Island County post names GOP picks for 2026 primary races
A local Republican recommendation post landed as Island County voters headed toward Aug. 4 ballots that will decide a crowded WA-02, LD-10 and Supreme Court field.
Republican recommendations for Island County’s 2026 primary races were posted July 5. The ballots will be decided under Washington’s top-two system on Aug. 4.
Washington’s primary sends all congressional and state-level candidates to the same ballot, and the top two vote-getters advance regardless of party. Candidate filing for federal and state offices closed May 8, and the deadline to withdraw a candidacy was May 11. Island County’s 2026 filing period ran May 4-8, with online, in-person, mail and email filing options.
Island County had 65,693 registered voters on its February 10, 2026 primary election results page. Ballots for the Aug. 4 primary will first be posted after 8:00 p.m. on election night, while the secretary of state’s election calendar sets the general election for Nov. 3, 2026 and lists ballots mailed by July 17.
Washington’s 2nd Congressional District includes incumbent Rick Larsen, Edwin H. Feller and Devin Hermanson, along with Raymond Pelletti, who is listed as withdrawn. In the 10th Legislative District, State Rep. Clyde Shavers is on the ballot for Position 1 with Robert (Chili) Hicks, while Position 2 includes State Rep. Dave Paul, Carrie R. Kennedy and Tim Hazelo.
Five justices’ terms expire Jan. 10, 2027, and two seats are being filled through special elections after the resignations of Justice Mary Yu in December 2025 and Justice Barbara Madsen in April 2026. Colleen Melody was appointed to fill Yu’s vacancy, and Theo Angelis was appointed to fill Madsen’s.
Supreme Court Position 1 includes Colleen Melody, Laura Christensen Colberg and Scott Edwards; Position 3 includes J. Michael Diaz, Jaime Hawk and David Stevens; and Position 5 includes Greg Miller, Theo Angelis, Dave Larson and Sharonda Amamilo. Island County’s first results will come through the county elections office, while statewide returns will be tracked through the secretary of state’s results pages.
This article was produced by Prism’s automated news system from verified source data, official records, and press releases, then run through automated quality and moderation checks before publishing. The system is built and supervised by the people who set the standards it runs under. Read our full AI policy.
Did this article answer your question?
