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


Links

Jim Walsh websites
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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)

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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