Kincaid for Congress – Washington’s 1st District

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...

Press Release - Kincaid for Congress - Washington's 1st District - 2026 HUD and the DOJ Civil Rights Division would be asked to investigate shelter placement, the deliberate redirection of homeless populations, and the systematic economic exclusion of Seattle's Asian American community including potential violations of 42 U.S.C. Section 1983. It's time for the Asian community to stand up and shout. "I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore." Everyone is excited about the FIFA World Cup coming to Seattle. Many restaurants and other businesses will see a big boost in traffic and make a lot of money. It is doubtful that businesses in Chinatown will see any benefits from it. Just like in all past big events that came to Seattle. The city government is intentionally blocking Chinatown from it. The city is making sure other parts of the city look pretty and safe. They are sweeping the homeless and drug addicts into Chinatown. They will be...

  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...

For Immediate Release Contact: Kincaid for Congress Website: kincaidforcongress.com Date: February 2, 2026   (Updated: April 17, 2026) Press Release  ·  WA-01 Kincaid: WA-01 Democrats Deserve a Common Sense Choice Focused on Results WASHINGTON'S 1ST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT  Congressional candidate Kincaid today noted that the 2026 race in Washington's 1st Congressional District is shaping up to feature multiple Democratic challengers to Representative Suzan DelBene, including Hunter Gordon. Kincaid said the emerging field presents voters with a stark and consequential choice. Establishment politics, ideological politics, or a practical, solutions-first Democrat focused on delivering real results. "WA-01 is a district of engineers, small-business owners, working families, and problem solvers. People here want progress  but they also want it to be practical, achievable, and grounded in reality, not in slogans or ideological puri...

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...