David Adam Smith is an American politician and retired attorney serving as the U.S. representative for Washington's 9th congressional district. A member of the Democratic Party,Smith previously served in the Washington State Senate.
Jay Robert Inslee is an American politician,lawyer,and economist who has served as the 23rd governor of Washington since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party,he served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1993 to 1995 and again from 1999 to 2012,and was a candidate for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination. He is the longest-serving current governor in the United States.
Dino John Rossi is an American businessman and politician who served as a Washington State Senator thrice,from 1997 to 2003,in 2012,and again from 2016 to 2017. A Republican,he is a former chair of the Washington State Special Olympics.
The Washington State Republican Party is the state affiliate of the national United States Republican Party,headquartered in Bellevue.
Toby Nixon is an American politician in Washington. Nixon is serving as a member of the Kirkland City Council from Position 4 since 2012. Nixon is a former Republican member of Washington House of Representatives,representing the 45th district from 2002 to 2007.
Jamie D. Pedersen is an American lawyer and politician serving as a member of the Washington State Senate,representing the 43rd district since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party,he previously served as a member of the Washington House of Representatives from 2007 to 2013.
Rodney Tom is an American businessman and politician who represented Washington's 48th Legislative District in the state Senate.
Suzan Kay DelBene is an American politician and businesswoman who has been the United States representative from Washington's 1st congressional district since 2012.
Calvin Bruce Anderson was an American military officer and politician who served as a member of the Washington State Senate,representing the 43rd district in 1995. A member of the Democratic Party,he previously served as a member of the Washington House of Representatives from 1987 to 1995,and was the first openly gay member of the Washington State Legislature.
Jeannette C. Hayner was an American politician,the first woman to hold the position of Majority Leader in the Washington State Senate.
Andrew Richardson Hill was an American politician,businessman,and engineer. A Republican,he represented District 45 since 2011 in the Washington State Senate,defeating incumbent Democrat Eric Oemig 51%-49% in 2010.
Mia Su-Ling Gregerson-Dahle is an American politician. A Democrat,Gregerson has served as a member of the Washington House of Representatives from the 33rd Legislative District since 2013. Prior to this,she served on the SeaTac city council from 2008 to 2016.
Mike McGuire is an American politician serving as a member of the California State Senate from the 2nd district,which encompasses the North Coast region,from Marin County to Del Norte County. Since January 19,2022,he has served as Majority Leader of the Senate,replacing Robert Hertzberg;he previous served as Assistant Majority Leader from December 2018 to his appointment as majority leader. Prior to being elected to the State Senate in 2014,he was a member of the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors and served as mayor of Healdsburg,California.
The 2018 United States Senate election in Wyoming took place on November 6,2018 to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Wyoming. The primary election took place August 21,2018. Republican John Barrasso won re-election with 67% percent of the vote,the lowest percentage of his three U.S. Senate campaigns and the closest a Democrat got to winning a seat since the 1996 election,and the first time since that election in which Democrats managed to even win counties in the state,those being Teton and Albany,and the first time that Dems won any counties for this particular seat since 1994.
The 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Washington were held on November 6,2018,to elect the 10 U.S. representatives from the state of Washington,one from each of the state's 10 congressional districts. The elections coincided with other elections to the House of Representatives,elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections. All nine incumbents seeking re-election were re-elected,however the Democratic Party won the open-seat in the 8th District previously held by a Republican,improving from a 6-4 margin to a 7-3 margin.
Steve Gunderson is an American politician from Montana. Gunderson serves as a Republican member of the Montana House of Representatives from District 1,including Libby,Montana.
A special election was held on November 7,2017,to fill the vacant seat in the Washington State Senate representing the 45th district. The seat was left vacant after the death of incumbent Andy Hill in October 2016. Dino Rossi,a former candidate for U.S. Senate in 2010 and for governor in 2004 and 2008,was appointed to fill the seat until the election. He announced that he would not run for the seat. The election was then contested between Manka Dhingra of the Democratic Party and Jinyoung Lee Englund of the Republican Party,who advanced as the top two finishers in the August primary. Dhingra won the election by more than ten percent,giving the Democratic caucus a 25–24 majority for the 2018 session.
Manka Dhingra is an Indian-American attorney and politician who is a Washington State senator. A member of the Democratic Party,she was elected to represent the 45th legislative district,on Seattle's Eastside in King County,during a 2017 special election. Dhingra is the first Sikh elected to any state legislature in the United States.
General elections were held in the U.S. state of Washington on November 3,2020. A primary was held on August 4. This election cycle is notable as it was only the second in state history in which Democrats won the top three statewide elections by double digits. The first was the 1936 election,in the middle of the Great Depression. As of 2023,this was the last time Republicans won any statewide election in Washington.
The 2017 United States state legislative elections were held on November 7,2017. Three legislative chambers in two states held regularly-scheduled elections. These off-year elections coincided with other state and local elections,including gubernatorial elections in two states.
