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.

2024 Elections Calendar from the Washington Secretary of State.

Primary Candidates and General Election Candidates from the Washington Secretary of State.

Candidate lists now complete for March 12 Presidential Primary from the Washington Secretary of State.

Primary results and results from media sources.

Primary returns from an official source.

General Election returns from an official source.