Washington 2009 General Election

The Green Papers: Washington 2009 General Election

This page is for offices up for election in 2009. Find 2010 elections here.

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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

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. 111^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: 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

111^th U.S. House of Representatives 2 year term, Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit. 111^th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition): 6 Democratic (5 Undetermined, 1 Open); 3 Republican (3 Undetermined)

CD 1 {map}		Democratic	Congressman Jay R. Inslee • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 2 {map}		Democratic	Congressman Rick R. Larsen • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 3 {map}		Democratic	Congressman Brian N. Baird • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 • Open Seat - 9 December 2009: Announced his retirement at the end of his term-- will not run for re-election.

CD 4 {map}		Republican	Congressman Doc Hastings • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 5 {map}		Republican	Congressman Cathy Ann McMorris Rodgers • First elected: 2004 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 6 {map}		Democratic	Congressman Norman D. "Norm" Dicks • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 7 {map}		Democratic	Congressman James A. "Jim" McDermott • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 8 {map}		Republican	Congressman Dave Reichert • First elected: 2004 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

CD 9 {map}		Democratic	Congressman David Adam "Adam" Smith • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

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
	• Republican: 5 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 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.