Kincaid for Congress – Washington’s 1st District

There is public outrage that Cordell Goosby will be sent to a psychiatric hospital instead of prison. Before addressing that, two things need to be said. Some of that outrage is racially motivated. The instinct to send a Black man to prison rather than seek treatment. Had the perpetrator been white, many of those same voices would not react so strongly. That applies to some people, not all. Now let's turn to those whose outrage is genuine and not rooted in racial bias. To those people, I say your outrage is misplaced. It should not be focused on where Cordell Goosby is sent. It should be focused on the fact that the deaths of Eina Kwon and her unborn baby could have been prevented. I believe those deaths could have been prevented and that is where our energy must go. "God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference." We cannot change what happened after th...

For Immediate Release Kincaid Endorses IL26-638 and IL26-001, Calls on Washington Voters to Vote YES in November Redmond, Washington — 3-21-2026 Today Kincaid announced full support for two Washington state ballot initiatives   IL26-638 , Protecting Fairness in Girls’ Sports , and IL26-001 , Strengthen Communication Between Parents and Schools   and is urging voters statewide to vote YES on both measures this November. “These initiatives are about fairness, transparency, and the fundamental rights of families. I’m proud to support them both, and I’m asking Washington voters to do the same.” Standing Up for Girls in Sports Kincaid expressed strong support for IL26-638, arguing that fairness in school athletics must be protected. “Title IX opened doors for generations of female athletes. Those protections need to mean something. No girl should lose a scholarship, ...

Apps like Citizen and others are revealing something that too many families in this district do not realize. A significant number of registered sex offenders live throughout our communities many of them in close proximity to schools, parks, and places where children gather every day. Parents deserve straightforward access to accurate information. They deserve public safety policies that genuinely reduce risk not policies designed around the comfort of offenders or the avoidance of difficult conversations. This page is about both. What the data shows, what Washington's law currently allows, how we compare to other states, and what needs to change. The Problem: Washington Has No Statewide Residency Restrictions Many states restrict high risk sex offenders from residing within a defined distance of schools, parks, daycare centers, playgrounds, bus stops, and other child-focused facilities. These buffer zones typically range from 500 to 2,500 feet depending on the state and t...

  For Immediate Release Contact: Kincaid for Congress Website: kincaidforcongress.com Date: February 6, 2026 Press Release  ·  WA-01 Kincaid: Protecting Women's Sports and Sex-Based Privacy in Washington's 1st District Press statement from Kincaid for Congress — WA-01 Women and girls are entitled to fair athletic competition, physical safety, and personal privacy in sex segregated environments. These protections are grounded in long-standing principles of equality and security. Upholding them is both a matter of basic fairness and of maintaining public trust in the institutions that serve women and girls. This effort is not about exclusion. It is about establishing clear, consistent standards that safeguard women's opportunities, dignity, and rights and about having the courage to say so plainly when others will not. Policy Priorities 1. Ensuring Fairness in Women's and Girls' Sports Women's sports exist to promote e...

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...

Three Crises, Three Solutions: A New Approach to Homelessness Current homelessness policy has failed. It is time for an honest, structured, and compassionate response . One that matches the cause to the cure. "Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." By that definition, the way America deals with homelessness is insanity. Turning the streets into the new asylums is insanity. Allowing people to set up drug dens on the sidewalk is insanity. Allowing people with severe mental illness to live on the sidewalk is insanity. An elderly woman lost her eye because of this insanity. Many innocent people have been killed because of this insanity. Almost daily, we encounter people showing signs of mental illness or who are under the influence of drugs on the streets, on buses, on trains. This is obviously a threat to public safety. It is insanity. It is not compassion for the homeless. It is not compassion for the elde...