The Green Papers: Off Year Election 2001

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Governor:1(Term Limit: None; 4-year terms)
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 1 and 3)
2000 Representatives:9(2.07% of 435)
2002 Representatives:9(2.07% of 435)
1990 Census: 4,866,669(1.96% of 248,765,170)
2000 Census: 5,908,684(2.10% of 281,998,273)
Registered Voters (Nov 98): 3,119,562
Estimated Voting age population (Jan 98): 4,257,000 
Tuesday, November 6, 2001 Polls Close: 8 PM PST (0400 UTC)
Candidates seeking office
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Governor  Term limit: None; 4-year terms, Current Governors  
 Democrat  Governor Gary Locke
First elected: 1996, 2000
Chair up for election: Tuesday, November 2, 2004.
Senate  6-year term, Current Senate  Senate Electoral Classes
Class 1Democrat  Senator Maria Cantwell
First elected: 2000
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 7, 2006.
Class 3Democrat  Senator Patty Murray
First elected: 1992; re-elected: 1998
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 2, 2004.
House of Representatives  2 year term, Current House  
Partisan Composition: 6 Democrats, 3 Republicans
CD 1Democrat  Congressman Jay Inslee
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 2Democrat  Congressman Rick Larsen
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 3Democrat  Congressman Brian Baird
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 4Republican  Congressman Doc Hastings
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 5Republican  Congressman George Nethercutt
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 6Democrat  Congressman Norm Dicks
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 7Democrat  Congressman Jim McDermott
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 8Republican  Congressman Jennifer Dunn
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
CD 9Democrat  Congressman Adam Smith
Seat up for election: Tuesday, November 5, 2002.
Congressional District

Washington has 39 counties and 9 congressional districts: 31 counties are wholly within a given congressional district; 8 counties are divided among more than one congressional district.

UNDIVIDED COUNTIES: (those wholly within one congressional district)

  • CD # 2: Island, San Juan, Skagit and Whatcom
  • CD # 3: Clark, Cowlitz, Lewis, Pacific, Skamania and Wahkiakum
  • CD # 4: Benton, Chelan, Douglas, Franklin, Grant, Kittitas, Okanogan and Yakima
  • CD # 5: Asotin, Columbia, Ferry, Garfield, Lincoln, Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens, Walla Walla and Whitman
  • CD # 6: Clallam, Jefferson and Mason

DIVIDED COUNTIES: (those split between more than one congressional district)

  • Adams: CDs 4 and 5
  • Grays Harbor: CDs 5 and 6
  • King: CDs 1, 7, 8 and 9
  • Kitsap: CDs 1 and 6
  • Klickitat: CDs 3 and 4
  • Pierce: CDs 6, 8 and 9
  • Snohomish: CDs 1 and 2
  • Thurston: CDs 3 and 9

CD # 7 is wholly within King County