The Green Papers: Washington 2021 General Election
 
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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(2.23% of 538)
2022-2030 Representatives:10(2.30% of 435)
2010 Census:6,753,369 (2.18% of 309,785,186)
2012, 2016, 2020 Electoral Votes:12(2.23% of 538)
2012-2020 Representatives:10(2.30% of 435)
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. 117th 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 (3)
  Candidate Democratic     Senator Maria E. Cantwell
FEC S8WA00194
  Candidate Democratic     Mandingo Earth Einstein
FEC S4WA00540
  Candidate Democratic     John Peterson
FEC S4WA00532

Class 3 Democratic Senator Patricia L. "Patty" Murray
First elected: 1992; re-elected: 1998, 2004, 2010, 2016.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
 Candidate list (11)
  Candidate Independent     Pano Kroko Churchill
  Candidate Independent     Justin Greywolf
FEC S2WA00403; 30 Sep 21; Tot $2,390; Dsb $541
  Candidate Republican     Bob Hagglund
FEC S2WA00429; 31 Dec 21; Tot $2,206; Dsb $2,206
  Candidate Independent     Larry Hussey
FEC S2WA00353
  Candidate Democratic     David Tadashi "Bobblehead Dave" Ishii
FEC S2WA00411
  Candidate Democratic     Robert W. Kirby
FEC S2WA00346; 30 Sep 21; Tot $25; Dsb $1
  Candidate Independent     Mfumu Metamorphosis Mpiana
FEC S2WA00361
  Candidate Democratic     Senator Patricia L. "Patty" Murray
FEC S2WA00189; 30 Sep 21; Tot $4,161,501; Dsb $1,746,785
  Candidate Democratic     Ravin R. Pierre
Progressive

FEC S2WA00395
  Candidate Democratic     Nicolaus "Nick" Sleister
FEC S2WA00338; 30 Sep 21; Tot $7,955; Dsb $7,602
  Candidate Republican     Tiffany Smiley
FEC S2WA00387; 30 Sep 21; Tot $1,622,798; Dsb $470,439

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

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

117th U.S. House of Representatives  2-year term. Election Cycle 2020, 2024. No Term Limit. 117th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
7 Democratic (7 Undetermined);
3 Republican (3 Undetermined)

Incumbent - 117th 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 8 November 2022
 Candidate list (3) - 118th Congress
  Candidate Republican     Mill Creek City Council Member Vincent Cavaleri, Jr.
  Candidate Democratic     Member of Congress Suzan Kay DelBene
FEC H0WA08046; 30 Sep 21; Tot $769,932; Dsb $480,833
  Candidate Independent     Thomas Wylie "Tom" Spears
FEC H2WA01245

Incumbent - 117th Congress
CD 2 Democratic Member of Congress Richard Ray "Rick" Larsen
First elected: 2000
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
 Candidate list (4) - 118th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Jason Call
FEC H0WA02189; 30 Sep 21; Tot $70,655; Dsb $64,483
  Candidate Republican     Leif D. Johnson
FEC H2WA02219; 30 Sep 21; Tot $7,880; Dsb $20,746
  Candidate Republican     Carrie R. Kennedy
FEC H2WA02227
  Candidate Democratic     Member of Congress Richard Ray "Rick" Larsen
FEC H0WA02080; 30 Sep 21; Tot $451,085; Dsb $234,597

Incumbent - 117th Congress
CD 3 Republican Member of Congress Jaime Lynn Herrera Beutler
First elected: 2010
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
 Candidate list (9) - 118th Congress
  Candidate Republican     Leslie Leigh French
FEC H2WA03183
  Candidate Democratic     Brent William Hennrich
FEC H2WA03134; 30 Sep 21; Tot $25,268; Dsb $20,770
  Candidate Republican     Member of Congress Jaime Lynn Herrera Beutler
FEC H0WA03187; 30 Sep 21; Tot $1,731,397; Dsb $435,224
  Candidate Democratic     Chris Jenkins
?

FEC H2WA03159
  Candidate Republican     Joseph "Joe" Kent
FEC H2WA03100; 30 Sep 21; Tot $1,087,755; Dsb $250,937
  Candidate Republican     state Representative Vicki Caldwell Kraft
FEC H2WA03191
  Candidate Republican     Matthew August Overton
FEC H2WA03167
  Candidate Democratic     Davy Ray
FEC H2WA03175
  Candidate Republican     Heidi St. John
FEC H2WA03126; 30 Sep 21; Tot $334,507; Dsb $121,080

Incumbent - 117th Congress
CD 4 Republican Member of Congress Daniel Milton "Dan" Newhouse
First elected: 2014
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
 Candidate list (8) - 118th Congress
  Candidate Republican     Loren Culp
FEC H2WA04173; 30 Sep 21; Tot $104,513; Dsb $47,290
  Candidate Republican     Benancio "Ben" Garcia, III
FEC H2WA04181
  Candidate Republican     Corey Gibson
FEC H2WA14016
  Candidate Independent     Evan Owen "Ev" Jones
FEC H0WA04110
  Candidate Republican     state Representative Bradley A. "Brad" Klippert
FEC H2WA04157; 30 Sep 21; Tot $13,949; Dsb $8,253
  Candidate Republican     Member of Congress Daniel Milton "Dan" Newhouse
FEC H4WA04104; 30 Sep 21; Tot $696,564; Dsb $299,519
  Candidate Republican     Jerrod Sessler
FEC H2WA04165; 30 Sep 21; Tot $408,001; Dsb $137,475
  Candidate Democratic     Doug White
FEC H2WA04199

Incumbent - 117th Congress
CD 5 Republican Member of Congress Cathy Ann McMorris Rodgers
First elected: 2004
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
 Candidate list (3) - 118th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Ann Marie Danimus
FEC H2WA05097
  Candidate Democratic     Natasha L. Hill
FEC H2WA05105
  Candidate Republican     Member of Congress Cathy Ann McMorris Rodgers
FEC H4WA05077; 30 Sep 21; Tot $2,021,902; Dsb $816,524

Incumbent - 117th Congress
CD 6 Democratic Member of Congress Derek Kilmer
First elected: 2012
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
 Candidate list (4) - 118th Congress
  Candidate Republican     Chris Binns
  Candidate Democratic     Member of Congress Derek Kilmer
FEC H2WA06129; 30 Sep 21; Tot $873,794; Dsb $496,856
  Candidate Republican     Elizabeth Kreiselmaier
FEC H0WA06081; 30 Sep 21; Tot $152,106; Dsb $60,907
  Candidate Democratic     Rebecca Elizabeth Parson
FEC H0WA06099; 30 Sep 21; Tot $67,380; Dsb $49,367

Incumbent - 117th Congress
CD 7 Democratic Member of Congress Pramila Jayapal
First elected: 2016
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
 Candidate list (1) - 118th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Member of Congress Pramila Jayapal
FEC H6WA07458; 30 Sep 21; Tot $1,213,228; Dsb $620,948

Incumbent - 117th Congress
CD 8 Democratic Member of Congress Kim Schrier
First elected: 2018
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
 Candidate list (5) - 118th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     King County Council Member Reagan B. Dunn
FEC H2WA08208
  Candidate Independent     Justin Greywolf
FEC H2WA08190; 30 Sep 21; Tot $2,390; Dsb $541
  Candidate Republican     Jesse Jensen
FEC H0WA08103; 30 Sep 21; Tot $405,492; Dsb $120,290
  Candidate Republican     Matt Larkin
FEC H2WA08182; 30 Sep 21; Tot $359,787; Dsb $124,182
  Candidate Democratic     Member of Congress Kim Schrier
FEC H8WA08189; 30 Sep 21; Tot $1,986,374; Dsb $500,208

Incumbent - 117th Congress
CD 9 Democratic Member of Congress David Adam "Adam" Smith
First elected: 1996
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
 Candidate list (5) - 118th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Amelia "Mia" Casmier-Paz
FEC H2WA09123
  Candidate Republican     Sea Chan
FEC H2WA09156
  Candidate Democratic     Stephanie D. Gallardo
FEC H2WA09115; 30 Sep 21; Tot $69,457; Dsb $57,586
  Candidate Republican     Clifford Mark Greene
FEC H8WA08064
  Candidate Democratic     Member of Congress David Adam "Adam" Smith
FEC H6WA09025; 30 Sep 21; Tot $499,772; Dsb $246,913

Incumbent - 117th Congress
CD 10 Democratic Member of Congress Marilyn Strickland
First elected: 2020
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
 Candidate list (3) - 118th Congress
  Candidate Republican     Donald "Don" Hewett
FEC H2WA10063; 30 Sep 21; Tot $1,200; Dsb $0
  Candidate Democratic     Member of Congress Marilyn Strickland
FEC H0WA10034; 30 Sep 21; Tot $634,826; Dsb $216,815
  Candidate Republican     Keith Roland Swank
FEC H2WA08166; 30 Sep 21; Tot $1,250; Dsb $548

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)]
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
 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.

   
Seat up for special election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
Special Election - Caused by the 19 November 2021 resignation of Secretary of State Kim Wyman (Republican).
 Candidate list (1)
  Candidate Republican     state Senator Keith Wagoner

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

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

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

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
 

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): 18 incumbents, 26 candidates
  Republican: 3 incumbents, 27 candidates
Independents
  (blank): 1 incumbent
  Independent: 7 candidates
  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.

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.


 


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