Top row, from left to right: Rick Larsen, Cody Hart and Suzan DelBene. Bottom row, from left to right: Jeb Brewer, Kim Schrier and Carmen Goers.

Top row, from left to right: Rick Larsen, Cody Hart and Suzan DelBene. Bottom row, from left to right: Jeb Brewer, Kim Schrier and Carmen Goers.

DelBene, Larsen and Schrier on their way to re-election

Incumbent Democrats representing congressional districts 1, 2 and 8 were all leading Tuesday.

EVERETT — Initial Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning tallies showed a Democratic sweep across the three congressional districts representing Snohomish County.

Rep. Rick Larsen, D-Everett, earned a 13th term in Congress. Initial results showed Rep. Suzan DelBene, D-Medina, and Kim Schrier, D-Sammamish, with leads against their Republican challengers.

Ballots will continue to be counted in the coming days.

1st Congressional District

DelBene has represented the 1st Congressional District since redistricting in 2012. The district runs down from Arlington, through Lake Stevens and Snohomish and continues into King County through Kirkland and Redmond.

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Initial results show that with more than 236,000 votes in, DelBene led by over 28% against Jeb Brewer, a Republican. Brewer is a Colorado native but moved to Washington 20 years ago to be a program manager for Starbucks. He currently is the director of operations for Sevan Multi-Site Solutions, a construction contracting company.

On Tuesday evening, DelBene sent out a statement to supporters.

“I’m incredibly honored to have earned the privilege to represent the people of Washington’s First Congressional District for another term,” she wrote. “We also have an important opportunity next year to protect reproductive freedom, fight for a fairer tax code, make the expanded Child Tax Credit permanent, and build an economy where families and workers don’t just get by, but can get ahead.”

During her first term, DelBene secured $22 million for Washington to create job-training opportunities for recipients of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. In 2021, she helped pass a disaster relief package that provided $10 billion to food producers who lost revenue during the summer heat wave that year.

2nd Congressional District

If numbers hold, Larsen will serve his 13th term for the district. In an email Tuesday night, Larsen thanked supporters.

“Thank you to all my supporters across the 2nd District. Representing my friends and neighbors in Congress is an honor I never take for granted,” he wrote. “Regardless of what the final results of this election are, I know there is more work to be done — to protect reproductive freedom, to combat the opioid epidemic, and to keep the jobs engine going.”

Larsen, the lead Democrat on the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, has secured $146 million from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for projects throughout the district.

During this most recent term, he helped bring $179 million to Snohomish County for projects, such as the Lynnwood Link extension.

For the upcoming fiscal year, he’s requested funding over $10 million for the Lummi Detox Center and $5 million for a roundabout project at 100th Street SW and Holly Drive in Everett, among other projects.

Initial results show that with over 266,000 votes in, Larsen held 64.4% of the vote over self-described “MAGA Republican” Cody Hart. Hart’s website states he is “an absolute supporter of the right of unborn children to live” and that “pharmaceutical companies, including vaccine producers, must be held liable for injuries their product cause Americans.”

The 2nd Congressional District encompasses Skagit, Whatcom, San Juan and Island counties in addition to Everett and other Snohomish County communities west of I-5 going south to the King County line.

8th Congressional District

The closest local congressional race is in the 8th District.

Results on Wednesday morning results show that with over 295,000 votes in, Schrier had earned 54.18% of the votes compared to Carmen Goers’ 44.86%.

Incumbent Rep. Kim Schrier was a pediatrician in Issaquah before being elected in a tight race in 2018.

Goers is a Republican who has lived in the district for 20 years. One of her top campaign issues was crime, with her website stating “liberal policies regarding law enforcement and decriminalization of drugs have resulted in a gutted and demoralized police force, a violent crime wave, and a spike in synthetic opioid overdoses.”

The district covers Kittitas and Chelan counties, much of King, Pierce and Snohomish counties and a small portion of Douglas County. Schrier is one of two women doctors in the House, and has previously said her original motivation to run was out of concern for health care access and threats to the Affordable Care Act for her patients but also for herself, as someone with Type 1 diabetes.

With a new term ahead of her, she has said she wants to focus on lowering the cost of prescription drugs, dealing with the fentanyl crisis and assuring children’s online safety.

Eliza Aronson: 425-339-3434; eliza.aronson@heraldnet.com; X: @ElizaAronson.

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