The Green Papers: Washington 2023 General Election
 
This page is for offices up for election in 2023. Find 2024 elections here.

Flag images courtesy of The World Flag Database. Copyright http://www.flags.net/ Washington
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 1 and 3)
Governor:1 
2020 Census:7,715,946 (2.49% of 309,785,186)
2024, 2028 Electoral Votes:12(0.00% of 538)
2022-2030 Representatives:10(2.30% of 435)
Capital:Olympia
 

  Alabama    Alaska    American Samoa    Arizona    Arkansas    California    Colorado    Connecticut    Delaware    District of Columbia    Florida    Georgia    Guam    Hawaii    Idaho    Illinois    Indiana    Iowa    Kansas    Kentucky    Louisiana    Maine    Maryland    Massachusetts    Michigan    Minnesota    Mississippi    Missouri    Montana    Nebraska    Nevada    New Hampshire    New Jersey    New Mexico    New York    North Carolina    North Dakota    Northern Marianas    Ohio    Oklahoma    Oregon    Pennsylvania    Puerto Rico    Rhode Island    South Carolina    South Dakota    Tennessee    Texas    Utah    Vermont    Virgin Islands    Virginia    Washington    West Virginia    Wisconsin    Wyoming 

Washington State and Local Government

Washington Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions:
Democrats   Republicans


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. 118th Senate  Senate Electoral Classes

Class 1 Democratic Senator  Maria E. Cantwell
First elected: 2000; re-elected: 2006, 2012, 2018.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
 Candidate list (11)
  Candidate Republican     Destiny Archer
FEC S4WA00565
  Candidate Democratic     Senator  Maria E. Cantwell
FEC S8WA00194; 30 Sep 23; Tot $5,300,041; Dsb $1,445,029
  Candidate Republican     Raul Garcia
Candidate for Governor or Senate Class 1?

FEC S4WA00581; 30 Sep 23; Tot $204,437; Dsb $69,226
  Candidate Democratic     Paul Lawrence Giesick
FEC S4WA00599
  Candidate Republican     John Guenther
FEC S4WA00607; 30 Sep 23; Tot $5,347; Dsb $4,805
  Candidate Republican     Isaac Holyk
  Candidate Democratic     David Ishii
FEC H4WA09079
  Candidate Democratic     John Peterson
FEC S4WA00532
  Candidate Republican     Gregory Saunders
FEC S4WA00573
  Candidate Republican     Ryan Scott Searcy
?

FEC S4WA00615
  Candidate Democratic     Aria Rey Ursa
FEC S4WA00623

Class 3 Democratic Senator  Patricia L. "Patty" Murray
First elected: 1992; re-elected: 1998, 2004, 2010, 2016, 2022.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 7 November 2028

Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2020, 2024. Term Limit: None, All Governors

  Democratic Governor  Jay R. Inslee
First elected: 2012; re-elected: 2016, 2020.
Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
Open Chair - 1 May 2023: Governor Inslee will not seek re-election: "I'm ready to pass the torch...."
 Candidate list (5)
  Candidate Republican     former Richland School Board Member M. Semi Bird
1 August 2023: Apparently recalled as Richland School Board Member.
  Candidate Democratic     Attorney General  Bob Ferguson
2 May 2023: Announced exploratory campaign for Governor.
  Candidate Republican     Daniel Miller
  Candidate Democratic     state Senator  Mark Douglas Mullet
  Candidate Republican     former Member of Congress  David G. "Dave" Reichert
First elected to the U.S. House: 2004; re-elected: 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016; not a candidate for reelection: 2018.

Lieutenant Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2020, 2024

  Democratic Lieutenant Governor  Dennis "Denny" Heck
Previously served in the U.S. House: 2013-2021; first elected: 2020
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024

118th U.S. House of Representatives  2-year term. Election Cycle 2024, 2026. No Term Limit. 118th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
8 Democratic (7 Undetermined, 1 Open);
2 Republican (2 Undetermined)

Incumbent - 118th Congress
CD 1 Democratic Member of Congress  Suzan Kay DelBene
First elected in a special election for the 112th Congress and in a concurrent regular election to the 113th Congress: 6 November 2012
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
 Candidate list (3) - 119th Congress
  Candidate Republican     James E. "Jeb" Brewer
FEC H4WA01266
  Candidate Democratic     Member of Congress  Suzan Kay DelBene
FEC H0WA08046; 30 Sep 23; Tot $1,326,863; Dsb $934,904
  Candidate Republican     Matt Heines

Incumbent - 118th Congress
CD 2 Democratic Member of Congress  Richard Ray "Rick" Larsen
First elected: 2000
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
 Candidate list (4) - 119th Congress
  Candidate Green     Jason Call
FEC H0WA02189; 30 Sep 23; Tot $5,495; Dsb $6,590
  Candidate Republican     Leif D. Johnson
FEC H2WA02219; 30 Sep 23; Tot $2,143; Dsb $2,093
  Candidate Democratic     Member of Congress  Richard Ray "Rick" Larsen
FEC H0WA02080; 30 Sep 23; Tot $966,693; Dsb $487,997
  Candidate Democratic     Herbert Edwin "Edwin" Stickle
FEC H4WA02165

Incumbent - 118th Congress
CD 3 Democratic Member of Congress  Marie Gluesenkamp Perez
First elected: 2022.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
aka Marie Perez
 Candidate list (4) - 119th Congress
  Candidate Republican     Leslie Leigh French
FEC H2WA03183; 30 Sep 23; Tot $5,775; Dsb $10,082
  Candidate Democratic     Member of Congress  Marie Gluesenkamp Perez
FEC H2WA03217; 30 Sep 23; Tot $2,132,952; Dsb $592,231
  Candidate Republican     Joseph "Joe" Kent
FEC H2WA03100; 30 Sep 23; Tot $630,579; Dsb $240,080
  Candidate Republican     Camas City Council Member  Leslie Lewallen
FEC H4WA03122; 30 Sep 23; Tot $220,365; Dsb $76,527

Incumbent - 118th Congress
CD 4 Republican Member of Congress  Daniel Milton "Dan" Newhouse
First elected: 2014
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
 Candidate list (2) - 119th Congress
  Candidate Republican     Member of Congress  Daniel Milton "Dan" Newhouse
FEC H4WA04104; 30 Sep 23; Tot $510,490; Dsb $276,455
  Candidate Republican     Jerrod Sessler
FEC H2WA04165; 30 Sep 23; Tot $67,242; Dsb $59,754

Incumbent - 118th Congress
CD 5 Republican Member of Congress  Cathy Ann McMorris Rodgers
First elected: 2004
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
 Candidate list (4) - 119th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Carmela Conroy
FEC H4WA05168; 30 Sep 23; Tot $24,093; Dsb $982
  Candidate Democratic     Ann Marie Danimus
FEC H2WA05097 or H4WA05150

FEC H2WA05097; 30 Sep 23; Tot $76,224; Dsb $66,445
  Candidate Republican     Anthony Jensen
FEC H6WA05189
  Candidate Republican     Member of Congress  Cathy Ann McMorris Rodgers
FEC H4WA05077; 30 Sep 23; Tot $3,067,878; Dsb $2,117,830

Incumbent - 118th Congress
CD 6 Democratic Member of Congress  Derek Kilmer
First elected: 2012
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
Open Seat - 9 November 2023: "... I will not seek re-election next year."
 Candidate list (4) - 119th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Jefferson County Commissione  Kate Dean
FEC H4WA06125
  Candidate Democratic     Public Lands Commissioner  Hilary Franz
FEC H4WA06109
  Candidate Republican     state Senator  Drew C. MacEwen
FEC H4WA06133
  Candidate Democratic     state Senator  Emily Randall
FEC H4WA06117

Incumbent - 118th Congress
CD 7 Democratic Member of Congress  Pramila Jayapal
First elected: 2016
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
 Candidate list (2) - 119th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Member of Congress  Pramila Jayapal
FEC H6WA07458; 30 Sep 23; Tot $920,420; Dsb $986,014
  Candidate Republican     Clifford E. "Cliff" Moon
FEC H2WA07127; 30 Sep 23; Tot $0; Dsb $113

Incumbent - 118th Congress
CD 8 Democratic Member of Congress  Kim Schrier
First elected: 2018
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
 Candidate list (3) - 119th Congress
  Candidate Republican     Goers Carmen
FEC H4WA08139; 30 Sep 23; Tot $87,648; Dsb $79,253
  Candidate Democratic     Member of Congress  Kim Schrier
FEC H8WA08189; 30 Sep 23; Tot $2,014,431; Dsb $612,112
  Candidate Republican     Nirav Sheth
FEC H4WA08147; 30 Sep 23; Tot $15,690; Dsb $12,881

Incumbent - 118th Congress
CD 9 Democratic Member of Congress  David Adam "Adam" Smith
First elected: 1996
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
 Candidate list (2) - 119th Congress
  Candidate Republican     Clifford Mark "Mark" Greene
FEC H8WA08064
  Candidate Democratic     Member of Congress  David Adam "Adam" Smith
FEC H6WA09025; 30 Sep 23; Tot $622,316; Dsb $417,964

Incumbent - 118th Congress
CD 10 Democratic Member of Congress  Marilyn Strickland
First elected: 2020
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
 Candidate list (4) - 119th Congress
  Candidate Republican     Don Hewett
FEC H4WA10044; 30 Sep 23; Tot $40; Dsb $0
  Candidate Democratic     Eric Steven Mahaffy
FEC H4WA10051
  Candidate Democratic     Edward Saner
FEC H4WA10069
  Candidate Democratic     Member of Congress  Marilyn Strickland
FEC H0WA10034; 30 Sep 23; Tot $664,150; Dsb $485,832

Secretary of State  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2020, 2024

  Democratic Secretary of State  Steve Hobbs
Appointed: 19 November 2021 assumed office 22 November 2021 [re: resignation of Secretary of State Kim Wyman (Republican)].
First elected: 8 November 2022 in a Special Election.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
on General Election ballot
 Secretary of State Kim Wyman (Republican) who was first elected in 2012; and re-elected in 2016 and 2020 resigned on 19 November 2021 to oversee election security in the Biden Administration.
26 October 2021: Secretary of State Kim Wyman (Republican) announced that she will resign on 19 November 2021 to oversee election security (Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency) in the Biden administration. Governor Jay R. Inslee (Democratic) will appoint a successor to fill the seat. A special election will be held 8 November 2022 to fill the remainder of the term.
10 November 2021: Governor Jay R. Inslee (Democratic) selected state Senator Steve Hobbs (Democratic) as the new Secretary of State. He will take office 22 November.
8 November 2022: Steve Hobbs is first elected in a Special Election to a to fill the remainder of the term which ends in 2025.

Attorney General  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2020, 2024

  Democratic Attorney General  Bob Ferguson
First elected: 2012; re-elected: 2016, 2020.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
Open Seat - 2 May 2023: Announced exploratory campaign for Governor.
 Candidate list (2)
  Candidate Democratic     Nick Brown
  Candidate Democratic     state Senator  Manka Dhingra

Treasurer  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2020, 2024

  Democratic Treasurer  Mike Pellicciotti
First elected: 2020
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024

Auditor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2020, 2024

  Democratic Auditor Patrice "Pat" McCarthy
First elected: 2016; re-elected: 2020.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024

Commissioner of Public Lands  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2020, 2024

  Democratic Public Lands Commissioner  Hilary Franz
First elected: 2016; re-elected: 2020.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
Open Seat - 10 May 2023: Candidate for Governor in 2024.
10 November 2023: Candidate for US House CD 6 in 2024.
 Candidate list (7)
  Candidate Democratic     former state Senator Mona Das
  Candidate Democratic     Patrick DePoe
  Candidate Republican     former Member of Congress  Jaime Herrera Beutler
First elected 2010; re-elected; 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020; unsuccessful candidate for renomination: 2022.
  Candidate Republican     Sue Kuehl Pederson
  Candidate Democratic     state Senator  Rebecca Saldaña
  Candidate Democratic     King County Council Member  Dave Upthegrove
  Candidate Democratic     state Senator  Kevin VanDeWege

Insurance Commissioner  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2020, 2024

  Democratic Insurance Commissioner  Mike Kreidler
First elected: 2000; re-elected: 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
Open Seat - 2 May 2023: Not running for re-election.
 Candidate list (1)
  Candidate Democratic     state Senator  Patty Kuderer

Superintendent of Public Instruction  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2020, 2024

  Nonpartisan; (Democratic) Public Instruction Superintendent  Chris Reykdal
First elected: 2016; re-elected: 2020.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
 Candidate list (2)
  Candidate Republican     former state Representative Brad Klippert
  Candidate Independent     Reid Sarris
 

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   Those parties which received electoral votes through winning a plurality of a state's [or the District of Columbia's] popular vote in any presidential election between 1984 and 2016. See Classification of Political parties.
  Democratic (affiliates): 19 incumbents, 30 candidates
  Republican: 2 incumbents, 28 candidates
Major Third Parties   Any Party, other than a Major Party, receiving a minimum of 15/100ths of 1 percent of the nationwide popular vote in any presidential election between 1984 and 2016. See Classification of Political parties.
  Green (affiliates): 1 candidate
  Libertarian
Other Third Parties
  Christian Liberty
  Socialist Alternative
  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.

Primary dates marked "presumably" and polling times marked "reportedly" are based on unofficial or estimated data (especially as regards local variations from a jurisdictionwide statutory and/or regulatory standard) and are, thereby, subject to change.

"FEC" indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary.

When available, we post each candidate's FEC identification number, the date of their most recently filed Report of Receipts and Disbursements, their "Tot" [Total Receipts (contributions received or what came in: FEC Form 3, Line 16, Column B)] and their "Dsb" [Total Disbursements (expenditures or what was spent: FEC Form 3, Line 23, Column B)]. A link is provided to the Federal Election Commission's Summary Report for those who might wish to explore the details.

If a candidate raises or spends $5,000 or less, he or she is not subject to FEC reporting requirements.


Links Links to other web sites

Election Authority
  Public Disclosure Commission
  Register to vote - Secretary of State
  Washington Secretary of State
  Washington Secretary of State - Elections & Voting
Legislature   Links to State Legislatures
  Washington Senate Democrats
  Washington State Legislature
  Washington State Legislature - House of Representatives
  Washington State Senate
Democratic
  Washington Senate Democratic Caucus
  Washington State Democrats
Republican
  Washington State Republican Party
Third Party
  Christian Liberty Party of Washington
  Communist Party - Washington State District
  Green Party of Washington
  Libertarian Party of Washington State
  Socialist Alternative
  The Unity Party of Washington
Media & others
  KING TV - Seattle
  KREM TV - Spokane
  Northwest Daily Marker - Redmond
  Politics1.com - Washington
  Seattle Post-Intelligencer
  The Bellingham Herald
  The Chronicle - Centralia
  The Daily Herald - Everett
  The Daily News - Longview
  The News Tribune - Tacoma
  The Olympian - Olympia
  The Seattle Times
  The Spokesman-Review - Spokane
  Tri-City Herald - Kennewick - Pasco - Richland
  Yakima Herald-Republic

 


  2023 General Election Home  
 
  Gubernatorial Popular Vote by Party  
  Close Contests Summary - Decision by 2% or less  
  Contests Where No Candidate Received a Majority  
 
2023 Primaries and Runoffs for Statewide offices/Congress
  Alphabetically   --   Alphabetically with Filing Deadlines  
  Chronologically   --   Chronologically with Filing Deadlines  
  Poll Closing Times (with time zones)  
....
General Election Poll Closing Times (with time zones)
  Alphabetically   --   Chronologically  
....
Poll Closing Times (list)
  All Elections     Primary/Special Elections     General Elections  
....
  Governors     Senate     House  
....
  Senators by 'Class'  
  Governors by election 'cycle'  
....
  Gubernatorial Primaries at a Glance  
....
  Open Governor's Chairs, Senate and House Seats (the incumbent is not running for re-election)  
  Governor's Chairs, Senate, and U.S. House Seats with no incumbent running for them  
  Uncontested Governor's Chairs, Senate, and U.S. House Seats (one candidate running for office)  
  Governor's Chairs, Senate, and U.S. House Seats with multiple incumbents running for them  
  Governor's Chairs, Senate, and U.S. House Seats with only one major party candidate running for office  
....
  2023 Partisan Composition by State  
....
  Political Parties  
....
  Senate Electoral Classes  
....
  Comparative Political Party Predominance in each State, 2000 thru 2016  
....
History
  Political Party Floor Leaders in the Congress of the United States  
  Dates of DIRECT PRIMARY Elections re: Major Party Nominations for Statewide and/or Federal Office  
  Length of Terms of Office of STATE Governors throughout American History  
....
  (downloads)