Official portrait of Michael Baumgartner
U.S. House

Michael Baumgartner

U.S. Representative for Washington’s 5th District

Party
Republican
In office since
January 3, 2025
Current term ends
January 3, 2027
Next election
November 2026
2026 election

Running for the House in WA-5

Candidates registered with the FEC for WA-5 in 2026
CandidatePartyRaisedCash on hand
Michael BaumgartnerIncumbentRepublican$1.7M$954K
Carmela ConroyDemocrat$396K$74K
Nate PowellIndependent$360K$111K
David WomackDemocrat$131K$36K
Bajun MavalwallaDemocrat$128K$15K
Kevin FaganDemocrat$45K$0

From Federal Election Commission filings, reported through September 1, 2026. FEC records show who registered and raised money, not who won a primary or qualified for the ballot. Your state election office publishes the official ballot.

Committee assignments3
  • House Committee on Education and Workforce
    • Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions
    • Higher Education and Workforce Development
  • House Committee on Foreign Affairs
    • Middle East and North Africa
    • South and Central Asia
  • House Committee on the Judiciary
    • Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet
    • The Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust
Contact
Washington office
124 Cannon House Office Building Washington DC 20515-4705

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Sources. Office, committee and contact records from the public congress-legislators dataset; portrait from the Government Publishing Office; 2026 fundraising totals from the Federal Election Commission. Updated September 24, 2026.

More on Baumgartner: Congress.gov · FEC filings · Wikipedia · GovTrack