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Kincaid

Kincaid for Congress

A Democrat focused on public safety affordability and real accountability not politics as usual.

As Bane says in The Dark Knight Rises: "It doesn't matter who we are. What matters is our plan."

Kincaid has officially filed as a candidate for Washington's 1st Congressional District for the 2026 election. Filing week was May 4-8, 2026.

01 A Different Kind of Democrat

Kincaid is a challenger to Representative Suzan DelBene in Washington's 1st Congressional District (WA-01). The campaign stands for practical solutions first leadership focused on measurable results for working families not ideology or business as usual.

I am a Democrat. I am challenging fellow Democrat Representative Suzan DelBene. She has held this seat for 14 years. This is not a campaign against the Democratic Party it is a campaign to help it find its way back to the people it is supposed to represent.

Our mission is to renew accountability and strengthen communities. To bring rigorous, evidence based policymaking back to Congress. I am a moderate reform Democrat who believes the party must return to results based problem solving and that representation should belong to everyday residents. Not entrenched special interests.

Independent Thinking -- Not party line politics. I will say what others won't and tackle the issues others avoid.

Focused on Results -- Not ideology, not slogans. What actually works for real people in the real world.

Not Owned by Corporations -- I will always look out for the interests of the people not mega corporations or their PACs.

Telling the Truth -- Even when it's uncomfortable. Especially then. That's what real leadership looks like.

02 Core Policy Priorities

This campaign has more detailed and original policy positions than any other challenger in this race. Below is a summary of every major issue area. Visit the Issues & Policy Hub for the full list with links to every proposal and statement.

Homelessness, Addiction and Severe Mental Illness

Homelessness policy must recognize different root causes addiction, untreated severe mental illness and economic hardship. Rather than treating everyone through the same system. The campaign calls for a results driven national framework that balances compassion with accountability. Expanding treatment capacity, restoring neighborhood safety and tracking outcomes.

→ Kincaid's Strategy to End Homelessness

Public Safety, Criminal Justice and Accountability

This campaign is both pro safety and pro accountability. Key priorities include reducing street level crime. Addressing repeat violent offenders. Rebuilding public trust and restoring institutional mental health care for the most severely ill. Modernizing civil commitment laws with strong oversight.

→ The Tragic Failure Behind the Lawrence Reed / Bethany MaGee Case

Crime, Guns and Prevention

Kincaid supports smart and enforceable gun safety policies. That improve secure storage and prevent illegal firearm trafficking. While protecting lawful ownership including addressing the widespread theft and circulation of small handguns used in everyday street crime.

→ Kincaid's Gun Control & Safety Policy

Taxes, Cost of Living and Housing

Eliminate federal income tax liability for Americans earning $61,000 or less. Close loopholes for high earners and corporations. Expand federal incentives to increase affordable housing supply and reduce cost pressures on working families.

→ No Federal Income Tax for Persons Earning $61,000 or Less

→ Three Crises. One Solution. The Future of Housing.

Healthcare Reform and Nurse Safety

Rather than an overnight nationwide overhaul. This campaign supports a Public Option Pilot Program. A real world initiative to test what works before scaling nationally. The campaign also advocates for stronger safeguards for healthcare workers through a proposed Nurse Assault Prevention and Accountability Act.

→ Healthcare Policy Proposal

→ Nurse Assault Prevention and Accountability Act

Immigration and Labor

This campaign rejects both extremes sanctuary style non enforcement and mass deportation as unworkable. It supports enforceable border security that balances fairness, labor needs and national integrity. Calls for reforming the H-1B program to target genuine skill shortages while protecting American workers from displacement.

→ Kincaid's Immigration Policy

Women's Safety and Fairness Agenda

This campaign supports clear, consistent standards that preserve sex based privacy in intimate spaces and fairness in women's sports. Women and girls deserve safety, dignity and a meaningful voice in shaping the rules that directly affect them. Common sense is not transphobic. This is one of the most developed policy platforms in the race.

→ Stalking Victim Protection and Accountability Act

→ Kincaid's Statement on the Olympus Spa Case

→ Protecting Women's Sports & Sex-Based Privacy

→ Endorses Washington Initiatives IL26-638 and IL26-001




Protecting Girls: Ending Child Marriage in America

This campaign supports ending child marriage nationwide by establishing 18 as the minimum legal age without exceptions for parental consent, judicial waivers or pregnancy. There have been cases where American girls were legally married at 10, 11, or 12. Since 2007 there have been nearly 8,700 spousal or fiancé visa approvals involving a minor. Including some as young as 13.

→ Ending Child Marriage in America

Community Outreach and Neighborhood Protection

This campaign stands with local communities in historic neighborhoods such as Chinatown, Japantown and Little Saigon. Working to reduce the impacts of crime, addiction and chronic disorder while protecting small businesses. Preserving cultural heritage and improving public safety and quality of life.

→ Kincaid's Statement to Chinatown, Japantown & Little Saigon

Economy, Jobs, the Tech Sector and Artificial Intelligence

The economy must work for the people who build it not just shareholders and insiders. WA-01 is one of the most tech concentrated districts in the country. The next wave of disruption driven by artificial intelligence, automation and the abuse of the H-1B visa system is already here. This campaign has concrete proposals to protect American workers, hold corporations accountable and ensure that a college degree leads to real opportunity. Not to underemployment.

→ Kincaid on Oracle's H-1B Filings

→ Statement on Microsoft Layoffs

→ No Federal Income Tax Under $61,000

Foreign Policy and Human Rights

This campaign stands with the Iranian people's right to democracy and human rights. Condemns gender apartheid, opposes antisemitism without reservation. Supports Israel's right to exist as a democratic ally. These are not controversial positions. They are moral ones.

→ A Plan for a Free Iran

→ Statement on Gender Apartheid in Iran

→ White House Office to Combat Antisemitism

Climate and Environment

Protecting Puget Sound by investing in clean energy jobs. Meeting the climate moment with the urgency it demands for WA-01 and for future generations.

→ Climate & Environmental Policy

03 Rejecting Socialism, Antisemitism, and Political Extremism

This campaign flatly rejects political extremism in all its forms including socialism, antisemitism and the fringe elements that have been allowed to gain a foothold inside the Democratic Party. These are not fringe concerns. They are among the primary reasons the Democratic Party lost the trust of ordinary voters. They are among the primary reasons Donald Trump is president again.

Antisemitism is racism. It is hate. It has no place in the Democratic Party in Congress or in American public life. This campaign stands unequivocally with the Jewish community and with Israel's right to exist and defend itself. Representative DelBene voted against censuring Representative Rashida Tlaib and has failed to speak out forcefully against members of her own party who have spread antisemitic rhetoric. And made false accusations of genocide. As one of the top leaders of the Democratic Party. That silence is a failure of leadership. Kincaid will not be silent.

On socialism this campaign believes in markets and innovation. The entrepreneurial spirit that built Washington State into an economic powerhouse. The answer to corporate excess is accountability and fair rules not government takeover of the economy. The Democratic Party must clearly and confidently reject socialist ideas. That alienate working class and middle class voters who believe in opportunity not dependency.

The Democratic Party will not win back the trust of the American people by tolerating extremism, excusing antisemitism or flirting with socialism. It wins by being the party of fairness, common sense and results. That is what this campaign represents.





04 Threat of Political Violence

This campaign takes positions that fringe elements within the Democratic Party consider threats to their power. Opposition to men competing in women's sports, support for Israel and a firm stand against antisemitism. Because of those positions, Kincaid is under no illusion about what is coming. The question is not whether there will be harassment and political violence directed at this campaign. The question is only how severe it will be.

Why does Kincaid expect political violence?

The fringe elements that have gained influence over the Democratic Party the socialist factions, antisemitic actors  and trans activist groups willing to use intimidation. View this campaign as a direct challenge to their grip on the party. Kincaid's positions on women's fairness in sports, support for Israel and public condemnation of antisemitism are not positions these groups will tolerate without response. That response, based on everything we have seen in recent American politics. Will include harassment, threats and potentially physical confrontation.

Why are there no campaign rallies?

Because the risk of violent protest at any public campaign event is too high. And innocent people could be hurt. Kincaid will not put supporters, bystanders or community members in danger. The decision to hold no public rallies is a deliberate one. Made out of concern for the safety of everyone except the candidate. Kincaid alone accepts that risk. No one else should have to.

Why are there no door to door volunteers?

For the same reason. Anyone visibly associated with this campaign could become a target. Kincaid will not ask people to put themselves in that position. There will be no organized canvassing or door knocking operation. If you want to support this campaign. The safest and most effective ways to do so are to donate, vote and talk to people you already know and trust.

What does this say about the state of the Democratic Party?

It says that fringe elements have been allowed to go too far for too long without accountability from Democratic leadership. When a Democratic candidate running on mainstream positions. Protecting women's sports, opposing antisemitism, supporting a democratic ally. Has to calculate the physical safety risk of holding a public event. Something has gone seriously wrong. That is precisely why this campaign exists. The Democratic Party must be reclaimed by the people it was built to represent. Not held hostage by its loudest and most extreme fringes.

"I alone must be the only one in danger. I will not ask anyone else to take that risk. Unfortunately, that is the state of America today." -- Kincaid

05 Why This Campaign, Why Now

After twelve years Suzan DelBene's record deserves scrutiny. Her net worth has more than doubled during her time in office. She has taken significant corporate PAC money. And on issue after issue. H-1B visa abuse, women's safety, AI workforce displacement and housing. The district has been underserved.

Washington's top two primary system means the goal is to finish second on August 4 and then face DelBene one on one in November. Kincaid is the only candidate in this race who can win that general election. Progressive enough to earn Democratic votes, honest enough to earn the votes of everyone the party has taken for granted. Not a socialist. Not a rubber stamp. A common sense Democrat. In order to beat DelBene. I will need moderate Democratic voters, Independents and moderate Republicans. I believe my platform can reach all three groups.

The fringe elements that have gained too much influence over the Democratic Party. The socialist factions, antisemitic actors, trans activist groups who are willing to use intimidation. View this campaign as a threat to their grip. That is exactly the point. The Democratic Party must be reclaimed by the people it was built to represent.

"It doesn't matter who we are. What matters is our plan."

The plan is on this website. Read it.

Independent Voter Resources

Kincaid's candidacy is listed and documented by independent election resources. Voters can confirm the record directly.

→ Benjamin Kincaid on Ballotpedia

→ Benjamin Kincaid on BallotReady

→ iVoterGuide -- Washington Voter Guide

Independent Center Voice 

Want to go deeper? The Issues & Policy Hub has every position in one place. The FAQ answers the most common questions about the race, district and how to vote.

Donate →   Issues & Policy →   FAQ →   Contact →

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