Kincaid for Congress 2028 – Washington’s 1st District

The System Failed And an Innocent Woman Paid the Price The Tragic Case of Bethany MaGee, 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 horrifying attack occurred this time on a train in Chicago. According to federal prosecutors. On November 17, 2025  Bethany MaGee a 26 year old woman. Was riding the CTA Blue Line and looking at her phone when Lawrence Reed age 50. Approached her without provocation. Poured a flammable liquid on her and set her on fire. She survived critical injuries burns to more than half her bod...

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 9. 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. 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 i...

Three Crises, Three Solutions: A Smarter Strategy to End Homelessness "Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results." By that standard America's approach to homelessness has lost its mind. We spend more every year. The crisis gets worse every year. The problem is not a lack of money and it is not a lack of compassion. It is that we keep applying one solution to three completely different problems. Homelessness is not one crisis. It is three  addiction, severe mental illness and economic hardship. Each one demands a different response. Until our policy matches the cause to the cure nothing will change. Decades of Failure Billions Spent For decades  agencies from HUD down to county programs have spent billions to fight homelessness. The spending goes up. The promises pile up. The encampments keep growing. Why? Because most of our programs rest on a theory that does not survive contact with reality. That if a thousand people are home...

A Note on the District Lines Let me be upfront about something. The Eastgate neighborhood sits in south Bellevue. Which falls within Washington's 9th Congressional District not the 1st District I am running to represent. North Bellevue is in the 1st. So why am I speaking out on this? Three reasons. First this is my backyard. The people affected are my neighbors. And I will not stay silent about a public safety failure next door simply because a district line runs through Bellevue. Second the shelter compact that created this situation was a King County regional decision. One that crossed multiple city and district lines. Involving Bellevue, Kirkland and Redmond together. Regional decisions demand regional accountability. Third these facilities receive federal funding. Which means any member of Congress in this region has a legitimate oversight interest in how that money is spent and whether the programs are working. I will always tell you the truth about what I can and cannot...

A Few Words on the Recent Microsoft Job Cuts Let me be clear. I am not attacking Microsoft. And I am not looking to start a fight with them. But I do think some of their decisions deserve a closer look. Stock Buybacks vs. Real Investment Over the past ten years. Microsoft has spent roughly $170 billion on stock buybacks. That practice is not unusual among large corporations. But it raises a fair question. Instead of artificially inflating its own share price. Could some of that money have been put to better use? Invested in people, innovation and in the communities that made Microsoft what it is today? Re-examining the H-1B Visa Program We should also take a hard look at the H-1B visa program. Companies claim that America simply does not have enough skilled workers to fill key roles. Others argue that we do but that many companies prefer hiring from overseas. Because H-1B workers often accept lower wages. The data supports this. Most H-1B workers are paid less than thei...

Nurse Assault Prevention and Accountability Act of 2027 Protecting the People Who Take Care of Us Overview Protecting the People Who Protect Us Every day across America, nurses, certified nursing assistants (CNAs) and frontline healthcare workers walk into hospitals, clinics and long term care facilities not knowing whether they will be respected or threatened spat on, shoved or worse. They are not asking for praise. They are asking for protection. According to recent data nearly three out of four workplace violence incidents in the private sector occur in healthcare settings. Seventy five percent. Nurses are punched. CNAs are attacked. Emergency room staff are threatened not just during pandemics. But during routine shifts in everyday hospitals in everyday America. And yet in many states. If someone assaults a nurse throws a punch, delivers a slap or spits in their face. There may be no serious consequences whatsoever. In too many places. It is treated as a minor misdemeanor ...