2018 Washington State Senate election
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.
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A top two primary election on August 7, 2018 determined which candidates appear on the November 6 general election ballot. Each candidate is allowed to write in her or his party preference so that it appears as she or he desires on the ballot.[1]
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.
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 continued to caucus with the Republicans.
Overview
2018 Washington State Senate election
Primary election — August 7, 2018[lower-alpha 1] | ||||||
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Party | Votes | Percentage | Candidates | Advancing to general | Seats contesting | |
Democratic | 536,781 | 61.87% | 37 | 28 | 24 | |
Republican | 302,667 | 34.89% | 26 | 19 | 19 | |
Independent | 15,375 | 1.77% | 6 | 1 | 1 | |
Libertarian | 9,998 | 1.15% | 4 | 1 | 1 | |
No party preference | 2,737 | 0.32% | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 2,869,914 | 100.00% | 75 | 49 | — |
2018 Washington State Senate election
General election — November 6, 2018[lower-alpha 1] | ||||||||
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Party | Votes | Percentage | Not up | Contested | Before | After | +/– | |
Democratic | 982,741 | 64.55% | 10 | 7 | 25 | 28 | 3 | |
Republican | 516,476 | 33.92% | 12 | 11 | 24 | 21 | 3 | |
Independent | 13,538 | 0.89% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Libertarian | 9,707 | 0.64% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 1,522,462 | 100.00% | 24 | 25 | 49 | 49 | — |
Summary of Results by State Senate District
- Districts not shown are not up for election until 2020
** Incumbent did not seek re-election.
- *Tim Sheldon self-identifies as a Democrat but caucuses with the Republicans.
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
Primary election | ||||
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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
Primary election | ||||
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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
Primary election | ||||
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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
Primary election | ||||
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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
Primary election | ||||
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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
Primary election | ||||
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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
Primary election | ||||||
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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
Primary election | ||||
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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
Primary election | ||||||
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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
Primary election | ||||
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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
Primary election | ||||
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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
Primary election | ||||
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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
Primary election | ||||
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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
Primary election | ||||
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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
Primary election | ||||
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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
Primary election | ||||
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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
Primary election | ||||
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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
Primary election | ||||
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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
Primary election | ||||
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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 | ||
Republican hold | ||||
District 43
Primary election | ||||
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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 | ||||
Democratic | Jamie Pedersen (incumbent) | 75,660 | 90.6% | |
Republican | Dan Harder | 7,965 | 9.52% | |
Total votes | 83,625 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 44
Primary election | ||||
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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) | 37,656 | 56.12 | |
Republican | Doug Roulstone | 29,445 | 43.88 | |
Total votes | 67,101 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 45
Primary election | ||||
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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) | 45,264 | 63.43 | |
Republican | Dale Fonk | 26,100 | 36.57 | |
Total votes | 71,364 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 46
Primary election | ||||
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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 | ||||
Democratic | David Frockt (incumbent) | 65,182 | 82.48 | |
Republican | Beth Daranciang | 13,842 | 17.52 | |
Total votes | 79,004 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
District 47
Primary election | ||||||
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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 | 28,394 | 50.88 | |||
Republican | Joe Fain (incumbent) | 27,413 | 49.12 | |||
Total votes | 100.0 | |||||
Democratic gain from Republican | ||||||
District 48
Primary election | ||||
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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) | 33,533 | 65.04 | |
Democratic | Rodney Tom | 18,027 | 34.96 | |
Total votes | 51,560 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
- 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
- Listed on ballot as "GOP Party."
- Listed on ballot as "Ind. Republican."
See also
- United States elections, 2018
- United States House of Representatives elections in Washington, 2018
- United States Senate election in Washington, 2018
- Washington House of Representatives election, 2018
References
- http://www.sos.wa.gov/elections/Top2PrimaryFAQ.aspx
- "Washington State Senate elections, 2018". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 24 July 2018.