Jayapal, Pramila
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Pramila Jayapal (born September 21, 1965) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative from Washington's 7th congressional district since 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, she represents most of Seattle, as well as some suburban areas of King County. Jayapal represented the 37th legislative district in the Washington State Senate from 2015 to 2017. She is the first Indian American woman to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives. The district's first female member of Congress, she is also the first Asian American to represent Washington at the federal level. Before entering electoral politics, Jayapal was a Seattle-based civil rights activist, serving until 2012 as the executive director of OneAmerica, an immigrant advocacy group. She founded the organization, originally called Hate Free Zone, after the September 11 attacks. Jayapal co-chaired the Congressional Progressive Caucus from 2019 to 2021, followed by a term serving as Chair from 2021 to 2025. She serves on both the Judiciary Committee and Budget Committee.
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Core attributes
- Current office
- Representative
- Office level
- federal
- Canonical name
- Jayapal, Pramila
- First name
- Pramila
- Last name
- Jayapal
- Occupation
- —
- Education
- —
- Year of birth
- —
Races
- Washington 7th Congressional District — 2026 General Election 2026-11-03 DEM C
- Washington 7th Congressional District — 2024 General Election 2024-11-05 DEM C
- Washington 7th Congressional District — 2022 General Election 2022-11-08 DEM C
Campaign finance
Money at a glance
2026 cycle
- Coverage
- 2025-01-01 to 2026-12-31
- Source
- Derived from itemized transactions
- Outside spending
- Outside spending details
- Total receipts
- $2,502,815.76
- Total disbursements
- $2,748,754.89
- Cash on hand
- Not available
- Net self-funded
- Not available
- Debts owed by the committee
- Not available
Receipt components disclose $2,502,815.76 in total receipts for the 2026 cycle.
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Source and freshness
Last pulled: 5 days ago (2026-08-25)
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FEC Bulk Data (campaign_finance/federal/fec)
Source record ID: cn:2024:H6WA07458
View source recordFEC Bulk Data (campaign_finance/federal/fec)
Source record ID: cn:2022:H6WA07458
View source recordFEC Bulk Data (campaign_finance/federal/fec)
Source record ID: cn:2026:H6WA07458
View source recordUS Congress Legislators (unitedstates/congress-legislators) (campaign_finance/federal/congress)
Source record ID: house:J000298
View source recordFEC Federal Races (civics/federal/fec)
Source record ID: fec_races:H6WA07458:2026
View source recordFEC Federal Races (civics/federal/fec)
Source record ID: fec_races:H6WA07458:2022
View source recordFEC Federal Races (civics/federal/fec)
Source record ID: fec_races:H6WA07458:2024
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Key metrics
- Identifiers
- 5
Identifiers
- bioguide_id
- J000298
- fec_candidate_id
- H6WA07458
- fec_candidate_ids
- H6WA07458
- govtrack_id
- 412730
- wikidata_id
- Q18978140