2025 Washington elections

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2025 Washington elections
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  2024
2026 

Multiple elections are scheduled to take place on November 4, 2025, with primary elections being held on August 5, 2025.

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State legislative special elections

9 of the 147 state legislative seats will be up for special election in 2025 as a result of deaths and resignations among members, 5 in the Senate and 4 in the House. All nine elections are in the Seattle area.

House of Representatives

PartiesSeats
2024 UpWonChange
  Democratic Party 594
  Republican Party 390
Total984

Senate

PartiesSeats
2024 UpWonChange
  Democratic Party 305
  Republican Party 190
Total495

Judicial

Two special elections to the Washington Court of Appeals will take place in November 2025. No more than two candidates filed in either race, so primary elections were cancelled.

Division I, District 2

Candidates

Declared

Division III, District 3

Candidates

Declared
  • Megan Murphy, incumbent judge [1]

Local elections

Municipal elections in Washington are nonpartisan, while county elections are partisan.

Seattle

The municipality of Seattle has 499,210 active voters as of May 1, 2025. [2]

Mayoral election

The incumbent mayor of Seattle is Democrat Bruce Harrell. He is running for re-election to a second term.

City attorney election

The incumbent Seattle City Attorney is Republican Ann Davison. She is running for re-election to a second term.

King County

King County, Washington has 1,428,492 active voters as of May 1, 2025. [2]

April Proposition 1

A special ballot measure election was held on April 22. The amendment was successful.

April 2025 King County Proposition 1
ChoiceVotes %
Check-71-128-204-brightblue.svg Yes151,49559.72
No102,18940.28
Total votes253,684100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,424,83617.80

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Washington intermediate appellate court elections, 2025". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 3 July 2025.
  2. 1 2 "Voter Demographics". Washington Secretary of State. Retrieved 19 May 2025.