The Libertarian Party of Washington (LPWA) is the state-affiliate of the national Libertarian Party in the state of Washington,the third-largest political party in the state and country.
The following local races were on the ballot in Washington State during the 2006 election. The filing period for candidates for public office was July 24 through July 28,2006. Washington State's primary election was held on September 19,2006.
Washington's 4th congressional district encompasses a large area of central Washington,covering the counties of Douglas,Okanogan,Grant,Yakima,Benton,and Klickitat,and parts of Adams and Franklin counties. The district is dominated by the Yakima and Tri-Cities areas. The fourth district is predominantly rural,and is considerably more conservative than the western part of the state.
Clinton Bradley Didier is a professional American football player and politician. He played for the Washington Redskins and Green Bay Packers,and later sought elected office on four occasions. Didier was finally elected to political office in 2018,as a Franklin County Commissioner.
The Oklahoma State Auditor and Inspector is an elected Constitutional officer for the U.S. State of Oklahoma. The State Auditor and Inspector is responsible for auditing and prescribing bookkeeping standards of all government agencies and county treasurers within Oklahoma. The office in its current form is a consolidation of the office of State Auditor with that of the office of State Examiner and Inspector,both of which dated back to statehood in 1907. The two positions were combined in 1979 after passage of State Question 510 in 1975. Tom Daxon was the first person to hold the combined office and the first Republican as all previous occupants of either position were Democrats.
Michael W. Frerichs is an American politician serving his third term as the State Treasurer of Illinois,after first taking office on January 12,2015. Before being elected treasurer,he was a Democratic member of the Illinois Senate,representing the 52nd District from 2007 until 2015. The district,located in Champaign and Vermilion counties,includes all or parts of Champaign,Danville,Georgetown,Gifford,Rantoul,Thomasboro,and Urbana.
The Rattlesnake Hills,also known as Rattlesnake Ridge,is a 16-mile (26 km) long anticline mountain ridge in Yakima County and Benton County in the U.S. state of Washington. It should not be confused with the much smaller Rattlesnake Ridge located near the west end of Ahtanum Ridge just south of Yakima,Washington and west of Union Gap,Washington. The highest point in the hills is the 3,629 feet (1,106 m) Lookout Summit,which surpasses the more well-known Rattlesnake Mountain by approximately 100 ft (30 m). The Rattlesnake Hills are part of the Yakima Fold Belt of east-tending long ridges formed by the folding of Miocene Columbia River basalt flows.
The 2012 Washington gubernatorial election took place on November 6,2012. Candidates in the election were chosen in an August 7,2012 primary election,under the state's nonpartisan blanket primary system,which allows voters to vote for any candidate running in the race,regardless of party affiliation. The two candidates who received the most votes in the primary election qualified for the general election.
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.
Troy Xavier Kelley is an American attorney,businessman,and politician who served as the 10th Washington State Auditor from 2013 to 2017,and is a member of the Democratic Party. He is a lieutenant colonel JAG officer in the Washington National Guard. Kelley was a member of the Washington House of Representatives,representing the 28th Legislative District from 2007 to 2013. In 2017 he was convicted of multiple counts of possession of stolen property,making false declarations in a court proceeding and tax fraud.
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.
The 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Washington were held on Tuesday,November 4,2014 to elect the ten 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,other elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections. The state certified the results on December 4. The nonpartisan blanket primary election was held on August 5,with the top two candidates for each position advancing to the general election.
Daniel Milton Newhouse is an American politician and agricultural scientist serving as the U.S. representative for Washington's 4th congressional district. The district covers much of the central third of the state,including Yakima and the Tri-Cities. Before his election to Congress,Newhouse served as director of the Washington State Department of Agriculture and as a member of the Washington House of Representatives. He is a member of the Republican Party.
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Indiana on November 4,2014. Three of Indiana's executive officers were up for election as well as all of Indiana's nine seats in the United States House of Representatives. The Republican nominees won all three statewide elections and all of Indiana's U.S. Representatives were re-elected.
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Washington on November 8,2016. The primary was held on August 2.
Michael John Pellicciotti is an American attorney and politician who has served as the 24th Washington State Treasurer since 2021. He previously served as a Democratic member of the Washington House of Representatives for the 30th legislative district,which includes Federal Way,Algona,Auburn,Pacific,Milton,and Des Moines from 2017 to 2021.
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 2022,this was the last time Republicans won any statewide election in Washington.
The Washington Secretary of State election,2020,was held on November 3,2020. Incumbent Republican Kim Wyman won reelection over Democratic nominee Gael Tarleton,the two having received the most votes in an August 2020 primary election. As of 2022,this was the last time a Republican won a statewide election in Washington.
The 2022 Washington House of Representatives elections took place as part of the biennial United States elections on November 8,2022. Washington state voters elected state representatives in all 98 seats of the House,electing 2 state representatives in each of the 49 Washington state legislative districts. State representatives serve two-year terms in the Washington House of Representatives.
The 2022 Washington Secretary of State special election was held on November 8,2022. Incumbent Kim Wyman,a Republican,resigned from the office on November 19,2021,to become the senior election security lead for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency in the Biden administration's Department of Homeland Security. Washington governor Jay Inslee,a Democrat,announced he would appoint state senator Steve Hobbs as her replacement,the first Democrat to hold the office in more than fifty years.
