq and has visited more than 80 countries.
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I sponsored legislation to prohibit Members of Congress from trading individual stocks and profiting from special knowledge. I voted for permanent tax relief for working families and fought for lower taxes, smaller government, and more freedom. I helped enact laws to increase military salaries, and I will keep fighting for Fairchild Air Force Base and our veterans. I voted for the SAVE Act requiring people to show proof of citizenship when they register to vote, and supported a new $50 billion fund for rural healthcare. I helped pass the Farm Bill through the House for the first time in eight years, including my amendment focused on Eastern Washington water resources. I’ve worked to protect our Snake River dams.
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I sponsored legislation to prohibit Members of Congress from trading individual stocks and profiting from special knowledge. I voted for permanent tax relief for working families and fought for lower taxes, smaller government, and more freedom. I helped enact laws to increase military salaries, and I will keep fighting for Fairchild Air Force Base and our veterans. I voted for the SAVE Act requiring people to show proof of citizenship when they register to vote, and supported a new $50 billion fund for rural healthcare. I helped pass the Farm Bill through the House for the first time in eight years, including my amendment focused on Eastern Washington water resources. I’ve worked to protect our Snake River dams.
If a major new facility wants to connect to the electrical grid, it must pay the full incremental cost of the generation, transmission, distribution and grid upgrades. It must provide meaningful financial assurances, so families and small businesses are not left paying for infrastructure built around speculative promises.
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If a major new facility wants to connect to the electrical grid, it must pay the full incremental cost of the generation, transmission, distribution and grid upgrades. It must provide meaningful financial assurances, so families and small businesses are not left paying for infrastructure built around speculative promises.
It creates an investment tax credit for qualifying water-reuse projects. The credit would support onsite recycling systems, projects that replace freshwater with recycled municipal water and municipal infrastructure that expands the availability of recycled water for industrial use.
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It creates an investment tax credit for qualifying water-reuse projects. The credit would support onsite recycling systems, projects that replace freshwater with recycled municipal water and municipal infrastructure that expands the availability of recycled water for industrial use.
Some people oppose AI itself and reject data centers just as part of a larger project of trying to stop this new technology. But even if it were possible to stop AI (and it’s not), we should welcome the positive aspects which it can bring.
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Some people oppose AI itself and reject data centers just as part of a larger project of trying to stop this new technology. But even if it were possible to stop AI (and it’s not), we should welcome the positive aspects which it can bring.
We should develop transformative technologies with caution, but just as electricity did away with the charm of reading by candlelight, and automobiles relegated horses to pleasure riding, it is likely that we will adjust to this new technology as we have others in the past.
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We should develop transformative technologies with caution, but just as electricity did away with the charm of reading by candlelight, and automobiles relegated horses to pleasure riding, it is likely that we will adjust to this new technology as we have others in the past.
My legislation will protect communities and allow the US to lead, and when we lead, we can set the terms and shape the outcomes.
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My legislation will protect communities and allow the US to lead, and when we lead, we can set the terms and shape the outcomes.
As Pope Leo XIV recently warned, artificial intelligence must be judged by whether it protects human dignity rather than diminishes it. That is the right test: AI must serve people, strengthen families and communities and better our lives. Or it has no purpose.
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As Pope Leo XIV recently warned, artificial intelligence must be judged by whether it protects human dignity rather than diminishes it. That is the right test: AI must serve people, strengthen families and communities and better our lives. Or it has no purpose.
I am a Republican and a conservative. It's how I was raised—here in Eastern Washington—and it’s what I believe is best for my family and our country. This means I favor individual liberty, respect the Constitution, believe in free enterprise solutions and cherish the values and traditions that built America: a can-do attitude as well as love of family and country.
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I am a Republican and a conservative. It's how I was raised—here in Eastern Washington—and it’s what I believe is best for my family and our country. This means I favor individual liberty, respect the Constitution, believe in free enterprise solutions and cherish the values and traditions that built America: a can-do attitude as well as love of family and country.
Public service means helping people. My office has answered over 180,000 emails and phone calls, helped hundreds of people cut through red tape, and returned $3.8 million to local families. I will always fight for our values while also working across the aisle when it helps Eastern Washington, treating people with respect and pushing to restore integrity and civility to Congress.
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Public service means helping people. My office has answered over 180,000 emails and phone calls, helped hundreds of people cut through red tape, and returned $3.8 million to local families. I will always fight for our values while also working across the aisle when it helps Eastern Washington, treating people with respect and pushing to restore integrity and civility to Congress.
America must lead the world in artificial intelligence and advanced computing. The Chinese Communist Party is not waiting for us to get our act together.
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America must lead the world in artificial intelligence and advanced computing. The Chinese Communist Party is not waiting for us to get our act together.
Technology must serve the community, not the other way around. Artificial intelligence’s value must be measured not by how much computing power it creates, but by whether it advances human dignity, strengthens our families and improves people’s lives.
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Technology must serve the community, not the other way around. Artificial intelligence’s value must be measured not by how much computing power it creates, but by whether it advances human dignity, strengthens our families and improves people’s lives.
Data centers should not be forced onto communities that do not want them. Families should not be asked to pay higher electricity or water bills to subsidize private development. Farmers and small businesses should not lose access to affordable power or reliable water because a major new industrial user arrived with vague promises and a checkbook.
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Data centers should not be forced onto communities that do not want them. Families should not be asked to pay higher electricity or water bills to subsidize private development. Farmers and small businesses should not lose access to affordable power or reliable water because a major new industrial user arrived with vague promises and a checkbook.
Supports requiring large data centers and industrial megaprojects to bear the power, transmission, and water-infrastructure costs they create rather than shifting those costs to families, farmers, or small businesses.
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Introduced the Power and Water for Families Act to establish a national framework for allocating the infrastructure costs and community impacts of large data centers and industrial megaprojects.
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Prioritizes U.S. leadership in artificial intelligence and advanced computing.
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Believes technology should advance human dignity, strengthen families, and improve people's lives rather than subordinating communities to technology.
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Believes data centers should not be forced on communities that do not want them.
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Secured funding for research equipment at the USDA Plant Biosciences facility to support the region's agriculture industry.
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Reports that his office answered more than 180,000 constituent contacts, helped residents navigate federal agencies, and returned $3.8 million to local families.
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Prioritizes national security, economic opportunity, and preservation of rural communities' way of life.
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Coverage: January 3, 2025 through July 23, 2026These are descriptive counts from captured official records, not an ideology, effectiveness, or intent score. Subject labels are navigation aids assigned from official measure text. A vote does not establish why the candidate voted that way or support for every provision in a measure.
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Michael Baumgartner is recorded as voting yes in the official record for on passage.
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Issue: H R 8884
Vote question: On Passage
Official description: Removing Barriers to Work for Disabled Americans Act
Status: Passed
Baumgartner | R | WA | Yea
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Michael Baumgartner is recorded as voting no in the official record for on agreeing to the resolution.
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Issue: H CON RES 89
Vote question: On Agreeing to the Resolution
Official description: Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran
Status: Passed
Baumgartner | R | WA | Nay
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Michael Baumgartner is recorded as voting yes in the official record for on agreeing to the resolution.
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Issue: H CON RES 113
Vote question: On Agreeing to the Resolution
Official description: Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2027 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2028 through 2036
Status: Passed
Baumgartner | R | WA | Yea
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Michael Baumgartner is recorded as voting yes in the official record for on passage.
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Issue: H R 7008
Vote question: On Passage
Official description: Stop Insider Trading Act
Status: Passed
Baumgartner | R | WA | Yea
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Michael Baumgartner is recorded as voting yes in the official record for on agreeing to the amendment.
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Issue: H R 8800
Vote question: On Agreeing to the Amendment
Amendment author: Grothman of Wisconsin Part A Amendment No. 316
Status: Failed
Baumgartner | R | WA | Aye
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Issue: H R 8800
Vote question: On Agreeing to the Amendment
Amendment author: Harrigan of North Carolina Part A Amendment No. 44
Status: Agreed to
Baumgartner | R | WA | Aye
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Michael Baumgartner is recorded as voting no in the official record for on agreeing to the amendment.
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Issue: H R 8800
Vote question: On Agreeing to the Amendment
Amendment author: Crane of Arizona Part A Amendment No. 15
Status: Failed
Baumgartner | R | WA | No
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Michael Baumgartner is recorded as voting no in the official record for on agreeing to the amendment.
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Issue: H R 8800
Vote question: On Agreeing to the Amendment
Amendment author: Crane of Arizona Part A Amendment No. 14
Status: Failed
Baumgartner | R | WA | No
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FEC candidate totals January 1, 2025 through July 15, 2026.
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Candidate ID: H4WA05234
Name: BAUMGARTNER, MICHAEL JAMES
Office: House
State: WA
District: WA05
Coverage start: 2025-01-01
Coverage end: 2026-07-15
Total receipts: $1738226.34
Total disbursements: $976007.41
Cash on hand: $953783.60
Debts owed by committee: $0.00
Candidate contributions: $0.00
Loans made by candidate: $0.00
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