
Jim Walsh
Republican | Washington
Candidate Profile
Conservative
BIOGRAPHY
Name
Jim Walsh
Party
Republican
Election Year
2026
Election
Primary
Race
State Rep., Dist. 19 - Pos. 1
Incumbent
Yes
EDUCATION
Amherst College, Amherst, MA, BA, 1986
WORK & MILITARY
(Candidate did not provide)
AFFILIATIONS
Washington State Republican Party, Chairman
Grays Harbor Republican Party, Chairman
YMCA Grays Harbor, Youth Sports Coach
St Mary School (Aberdeen), Youth Sports Coach
Archdiocese of Seattle, Certified Driver/Chaperone
POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
State Representative, 10 years
POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT
(Candidate did not provide)
SCORECARDS
CONSERVATIVE ORGANIZATIONS
2023
100%
2025
100%, 83%†
2023-2024
54%
2023
|100%
2025
|100%, 83%†
2023-2024
|54%
LIBERAL ORGANIZATIONS
2025
13%, 26%†
2019
D
2023-2024
0%, 13%†
2024
F, F†
2025
|13%, 26%†
2019
|D
2023-2024
|0%, 13%†
2024
|F, F†
ENDORSEMENTS
CONSERVATIVE (1)
Lewis County Republican Party
OTHER (2)
Association of Washington Business AWB
Associated General Contractors of Washington AGCW Build PAC
REPORTED BY CANDIDATE (2)
AGC of WA
WAFOP
SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS
CONSERVATIVE
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (9)
Drew Stokesbary (2025)
Local, County, and District Republican Organizations (2025)
State Republican Party Organizations (2025)
Marcia Kelbon (2024)
Joel McEntire (2022)
RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (25)
Jeremie Dufault (2024)
Local, County, and District Republican Organizations (2024)
Family Policy Institute of Washington (2022)
Jim McEntire (2022)
Michelle Darnell (2022)
LIBERAL
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (0)
RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (4)
Chinese American Civic Action Alliance (2024)
Sheet Metal Workers International Association (2022)
Swinomish Indian Tribal Community (2020)
Washington State Association for Justice (2018)
OTHER INFORMATION
Candidate completed iVoterGuides 2024 questionnaire.
QUESTIONNAIRE
RIGHT TO LIFE
Abortion providers, including Planned Parenthood, should not receive taxpayer funds from federal, state, or local governments (including Title X grants).
Strongly Agree
Under what circumstances should an elective abortion be allowed?
If the life of the mother is in imminent danger.
Human life deserves legal protection from conception until natural death.
Strongly Agree
The lives of human embryos created through artificial methods ought to be protected from purposeful destruction.
Agree
The Comstock Act, which bans interstate transportation of abortion-inducing drugs, should be enforced.
Strongly Agree
ECONOMY
What is your position on the minimum wage?
Zero is the true minimum wage. Everything else is politics.
Free enterprise and the right to private property are essential elements of a productive economic system.
Strongly Agree
List your top 3-5 priorities to eliminate government waste.
Zero-based budgeting. A more assertive State Auditor. Complete transparency for expenditures made by NGOs that take state taxpayer money.
RELIGIOUS LIBERTY
What does "separation of church and state" mean to you?
That freedom of religion and what the WA State Constitution calls "absolute freedom of conscience" are protected from government impairment.
Individuals and businesses should be required to provide services even if it would violate their moral and/or religious beliefs.
Strongly Disagree
HEALTHCARE
What most closely matches your view on healthcare: A) Healthcare for all should be guaranteed and funded by the government with no private healthcare option. (includes "universal healthcare," "medicare for all," etc.) B) Healthcare insurance funded by the government should be available for all who want it, along with private healthcare options. C) Medicaid and Medicare should remain available, but no other taxpayer-funded programs are necessary. D) Taxpayer funded health care should be abolished in all forms, and Medicaid and Medicare should be defunded.
C
The government should keep a database of people with various ongoing medical illnesses to assess the economic burden of treatment.
Strongly Disagree
NATIONAL SECURITY
The Chinese Communist Party poses serious military, cyber security, intellectual property, and global economic threats to the United States.
Strongly Agree
Is the United States' relationship with Israel important, and if so why?
Yes. Israel is the only republic in the Middle East.
IMMIGRATION
I support the existence of sanctuary cities to protect undocumented persons.
Strongly Disagree
EDUCATION
I support eliminating the U.S. Department of Education and giving control back to states and communities.
Strongly Agree
Foreign governments should be prohibited from funding American education.
Strongly Agree
VALUES
Government should recognize and support the fundamental right and essential duty of parents to direct their child's health and educational well-being.
Strongly Agree
Attempts to physically or socially transition a child to the opposite sex constitute child abuse.
Strongly Agree
Marriage is a God-ordained, sacred and legal union of one man and one woman. No government has the authority to alter this definition.
Strongly Agree
I support the expansion of gambling in my state.
Neutral
Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
I am a traditionalist Catholic.
ELECTIONS AND VOTING
People should be able to vote without photo identification.
Strongly Disagree
EQUALITY
Reparations should be given to people on the basis of race.
Strongly Disagree
Biological males should not be allowed to participate in women's sports or occupy biological women's spaces whether it be bathrooms, locker rooms, sorority houses, women's shelters, or prison.
Strongly Agree
ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT
Man-made climate change is a global threat and requires urgent political action.
Strongly Disagree
What do you believe is the most reliable energy source that will supply the growing demand for electricity?
In the PNW, hydroelectric power. Generally, new nuclear. Including small modular nuclear reactors.
ABOUT YOU
When you consider your views on a wide range of issues from economic and social matters to foreign policy and religious liberty, which of the following best describes you overall?
Very Conservative
Have you ever been penalized for sexual misconduct in either civil or criminal court? If so, please explain.
No.
Have you ever been convicted of a felony? If so, please explain.
No.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE & PUBLIC SAFETY
What should be the goal of the criminal justice system?
Keeping communities safe. Rehabilitation criminals who can be rehabilitated.
Government has a responsibility to protect children from sexual exploitation during online activities.
Agree
Parents and families have the first responsibility to protect their children.
Sharia law should not be accepted or incorporated in any form within the legal framework of the United States.
Strongly Agree
2ND AMENDMENT
What restrictions on gun ownership are needed to protect public safety?
Very, very few. The right of the individual citizen to bear arms in defense of himself and the state shall nit be impaired. That said, felons and the insane should not have guns.
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