Washington State Senate election, 2018

Washington State Senate elections, 2018
25 of 49 seats in the Washington State Senate ; 25 seats needed for a majority
President pro tempore before election; Karen Keiser ; Democratic	Elected President pro tempore ; TBD;

Last updated April 22, 2019

The 2018 Washington State Senate elections took place as part of the biennial United States elections. Washington state voters elected state senators in 25 of the state's 49 Senate districts. The other 24 state senators are not up for re-election until the next biennial election in 2020. State senators serve four-year terms in the Washington State Senate. A statewide map of Washington's state legislative districts is provided by the Washington State Legislature here.

Washington, officially the State of Washington, is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. Named for George Washington, the first president of the United States, the state was made out of the western part of the Washington Territory, which was ceded by Britain in 1846 in accordance with the Oregon Treaty in the settlement of the Oregon boundary dispute. It was admitted to the Union as the 42nd state in 1889. Olympia is the state capital; the state's largest city is Seattle. Washington is sometimes referred to as Washington State to distinguish it from Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States.

The following is a list of the forty-nine legislative districts in the U.S. state of Washington following the 2012 redistricting. From the time Washington achieved statehood in 1889, it has elected members for representation to the state legislature. Each district elects a state senator and two district representatives. The districts have changed throughout state history through periodical redistricting, most recently in 2012 following the 2010 census. District lines in Washington are drawn by the Washington State Redistricting Commission, which is made up of four members appointed by the legislature's party leaders and a fifth non-voting chair.

The Washington State Senate is the upper house of the Washington State Legislature. The body consists of 49 members, each representing a district with a population of nearly 140,000. The State Senate meets at the Legislative Building in Olympia.

Following the 2016 state senate elections, Republicans maintained effective control of the Senate, 25–24 because self-identified Democrat Tim Sheldon caucuses with the Republicans. However, in 2017 Democrats regained control of the Washington State Senate after Democrat Manka Dhingra won a special election in Washington's 45th legislative district.

The Majority Coalition Caucus (MCC) was a caucus formed on December 10, 2012, by all 23 Republican members of the Washington State Senate and two Democratic senators. Its membership constituted a majority of the chamber's 49 members, allowing it to take control of the Senate from the Democratic caucus whose members had previously formed a majority. The MCC, operating much like a coalition government, offered an equal number of committee leadership positions to Republicans and Democrats. Senate Democrats accepted only three of the nine positions offered them. The Republicans strengthened their position by gaining one seat in the 2013 election, but lost its majority following a special election in November 2017. The coalition has 23 Republicans and one self-identified Democratic senator, Tim Sheldon. On November 15, 2017 the Majority Coalition Caucus returned to being the state Senate Republican Caucus.

Manka Dhingra is an Indian-American attorney and politician who is a Washington State senator. 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.

Washington's 45th Legislative District is one of forty-nine districts in Washington state for representation in the state legislature. It extends from Kirkland on the west, to Duvall on the east, and Sammamish on the south.

Democrats expanded their caucus's majority to 28–21 by further flipping the 26th, 30th, and 47th districts. Tim Sheldon was reelected as a Democrat but will continue to caucus with the Republicans.

Summary of Results by State Senate District

Districts not shown are not up for election until 2020
** Incumbent did not seek re-election.

State Senate District	Incumbent		Elected Senator
6th	Michael Baumgartner**	Rep	Jeff Holy	Rep
7th	Shelly Short	Rep	Shelly Short	Rep
8th	Sharon Brown	Rep	Sharon Brown	Rep
13th	Judy Warnick	Rep	Judy Warnick	Rep
15th	Jim Honeyford	Rep	Jim Honeyford	Rep
21st	Marko Liias	Dem	Marko Liias	Dem
26th	Jan Angel**	Rep	Emily Randall	Dem
29th	Steve Conway	Dem	Steve Conway	Dem
30th	Mark Miloscia	Rep	Claire Wilson	Dem
31st	Phil Fortunato	Rep	Phil Fortunato	Rep
32nd	Maralyn Chase	Dem	Jesse Salomon	Dem
33rd	Karen Keiser	Dem	Karen Keiser	Dem
34th	Sharon Nelson**	Dem	Joe Nguyen	Dem
35th	Tim Sheldon	MCC	Tim Sheldon	MCC
36th	Reuven Carlyle	Dem	Reuven Carlyle	Dem
37th	Rebecca Saldaña	Dem	Rebecca Saldaña	Dem
38th	John McCoy	Dem	John McCoy	Dem
39th	Keith Wagoner	Rep	Keith Wagoner	Rep
42nd	Doug Ericksen	Rep	Doug Ericksen	Rep
43rd	Jamie Pedersen	Dem	Jamie Pedersen	Dem
44th	Steve Hobbs	Dem	Steve Hobbs	Dem
45th	Manka Dhingra	Dem	Manka Dhingra	Dem
46th	David Frockt	Dem	David Frockt	Dem
47th	Joe Fain	Rep	Mona Das	Dem
48th	Patty Kuderer	Dem	Patty Kuderer	Dem

Source: ^[2]

Detailed Primary & General Election Results by Senate District

District 6 • District 7 • District 8 • District 13 • District 15 • District 21 • District 26 • District 29 • District 30 • District 31 • District 32 • District 33 • District 34 • District 35 • District 36 • District 37 • District 38 • District 39 • District 42 • District 43 • District 44 • District 45 • District 46 • District 47 • District 48

District 6

Washington's 6th State Senate district election, 2018
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jeff Holy	23,258	52.2
	Democratic	Jessa Lewis	21,281	47.8
Total votes			44,539	100.0
General election
	Republican	Jeff Holy	34,676	55.1
	Democratic	Jessa Lewis	28,290	44.9
Total votes			62,966	100.0
	Republican hold

District 7

Washington's 7th State Senate district election, 2018
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Shelly Short (incumbent)	30,850	67.1
	Democratic	Karen Hardy	15,101	32.9
Total votes			45,951	100.0
General election
	Republican	Shelly Short (incumbent)	46,261	69.1
	Democratic	Karen Hardy	20,683	30.9
Total votes			66,944	100.0
	Republican hold

District 8

Washington's 8th State Senate district election, 2018
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Sharon Raye Brown (incumbent)	19,100	60.8
	Democratic	Leo Perales	10,699	34.1
	Libertarian	Ryan Cooper	1,615	5.1
Total votes			31,414	100.0
General election
	Republican	Sharon Raye Brown (incumbent)	38,988	67.9
	Democratic	Leo Perales	18,436	32.1
Total votes			57,424	100.0
	Republican hold

District 13

Washington's 13th State Senate district election, 2018
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Judy Warnick (incumbent)	21,245	100.0
General election
	Republican	Judy Warnick (incumbent)	37,621	100.0
	Republican hold

District 15

Washington's 15th State Senate district election, 2018
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jim Honeyford (incumbent)^{[lower-alpha 2]}	12,013	66.7
	Democratic	Bengie Aguilar	5,987	33.3
Total votes			18,000	100.0
General election
	Republican	Jim Honeyford (incumbent)^{[lower-alpha 2]}	15,961	63.7
	Democratic	Bengie Aguilar	9,076	36.3
Total votes			25,037	100.0
	Republican hold

District 21

Washington's 21st State Senate district election, 2018
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Marko Liias (incumbent)	15,176	48.8
	Republican	Mario Lionel Lotmore	9,637	31.0
	Democratic	Riaz Khan	4,076	13.1
	Independent	Scott West	2,206	7.1
Total votes			31,095	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Marko Liias (incumbent)	37,339	63.2
	Republican	Mario Lionel Lotmore	21,787	36.8
Total votes			59,126	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 26

Washington's 26th State Senate district election, 2018
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Emily Randall	19,913	49.6
	Republican	Marty McClendon	18,633	46.4
	Independent	Bill Scheidler	1,621	4.0
Total votes			40,167	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Emily Randall	34,606	50.1
	Republican	Marty McClendon	34,518	49.9
Total votes			69,124	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 29

Washington's 29th State Senate district election, 2018
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Steve Conway (incumbent)	11,155	67.7
	Independent	Pierre Malebranche	5,324	32.3
Total votes			16,479	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Steve Conway (incumbent)	22,647	63.1
	Independent	Pierre Malebranche	13,268	36.9
Total votes			35,915	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 30

Washington's 30th State Senate district election, 2018
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mark Miloscia (incumbent)	12,332	48.1
	Democratic	Claire Wilson	9,833	38.3
	Democratic	Tirzah Idahosa	3,495	13.6
Total votes			25,660	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Claire Wilson	25,294	54.2
	Republican	Mark Miloscia (incumbent)	21,420	45.8
Total votes			46,714	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 31

Washington's 31st State Senate district election, 2018
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Phil Fortunato (incumbent)	18,056	56.1
	Democratic	Immaculate Ferreria	12,199	37.9
	Independent	Jeff Benson	1,947	6.0
Total votes			32,202	100.0
General election
	Republican	Phil Fortunato (incumbent)	37,395	60.0
	Democratic	Immaculate Ferreria	24,966	40.0
Total votes			62,361	100.0
	Republican hold

District 32

Washington's 32nd State Senate district election, 2018
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jesse Salomon	14,477	38.2
	Democratic	Maralyn Chase (incumbent)	14,309	37.8
	Republican	James Wood	9,104	24.0
Total votes			37,890	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Jesse Salomon	40,681	69.2
	Democratic	Maralyn Chase (incumbent)	18,136	30.8
Total votes			58,817	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 33

Washington's 33rd State Senate district election, 2018
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Karen Keiser (incumbent)	16,564	68.4
	Republican	Kun Wang^{[lower-alpha 3]}	6,017	24.9
	Libertarian	Charles Schaefer	1,629	6.7
Total votes			24,210	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Karen Keiser (incumbent)	32,363	71.9
	Republican	Kun Wang^{[lower-alpha 3]}	12,681	28.1
Total votes			45,044	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 34

Washington's 34th State Senate district election, 2018
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joe Nguyen	14,019	31.1
	Democratic	Shannon Braddock	11,114	24.7
	Democratic	Lois Schipper	4,365	9.7
	Democratic	Sofia Aragon	4,099	9.1
	Republican	Darla Green	3,523	7.8
	Republican	Courtney Lyle	2,690	6.0
	Independent	Debi Wagner	1,450	3.2
	Democratic	Lisa Ryan Devereau	1,310	2.9
	Democratic	Annabel Quintero	1,226	2.7
	Independent	Hillary Shaw	790	1.7
	Democratic	Lemuel W. Charleston	476	1.1
Total votes			45,062	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Joe Nguyen	40,256	58.3
	Democratic	Shannon Braddock	28,817	41.7
Total votes			69,073	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 35

Washington's 35th State Senate district election, 2018
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Irene Bowling	14,171	38.2
	Democratic	Tim Sheldon (incumbent)	13,032	35.2
	Republican	John Martin	4,552	12.3
	Republican	Marco Brown	3,747	10.1
	Republican	George Sevier	1,576	4.2
Total votes			37,058	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Tim Sheldon (incumbent)	30,503	52.1
	Democratic	Irene Bowling	28,002	47.9
Total votes			58,505	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 36

Washington's 36th State Senate district election, 2018
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Reuven Carlyle (incumbent)	45,284	89.4
	Libertarian	Bryan Simonson	5,389	10.6
Total votes			50,673	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Reuven Carlyle (incumbent)	78,245	89.0
	Libertarian	Bryan Simonson	9,643	11.0
Total votes			87,888	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 37

Washington's 37th State Senate district election, 2018
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Rebecca Saldaña (incumbent)	32,657	89.7
	Republican	Beth Broadway	3,733	10.3
Total votes			36,390	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Rebecca Saldaña (incumbent)	57,101	89.0
	Republican	Beth Broadway	7,051	11.0
Total votes			64,152	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 38

Washington's 38th State Senate district election, 2018
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John McCoy (incumbent)	10,235	40.1
	Republican	Savio Pham^{[lower-alpha 3]}	7,843	30.7
	Democratic	Bruce Overstreet	7,460	29.2
Total votes			25,538	100.0
General election
	Democratic	John McCoy (incumbent)	29,428	59.8
	Republican	Savio Pham^{[lower-alpha 3]}	19,771	40.2
Total votes			49,199	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 39

Washington's 39th State Senate district election, 2018
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Claus Joens	11,521	37.8
	Republican	Keith L. Wagoner (incumbent)	9,186	30.2
	Republican	Elizabeth Scott	8,239	27.0
	Independent	Jamal Rabieh	1,523	5.0
Total votes			30,469	100.0
General election
	Republican	Keith L. Wagoner (incumbent)	33,907	58.9
	Democratic	Claus Joens	23,669	41.1
Total votes			57,576	100.0
	Republican hold

District 42

Washington's 42nd State Senate district election, 2018
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Doug Ericksen (incumbent)	19,177	45.8
	Democratic	Pinky Vargas	12,067	28.9
	Democratic	Tim Ballew II	10,578	25.3
Total votes			41,822	100.0
General election
	Republican	Doug Ericksen (incumbent)	36,200	50.0
	Democratic	Pinky Vargas	36,142	50.0
Total votes			72,342	100.0

District 43

Washington's 43rd State Senate district election, 2018
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jamie Pedersen (incumbent)	42,426	90.6
	Republican	Dan Harder	4,401	9.4
Total votes			46,827	100.0
General election
	Republican	Dan Harder
	Democratic	Jamie Pedersen (incumbent)
Total votes				100.0

District 44

Washington's 44th State Senate district election, 2018
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Steve Hobbs (incumbent)	19,509	55.12
	Republican	Doug Roulstone	14,522	41.03
	Libertarian	Jeremy Fitch	1,365	3.86
Total votes			35,396	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Steve Hobbs (incumbent)
	Republican	Doug Roulstone
Total votes				100.0

District 45

Washington's 45th State Senate district election, 2018
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Manka Dhingra (incumbent)	26,052	63.74
	Republican	Dale Fonk	14,822	36.26
Total votes			40,874	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Manka Dhingra (incumbent)
	Republican	Dale Fonk
Total votes				100.0

District 46

Washington's 46th State Senate district election, 2018
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	David Frockt (incumbent)	39,219	82.41
	Republican	Beth Daranciang	8,371	17.59
Total votes			47,590	100.0
General election
	Republican	Beth Daranciang
	Democratic	David Frockt (incumbent)
Total votes				100.0

District 47

Washington's 47th State Senate district election, 2018
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Joe Fain (incumbent)	16,040	53.71
	Democratic	Mona Das	13,823	46.29
Total votes			29,863	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Mona Das
	Republican	Joe Fain (incumbent)
Total votes				100.0

District 48

Washington's 48th State Senate district election, 2018
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Patty Kuderer (incumbent)	18,698	60.08
	Democratic	Rodney Tom	9,175	29.48
	Independent	Bill Hirt	3,251	10.45
Total votes			31,124	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Patty Kuderer (incumbent)
	Democratic	Rodney Tom
Total votes				100.0
	Democratic hold

1 2 3 4 One Democrat, Tim Sheldon, caucuses with the Republicans, which gave them majority control from 2013 to November 2017, and is counted in the Republican seats
1 2 Listed on ballot as "GOP Party."
1 2 3 4 Listed on ballot as "Ind. Republican."

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[Sheldon-1] 1 2 3 4 One Democrat, Tim Sheldon, caucuses with the Republicans, which gave them majority control from 2013 to November 2017, and is counted in the Republican seats

[GOP-4] 1 2 Listed on ballot as "GOP Party."

[Ind_Republican-5] 1 2 3 4 Listed on ballot as "Ind. Republican."

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