- Will the Republican Party win the WA-05 House seat?85¢
- Will the Democratic Party win the WA-05 House seat?14¢
Incumbent Republican Michael Baumgartner holds a strong position in Washington’s 5th Congressional District heading into the November 3 general election, reflecting the area’s consistent Republican lean in recent presidential voting and his 2024 victory over the same Democratic opponent. The August top-two primary showed Baumgartner advancing comfortably despite an independent candidate splitting some support, while Carmela Conroy secured the second spot with limited vote share. Baumgartner’s fundraising advantage and emphasis on issues such as border security and fentanyl reduction contrast with Conroy’s focus on affordability and healthcare costs amid national economic pressures. Nonpartisan race ratings classify the seat as solid or safe Republican, aligning with trader assessments of the incumbent’s structural edge in this Eastern Washington district.
Rules
This market will resolve according to the party of the candidate who wins the WA-05 congressional district seat in the U.S. House of Representatives in the 2026 midterm elections. The midterm elections will take place on November 3, 2026. A candidate's party will be determined by their ballot-listed or otherwise identifiable affiliation with that party at the time all of the 2026 House elections are conclusively called by this market's resolution sources. A candidate without a ballot-listed affiliation to either the Democrat or Republican parties will be considered a member of one of these parties based on the party with which they most recently expressed their intent to caucus at the time all of the House elections are conclusively called by this market's resolution sources. This market will resolve based on the result of the election as indicated by a consensus of credible reporting. If there is ambiguity, this market will resolve based solely on the official results as reported by the United States government, specifically the Federal Election Commission (https://www.fec.gov/).