The Green Papers: Washington 2009 General Election
 
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Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
Electoral Votes:11(2.04% of 538)
Governor:1 
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 1 and 3)
2002-2010 Representatives:9(2.07% of 435)
2000 Census:5,908,684 (2.10% of 281,998,273)
Estimated Voting age population (November 2000):4,368,000
Registered Voters (November 2000):3,335,714
Capital:Olympia
 

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Washington State and Local Government

Washington State’s Top Two Primary

  • The two candidates who receive the most votes in the primary and receive at least 1% of the votes cast qualify for the general election.
  • Each candidate for partisan office may state a political party that he or she prefers. A candidate’s preference does not imply that the candidate is nominated or endorsed by the party, or that the party approves of or associates with that candidate.
  • To trigger a mandatory machine recount, the difference between the top two vote-getters must be less than 2,000 votes and less than 0.5% of the total number of votes cast for both candidates.
  • To trigger a manual recount in a statewide election, the difference between the top two vote-getters must be less than 1,000 votes and less 0.25% of the total number of votes cast for both candidates.
 
           
U.S. Senate  6 year term. No Term Limit. 111th Senate  Senate Electoral Classes
Class 1 Democratic Senator  Maria Cantwell
• First elected: 2000; re-elected: 2006
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
Class 3 Democratic Senator  Patty Murray
• First elected: 1992; re-elected: 1998, 2004.
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
  Candidate Democratic     Senator  Patty Murray
• FEC S2WA00189: $3,504,500
  Candidate Republican     Clint B. Didier
• FEC S0WA00241: Financial report not available
  Candidate Republican     Wayne J. Glover
  Candidate Republican     Rodney Joe "Rod" Rieger
• FEC S0WA00225: $15
  Candidate Republican     Sean Corey Salazar
• FEC S0WA00209: $34,654
  Candidate Republican     Chris Widener
  Candidate Republican     Craig Lewis Williams
• FEC S0WA00233: $4,382
Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012. Term Limit: None, All Governors
  Democratic Governor  Christine Gregoire
• First elected: 2004; re-elected: 2008
• Chair up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
Lieutenant Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012
  Democratic Lieutenant Governor Brad Owen
• First elected: 1996; re-elected: 2000, 2004, 2008
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
111th U.S. House of Representatives  2 year term, Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit. 111th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
6 Democratic (6 Undetermined);
3 Republican (3 Undetermined)
CD 1
{map}		 Democratic Congressman  Jay R. Inslee
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman  Jay R. Inslee
• FEC H2WA04090: $296,055
CD 2
{map}		 Democratic Congressman  Rick R. Larsen
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman  Rick R. Larsen
• FEC H0WA02080: $337,349
CD 3
{map}		 Democratic Congressman  Brian N. Baird
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman  Brian N. Baird
• FEC H6WA03135: $138,011
  Candidate Republican     David B. Castillo
• FEC H0WA03138: $53,874
  Candidate Republican     David William "Dave" Hedrick
  Candidate Republican     Jon David Russell
• FEC H0WA03146: $18,310
CD 4
{map}		 Republican Congressman  Doc Hastings
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
  Candidate Republican     Rex A. Brocki
  Candidate Republican     Congressman  Doc Hastings
• FEC H2WA04041: $276,111
CD 5
{map}		 Republican Congressman  Cathy Ann McMorris Rodgers
• First elected: 2004
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
  Candidate Republican     Congressman  Cathy Ann McMorris Rodgers
• FEC H4WA05077: $342,608
CD 6
{map}		 Democratic Congressman  Norman D. "Norm" Dicks
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman  Norman D. "Norm" Dicks
• FEC H6WA06021: $457,362
CD 7
{map}		 Democratic Congressman  James A. "Jim" McDermott
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
  Candidate Democratic     William "Bill" Hoffman, III
• FEC H0WA07089: Financial report not available
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman  James A. "Jim" McDermott
• FEC H8WA07132: $167,393
  Candidate Republican     Steve Beren
CD 8
{map}		 Republican Congressman  Dave Reichert
• First elected: 2004
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
  Candidate Democratic     Thomas A. "Tom" Cramer
• FEC H0WA08053: $6,350
  Candidate Democratic     Suzan Kay DelBene
• FEC H0WA08046: $827,850
  Candidate Republican     Congressman  Dave Reichert
• FEC H4WA08071: $748,975
  Candidate Independent     Joshua Goodin
CD 9
{map}		 Democratic Congressman  David Adam "Adam" Smith
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman  David Adam "Adam" Smith
• FEC H6WA09025: $266,119
    Republican     state Representative Thomas J. "Tom" Campbell - apparently not a candidate
• 4 September 2009: No longer a candidate for the U.S. House. Will run for re-election in the state House.
• FEC H0WA09036: $6,146
  Candidate Republican     Pierce County Councilmember  Richard Walter "Dick" Muri
• FEC H0WA09044: Financial report not available
  Candidate Republican     James Lee Postma
• FEC H8WA09047: $30,950
Secretary of State  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012
  Republican Secretary of State  Sam Reed
• First elected: 2000; re-elected: 2004, 2008
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
Attorney General  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012
  Republican Attorney General  Rob McKenna
• First elected: 2004; re-elected: 2008
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
Treasurer  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012
  Democratic Treasurer  Jim McIntire
• First elected: 2008
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
Auditor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012
  Democratic Auditor Brian Sonntag
• First elected: 1992; re-elected 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
Commissioner of Public Lands  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012
  Democratic Public Lands Commissioner  Peter James Goldmark
• First elected: 2008
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
Insurance Commissioner  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012
  Democratic Insurance Commissioner  Mike Kreidler
• First elected: 2000; re-elected: 2004, 2008
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
Superintendent of Public Instruction  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012
  Nonpartisan Public Instruction Superintendent Randy Dorn
• First elected: 2008
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
 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. [RCW 29A.36.171]
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.
Major Parties
 • Democratic (affiliates): 14 incumbents, 10 candidates
 • Republican: 5 incumbents, 16 candidates
Major Third Parties
 • Constitution (affiliates)
 • Green (affiliates)
 • Libertarian
Other Third Parties
 • Progressive
 • Right to Life
 • Unity
Independents
 • Independent: 1 candidate
 • Nonpartisan: 1 incumbent
Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable
 • Not readily classifiable
 
Candidates running under the banner of more than one party are counted towards each party's total. A candidate who has lost a primary or is apparently no longer a candidate is not counted.
Notes
Candidates for office appear on this page in italics where 'The Green Papers' does not yet have independent confirmation from a legal election authority that the person has been officially certified to appear on the ballot.
 
FEC indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary "Total Receipts" for candidates for Federal Office.
Links Links to other web sites
Constitution   Links to State Constitutions
 • Washington State Constitution
Election Authority
 • Public Disclosure Commission
 • Secretary of State's Office
 • Washington Secretary of State - Elections & Voting
Legislature   Links to State Legislatures
 • Washington State Legislature
 • Washington State Legislature - House of Representatives
 • Washington State Senate
Democratic
 • Washington Senate Democratic Caucus
 • Washington State Democrats
 • Washington State House Democrats
Republican
 • Washington House Republican Caucus
 • Washington State Republican Party
Third Party
 • American Heritage Party
 • Communist Party - Washington State District
 • Constitution Party of Washington State
 • Green Party of Washington State
 • Human Life of Washington
 • Libertarian Party of Washington State (old site)
 • Libertarian Party of Washington State
 • Natural Medicine Party
 • Progressive Party of Washington
 • The Unity Party of Washington
Media & others
 • DC's Political Report - Washington
 • HeraldNet - Snohomish County
 • KING TV - Seattle
 • KREM TV - Spokane
 • More Voter Choice
 • Northwest Cable News
 • Politics1.com - Washington
 • Seattle Post-Intelligencer
 • Sound Politics - Seattle - Puget Sound
 • Spokane Valley Online
 • Spokane.net
 • The Chronicle - Centralia
 • The Daily Herald - Everett
 • The Daily News - Longview
 • The Issaquah Press
 • The News Tribune - Tacoma
 • The Olympian - Olympia
 • The Seattle Times
 • The Spokesman-Review - Spokane
 • The Sun - Bremerton
 • Tri-City Herald - Kennewick - Pasco - Richland
 • Washington Voter - League of Women Voters of Washington
 • Yakima Herald-Republic
 

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