Patricia Lynn Murray is an American politician serving in her sixth term as a United States senator from Washington,beginning her tenure in 1993,and is the state's senior senator. She also served as the president pro tempore of the United States Senate from 2023 to 2025.
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 2006 United States Senate election in Washington was held November 7,2006. Incumbent Democrat Maria Cantwell won reelection to a second term.
The 2008 gubernatorial election in Washington was held on November 4,2008. Republican Dino Rossi and incumbent Democratic Governor Christine Gregoire emerged from the August 19 primary. This made the 2008 election a rematch between the candidates from the 2004 election,the closest gubernatorial election in the state's history. In contrast to the recounts and months of legal challenges in their previous contest,Gregoire was the clear winner on November 5 with about 53% of the vote. With a margin of 6.48%,this election was the second-closest race of the 2008 gubernatorial election cycle,behind only the election in North Carolina.
The Washington State Republican Party (WSRP) is the state affiliate of the national United States Republican Party,headquartered in Bellevue.
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 Senator Patty Murray won re-election to a fourth term by a margin of 52.4% –47.6% over Republican Dino Rossi,who had run for governor in 2004 and 2008. This was the last U.S. Senate election in Washington where the margin of victory was single digits.
The 2017 Virginia gubernatorial election was held on November 7,2017. Incumbent Democratic governor Terry McAuliffe was unable to run for re-election,as the Constitution of Virginia prohibits the officeholder from serving consecutive terms;he later ran unsuccessfully for a second term in 2021.
The 2016 United States Senate election in Washington was held November 8,2016,to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Washington. Incumbent Democratic Senator Patty Murray ran for re-election to a fifth term,and won by a significant margin,winning 59% of the vote,to Republican Chris Vance's 41%.
The 2018 United States Senate election in Ohio took place November 6,2018. The candidate filing deadline was February 7,2018;the primary election was held May 8,2018. Incumbent Senator Sherrod Brown—the only remaining elected Democratic statewide officeholder in Ohio at the time of the election—won his reelection bid for a third term,defeating Republican U.S. Representative Jim Renacci by a 6.84% margin in the general election,larger than the 6% margin in the Election six years earlier. This was one of ten Democratic-held Senate seats up for election in a state won by Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election. Renacci conceded defeat on November 7,2018.
Jane Eileen Murphy Timken is an American attorney who served as chair of the Ohio Republican Party from 2017 to 2021. She was a candidate in the 2022 United States Senate election in Ohio.
The 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Washington were held on November 3,2020,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 the 2020 U.S. presidential election,as well as other elections to the House of Representatives,elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections.
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-born 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.
Kimberly Merle Schrier is an American politician who is the U.S. representative from Washington's 8th congressional district since 2019. She is a member of the Democratic Party.
The 2022 United States Senate election in Washington was held on November 8,2022,to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Washington. Murray had won re-election to a fifth term in 2016 with 59% of the vote.
The 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Washington were held on November 8,2022,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. Going into this election,the Democratic Party represented seven seats,while the Republican Party represented three seats.
The 2022 United States Senate election in Ohio was held on November 8,2022,to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Ohio. Republican writer and venture capitalist JD Vance defeated Democratic U.S. Representative Tim Ryan to succeed retiring incumbent Republican Rob Portman.
The 2026 United States Senate elections are scheduled to be held on November 3,2026,with 33 of the 100 seats in the Senate being contested in regular elections,the winners of which will serve six-year terms in the United States Congress from January 3,2027,to January 3,2033. Senators are divided into three groups,or classes,whose terms are staggered so that a different class is elected every two years. Class 2 senators were last elected in 2020 and will be up for election in this cycle.
United States gubernatorial elections were held on November 5,2024,in 11 states and two territories. The previous gubernatorial elections for this group of states took place in 2020,except in New Hampshire and Vermont,where governors only serve two-year terms and elected their governors in 2022. In addition to state gubernatorial elections,the territories of American Samoa and Puerto Rico held elections for their governors. This was also the first time since 1988 that a Republican nominee won the gubernatorial election in American Samoa and also the first time since 1996 that an incumbent governor there lost re-election.
The 119th United States Congress is the current term of the legislative branch of the United States federal government,composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It convened on January 3,2025,during the final 17 days of Joe Biden's presidency,and will end in 2027. It will meet during the first two years of Donald Trump's second presidency.
