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The 2024 Washington Insurance Commissioner election was held on November 5, 2024, to elect the next insurance commissioner of Washington, concurrently with the 2024 U.S. presidential election, as well as elections to the U.S. Senate and various state and local elections, including for U.S. House and governor of Washington. Incumbent Democratic Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler was eligible to seek re-election to a seventh term but instead chose to retire. [1] Democratic state Senator Patty Kuderer won the election over Republican state Senator Phil Fortunato. [2]
Incumbent Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler, first elected in 2000 and re-elected five times, most recently in 2020, retired. [1]
Washington is one of two states that holds a top-two primary, meaning all candidates are listed on the same ballot regardless of party affiliation, and the top two advance to the general election.
Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size [a] | Margin of error | Bill Boyd (D) | Chris Chung (D) | Phil Fortunato (R) | Jonathan Hendrix (NP) | Patty Kuderer (D) | Justin Murta (R) | John Pestinger (D) | Tim Verzal (NP) | Undecided |
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Public Policy Polling (D) [6] [A] | July 24–25, 2024 | 581 (LV) | ± 4.0% | 3% | 2% | 13% | 2% | 8% | 10% | 5% | 2% | 56% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Patty Kuderer | 845,148 | 45.18 | |
Republican | Phil Fortunato | 533,560 | 28.52 | |
Republican | Justin Murta | 189,582 | 10.13 | |
Democratic | John Pestinger | 103,986 | 5.56 | |
No party preference | Jonathan Hendrix | 68,961 | 3.69 | |
Democratic | Bill Boyd | 57,387 | 3.07 | |
Democratic | Chris D. Chung | 54,469 | 2.91 | |
No party preference | Tim Verzal | 15,742 | 0.84 | |
Write-in | 1,738 | 0.09 | ||
Total votes | 1,870,573 | 100.00 |
Patty Kuderer vs. Chris Corry
Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size [a] | Margin of error | Patty Kuderer (D) | Chris Corry (R) | Undecided |
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Public Policy Polling (D) [6] [A] | May 15–16, 2023 | 615 (LV) | ± 4.0% | 39% | 31% | 29% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Democratic | Patty Kuderer | 2,091,969 | 56.62 | ||
Republican | Phil Fortunato | 1,598,032 | 43.26 | ||
Write-in | 4,430 | 0.12 | |||
Total votes | 3,694,431 | 100.00 | |||
Democratic hold |
County [9] | Patty Kuderer Democratic | Phil Fortunato Republican | Write-in Various | Margin | Total votes | ||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Adams | 1,334 | 26.05% | 3,768 | 73.58% | 19 | 0.37% | -2,434 | -47.53% | 5,121 |
Asotin | 3,864 | 35.69% | 6,948 | 64.17% | 16 | 0.15% | -3,084 | -28.48% | 10,828 |
Benton | 35,459 | 36.96% | 60,407 | 62.96% | 85 | 0.09% | -24,948 | -26.00% | 95,951 |
Chelan | 16,633 | 42.15% | 22,793 | 57.77% | 32 | 0.08% | -6,160 | -15.61% | 39,458 |
Clallam | 23,851 | 52.22% | 21,780 | 47.68% | 45 | 0.10% | 2,071 | 4.53% | 45,676 |
Clark | 132,987 | 51.81% | 123,228 | 48.01% | 482 | 0.19% | 9,759 | 3.80% | 256,697 |
Columbia | 590 | 25.21% | 1,745 | 74.57% | 5 | 0.21% | -1,155 | -49.36% | 2,340 |
Cowlitz | 21,995 | 39.11% | 34,183 | 60.78% | 59 | 0.10% | -12,188 | -21.67% | 56,237 |
Douglas | 6,927 | 34.58% | 13,079 | 65.29% | 25 | 0.12% | -6,152 | -30.71% | 20,031 |
Ferry | 1,259 | 31.91% | 2,685 | 68.06% | 1 | 0.03% | -1,426 | -36.15% | 3,945 |
Franklin | 11,413 | 37.38% | 19,099 | 62.55% | 22 | 0.07% | -7,686 | -25.17% | 30,534 |
Garfield | 300 | 23.27% | 988 | 76.65% | 1 | 0.08% | -688 | -53.37% | 1,289 |
Grant | 10,252 | 29.82% | 24,102 | 70.12% | 20 | 0.06% | -13,850 | -40.29% | 34,374 |
Grays Harbor | 16,373 | 45.74% | 19,364 | 54.10% | 55 | 0.15% | -2,991 | -8.36% | 35,792 |
Island | 27,515 | 55.25% | 22,196 | 44.57% | 93 | 0.19% | 5,319 | 10.68% | 49,804 |
Jefferson | 16,900 | 71.08% | 6,862 | 28.86% | 14 | 0.06% | 10,038 | 42.22% | 23,776 |
King | 773,243 | 72.89% | 286,357 | 27.00% | 1,177 | 0.11% | 486,886 | 45.90% | 1,060,777 |
Kitsap | 85,257 | 57.42% | 63,074 | 42.48% | 143 | 0.10% | 22,183 | 14.94% | 148,474 |
Kittitas | 9,817 | 39.63% | 14,921 | 60.24% | 33 | 0.13% | -5,104 | -20.60% | 24,771 |
Klickitat | 5,468 | 42.92% | 7,255 | 56.95% | 17 | 0.13% | -1,787 | -14.03% | 12,740 |
Lewis | 13,567 | 31.77% | 29,077 | 68.09% | 60 | 0.14% | -15,510 | -36.32% | 42,704 |
Lincoln | 1,516 | 22.14% | 5,323 | 77.73% | 9 | 0.13% | -3,807 | -55.59% | 6,848 |
Mason | 16,089 | 46.33% | 18,588 | 53.52% | 51 | 0.15% | -2,499 | -7.20% | 34,728 |
Okanogan | 8,093 | 41.06% | 11,593 | 58.82% | 24 | 0.12% | -3,500 | -17.76% | 19,710 |
Pacific | 6,486 | 48.53% | 6,854 | 51.28% | 25 | 0.19% | -368 | -2.75% | 13,365 |
Pend Oreille | 2,408 | 29.58% | 5,719 | 70.24% | 15 | 0.18% | -3,311 | -40.67% | 8,142 |
Pierce | 219,159 | 52.52% | 197,725 | 47.38% | 416 | 0.10% | 21,434 | 5.14% | 417,300 |
San Juan | 8,941 | 73.66% | 3,180 | 26.20% | 17 | 0.14% | 5,761 | 47.46% | 12,138 |
Skagit | 34,199 | 52.12% | 31,358 | 47.79% | 56 | 0.09% | 2,841 | 4.33% | 65,613 |
Skamania | 2,922 | 42.93% | 3,874 | 56.92% | 10 | 0.15% | -952 | -13.99% | 6,806 |
Snohomish | 219,767 | 56.75% | 167,015 | 43.13% | 441 | 0.11% | 52,752 | 13.62% | 387,223 |
Spokane | 123,170 | 45.10% | 149,557 | 54.76% | 386 | 0.14% | -26,387 | -9.66% | 273,113 |
Stevens | 7,115 | 26.40% | 19,790 | 73.44% | 43 | 0.16% | -12,675 | -47.04% | 26,948 |
Thurston | 90,149 | 58.05% | 64,968 | 41.83% | 190 | 0.12% | 25,181 | 16.21% | 155,307 |
Wahkiakum | 1,134 | 39.38% | 1,743 | 60.52% | 3 | 0.10% | -609 | -21.15% | 2,880 |
Walla Walla | 12,246 | 43.21% | 16,069 | 56.70% | 23 | 0.08% | -3,823 | -13.49% | 28,338 |
Whatcom | 78,967 | 60.53% | 51,382 | 39.39% | 106 | 0.08% | 27,585 | 21.15% | 130,455 |
Whitman | 9,706 | 51.25% | 9,209 | 48.63% | 22 | 0.12% | 497 | 2.62% | 18,937 |
Yakima | 34,898 | 40.93% | 50,174 | 58.85% | 189 | 0.22% | -15,276 | -17.92% | 85,261 |
Totals | 2,091,969 | 56.62% | 1,598,032 | 43.26% | 4,430 | 0.12% | 493,937 | 13.37% | 3,694,431 |
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
Kuderer won six of ten congressional districts, with the remaining four going to Fortunato, including two that elected Democrats. [10]
District | Kuderer | Fortunato | Representative |
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1st | 61% | 39% | Suzan DelBene |
2nd | 59% | 40% | Rick Larsen |
3rd | 47% | 53% | Marie Gluesenkamp Perez |
4th | 38% | 62% | Dan Newhouse |
5th | 42% | 58% | Cathy McMorris Rodgers (118th Congress) |
Michael Baumgartner (119th Congress) | |||
6th | 57% | 43% | Derek Kilmer (118th Congress) |
Emily Randall (119th Congress) | |||
7th | 85% | 15% | Pramila Jayapal |
8th | 49% | 51% | Kim Schrier |
9th | 68% | 31% | Adam Smith |
10th | 57% | 43% | Marilyn Strickland |
Partisan clients
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