Biography
Chelsea Dimas is a Democratic candidate for the Washington House of Representatives, District 14-Position 1, in the November 3, 2026 general election, in which she faces incumbent Gloria Mendoza (R).[1][2] A communications director and former human rights commissioner, she ran for the same seat in 2024 and lost to Mendoza.[1]
Chelsea Dimas was born in Santa Ana, California, and graduated from Sunnyside High School and, in 2015, from Pacific Lutheran University, according to Ballotpedia.[1] Her career experience includes working as a communications director and as a human rights commissioner with the Washington State Human Rights Commission.[1] In a 2024 Ballotpedia survey, she described herself as a communications professional and daughter of Indigenous immigrants from Mexico, and said her first job was picking cherries in agriculture.[3]
Dimas ran for District 14-Position 1 in 2024, losing the general election to Mendoza, 45.5 percent to 53.9 percent.[1] In the August 4, 2026 primary she received 43.3 percent of the vote to Mendoza's 50.9 percent.[1] In her 2024 survey, Dimas listed workers' rights, immigrant and refugee rights, human rights, education, healthcare, reproductive freedom, climate change and small businesses among her policy interests.[3]
- 1.Chelsea Dimas · Ballotpedia Reference
- 2.Washington House of Representatives elections, 2026 · Ballotpedia Reference
- 3.Chelsea Dimas - Candidate Connection survey (2024) · Ballotpedia Candidate's own words
Researched from the cited sources on 2026-10-21. Not yet independently fact-checked.
Washington House District 14
Chelsea Dimas is on the Nov 3, 2026 ballot for Washington House District 14 as D. Not researched in depth — candidate list only.
