U.S. House · Washington's 6th District

Kitsap Peninsula and parts of the Olympic Peninsula and South Sound, including Bremerton, Port Orchard, Shelton, and Tacoma's west side.

General election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

✓ Fact-checked 2026-09-25: 21 claims re-checked against their sources

A second, independent research pass re-opened every cited source for this race and corrected or removed anything the source didn’t support.

  • No corrections needed. Verified primary context (candidate names, party labels, vote totals) against Ballotpedia's 2026 race page; verified Randall's bio/committee facts against her Ballotpedia page; all three Fox quotes (tax/regulation, Navy shipyard, police staffing) verified verbatim against her Ballotpedia-hosted campaign-website text. Confirmed both candidates are the correct Nov 3 ballot lines (Randall D, Fox R).

On the ballot · 2 candidates

Where they stand — side by side

Only positions documented in a cited source are shown. Where an officeholder’s recorded votes speak to an issue, the votes set the position (marked “votes”). A dash means we found no clear public position — not that the candidate has none.

ISSUEEmily Randall
D
Teresa Fox
R
Expand immigration enforcement and deportationsOpposes[6][7][8][9]votes—
Raise taxes on high earners or corporationsSupports[7][8][9]votesOpposes[5]
Expand public health coverageSupports[7][8][9][10]votes—
Faster transition away from fossil fuelsSupports[7][8][9]votesOpposes[5]
Increase police funding and staffing—Supports[5]
Broad tariffs on imported goodsOpposes[11]votes—

The candidates, in full

Emily Randall

DINCUMBENTU.S. Representative (since 2025)

Emily Randall is the Democratic incumbent for Washington's 6th Congressional District, a former Washington state senator and nonprofit development professional first elected to Congress in 2024.[2]

Basic profile — the most important sourced facts we found.

Key votes in Congress

  • YesWar Powers Resolution directing removal of forces from Iran hostilities · H. Con. Res. 86 · Passed 215–208 · 2026-06-03 roll call ↗The resolution directs the President to remove U.S. armed forces from hostilities with Iran that Congress has not authorized, invoking the War Powers Resolution. It passed the House with support from Democrats and a number of Republicans.
  • YesResolution disapproving tariffs on Canada · H.J. Res. 72 · Passed 219–211 · 2026-02-11 roll call ↗The resolution terminates the national emergency the President declared in February 2025 to justify a 25 percent tariff on imports from Canada, ending that tariff if it becomes law. It passed with a bipartisan majority, including several Republicans who broke with the administration on trade policy.
  • NoConsolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 — full-year government funding · H.R. 7148 · Passed 217–214 · 2026-02-03 roll call ↗The bill provides full-year discretionary appropriations for federal agencies for the remainder of fiscal year 2026, replacing the stopgap funding enacted after the fall 2025 shutdown. It sets spending levels across defense and non-defense programs through September 2026.
  • YesBreaking the Gridlock Act — ACA subsidy extension · H.R. 1834 · Passed 230–196 · 2026-01-08 roll call ↗The bill extends for additional years the enhanced Affordable Care Act premium tax credits that were expanded in 2021 and had lapsed at the end of 2025, lowering health-insurance premiums for people who buy coverage on ACA marketplaces. It passed with support from nearly all Democrats and a small group of Republicans.
  • YesWar Powers Resolution on Venezuela · H. Con. Res. 64 · Failed 211–213 · 2025-12-17 roll call ↗The resolution would have directed the President to remove U.S. armed forces from hostilities in or against Venezuela that Congress had not authorized. It failed after U.S. military strikes on suspected drug-trafficking vessels off Venezuela had raised questions in Congress about the administration's legal authority for military action in the region.
  • NoNational Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 — final passage · S. 1071 · Passed 312–112 · 2025-12-10 roll call ↗The fiscal year 2026 NDAA authorizes roughly $900 billion in defense spending, including a pay raise for service members and funding for shipbuilding, munitions, and missile-defense programs. It also sets policy on military personnel, procurement, and other Defense Department programs for the year.
  • YesEpstein Files Transparency Act · H.R. 4405 · Passed 427–1 · 2025-11-18 roll call ↗The bill directs the Department of Justice to publicly release its investigative files related to Jeffrey Epstein within 30 days, while allowing redactions to protect victim identities, ongoing investigations, and law enforcement techniques. It passed with near-unanimous support.
  • NoContinuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2026 — shutdown-ending vote · H.R. 5371 · Passed 222–209 · 2025-11-12 roll call ↗The bill reopened the federal government after a 43-day shutdown by funding most agencies through January 30, 2026, and providing full-year funding for a smaller group of agencies through September 2026. It also reversed shutdown-related federal layoffs and funded SNAP benefits retroactively.
  • NoCLARITY Act — digital asset market structure · H.R. 3633 · Passed 294–134 · 2025-07-17 roll call ↗The CLARITY Act creates a regulatory framework dividing oversight of digital assets between the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. It sets registration and disclosure requirements for cryptocurrency exchanges and other digital-asset intermediaries.
  • NoGENIUS Act — stablecoin regulation · S. 1582 · Passed 308–122 · 2025-07-17 roll call ↗The GENIUS Act creates a federal regulatory framework for payment stablecoins, requiring issuers to hold reserves backing their tokens on a one-to-one basis and to comply with new disclosure and licensing rules. It was the first major piece of cryptocurrency legislation enacted into federal law.
  • NoOne Big Beautiful Bill Act — final passage · H.R. 1 · Passed 218–214 · 2025-07-03 roll call ↗H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, extends and expands the 2017 tax cuts, adds new deductions for tips, overtime pay, and seniors, and raises the cap on state and local tax deductions. It increases border security and defense spending while cutting projected Medicaid and SNAP spending and adding new work requirements; President Trump signed it into law on July 4, 2025.
  • Didn't voteRescissions Act of 2025 · H.R. 4 · Passed 214–212 · 2025-06-12 roll call ↗The Rescissions Act canceled about $9 billion in previously approved federal spending, mostly for foreign aid programs and for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. It was the first rescissions package Congress had approved in decades.
  • NoOne Big Beautiful Bill Act — House passage · H.R. 1 · Passed 215–214 · 2025-05-22 roll call ↗H.R. 1 extends and modifies the 2017 individual and business tax cuts, creates new deductions for tips and overtime pay, and increases spending on border security and defense. It also reduces projected spending on Medicaid and food-assistance programs and adds new work requirements for some recipients.
  • NoSAVE Act — proof-of-citizenship voter registration · H.R. 22 · Passed 220–208 · 2025-04-10 roll call ↗The SAVE Act would require individuals to provide documentary proof of U.S. citizenship in person when registering to vote in federal elections. It also directs states to establish procedures to remove noncitizens identified on voter rolls.
  • NoFull-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025 · H.R. 1968 · Passed 217–213 · 2025-03-11 roll call ↗The bill funded the federal government through the remainder of fiscal year 2025, largely at prior-year spending levels, averting a shutdown ahead of a March 14 deadline. It also extended several expiring health and other program authorizations.
  • NoLaken Riley Act — final passage · S. 5 · Passed 263–156 · 2025-01-22 roll call ↗The Laken Riley Act requires the Department of Homeland Security to detain undocumented immigrants who are arrested, charged, or convicted for theft, burglary, or certain violent crimes. It also allows state attorneys general to sue the federal government over certain immigration enforcement decisions.

Positions on the issues

  • OpposesExpand immigration enforcement and deportationsFrom recorded votes

    Voted no on Laken Riley Act (S. 5, 2025-01-22). Voted no on One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1, 2025-05-22; 2025-07-03), which funded expanded immigration enforcement, detention and border operations.[6][7][8][9]

  • SupportsExpand public health coverageFrom recorded votes

    Voted no on One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1, 2025-05-22; 2025-07-03), which reduced federal Medicaid spending and added Medicaid work requirements. Voted yes on Breaking the Gridlock Act (H.R. 1834, 2026-01-08).[7][8][9][10]

  • SupportsFaster transition away from fossil fuelsFrom recorded votes

    Voted no on One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1, 2025-05-22; 2025-07-03), which phased out Inflation Reduction Act clean-energy tax credits.[7][8][9]

  • SupportsRaise taxes on high earners or corporationsFrom recorded votes

    Voted no on One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1, 2025-05-22; 2025-07-03), which made the 2017 individual tax rates, including the 37% top rate, permanent.[7][8][9]

  • OpposesBroad tariffs on imported goodsFrom recorded votes

    Voted yes on Resolution disapproving tariffs on Canada (H.J. Res. 72, 2026-02-11).[11]

In their words — priorities

  • Lists fighting climate change, lowering costs for families, defending democracy, enhancing healthcare, improving education, and safeguarding access to abortion as her campaign's core issues.[3]

Background

  • Born in Port Orchard, Washington; earned bachelor's degrees in Spanish and women's studies from Wellesley College in 2008.[2]
  • Career experience includes working as a development professional with Wellesley College, the San Francisco AIDS Foundation, Planned Parenthood Federation of America, and Legal Voice.[2]
  • Sits on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (Government Operations; Health Care and Financial Services subcommittees) and the Committee on Natural Resources (Federal Lands; Indian and Insular Affairs subcommittees) for the 2025-2026 Congress.[2]

Campaign money

Raised $1.2M · spent $981K · $242K cash on hand (through 2026-07-15) FEC filing ↗

Teresa Fox

R

Teresa Fox is the Republican nominee for Washington's 6th Congressional District, an emergency manager, safety professional, and fire inspector who ran on reducing government spending and regulation.[4]

Basic profile — the most important sourced facts we found.

Positions on the issues

  • OpposesRaise taxes on high earners or corporations

    Opposes what she describes as government growth funded by higher taxes, campaigning on lowering taxes generally.[5]

    “Lower Taxes: Keep money in family pockets, not bureaucrat budgets.”
  • SupportsIncrease police funding and staffing

    Supports increasing police staffing, citing Washington's ranking as last in the nation for police staffing levels.[5]

    “It's unacceptable that Washington ranks last in police staffing.”
  • OpposesFaster transition away from fossil fuels

    Opposes federal mandates prioritizing unproven "green" maritime technology over maintenance of the existing Navy fleet, citing job stability and national security.[5]

    “We need ships that can fight today, not social experiments that might float tomorrow.”

In their words — priorities

  • Campaigns on cutting taxes, reducing government regulation on businesses, and greater government accountability to taxpayers.[5]
  • On Navy shipyard funding in Bremerton, wants money directed to shipyard workers and equipment rather than administrative overhead, and opposes prioritizing unproven "green" maritime technology over fleet maintenance.[5]
  • Says Washington ranks last in the nation in police staffing and campaigns on rural public safety.[5]

Background

  • Professional experience includes working as an emergency manager, safety professional, and fire inspector.[4]

Campaign money

Raised $28K · spent $25K · $2,836 cash on hand (through 2026-07-15) FEC filing ↗

Research notes & limits

Neither candidate has completed a 2026 Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. Randall's campaign website lists issue titles but its position detail pages are JavaScript-rendered and could not be fetched; her positions section is left minimal rather than inferred. Fox's issue statements are drawn from her campaign website as republished by Ballotpedia. Randall's federal key votes and FEC totals are added separately by script.

Sources · 11

Researched 2026-09-25. Green citations are official government records.

  1. 1.Washington's 6th Congressional District election, 2026 · Ballotpedia Reference
  2. 2.Emily Randall · Ballotpedia Reference
  3. 3.On the Issues · Emily Randall for Congress Candidate's own words
  4. 4.Teresa Fox · Ballotpedia Reference
  5. 5.Teresa Fox campaign website (via Ballotpedia) · Ballotpedia (quoting Fox's campaign site, foxforwa.com) Candidate's own words
  6. 6.Roll call: Laken Riley Act — final passage · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2025-01-22 Official record
  7. 7.Roll call: One Big Beautiful Bill Act — House passage · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2025-05-22 Official record
  8. 8.H.R. 1 (119th Congress) — One Big Beautiful Bill Act: text and summary · Congress.gov Official record
  9. 9.Roll call: One Big Beautiful Bill Act — final passage · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2025-07-03 Official record
  10. 10.Roll call: Breaking the Gridlock Act — ACA subsidy extension · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2026-01-08 Official record
  11. 11.Roll call: Resolution disapproving tariffs on Canada · Office of the Clerk, U.S. House · 2026-02-11 Official record