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Adam Smith

Democratic candidate for Washington's 9th Congressional District

Adam Smith is a congressman and former prosecutor focused on affordable housing, worker opportunity, reproductive freedom and government accountability.

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DistrictWA-09
OfficeCongress
ElectionNov. 3, 2026

Policy priorities

Where Adam stands.

Campaign position

Housing supply and institutional ownership

  • Supports affordable housing near transit and requiring hedge funds to divest single-family homes

Campaign position

Visible enforcement and government oversight

  • Supports visible ICE identification and congressional oversight of military operations

Campaign position

Congressional trading and judicial ethics

  • Supports banning congressional stock trading and enforceable Supreme Court ethics standards

Campaign position

Twenty-dollar wages and training pathways

  • Supports a $20 minimum wage, apprenticeships and childcare that helps workers complete training

Campaign position

Puget Sound and coastal protection

  • Supports restoring Puget Sound, protecting salmon and banning West Coast offshore drilling

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Abortion access and travel protections

  • Supports federal abortion rights, interstate travel protections and ending Hyde Amendment restrictions

Record and background

Record & experience.

  1. 1992

    Experience

    Cromwell, Mendoza and Belur attorney

  2. 1993-1995

    Experience

    Seattle city prosecutor

  3. 1996

    Experience

    Judge pro tempore

  4. 1991-1996

    Experience

    Washington state senator

  5. 1993–1997

    Experience

    Senate Law and Justice chair

  6. 1997-present

    Experience

    U.S. representative

  7. 2019-2022

    Experience

    Armed Services chair

  8. 2025

    Accomplishment

    RapidRide I Line funding

    Helped secure nearly $80 million for expanded bus service.

  • Experience

    UPS truck loader

  • Experience

    Armed Services ranking member

  • Experience

    Air and Land Forces subcommittee chair

  • Experience

    Terrorism and Unconventional Threats chair

  • Experience

    Effective Foreign Assistance Caucus founder

  • Experience

    Youth soccer coach

  • Experience

    Effective Foreign Assistance Caucus co-chair

  • Experience

    USO Congressional Caucus co-chair

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