Kincaid Exploratory Committee – Washington’s 1st District

Apps like Citizen and many others ,highlight something many families don’t realize. There is a significant numbers of registered sex offenders living throughout our communities. Many near schools. Parents deserve straightforward access to accurate information and public safety policies that genuinely reduce risk. Many states restrict high risk offenders from residing near schools, parks, and child focused facilities. Washington, however, generally lacks such statewide residency limits. In some neighborhoods, that has resulted in offenders living uncomfortably close to places where children gather. In Washington’s 1st District covering Bellevue, Kirkland, and nearby communities the problem isn’t as severe as in parts of Seattle, but the concern is still real. Even a few high risk offenders near schools is too many. This gap is primarily a state policy issue, but if I am elected to Congress I will bring national attention to Washington’s approach, promote evidence based best practices, a...

  PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 6, 2026 Kincaid for Congress  Washington’s 1st District Kincaid: Protecting Women’s Sports and Sex‑Based Privacy in Washington’s 1st District Press statement from Kincaid for Congress – WA‑01 Protecting Women’s Sports and Sex Based Privacy Principle Women and girls are entitled to fair athletic competition, physical safety, and personal privacy in sex-segregated environments. These protections are grounded in long standing principles of equality and security. Upholding them is both a matter of fairness and of maintaining public trust in the integrity of institutions that serve them. This effort is not about exclusion it is about establishing clear, consistent standards that safeguard women’s opportunities, dignity, and rights. Policy Priorities 1) Ensuring Fairness in Women’s and Girls’ Sports Women’s sports exist to promote equitable athletic competition and to preserve ...

  PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 2, 2026 Kincaid for Congress  Washington’s 1st District Kincaid: WA-01 Democrats Deserve a Common Sense Choice Focused on Results WASHINGTON   -  Today, congressional candidate Kincaid noted that the 2026 race in Washington’s 1st Congressional District is shaping up to feature multiple Democratic challengers to Representative Suzan DelBene, including Hunter Gordon. Kincaid said the emerging field highlights a clear choice for voters. Establishment politics, ideological politics, or a practical, solutions first Democrat focused on delivering results. “WA-01 is a district of engineers, small-business owners, working families, and problem solvers, ” Kincaid said. “People here want progress but they also want it to be practical, achievable, and grounded in reality, not slogans or purity tests.” Kincaid pointed to Gordon’s stated platform positions as examples of an ideological lunatic fringe approach that does not reflect th...

The System Failed  And an Innocent Woman Paid the Price The Tragic Case of  Bethany MaGee  /  Lawrence Reed and Why We Need To Change Civil Commitment Laws   When violent repeat offenders are allowed to roam freely despite years of warning signs, innocent people are left feeling like they are playing Russian roulette just to get to work. We have to bring back asylums . We have to change civil commitment laws . A few months after a woman was randomly stabbed in the neck and died on a train in North Carolina. Now we have a woman that was randomly set on fire on a train in Chicago. On November 17, 2025, Chicago saw one of the most horrific acts of random violence in recent memory. Bethany MaGee a 26-year-old woman was riding the CTA Blue Line when a man Lawrence Reed. Poured gasoline on her and set her on fire. She was left fighting for her life.  A s shocking as this attack was, it should not have been a surprise. It was the predictable result of a sy...

  Chinatown, Japantown, and Little Saigon Deserve Better The historic neighborhoods of Chinatown, Japantown, and Little Saigon are not part of Washington’s 1st Congressional District. They  belong to District 7, represented by Pramila Jayapal since 2017. Many of the families and business owners there are immigrants or children of immigrants who followed the legal immigration process and built their lives through hard work and resilience. Yet these communities have been forced to bear the brunt of Seattle’s ongoing drug, crime, and homelessness crisis. Despite years of pleas, the mayor and city council have offered little meaningful action. With the new administration in Seattle, many fear conditions will only continue to worsen. Representative Jayapal has been more focused on pushing national ideological agendas. Including her support for the Housing Not Handcuffs Act, which would make it even harder for cities to address chronic street disorder than on help...

For decades, we’ve seen government agencies from HUD to city and county programs. Spend billions of dollars to fight homelessness. But despite the money and the promises, the problem keeps getting worse. Why? Because most of our current programs are built on theories that don’t work in reality. In theory, if you have a thousand homeless people, you build a thousand housing units, problem solved. In reality it doesn’t work that way. Some people are struggling with addiction. Others have untreated mental illness. And others simply can’t afford rent in an overpriced market. You cannot put all three groups under one roof and expect stability or safety. Look at programs like Plymouth Housing. Their hearts may be in the right place, but the results tell the truth. Police and fire are called there constantly. For overdoses, assaults, and mental health crises. It’s not compassion to ignore that. It’s negligence. We need a new approach. One that separates by cause, not by convenience. For those...