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
2

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 → Running for State Representative Pos. 1 Democratic Washington State Legislature
Misty Flowers State Representative Running Republican Washington Secretary of State
5

State Representative Pos. 2 — LD-42 Position 2

NameOfficeParty / slateSeatSource
Joe Timmons Elected State Representative → Running for State Representative Pos. 2 Democratic Washington State Legislature
Justin Pike State Representative Running 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 Running Republican Washington Secretary of State
Michael Alvarez Shepard State Senator Running 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.