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...

The historic neighborhoods of Chinatown, Japantown, and Little Saigon in Seattle's International District are not part of Washington's 1st Congressional District. They belong to District 7. But the Asian American communities in Bellevue, Kirkland, Redmond, Bothell, and across WA-01 are very much part of this campaign  and what happens in Seattle's Asian neighborhoods matters deeply to them, and to all of us. The families and business owners of Chinatown, Japantown, and Little Saigon are largely immigrants or the children of immigrants people who followed the legal immigration process, built businesses from nothing, and created some of the most culturally vibrant and economically productive communities in the Pacific Northwest. They did everything right. And for years, they have been failed by the very officials elected to protect them. To the people of these communities.  Kincaid sees you. I hear you. And I will stand with you  not just in words, but in policy and...