Laurie Jinkins is seeking reelection to Washington House District 27, Position 1, in the Nov. 3, 2026, general election. Pierce County's official sample ballot lists Jinkins as preferring the Democratic Party and opponent Carole Sue Braaten as preferring the Republican Party.

Jinkins became Washington's first woman and first lesbian Speaker of the House on Jan. 13, 2020, according to her legislative biography. The biography describes the district as including parts of Tacoma, Ruston and Fife.

Her professional background spans law and public health. The official biography describes work litigating child abuse and neglect cases for the Attorney General's Office, service as an assistant secretary at the Department of Health and work as a senior advisor at the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department.

Jinkins earned bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a law degree from the school now known as Seattle University School of Law. She also completed executive studies at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. She served as a Tacoma Community College trustee and chaired the House Civil Rights and Judiciary Committee before becoming speaker.

A priorities page on her campaign website describes support for stronger public education, expanded healthcare access, cost control and patients' ability to make decisions about their bodies. It also calls for more housing options, tenant protections, supportive housing and environmental action. The page includes older pandemic-era material; these are published campaign positions, not new statements obtained for this election profile.

No submitted Surround Sound Media questionnaire response was identified for this profile.

Official election ballot: https://www.piercecountywa.gov/DocumentCenter/View/161564/Sample-Ballot

Legislative biography: https://housedemocrats.wa.gov/jinkins/biography/

Published campaign priorities: https://www.lauriejinkins.com/priorities/

Responses are based on public data and answers to a Surround Sound Media questionnaire if they were provided.