Bellingham: who represents it, and who is running

U.S. general election (federal, state and county offices) votes on 2026-11-03. It elects u.S. Representative WA-2 (Larsen (I) D v Feller R); LD-42 State Senator (open: Alvarez Shepard D v Creydt R), State Representative Pos. 1 (Rule (I) D v Flowers R) and Pos. 2 (Timmons (I) D v Pike R); LD-40 House Positions 1 and 2 (other part of the city, not recorded as rows); statewide judicial offices; Port of Bellingham Commissioner Districts 4 and 5; Whatcom County offices (not read). No U.S. Senate or Governor race in Washington in 2026; no City of Bellingham office on the 2026 list (Washington cities elect in odd years)..

Holding office15
the sitting council
On the ballot8
3 sitting members running again

The official candidate list ↗ · What Bellingham is like — the /local page

Congressional district (city hall): Washington's 2nd congressional district (City Hall, 210 Lottie St, and all 21 sampled points inside the city) — Rick Larsen (Democratic)

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Mayor

NameOfficeParty / slateSeatSource
Kim Lund Elected Mayor Independent City of Bellingham
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Council Member

NameOfficeParty / slateSeatSource
Dan Hammill Elected Council Member Independent Ward 3 City of Bellingham
Edwin “Skip” Williams Elected Council Member Independent Ward 4 City of Bellingham
Hannah Stone Elected Council Member Independent Ward 1 City of Bellingham
Hollie Huthman Elected Council Member Independent Ward 2 City of Bellingham
Jace Cotton Elected Council Member Independent At-Large City of Bellingham
Lisa Anderson Elected Council Member Independent Ward 5 City of Bellingham
Michael Lilliquist Elected Council Member Independent Ward 6 City of Bellingham
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Governor

NameOfficeParty / slateSeatSource
Bob Ferguson Elected Governor Democratic Office of the Governor of Washington
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State Representative Pos. 1 — LD-42 Position 1

NameOfficeParty / slateSeatSource
Alicia Rule Elected State Representative → Winner 45,146 votes · 58.55% for State Representative Pos. 1 Democratic Washington State Legislature
Misty Flowers State Representative Concede 31,873 votes · 41.33% Republican Washington Secretary of State
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State Representative Pos. 2 — LD-42 Position 2

NameOfficeParty / slateSeatSource
Joe Timmons Elected State Representative → Winner 43,334 votes · 56.16% for State Representative Pos. 2 Democratic Washington State Legislature
Justin Pike State Representative Concede 33,767 votes · 43.76% Republican Washington Secretary of State
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State Senator — LD-42 Senate

NameOfficeParty / slateSeatSource
Sharon Shewmake Elected State Senator Democratic Washington State Legislature
Erika Creydt State Senator Concede 33,701 votes · 43.59% Republican Washington Secretary of State
Michael Alvarez Shepard State Senator Winner 43,515 votes · 56.29% Democratic Washington Secretary of State
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U.S. Senator

NameOfficeParty / slateSeatSource
Maria Cantwell Elected U.S. Senator Democratic @unitedstates congress-legislators (legislators-current.json)
Patty Murray Elected U.S. Senator Democratic @unitedstates congress-legislators (legislators-current.json)
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U.S. Representative — WA-2

NameOfficeParty / slateSeatSource
Rick Larsen Elected U.S. Representative → Running Democratic U.S. House of Representatives
Edwin H. Feller U.S. Representative Running Republican Washington Secretary of State
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Notes on this record

How the lists were read, and what could not be.

  • Candidates: Washington SOS VoteWA 'GENERAL 2026 (11/03/2026)' candidate list, https://voter.votewa.gov/CandidateList.aspx?e=899, read in full through the page's own 'Export to CSV' button (same URL), retrieved 2026-11-01; all rows used Status 'Active'. Washington is top-two: party = stated preference as printed. The list prints mailing addresses, emails and phones: none copied. Not recorded as rows (other part of the city, LD-40): Pos. 1 Debra Lekanoff (DEMOCRATIC, incumbent per leg.wa.gov) v Cindy Carter (REPUBLICAN); Pos. 2 Alex Ramel (DEMOCRATIC, incumbent) v Joseph Segault (STATES NO PARTY PREFERENCE); LD-40 Senator Liz Lovelett (D) not up. No City of Bellingham race appears on the list.
  • Sitting members: Larsen from house.gov/representatives (read 2026-11-01). LD-42 Senator Shewmake and Representatives Rule and Timmons from leg.wa.gov/legislators (robots 404), portraits linked by the alt text that names each member. Senators Murray and Cantwell and Governor Ferguson carried from the us-kennewick record (CC0 @unitedstates list; governor.wa.gov), not re-read.
  • Municipal: Mayor Kim Lund from https://cob.org/gov/mayor; seven council members from https://cob.org/gov/council (retrieved 2026-11-01): 'They serve four-year terms, except for the At-Large Council Member, who serves a two-year term.' Non-partisan. Shared council address ccmail@cob.org not attached to individuals. Next City of Bellingham election: November 2, 2027 (odd-year Washington municipal general) — seat-by-seat term dates were not read.
  • Districts: Census geocoder (robots 404) at City Hall: WA-2 (120th), LD-42. A 6x6 grid over 48.70-48.81 N, 122.53-122.40 W gave 21 points inside Bellingham city: all WA-2; LD-40 (11) and LD-42 (10). Only City Hall's LD-42 seats are recorded. Coarse sample.
  • Nothing was blocked. No home addresses, phones or personal emails recorded. standsFor null for everyone (no candidate statements read).
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Sources

Prepared 2026-11-01. Nomination papers are never opened: they carry home addresses. After voting day a candidate list becomes a result; these rows are reconciled, not deleted.