Washington 2007 Off Year Election

The Green Papers: Washington 2007 Off Year Election

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Washington
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



U.S. Senate 6 year term. No Term Limit. 110^th 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

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

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

110^th U.S. House of Representatives 2 year term, Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit. 110^th 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 4 November 2008

CD 2 {map}		Democratic	Congressman Rick R. Larsen • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008

CD 3 {map}		Democratic	Congressman Brian N. Baird • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008

CD 4 {map}		Republican	Congressman Doc Hastings • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008

CD 5 {map}		Republican	Congressman Cathy Ann McMorris Rodgers • First elected: 2004 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008

CD 6 {map}		Democratic	Congressman Norman D. "Norm" Dicks • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008

CD 7 {map}		Democratic	Congressman James A. "Jim" McDermott • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008

CD 8 {map}		Republican	Congressman Dave Reichert • First elected: 2004 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008

CD 9 {map}		Democratic	Congressman Adam Smith • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008

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

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

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 • Open Seat - Retiring in 2008

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

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

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

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
	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.

Major Parties
	• Democratic (affiliates): 13 incumbents
	• Republican: 6 incumbents
Independents
	• Nonpartisan: 1 incumbent
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 an election authority that the person so listed will actually appear on the ballot.

FEC indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary "Total Receipts" for candidates for Federal Office.