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Pramila Jayapal

Pramila Jayapal

Democratic · WA U.S. RepresentativeCandidate 2026

10 years in the U.S. Congress · since 2017

Roles held

  1. Representative 2017 – present WA Democratic
  2. Candidate 2026 – present Democratic

Years as candidate

  1. 2026
  • role U.S. representative from Washington's 7th congressional district since 2017
  • achievement First Indian American woman to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives
  • role Represented the 37th legislative district in the Washington State Senate from 2015 to 2017
  • role Chaired the Congressional Progressive Caucus from 2021 to 2025, after co-chairing it from 2019 to 2021
  • background Founder and former executive director of the immigrant advocacy group OneAmerica
  • background Born September 21, 1965

Issue positions (3)

Documented + CivicGate vote-derived — stated positions link their source; derived positions come from votes on direction-tagged bills

Campaign finance

2026 cycle

Incumbent for U.S. House WA-07 · 2026 General Election

  • $2,502,816 raised
  • $2,748,755 spent
  • $1,766,786 cash on hand
$2.50M
$2.44M
$2.16M
Itemized (≥ $200)$1.15M
Unitemized (< $200)$1.01M
Party committees$612.99
Other committees (PACs)$280.50K
Transfers from other committees$61.45K
Offsets to expenditures$4.64K
Other receipts$365.43
$2.75M
Operating expenditures$2.58M
Contribution refunds$49.78K
Other disbursements$123.09K
Cash on hand$1.77M
Debts owed by committee$0.00

Through July 15, 2026 · FEC

Data from FEC (through Jul 15, 2026)

Finance updated: not yet pulled

Over time

Data from FEC per-cycle campaign finance

Money raised, spent, and cash on hand across every election cycle on record — toggle a series in the legend.

Pramila Jayapal campaign finance by election cycle
Cycle RaisedSpentCash on hand
2016$3,010,032$2,982,432$27,599
2018$2,212,623$1,555,983$684,239
2020$2,655,143$1,555,769$1,783,613
2022$2,772,436$2,186,229$2,369,820
2024$2,824,206$3,181,302$2,012,725
2026$2,502,816$2,748,755$1,766,786

Contributions received

Data from FEC

Recorded individual contributions: $11,897 ·

Top contributors (FEC)

Data from FEC, itemized campaign receipts

Top contributors — 2024 cycle

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor's reported employer (FEC Schedule A).

  • Employer not reported $59,900
  • MICROSOFT $18,864
  • BAD ROBOT $13,200
  • THE COMMERCE COMPANY $13,200
  • UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON $12,900
  • AMAZON $8,000
  • SEATTLE DEPT OF TRANSPORTATION $7,597
  • BURKE MUSEUM $7,000
  • LAMBENT FOUNDATION $7,000
  • MCKINSEY & CO. $6,600

Outside spending on this race

Data from FEC, Schedule E independent expenditures

Independent expenditures are money outside groups (PACs / super-PACs) spend to support or oppose a candidate without coordinating with their campaign. What's this? →

  • 2026 cycle $10 supporting · $0 opposing · 1 outside group
  • 2024 cycle $3,055 supporting · $0 opposing · 4 outside groups

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Documented relationships

Documented facts about Jayapal, aggregated from public records. A documented relationship is not evidence of wrongdoing — it is context, not a conclusion.

No documented relationships of this kind on record — absence is not a finding.

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