King County is located in the U.S. state of Washington. The population was 2,269,675 in the 2020 census,making it the most populous county in Washington,and the 13th-most populous in the United States. The county seat is Seattle,also the state's most populous city.
Patricia Lynn Murray is an American politician and educator who is the senior United States senator from Washington since 1993. A member of the Democratic Party,Murray was in the Washington State Senate from 1988 to 1992. She was Washington's first female U.S. senator and is due to assume the role of president pro tempore of the Senate in the 118th Congress,which would make her the first woman in American history to hold the position.
Maria Ellen Cantwell is an American politician and former businesswoman serving as the junior United States senator from Washington since 2001. A member of the Democratic Party,she previously served in the Washington House of Representatives from 1987 to 1993,and the United States House of Representatives from Washington's 1st congressional district from 1993 to 1995.
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.
Christopher M. Vance is an American politician who served two terms on the Metropolitan King County Council and is a former member of the Washington State Legislature. Vance is former chair of the Washington State Republican Party. He and his wife Ann raised their son and daughter in Auburn,Washington and now live in Sumner,Washington. Vance ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. Senate,losing to Democratic incumbent Patty Murray in the 2016 election by 18 percentage points.
Washington's 8th congressional district is a district for the United States House of Representatives located in western Washington State. It includes the eastern portions of King and Pierce counties,and crosses the Cascade mountains to include Chelan and Kittitas counties. The district's western part includes the exurban communities of Sammamish,Issaquah,and Auburn,but does not include Seattle and Tacoma's more immediate suburbs. On its east side,the 8th's population centers include the rural communities Wenatchee,Leavenworth,and Ellensburg. It is currently represented in the U.S. House of Representatives by Democrat Kim Schrier,who was first elected to the seat in 2018.
A nonpartisan blanket primary is a primary election in which all candidates for the same elected office run against each other at once,regardless of the political party. Partisan elections are,on the other hand,segregated by political party. Nonpartisan blanket primaries are slightly different from most other elections systems with two-rounds/runoff,aka "jungle primaries" (such as the,in a few ways. The first round of a nonpartisan blanket primary is officially the "primary." Round two is the "general election." Round two must be held,even if one candidate receives a majority in the first round.
Frank Vana Chopp is an American politician serving as a Democratic member of the Washington House of Representatives,representing the 43rd district since 1995. His district covers the neighborhoods of Montlake,Fremont,Wallingford,the University District,Madison Park,and part of Capitol Hill,all of which are in Seattle. Chopp served as Speaker of the House from 2002 to 2019.
The 2010 United States Senate election in Washington was held on November 2,2010 alongside other elections to the United States Senate in other states as well as elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Patty Murray won re-election to a fourth term by a margin of 52.1% –47.4% over Republican Dino Rossi,who had twice run for governor in 2004 and 2008. As of 2022,this was the last U.S. Senate election in Washington in which the margin of victory was within single digits.
Washington's 10th congressional district is a congressional district in western Washington. Created as a result of the 2010 census,which granted Washington an additional congressional seat,bringing the number of seats apportioned to the state up from 9 to 10,the district is centered on the state capital,Olympia,and includes portions of Thurston,Pierce,and Mason counties. It was created after the 2010 United States Census and elected Denny Heck to the United States House of Representatives in the 2012 elections.
Mark Anthony Miloscia is an American politician and former public school teacher who served in the Washington State Senate from 2015 to 2019. A Democrat for more than twenty years,in 2014 he switched to the Republican Party and ran for election to represent the 30th Legislative District in the state senate - winning by more than ten percentage points. In 2016,Miloscia ran for state auditor as a Republican,he lost the general election to Democrat Pat McCarthy by 5 percentage points. He represented the 30th legislative district for seven terms,from 1999 to 2013,in the Washington House of Representatives. He was endorsed by The Seattle Times newspaper for re-election in 2018.
Fuse Washington is a progressive advocacy organization in Washington state and a member of the ProgressNow network. Fuse,a 501(c)(4) organization,along with its sister organization the Fuse Innovation Fund,a 501(c)(3) organization,claims to be the state's largest progressive organization because of its email list of more than 100,000 people.
The 2012 Washington State Senate elections took place on November 6,2012. Twenty-five of Washington's forty-nine state senators were elected. Each state legislative district has one senator elected to a four-year term,but state senate elections alternate so that about half of the senators are elected in presidential election years and the other half are elected in non-presidential even numbered election years. A top two primary election on August 7,2012 determined which candidates appear on the November ballot. Candidates were allowed to self-declare a party preference.
Elizabeth K. Scott is an American politician and educator who served as member of the Washington House of Representatives,representing the 39th district from 2013 to 2017. A member of the Republican Party,she ran unsuccessfully for the state house in 2010 in the "heavily Democratic" 21st district,but since moved to the 39th district and was first elected to office there in 2012.
Chad Lee Magendanz is an American software developer and politician. A Republican,he served two terms in the Washington House of Representatives for the 5th district,comprising much of the eastern third of King County. Magendanz was the ranking member on the House Education Committee and served on the House Appropriations and House Technology and Economic Development committees. He previously served as the Issaquah School Board president. Magendanz was endorsed by The Seattle Times in 2012,2014,2018,and 2022 and consistently received an Outstanding rating from the Municipal League of King County.
James Leonard McIntire is an American economist and politician who served as the 22nd Washington State Treasurer from 2008 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party,he previously served as a member of the Washington State House of Representatives,representing the 46th district from 1998 to 2009.
Robert Brian McCaslin is an American politician and educator from Washington. McCaslin is a Republican member of the Washington House of Representatives,representing the 4th Legislative District since November 25,2014.
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.
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.
Kimberly Merle Schrier is an American politician and former physician serving as the U.S. Representative from Washington's 8th congressional district since 2019. She is a member of the Democratic Party.
