Candidate · U.S. House, District 5
Michael Baumgartner
What this job does: Your district's one vote in the U.S. House, which writes federal laws, taxes and spending. A term is two years.
- Holds this seat now
- Yes
- Office
- U.S. Representative, Washington's 5th District (since 2025)
- Occupation
- U.S. Representative; former Spokane County Treasurer
Background
- U.S. Representative since 2025; Spokane County Treasurer 2019-2025; Washington State Senator 2011-2018. source: sos.wa.gov (Secretary of State)
- Joined the U.S. State Department in Iraq in 2007 and worked on a civilian counternarcotics team in Afghanistan in 2009. source: sos.wa.gov (Secretary of State)
- B.A. in Economics, Washington State University (1999); M.P.A., Harvard (2002). source: sos.wa.gov (Secretary of State)
In their own words
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- Secure the border, reduce taxes, and cut waste and fraud source: sos.wa.gov (Secretary of State)
- Ban members of Congress from trading individual stocks source: sos.wa.gov (Secretary of State)
- Support Fairchild Air Force Base and veterans source: sos.wa.gov (Secretary of State)
- Protect the Snake River dams and Eastern Washington water resources source: sos.wa.gov (Secretary of State)
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