Washington 2017 General Election

The Green Papers: Washington 2017 General Election

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Washington
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress

Senators:	2	(Electoral Classes 1 and 3)
Governor:	1
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. 115^th Senate Senate Electoral Classes

Class 1		Democratic	Senator Maria E. Cantwell • First elected: 2000; re-elected: 2006, 2012 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
	Candidate list (4, 1 write-in)

		*Democratic*		*Senator Maria E. Cantwell* • FEC S8WA00194; 30 Sep 17; Tot $3,704,738; Dsb $1,221,541
		Democratic		Jennifer "GiGi" Ferguson • FEC S8WA00202
		Independent		Clay Johnson
		Libertarian		Mike Luke
		Not readily classifiable		Alex Tsimerman • Stand Up America • FEC S6WA00339

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

Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2016, 2020. Term Limit: None, All Governors

		Democratic	Governor Jay R. Inslee • First elected: 2012; re-elected: 2016. • Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020

Lieutenant Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2016, 2020

		Democratic	Lieutenant Governor Cyrus Habib • First elected: 2016 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020

115^th U.S. House of Representatives 2-year term. Election Cycle 2018, 2020. No Term Limit. 115^th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition): 6 Democratic (6 Undetermined); 4 Republican (3 Undetermined, 1 Open)

Incumbent - 115th Congress
CD 1		Democratic	Congressman 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 6 November 2018
	Candidate list (1) - 116th Congress

		*Democratic*		*Congressman Suzan Kay DelBene* • FEC H0WA08046; 30 Sep 17; Tot $766,655; Dsb $387,695

Incumbent - 115th Congress
CD 2		Democratic	Congressman Richard Ray "Rick" Larsen • First elected: 2000 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
	Candidate list (1) - 116th Congress

		*Democratic*		*Congressman Richard Ray "Rick" Larsen* • FEC H0WA02080; 30 Sep 17; Tot $352,247; Dsb $206,711

Incumbent - 115th Congress
CD 3		Republican	Congressman Jaime Lynn Herrera Beutler • First elected: 2010 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
	Candidate list (5) - 116th Congress

		Democratic		Dorothy Gasque • FEC H8WA03172; 30 Sep 17; Tot $12,425; Dsb $8,010
		Democratic		Peter John Harrison • FEC H8WA03180; 30 Sep 17; Tot $2,313; Dsb $4,381
		*Republican*		*Congressman Jaime Lynn Herrera Beutler* • FEC H0WA03187; 30 Sep 17; Tot $434,566; Dsb $368,641
		Democratic		Carolyn N. Long • FEC H8WA03198
		Democratic		David Malcolm McDevitt • FEC H6WA03184; 30 Sep 17; Tot $216,371; Dsb $10,243

Incumbent - 115th Congress
CD 4		Republican	Congressman Daniel Milton "Dan" Newhouse • First elected: 2014 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
	Candidate list (2) - 116th Congress

		Democratic		Christine Carol Brown • FEC H8WA04089; 30 Sep 17; Tot $26,036; Dsb $14,680
		*Republican*		*Congressman Daniel Milton "Dan" Newhouse* • FEC H4WA04104; 30 Sep 17; Tot $323,253; Dsb $208,356

Incumbent - 115th Congress
CD 5		Republican	Congressman Cathy Ann McMorris Rodgers • First elected: 2004 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018 • 9 December 2016: Nominated to the position of Interior Department Secretary by President-elect Donald Trump.
	Candidate list (4) - 116th Congress

		Independent		Eric Agnew • FEC H8WA05185
		Democratic		Lisa Brown • FEC H8WA05193; 30 Sep 17; Tot $224,010; Dsb $26,550
		Libertarian		Krystol McGee
		*Republican*		*Congressman Cathy Ann McMorris Rodgers* • FEC H4WA05077; 30 Sep 17; Tot $1,338,616; Dsb $641,427

Incumbent - 115th Congress
CD 6		Democratic	Congressman Derek Kilmer • First elected: 2012 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
	Candidate list (2) - 116th Congress

		Independent		Mike Coverdale
		*Democratic*		*Congressman Derek Kilmer* • FEC H2WA06129; 30 Sep 17; Tot $859,737; Dsb $370,913

Incumbent - 115th Congress
CD 7		Democratic	Congressman Pramila Jayapal • First elected: 2016 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
	Candidate list (1) - 116th Congress

		*Democratic*		*Congressman Pramila Jayapal* • FEC H6WA07458; 30 Sep 17; Tot $874,573; Dsb $294,096

Incumbent - 115th Congress
CD 8		Republican	Congressman Dave Reichert • First elected: 2004 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018 • Open Seat - 6 September 2017: Not a candidate for re-election.
	Candidate list (11) - 116th Congress

		Democratic		Poga Ahn • FEC H8WA08114; 30 Jun 17; Tot $3,904; Dsb $3,904
		Democratic		Thomas Allen Cramer • FEC H8WA08122; 30 Sep 17; Tot $16,094; Dsb $14,713
		Democratic		Mona Das • FEC H8WA08155; 30 Sep 17; Tot $56,234; Dsb $44,195
		Independent		William Eugene "Bill" Grassie • FEC H8WA08221
		Democratic		Shannon Hader • FEC H8WA08239
		Democratic		Robert Hunziker • FEC H8WA08197; 30 Sep 17; Tot $550; Dsb $193
		Democratic		Brian Olav Kostenko • FEC H8WA08148
		Democratic		Brayden William Blaine Olson • FEC H8WA08213
		Democratic		Jason Rittereiser • FEC H8WA08163; 30 Sep 17; Tot $221,948; Dsb $38,252
		Republican		state Senator Dino Rossi • FEC H8WA08205; 30 Sep 17; Tot $578,822; Dsb $11,656
		Democratic		Kim Schrier • FEC H8WA08189; 30 Sep 17; Tot $273,577; Dsb $36,636

Incumbent - 115th Congress
CD 9		Democratic	Congressman David Adam "Adam" Smith • First elected: 1996 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
	Candidate list (2) - 116th Congress

		*Democratic*		*Congressman David Adam "Adam" Smith* • FEC H6WA09025; 30 Sep 17; Tot $236,017; Dsb $253,736
		Democratic		Sarah Smith • FEC H8WA09054; 30 Sep 17; Tot $21,604; Dsb $12,402

Incumbent - 115th Congress
CD 10		Democratic	Congressman Dennis "Denny" Heck • First elected: 2012 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
	Candidate list (2, 1 write-in) - 116th Congress

		Not readily classifiable		Tamborine Borrelli • FEC H8WA10029
		Independent		Adam Harrison • FEC H8WA10011
		*Democratic*		*Congressman Dennis "Denny" Heck* • FEC H0WA03161; 30 Sep 17; Tot $539,378; Dsb $173,450

Secretary of State 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2016, 2020

		Republican	Secretary of State Kim Wyman • First elected: 2012; re-elected: 2016. • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020 • 27 March 2017: Secretary of State Wyman announced that she has colon cancer. The prognosis is good. During treatments, Assistant Secretary Mark Neary will assume responsibility for day-to-day operations and Deputy Secretary Greg Lane may represent the office as needed.

Attorney General 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2016, 2020

		Democratic	Attorney General Bob Ferguson • First elected: 2012; re-elected: 2016. • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020

Treasurer 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2016, 2020

		Republican	Treasurer Duane A. Davidson • First elected: 2016 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020

Auditor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2016, 2020

		Democratic	Auditor Patrice "Pat" McCarthy • First elected: 2016 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020

Commissioner of Public Lands 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2016, 2020

		Democratic	Public Lands Commissioner Hilary Franz • First elected: 2016 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020

Insurance Commissioner 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2016, 2020

		Democratic	Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler • First elected: 2000; re-elected: 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016. • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020

Superintendent of Public Instruction 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2016, 2020

		Nonpartisan; (Democratic)	Public Instruction Superintendent Chris Reykdal • First elected: 2016 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020

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): 15 incumbents, 24 candidates
	• Republican: 6 incumbents, 4 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.
	• Libertarian: 2 candidates
Independents
	• Independent: 5 candidates
	• Nonpartisan: 1 incumbent
Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable
	• Not readily classifiable: 2 candidates
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.