The Green Papers: Washington 2025 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(0.00% of 538)
2022-2030 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.

Write-in note: If there are not enough total write-in votes to overcome the apparent winner, officials do not tally individual write-in candidates. Only if there are enough total write-in votes in the race to change the apparent outcome will the election officials begin a tally for the declared write-in candidates.

 
           

U.S. Senate  6 year term. No Term Limit. 119th Senate  Senate Electoral Classes

Class 1 Democratic Senator  Maria E. Cantwell
First elected: 2000; re-elected: 2006, 2012, 2018, 2024.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2030

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: 2024, 2028. Term Limit: None, All Governors

  Democratic Governor  Bob Ferguson
Previously served as Attorney General being first elected: 2012; re-elected: 2016, 2020.
First elected Governor: 2024.
Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 7 November 2028

Lieutenant Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2024, 2028

  Democratic Lieutenant Governor  Dennis "Denny" Heck
Previously served in the U.S. House: 2013-2021; first elected: 2020; re-elected: 2024.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 7 November 2028

119th U.S. House of Representatives  2-year term. Election Cycle 2026, 2028. No Term Limit. 119th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
8 Democratic (8 Undetermined);
2 Republican (2 Undetermined)

Incumbent - 119th 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 3 November 2026

Incumbent - 119th Congress
CD 2 Democratic Member of Congress  Richard Ray "Rick" Larsen
First elected: 2000
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026

Incumbent - 119th Congress
CD 3 Democratic Member of Congress  Marie Gluesenkamp Perez
First elected: 2022.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026

Incumbent - 119th Congress
CD 4 Republican Member of Congress  Daniel Milton "Dan" Newhouse
First elected: 2014
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026

Incumbent - 119th Congress
CD 5 Republican Member of Congress  Michael James Baumgartner
First elected: 2024.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026

Incumbent - 119th Congress
CD 6 Democratic Member of Congress  Emily Randall
First elected: 2024.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026

Incumbent - 119th Congress
CD 7 Democratic Member of Congress  Pramila Jayapal
First elected: 2016
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026

Incumbent - 119th Congress
CD 8 Democratic Member of Congress  Kim Schrier
First elected: 2018
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026

Incumbent - 119th Congress
CD 9 Democratic Member of Congress  David Adam "Adam" Smith
First elected: 1996
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026

Incumbent - 119th Congress
CD 10 Democratic Member of Congress  Marilyn Strickland
First elected: 2020
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026

Secretary of State  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2024, 2028

  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; re-elected: 2024.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 7 November 2028

Attorney General  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2024, 2028

  Democratic Attorney General  Nick Brown
First elected: 2024.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 7 November 2028

Treasurer  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2024, 2028

  Democratic Treasurer  Mike Pellicciotti
First elected: 2020; re-elected: 2024.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 7 November 2028

Auditor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2024, 2028

  Democratic Auditor  Patrice "Pat" McCarthy
First elected: 2016; re-elected: 2020, 2024.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 7 November 2028

Commissioner of Public Lands  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2024, 2028

  Democratic Public Lands Commissioner  Dave Upthegrove
First elected: 2024.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 7 November 2028

Insurance Commissioner  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2024, 2028

  Democratic Insurance Commissioner  Patty Kuderer
First elected: 2024.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 7 November 2028

Superintendent of Public Instruction  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2024, 2028

  (Democratic) Public Instruction Superintendent  Chris Reykdal
First elected: 2016; re-elected: 2020, 2024.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 7 November 2028
 

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
  Republican: 2 incumbents
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)
  Libertarian
Other Third Parties
  Christian Liberty
  Socialist Alternative
  Unity
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 - 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
  The Chronicle - Centralia
  The Daily News - Longview
  The Spokesman-Review - Spokane
  Yakima Herald-Republic

 


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