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I’m a Washington State Senator, 8th LD and cybersecurity professor running for Congress to defend Central Washington farmers from rising costs, overregulation, and threats to our way of life. As Ranking Member on Energy, Environment & Technology, I fight for affordable power, reliable water, and a strong ag workforce, while using my national‑security and AI background to secure our food supply, reduce our national debt, and keep the government transparent and accountable for rural communities.
I’ll back policies that lower energy, food, and housing costs by cutting wasteful federal spending, expanding domestic energy production, reducing burdensome regulations, and strengthening supply chains that keep groceries and farm inputs affordable. I’ll support free‑market competition in health care, transparency in pricing, and more flexibility for rural clinics, telehealth, and small businesses so families can keep more of what they earn.
Congress should secure elections with accurate voter rolls, ID requirements, and strong cyber and physical protections for voting systems, while keeping control close to states and counties. I will oppose federal power grabs, promote transparency in ballot counting and audits, and ensure every legal vote is counted once so citizens can trust the results.
Central Washington shows we can grow the economy, power the grid, and protect the environment with hydropower, advanced nuclear, renewables, and smart agriculture. I’ll push for a fact based “all‑of‑the‑above” American energy strategy- leveraging Small Modular Reactors, upgrading our Hydrosystem, faster permitting, and science‑based environmental policy that protects farms and jobs instead of punishing them.
We must secure the border first with more agents, technology, and enforcement, then modernize legal immigration so employers, especially farmers, have a reliable, lawful workforce. I’ll support ending catch‑and‑release, fixing asylum abuse, and improving guest‑worker programs so we uphold the law, treat people humanely, and protect our communities and economy.
The most important issue is protecting our agriculture‑driven economy, apples, wine grapes, hops, hay, dairies, and food processing, against rising costs, water uncertainty, labor shortages, and federal overreach. The federal government should provide stable farm policy, invest in water and transportation infrastructure, keep Hanford cleanup and PNNL fully funded, and get out of the way of the families who feed and power America.
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Born in southern Poland during communist rule, I witnessed firsthand the oppression of a Soviet-backed regime and the rise of the Solidarity movement. At 23, I came to America, inspired by its promise of freedom and opportunity. I earned a Mechanical Engineering degree from Washington State University and built a career focused on innovation, energy, and problem-solving. I am a strong believer in free enterprise, constitutional government, and American self-reliance. As a commercial pilot and world traveler who speaks multiple languages, I bring a global perspective while remaining firmly committed to American values. I believe the American Dream is alive, but it requires personal responsibility, hard work, open dialogue, and leadership tha
Washington families are being squeezed by rising costs in housing, health care, food, energy, and transportation. The federal government’s role is to remove barriers that drive prices higher, encourage competition, and strengthen the economy so families can keep more of what they earn. To improve housing affordability, I support reducing federal regulations that raise construction costs, streamlining permitting, and promoting innovative building methods. Local communities should keep control over land-use decisions while the federal government eliminates unnecessary obstacles. Health care costs can be lowered through greater transparency, competition among providers, affordable insurance options, and reduced administrative burdens. Medicare and Medicaid must be protected while improving ef
Congress has a responsibility to protect America’s democratic institutions, ensure every eligible citizen can vote, and maintain public confidence in the integrity of our elections. Election laws must be clear, transparent, and consistently enforced. Americans deserve confidence that elections are fair, every legal vote is counted accurately, and safeguards prevent fraud and errors. Congress should support states in modernizing election systems, strengthening cybersecurity, and protecting infrastructure from foreign interference. Our adversaries must not undermine trust in American elections. Transparency is essential: procedures, vote counting, and audits should be open to public observation and accountability. Public trust grows when citizens can see the process is fair and secure. While
Congress should pursue policies that recognize economic growth, energy security, and environmental protection are not mutually exclusive. A strong economy provides the resources to invest in cleaner technologies, modern infrastructure, and responsible stewardship. America’s energy policy must prioritize reliability, affordability, and innovation. I support an all-of-the-above strategy including nuclear power, hydropower, natural gas, clean coal technologies, renewables, and emerging innovations. We should not depend on foreign energy when we have abundant domestic resources and expertise. Environmental protection should emphasize measurable results over excessive bureaucracy. Clean air, clean water, and responsible land management are shared goals. Regulations must be grounded in sound sci
Congress has a responsibility to secure our borders, enforce immigration laws, uphold our humanitarian values, and ensure that America's workforce needs are met. These goals are not contradictory if approached with common sense and respect for the rule of law. First, the federal government must maintain effective control of our borders. Every nation has the right and obligation to know who is entering its territory. Congress should provide the resources necessary for border security, modern surveillance technology, and efficient processing of individuals seeking entry into the United States. Second, immigration laws must be enforced consistently and fairly. Laws that are not enforced undermine public confidence in government and create incentives for further illegal immigration. Individual
The most important issue facing Washington’s 4th Congressional District is expanding economic opportunity for working families, farmers, small businesses, and manufacturers. Our region has abundant agricultural resources, affordable energy, a strong work ethic, and world-class research institutions, yet many families still face rising costs and uncertainty. Agriculture is the backbone of our economy. Farmers need reliable water supplies, affordable energy, market access, and sensible regulations. Manufacturers and small businesses require relief from excessive federal rules that drive up costs without delivering real benefits. The federal government should foster growth by supporting infrastructure, reliable transportation, domestic energy production, and innovation while operating efficie
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Devin Poore grew up in rural Ferry County, graduating from Curlew High School in 2012. He attended the University of Washington, but left without a degree. He worked as a valet and then a warehouse manager to make ends meet, before successfully moving into software engineering. In 2022, he returned to Eastern WA, moving to East Wenatchee in 2024. That mix of experience - rural to urban, service industry to blue collar to white collar - informs Devin's independent approach to his campaign. His central issue is a corrupt, pay-to-play political system that most voters oppose, regardless of party. He's paired that with an affirmative vision for Central Washington - energy, agriculture, and rural investment to build lasting regional resilience.
Congress actually just passed the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, streamlining reviews for small and infill housing and reforming rural housing programs and manufactured home rules. That, along with Washington's HB 1110 opening up duplex and fourplex construction in mid-sized cities, is good progress. I'd build on that with federal grants for localities piloting land value tax in place of property tax - taxing speculation, not construction, so building costs less than sitting on empty land. On healthcare, CD4 has the highest Medicaid enrollment in Washington. I'll fight cuts that would close our rural hospitals and back moving toward universal healthcare. On food, I support tax credits and grants for home and community food production to cut grocery costs and build local resilience.
Trust between Americans and their federal government has been eroding for decades, and that's understandable. Foolish spending on endless foreign wars and tax break after tax break for the wealthy, policies we could not afford, have contributed to this frustration. Unfortunately it's been cynically redirected at the wrong targets: our election and voting systems - systems that are secure - rather than the real culprit, which is a corrupt, pay-to-play system that benefits DC insiders and big donors over voters. Congress's job is to fix that system, not cast doubt on secure elections. Reforms like congressional term limits, public financing of elections, and a ban on members trading stocks should be the focus of Congress to begin the long work of restoring the trust that's been lost.
Environmental laws are well-intentioned and many work well in practice. However, they can also be misused or misapplied, which can lead to implementation delays for things like wildfire fuel reduction or clean energy installations. Not only is that counter-intuitive - better forest management and renewable energy deployments are pro-environment policies - but it also acts as a barrier to the kinds of improved infrastructure, increased energy supply, and good paying jobs that embracing such policies would create. Congress should make good faith decisions about where to draw the line between the application of common sense environmental protections - protecting water and air supply and sensitive habitats - and what activities are worth some of the environmental disruption they may cause.
I support the currently introduced Dignity Act as a starting point for revising our broken immigration system: real investment in border security and legal ports of entry, paired with an earned legal status track for long-term undocumented residents, not pure amnesty and not mass deportation. That balance is what CD4 needs. But the current version dropped the separate residency pathway for farmworkers, a real gap for a district this dependent on agricultural labor; I'd push to restore it. On humanitarian responsibilities, I'd codify minimum federal detainee treatment standards, medical care, sanitation, safe housing, protections for children, into statute so basic treatment doesn't depend on whichever administration is in office.
Agriculture faces severe headwinds across the nation, and it's felt acutely in a district that relies on agriculture as much as ours does. Farmers and ranchers are at the mercy of consolidation in input supply chains and distribution channels, leaving them little control over their own pricing. As a result, farms continue to close across our district. I'd push hard for updated antitrust enforcement to return fair competition to these markets and for increased federal investment in agrivoltaics so farmers and ranchers who wish to can install solar on their land. This provides a predictable stream of diversified revenue for them without disrupting agricultural output and adds locally produced clean energy, keeping energy prices low across Central Washington.
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5093073937
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Elpidia Saavedra is the Mayor of Toppenish, Washington, a healthcare professional, and a Republican candidate for Congress in Washington's 4th District. With more than 20 years of experience serving underserved communities, she has dedicated her career to improving public health, strengthening local government, and advocating for working families. As Mayor, she has focused on public safety, infrastructure, fiscal responsibility, and economic development. Elpidia holds an MBA in Health Services Administration and believes government should be accountable to the people—not special interests. Her campaign is powered by the people, not the purse.
I support federal policies that lower costs for Washington families by expanding affordable housing, strengthening rural healthcare access, reducing food insecurity, and supporting working families. Increasing housing tax credits, expanding ACA subsidies, lowering prescription drug prices, and improving childcare affordability are essential. I also support investments in agriculture, energy efficiency, and workforce training to strengthen long‑term economic stability.
Congress must protect democratic institutions by strengthening voting rights, improving election security, and increasing transparency. I support modernizing election systems, expanding access for rural and tribal voters, and reinforcing safeguards against discrimination. Congress should invest in cybersecurity, support paper‑verified voting, and improve public communication.
Congress must balance economic growth, energy needs, and environmental policy by supporting innovation, expanding domestic energy production, and investing in clean technologies. I support an all‑of‑the‑above strategy that strengthens grid reliability, reduces emissions, and protects natural resources. Federal policy should promote renewable energy, modernize infrastructure, and support agriculture and industry while ensuring environmental standards that safeguard natural resources and long‑term community health.
Congress must balance border security, immigration enforcement, humanitarian responsibilities, and workforce needs through a practical, lawful approach. I support strengthening border technology, improving processing capacity, and enforcing existing laws while expanding legal pathways for workers essential to agriculture and key industries. Federal policy should protect families, and ensure employers have access to a stable, lawful workforce that supports economic growth and community safety.
The most important issue facing our district is strengthening the long‑term stability of our agricultural economy while improving access to essential services like healthcare, housing, and workforce support. I believe the federal government must invest in water infrastructure, modernize immigration pathways for farm labor, expand rural healthcare funding, and support small communities with economic development tools and committed financial support. These actions protect our region’s future and ensure families and producers can thrive.
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5096098592
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Jerrod Sessler is an honored businessman, US Navy veteran, entrepreneur, rancher, former NASCAR driver and bestselling author running for Congress in Washington’s 4th District. Trump-endorsed and backed by the House Freedom Caucus, Gen. Flynn, Parents Rights, Stand For Health Freedom, and Moms for America. Terminal cancer survivor, he founded HomeTask.com, creating veteran jobs, and wrote *How We Broke America*. As a Prosser rancher, he applies an engineer’s mindset to fix government. Priorities: Secure borders, election integrity (paper ballots + voter ID), fiscal responsibility, parental rights, rural/agriculture support, veterans, and constitutional governance. Persistent grassroots leader via Rescue Washington, Jerrod fights RINOs
Reduce government spending, repeal the 17th Amendment, push responsibility back to states, leave health care to the states only requiring the ability for interstate coverage.
Pass legislation ensuring only eligible citizens are allowed to vote.
Increase energy production well beyond the needs of our country so we are not dependent on international affairs which may impact our economy. The EPA has gone way too far with environmental protections. Coal power is a good example. It was bad because of the cost of human life due to the dirty extraction and the dirty nature of the burn results. Both of those issues have been fixed with machinery and exhaust scrubbers. We should not be limiting the use of good, clean energy sources. Another example is hydro power which should not be under constant attack.
Enforce immigration laws. Stop allowing executive branch to violate federal laws depending upon who is the President. Return to simple programs like the PIK program for Ag labor. Provide labor option for industry to choose between the state or the federal program but not both stacked on top of each other. This creates competition. Stop allowing a monopoly for industrial workers insurance for some states.
Agricultural business model is broken and needs to be redesigned so farmers are able to survive and thrive.
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Favian Valencia is a homegrown Central Washington leader, civil rights attorney, and small business owner. Born in Illinois to a Mexican Migrant Catholic farmworker family, he came to the Yakima Valley as a child and worked alongside his family in local orchards, learning the dignity of hard work and the value of opportunity. For nearly 15 years, Favian has fought for individuals and working families as a civil rights attorney. He is also a co-owner of Amá Café in Yakima. Favian is running as an Independent to bring practical, accountable leadership to Congress.
My first bill will eliminate federal income taxes for people earning under $60,000 which will allow us to restructure, modernize and shrink the IRS by about 20-40% and save us $4-8 billion a year. This will keep money in working families pockets and stimulate our local economy. I will stand for expanding housing supply by cutting unnecessary barriers and speeding responsible permitting. I will fight to make up for the Medicaid and Medicare cuts to provide near term relief for families that rely on this assistance. We should protect competition, challenge monopolistic practices that raise food and other prices, strengthen domestic supply chains, and pursue stable trade policies that do not punish farmers and consumers with unnecessary tariffs.
Congress should start by cleaning its own house first. I support banning members of Congress from trading individual stocks, term limits, real transparency in campaign money, and ending the revolving door between Congress and lobbying. On elections: Washington's vote-by-mail system is secure, audited, and works. Congress should protect election workers from threats, fund election security, and defend every eligible citizen's right to vote. And every candidate, win or lose, should respect certified results.
We should reject the false choice between a strong economy and a healthy environment. Congress should pursue abundant, reliable, affordable energy through an all-of-the-above strategy that includes hydropower, nuclear, solar, wind, geothermal, storage, and emerging technologies such as fusion. I support faster, more predictable permitting while maintaining meaningful protections for clean air, clean water, workers, and communities. Central Washington can lead in agriculture, advanced energy, and innovation if government sets clear rules, invests in infrastructure and research, and then gives people room to build.
Secure borders and humane treatment are not opposites. I support effective border security, enforcement focused on genuine threats, and a legal immigration system that actually works. Congress should expand lawful pathways for workers our economy needs, modernize visas, address long backlogs, protect Dreamers, and create an earned path to legal status for long-term residents who work, contribute, and follow the law. Detention must include due process and enforceable standards, especially for children and medically vulnerable people. We need order at the border, accountability in enforcement, and a system that reflects both economic reality and human dignity.
The cost of living, because everything else flows from it. Our district's economy runs on agriculture, and families here are hit twice: once at the grocery store and pharmacy, and again when trade wars and labor shortages hammer the farms that employ us. The federal government's role is to stop making it worse and start helping: stable trade policy so our growers can export, a working farm labor system, lower health care and prescription costs, and investment in housing and infrastructure across the whole district. I will continue the work that Rep. Dan Newhouse has done as it relates to maintaining our water and farm community and find ways to make it better.
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Ken Vaz is a fiscally conservative, socially libertarian-leaning Republican running to protect constitutional rights, including the Second Amendment, free speech, privacy, and due process. He wants to lower costs for working families by reducing wasteful spending, lowering taxes where possible, balancing budgets, and bringing the national deficit to a manageable level. Ken graduated from the University of Washington with a degree in Human Centered Design & Engineering and built a career as a developer in Washington’s tech and retail sectors, including Nordstrom, Salesforce, Amazon, and Tableau. Born and raised in America, Ken takes pride in this country and wants to put Americans first while helping Washington communities thrive.
I support policies that lower the cost drivers families feel every day. That means reducing wasteful federal spending to help ease inflation, lowering taxes where possible, and avoiding broad tariffs that raise prices on food, housing materials, vehicles, and household goods.
For housing, Congress should reduce permitting delays, support infrastructure for new homes, and restrict large institutional investors, private equity firms, and foreign buyers from purchasing homes in ways that reduce supply for American families. For health care, I support price transparency, more competition, lower prescription drug costs, and protecting access to private coverage. For food and necessities, we should lower energy, fertilizer, transportation, and regulatory costs for farmers and small businesses.
Congress should protect democratic institutions by making elections secure, transparent, accessible, and trusted by voters across party lines. I support voter ID requirements when people register to vote, update registration, or change addresses, along with accurate voter rolls and safeguards against fraud.
At the same time, election laws should respect how states actually conduct elections. Washington has used vote-by-mail for years, and many voters rely on it, including seniors, rural voters, workers, military families, and people with disabilities. I do not support eliminating mail-in voting entirely.
Public confidence improves when elections are secure, results are auditable, rules are clear, and every legal voter can participate without unnecessary barriers.
Congress should balance economic growth, energy needs, and environmental protection through reliability, affordability, and stewardship. Families, farmers, and businesses need dependable power that does not drive up utility bills. I support an all-of-the-above strategy that protects hydropower, expands nuclear, natural gas, and renewables where practical, and speeds permitting for transmission, grid upgrades, and domestic energy.
Growth should not come at the expense of clean water, farmland, air quality, or communities. Large energy users, including AI data centers, should help pay for grid impacts they create, and residents should receive offsets if major projects raise costs. Federal policy should require safeguards, faster but thorough reviews, and accountability for pollution.
Congress should secure the border, enforce immigration laws, and keep the system fair to American citizens first. Enforcement should prioritize serious criminals, gangs, drug traffickers, repeat offenders, and national-security threats, while respecting due process and basic standards of care.
America needs a legal workforce system that works. Washington agriculture and small businesses need reliable labor, but immigration policy should not undercut American workers or depress wages. I support stronger verification, faster processing, and visa reforms tied to real needs, including pausing worker visas where Americans are displaced.
I also support legal family sponsorship for spouses and immediate family of citizens, while reducing taxpayer-funded incentives for illegal immigration.
The most important issue facing Washington’s 4th District is affordability. Families, farmers, workers, and small businesses are being squeezed by higher prices for housing, food, health care, energy, fuel, fertilizer, equipment, and everyday necessities.
The federal government should focus on the cost drivers it can control. That means reducing wasteful spending, bringing the deficit to a manageable level, lowering taxes where possible, avoiding broad tariffs that raise prices, and cutting unnecessary regulations that make it harder to build, farm, hire, and produce in America.
Congress should also support reliable domestic energy, water and transportation infrastructure, housing supply, health care price transparency, and policies that help American workers and small businesses compete
