Updated Oct 16, 2026, 2:28 PM ET
Emily Randall
Democratic · 3 November 2026

Emily Randall

U.S. Representative for Washington's 6th congressional district (since 2025)

Emily Randall, a Democrat who has represented Washington's 6th congressional district since 2025 after serving in the Washington State Senate, faces Republican Teresa Fox, an occupational safety professional, in her 2026 re-election race.

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  1. Krishnamoorthi Joins Warren, Garcia, Bipartisan Lawmakers in Introducing Bill to Hold Bankers Who Financed Jeffrey Epstein’s Sex Trafficking Operation Accountable

    Emily Randall (D-WA-07) is listed as a co-sponsor of the Epstein Wall Street Records Act, a bipartisan bill led by Rep. Krishnamoorthi to hold bankers who financed Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking operation accountable.

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  2. Congresistas temen que ICE compre el centro de detención de Tacoma

    Emily Randall, representative for Washington’s 6th District (WA-06), helped lead a Democratic request to DHS to prevent ICE from purchasing the Tacoma detention center.

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Born
October 30, 1985
Birthplace
Kitsap Peninsula, Washington
Education
South Kitsap High School (2004)
Wellesley College (Bachelor of Arts in Spanish and women's studies)

Biography & Campaign Analysis

Background

Emily Randall was born on October 30, 1985, on the Kitsap Peninsula, to a mother who works as a paraeducator and a Chicano father who worked as a shipyard worker.

Raised in Port Orchard, she graduated from South Kitsap High School in 2004 and became the first in her family to graduate from college, earning a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish and women's studies from Wellesley College.

Her family relied on Medicaid to help cover healthcare costs for her sister, Olivia, who was born with microcephaly. Randall later worked at Boston Children's Hospital and the San Francisco AIDS Foundation, advocating for healthcare and education.

Career

Randall won election to the Washington State Senate in 2018, defeating Republican Marty McClendon by 104 votes, and was re-elected in 2022 with around 51% of the vote.

She represented the 26th legislative district from 2019 to 2024 and served as whip for the Senate majority, focusing on behavioral and reproductive health, affordable housing and public safety.

Her legislation included a 2019 bill allowing children of service members transferred to Washington bases to enroll in school before having an in-district address, and a 2022 bill lowering the Tacoma Narrows Bridge toll by 75 cents.

After U.S. Representative Derek Kilmer announced his retirement, Randall ran for the 6th congressional district in 2024, finished first in the open primary and defeated Republican state senator Drew MacEwan in the general election. On January 3, 2025, she became the first queer Latina to serve in the U.S. House, where she sits on the committees on Natural Resources and on Oversight and Government Reform and co-chairs the Congressional Equality Caucus.

2026 race

Emily Randall is seeking a second term in Washington's 6th congressional district, which encompasses the Olympic Peninsula, the Kitsap Peninsula, including Bremerton and Port Orchard, and the majority of Tacoma. She was elected with 56.7% of the vote in 2024.

In the 2026 top-two primary, Randall placed first with 132,805 votes, or 58.8%, and Republican Teresa Fox, an occupational safety professional, finished second with 25.5%. Randall and Fox face each other in the general election on November 3, 2026.