Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

Douglas Michael Basler

Party
Republican
Running for
U.S. House · Washington District 9
Filing address
Kent, WA (city and state on the FEC filing)
FEC filing name
BASLER, DOUGLAS MICHAEL
Next election
Primary August 4, 2026 · General November 3, 2026 (Wikipedia, checked October 22, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of Washington with the 2026 district highlighted

Washington, District 9

RepublicanU.S. House · Washington District 9ChallengerGeneral-election nominee

FEC candidate ID H4WA09061 · Principal campaign committee: FRIENDS OF DOUG BASLER

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. House · Washington District 9$32,768.37General-election nominee
2021–2022U.S. House · Washington District 9$133,962.28Registered candidate (raised or spent over $5,000)
2019–2020U.S. House · Washington District 9$22,729.80Lost the general election (25.7%)
Total raised$32,768.37
Total spent$35,316.06
Cash on hand−$2,004.72
Debts owed by the campaign$760.00
Loans from the candidate$760.00

2025–2026 cycle totals through September 30, 2026, from the FEC’s candidate summary file. This is a dated snapshot, not live reporting; the FEC’s page for this candidate is the official source.

Where the money comes from

Individual contributions: $31,708.37PACs and other committees: $300.00Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans): $760.00
  • Individual contributions$31,708.3797%
  • PACs and other committees$300.001%
  • Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$760.002%

Self-funding: $760.00 (2% of money raised): $0.00 given and $760.00 lent by the candidate.

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$5,540.5242%
  • Contributions over $200$7,801.2658%
  • Itemized from inside Washington$8,165.36100%
  • Itemized from other states$0.000%

FEC-computed totals by contribution size and state, retrieved October 22, 2026. No individual contributor is named.

Raised and spent over time

$28K$0 APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $0.00APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $0.00JULY QUARTERLY: raised $0.00JULY QUARTERLY: spent $0.00OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $0.00OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $0.00YEAR-END: raised $0.00YEAR-END: spent $0.00APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $0.00APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $0.00JULY QUARTERLY: raised $7,141.88JULY QUARTERLY: spent $2,688.74PRE-PRIMARY: raised $5,100.00PRE-PRIMARY: spent $5,075.45OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $20,526.49OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $27,551.872025-032025-092026-032026-07

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

The race

Washington U.S. House, District 9, 2026 · 6 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Douglas Michael Basler (R)$32,768.37−$2,004.722026-09-30
D. Adam Smith (D)$2,202,050.79$627,352.112026-10-14
Kshama Sawant (I)$754,221.76$1,864.022026-09-30
Melissa Chaudhry (D)$40,259.99$4,566.992026-09-30

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • Decision Desk HQSafe DJuly 14, 2026
  • The Cook Political ReportSolid DFebruary 6, 2025
  • Inside ElectionsSolid DMarch 7, 2025
  • Sabato's Crystal BallSafe DAugust 14, 2025
  • Split TicketSafe DJuly 28, 2026

Recent polls

No public polling found for this race.

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2026 United States House of Representatives elections in Washington (retrieved October 22, 2026), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. TerraCivic does not rate races or compute its own average.

Sources and updates

  • Money: FEC bulk data (candidate summary, committee master, committee-to-candidate contributions), retrieved October 23, 2026. FEC candidate page · Principal campaign committee: FRIENDS OF DOUG BASLER.
  • Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 22, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.

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