Kincaid for Congress – Washington’s 1st District

The System Failed And an Innocent Woman Paid the Price The Tragic Case of Bethany McGee, Lawrence Reed, and Why We Must Reform Civil Commitment Laws When violent repeat offenders are allowed to roam freely despite decades of documented warning signs, innocent people are left playing Russian roulette simply by going about their daily lives. We must bring back long term psychiatric care. We must reform civil commitment laws. And we must stop pretending that what we are doing is working. Just months after Iryna Zarutska was randomly stabbed in the neck and killed on a train in North Carolina, another senseless attack occurred  this time on a train in Chicago. On November 17, 2025, Bethany McGee, a 26-year-old woman, was riding the CTA Blue Line when a man named Lawrence Reed poured gasoline on her and set her on fire. She was left fighting for her life. As horrifying as this attack was, it should not have come as a surprise. It was the predictable result of a system that had i...

Chinatown, Japantown, and Little Saigon Deserve Better The historic neighborhoods of Chinatown, Japantown, and Little Saigon are not part of Washington's 1st Congressional District they belong to District 7, which has been represented by Pramila Jayapal since 2017. Many of the families and business owners there are immigrants or the children of immigrants who followed the legal immigration process and built their lives through hard work and resilience. Yet these communities have been forced to bear the brunt of Seattle's ongoing drug, crime, and homelessness crisis. Despite years of urgent pleas, the mayor and city council have offered little meaningful action. With the new city administration now in place, many fear conditions will only continue to worsen. Representative Jayapal has been far more focused on advancing national ideological agendas than on helping the people of Chinatown, Japantown, and Little Saigon. Her support for the Housing Not Handcuffs Act legislatio...