AI Ballot Check Washington · General election, November 3, 2026

In King County, more than 2 out of 5 statements appear to be written with AI

Detected AI usage by race
AIpartly AIhuman

Federal

8 statements

Congressional District 8 - U.S. Representative

Kim Schrier(Prefers Democratic Party)statement appears human
Spencer Meline(Prefers Republican Party)statement appears AI

Congressional District 1 - U.S. Representative

Suzan DelBene(Prefers Democratic Party)statement appears human
Mary Silva(Prefers Republican Party)statement appears AI

Congressional District 7 - U.S. Representative

Pramila Jayapal(Prefers Democratic Party)statement appears human
Nirav Sheth(Prefers Republican Party)statement likely AI

Congressional District 9 - U.S. Representative

Adam Smith(Prefers Democratic Party)statement appears human
Doug Basler(Prefers Republican Party)statement likely AI

State

84 statements

Legislative District 12 - State Representative Pos. 1

Brian Burnett(Prefers Republican Party)statement likely AI
Stacy Willoughby(Prefers Democratic Party)statement appears human

Legislative District 12 - State Representative Pos. 2

Mike Steele(Prefers Republican Party)statement appears human
Maggie Adams(Prefers Democratic Party)statement appears human

Legislative District 1 - State Representative Pos. 1

Davina Duerr(Prefers Democratic Party)statement appears human
Maggie Wang(Prefers Republican Party)statement appears AI

Legislative District 1 - State Representative Pos. 2

Shelley Kloba(Prefers Democratic Party)statement appears human
Cliff Moon(Prefers Republican Party)statement appears human

Legislative District 5 - State Representative Pos. 1

Zach Hall(Prefers Democratic Party)statement appears human
Michelle Bennett(Prefers Republican Party)statement appears AI

Legislative District 5 - State Representative Pos. 2

Lisa Callan(Prefers Democratic Party)statement likely AI
Patrick Peacock(Prefers Republican Party)statement likely AI

Legislative District 11 - State Representative Pos. 1

David Hackney(Prefers Democratic Party)statement likely AI
Ashley Fedan(Prefers Democratic Party)statement appears human

Legislative District 11 - State Representative Pos. 2

Steve Bergquist(Prefers Democratic Party)statement appears human

Legislative District 30 - State Senator

Claire Wilson(Prefers Democratic Party)statement appears human
Michael Rutland(Prefers Republican Party)statement appears AI

Legislative District 30 - State Representative Pos. 1

Jamila E. Taylor(Prefers Democratic Party)statement appears human
Tiffany Bowyer(Prefers Republican Party)statement likely AI

Legislative District 30 - State Representative Pos. 2

Kristine Reeves(Prefers Democratic Party)statement appears human
Paul McDaniel(Prefers Independent Party)statement appears human

Legislative District 31 - State Senator

Phil Fortunato(Prefers Republican Party)statement likely AI
Tamara Stramel(Prefers Democratic Party)statement likely AI

Legislative District 31 - State Representative Pos. 1

Drew Stokesbary(Prefers Republican Party)statement appears human
Stephen Szczurko-Walton(Prefers Democratic Party)statement likely human

Legislative District 31 - State Representative Pos. 2

Joshua Penner(Prefers Republican Party)statement likely AI
John Bielka(Prefers Democrat Party)statement appears AI

Legislative District 32 - State Senator

Cindy Ryu(Prefers Democratic Party)statement likely AI
Jesse Salomon(Prefers Democratic Party)statement appears human

Legislative District 32 - State Representative Pos. 1

Keith Scully(Prefers Democratic Party)statement appears human
Danica Noble(Prefers Democratic Party)statement appears human

Legislative District 32 - State Representative Pos. 2

Lauren Davis(Prefers Democratic Party)statement appears human
Imraan Siddiqi(Prefers Democratic Party)statement likely AI

Legislative District 33 - State Senator

Tina L. Orwall(Prefers Democratic Party)statement appears human

Legislative District 33 - State Representative Pos. 1

Edwin Obras(Prefers Democratic Party)statement appears human
Chris Martinez(Prefers Republican Party)statement likely AI

Legislative District 33 - State Representative Pos. 2

Mia Su-Ling Gregerson(Prefers Democratic Party)statement appears partly AI
Yuri Marinchik(Prefers Republican Party)statement likely AI

Legislative District 34 - State Senator

Emily Alvarado(Prefers Democratic Party)statement appears human

Legislative District 34 - State Representative Pos. 1

Brianna K. Thomas(Prefers Democratic Party)statement appears human

Legislative District 34 - State Representative Pos. 2

Joe Fitzgibbon(Prefers Democratic Party)statement appears partly AI
Mary Anito(Prefers Democratic Party)statement likely AI

Legislative District 36 - State Senator

Noel C. Frame(Prefers Democratic Party)statement appears human
Jillian England(Prefers Republican Party)statement likely AI

Legislative District 36 - State Representative Pos. 1

Julia Grant Reed(Prefers Democratic Party)statement appears human

Legislative District 36 - State Representative Pos. 2

Liz Berry(Prefers Democratic Party)statement likely AI

Legislative District 37 - State Senator

Chipalo Street(Prefers Democratic Party)statement appears human
Tatiana Brown(Prefers Democratic Party)statement appears AI

Legislative District 37 - State Representative Pos. 1

Kelabe Tewolde(Prefers Democratic Party)statement appears human
Sharon Tomiko Santos(Prefers Democratic Party)statement appears AI

Legislative District 37 - State Representative Pos. 2

Jaelynn Scott(Prefers Democratic Party)statement likely AI
Evon McCorkle(Prefers Independent Party)statement appears AI

Legislative District 41 - State Representative Pos. 1

Janice Zahn(Prefers Democratic Party)statement appears human
Elle Nguyen(Prefers Republican Party)statement likely AI

Legislative District 41 - State Representative Pos. 2

My-Linh T Thai(Prefers Democratic Party)statement appears human
Michael Rosen(Prefers Independent Party)statement likely AI

Legislative District 43 - State Senator

Jamie Pedersen(Prefers Democratic Party)statement appears human
Hannah Sabio-Howell(Prefers Democratic Party)statement appears human

Legislative District 43 - State Representative Pos. 1

Nicole Macri(Prefers Democratic Party)statement appears partly AI
Alby Clendennin(Prefers Democratic Party)statement appears human

Legislative District 43 - State Representative Pos. 2

Shaun Scott(Prefers Democratic Party)statement appears human

Legislative District 45 - State Senator

Manka Dhingra(Prefers Democratic Party)statement appears human

Legislative District 45 - State Representative Pos. 1

Roger Goodman(Prefers Democratic Party)statement appears human
JoAnn Tolentino(Prefers Republican Party)statement appears AI

Legislative District 45 - State Representative Pos. 2

Vanessa Kritzer(Prefers Democratic Party)statement appears human

Legislative District 46 - State Senator

Javier Valdez(Prefers Democratic Party)statement appears human
Sandra Stephens(Prefers Republican Party)statement appears human

Legislative District 46 - State Representative Pos. 1

Gerry Pollet(Prefers Democratic Party)statement appears human
Will Dreher(Prefers Democratic Party)statement appears human

Legislative District 46 - State Representative Pos. 2

Darya Farivar(Prefers Democratic Party)statement likely AI
Rodney 'Star' Thornley(Prefers Independent Party)statement appears AI

Legislative District 47 - State Senator

Claudia Kauffman(Prefers Democratic Party)statement appears AI
Kristina Soltys(Prefers Republican Party)statement appears human

Legislative District 47 - State Representative Pos. 1

Debra Jean Entenman(Prefers Democratic Party)statement appears human
Cobi Clark(Prefers Libertarian Party)statement appears AI

Legislative District 47 - State Representative Pos. 2

Chris Stearns(Prefers Democratic Party)statement likely AI
Ted Cooke(Prefers Republican Party)statement likely AI

Legislative District 48 - State Senator

Vandana Slatter(Prefers Democratic Party)statement appears human

Legislative District 48 - State Representative Pos. 1

Osman Salahuddin(Prefers Democratic Party)statement appears partly AI
Jeffery Poppe(Prefers Republican Party)statement appears human

Legislative District 48 - State Representative Pos. 2

Jessica Forsythe(Prefers Democratic Party)statement appears human
Amy Walen(Prefers Democratic Party)statement appears human

County and local

49 statements

County Assessor

Rob Foxcurranstatement likely AI
Dominique M Scarimbolostatement likely AI

Seattle City Council District 5

Nilu Jenksstatement likely AI
Julie Kangstatement appears partly AI