| The Green Papers: Washington 2005 Off Year Elections |
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Washington
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress |
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| U.S. Senate 6 year term. No Term Limit. 109th Senate Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
| Class 1 | Democratic | Senator Maria Cantwell • First elected: 2000 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 |
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| Class 3 | Democratic | Senator Patty Murray • First elected: 1992; re-elected: 1998, 2004. • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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| Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2004, 2008. Term Limit: None, All Governors | |||||
| Democratic | Governor Christine Gregoire • First elected: 2004 • Chair up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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| 2 November 2004 General Election Results Challenged Manual Recount from an official source Machine Recount from an official source. On Thursday 30 December 2004 the Secretary of State certified the manual recount results showing that Democrat Christine Gregoire won Governor's election by 129 votes out of 2,810,058. Mr. Rossi is considering contesting these results. History: Friday 3 December 2004- the Democrats officially challenged the certified machine recount Republican Dino Rossi won by 42 votes out of 2,808,342. Monday 6 December- Secretary of State Sam Reed issues a hand recount order. 23 December- the state Supreme Court rules that King County recount is to include 573 mistakenly rejected ballots and 162 misplaced ballots in the manual recount. Thursday 30 December 2004- Certified results of the manual recount: Democrat Christine Gregoire: 1,373,361, Republican Dino Rossi: 1,373,232, Libertarian Ruth Bennett 63,465. | |||||
| Lieutenant Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2004, 2008 | |||||
| Democratic | Lieutenant Governor Brad Owen • First elected: 1996; re-elected: 2000, 2004 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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| 109th U.S. House of Representatives 2 year term, Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit. 109th House | |||||
| Partisan Composition (primary disposition): 6 Democratic (6 Undetermined); 3 Republican (3 Undetermined) | |||||
| CD 1 | Democratic | Congressman Jay Inslee • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 |
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| CD 2 | Democratic | Congressman Rick Larsen • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 |
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| CD 3 | Democratic | Congressman Brian Baird • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 |
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| CD 4 | Republican | Congressman Doc Hastings • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 |
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| CD 5 | Republican | Congressman Cathy McMorris • First elected: 2004 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 |
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| CD 6 | Democratic | Congressman Norm Dicks • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 |
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| CD 7 | Democratic | Congressman Jim McDermott • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 |
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| CD 8 | Republican | Congressman Dave Reichert • First elected: 2004 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 |
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| CD 9 | Democratic | Congressman Adam Smith • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 |
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| Secretary of State 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2004, 2008 | |||||
| Republican | Secretary of State Sam Reed • First elected: 2000; re-elected: 2004 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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| Attorney General 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2004, 2008 | |||||
| Republican | Attorney General Rob McKenna • First elected: 2004 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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| Treasurer 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2004, 2008 | |||||
| Democratic | Treasurer Michael J. "Mike" Murphy • First elected: 1996; re-elected: 2000, 2004 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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| Auditor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2004, 2008 | |||||
| Democratic | Auditor Brian Sonntag • First elected: 1992; re-elected 1996, 2000, 2004 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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| Commissioner of Public Lands 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2004, 2008 | |||||
| Republican | Public Lands Commissioner Doug Sutherland • First elected: 2000; re-elected: 2004 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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| Insurance Commissioner 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2004, 2008 | |||||
| Democratic | Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler • First elected: 2000; re-elected: 2004 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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| Superintendent of Public Instruction 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2004, 2008 | |||||
| Nonpartisan | Public Instruction Superintendent Teresa "Terry" Bergeson • First elected: 1996; re-elected: 2000, 2004 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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| All candidates for Superintendent of Public Instruction appear on the Primary ballot. If any candidate receives more than 50% of the vote in the Primary, he or she goes on the General Election ballot alone. If no candidate receives a majority, the two candidates receiving the highest number of votes go on the General Election ballot. | |||||
| Political Parties Parties appear in parenthesis and italics when a candidate receives the endorsement of a given Party and/or official sources indicate a candidate's association with a particular Party but only where the Party in question does not appear on the actual ballot as such. |
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| • Democratic | |
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| • Libertarian | |
| • Nonpartisan | |
| • Not readily classifiable | |
| • Progressive | |
| • Republican |
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