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The 2026 Washington State Senate election will be held on November 3, 2026, alongside the other 2026 United States elections.[1] Voters will elect 24 of the 49 the members of the Washington State Senate in the U.S. state of Washington's legislative districts to serve a four-year term.[2]
Elections will be held concurrently with the 2026 US midterm election, as well as elections to the US House of Representatives, Washington State House, Washington Supreme Court, and various county and local offices.[3] Primary elections will be held on August 4, 2026 using a top-two primary where all candidates are listed on the same ballot and the two candidates with the most votes advance to the general election.[4][5]
This will be the first electoral cycle for this cohort of State Senators using the new legislative district boundaries after the court ordered redistricting in 2024. The redistricting was triggered when U.S. District Court Judge for the Western District of Washington Robert Lasnik ruled that the 15th District as it was drawn in 2022 was in violation of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.[6] The seats up for election in the State Senate in 2026 that had boundary changes due to this redistricting are District 7, District 8, District 13, District 15, and District 31.[7]
Partisan background
[edit]Of the State Senate seats that are up for election in 2026, only the 35th District is held by a Republican in a legislative district that Kamala Harris won in 2024. In addition, of the districts with a Senator up for election in 2026, only the 26th District has a member of the State House from the same district who is of a different party than the incumbent State Senator.
All other districts up for election in 2026 are represented by the party whose presidential nominee carried the district in 2024 and are of the same political party as both members of the State House from their district.
| Harris 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% 90–100% |
Trump 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% |
On April 16th, 2026, the Republican State Leadership Committee (RSLC) announced that they would be investing in Washington state legislative races to protect incumbents and flip seats. They did not announce investments in any specific races at that time.[8][9]
Outgoing incumbents
[edit]Retirements
[edit]- District 8: Matt Boehnke (R) is retiring to run for Congress.[10]
- District 13: Judy Warnick (R) is retiring[11]
- District 29: Steve Conway (D) is retiring.[12]
- District 37: Rebecca Saldaña (D) is retiring to run for the King County Council.[13]
- District 42: Sharon Shewmake (D) is retiring.[14]
Incumbents running in a new district
[edit]- District 15: Nikki Torres (R) is running in the 8th District.[10]
Predictions
[edit]| Source | Ranking | As of |
|---|---|---|
| Sabato's Crystal Ball[15] | Safe D | January 22, 2026 |
Summary of results by district
[edit]- Districts not listed were not up for election in 2026.
- † Incumbent did not seek re-election in that seat.
| District | 2024 Pres.[16] | Incumbent | Party | Elected Senator | Outcome | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6th | R+10.9 | Jeff Holy | Rep | TBD | |||
| 7th | R+31.9 | Shelly Short | Rep | TBD | |||
| 8th | R+23.7 | Matt Boehnke† | Rep | TBD | |||
| 13th | R+28.0 | Judy Warnick† | Rep | TBD | |||
| 15th | R+23.5 | Nikki Torres† | Rep | TBD | |||
| 21st | D+36.5 | Marko Liias | Dem | TBD | |||
| 26th | D+9.4 | Deborah Krishnadasan | Dem | TBD | |||
| 29th | D+20.6 | Steve Conway† | Dem | TBD | |||
| 30th | D+19.9 | Claire Wilson | Dem | TBD | |||
| 31st | R+7.1 | Phil Fortunato | Rep | TBD | |||
| 32nd | D+53.0 | Jesse Salomon | Dem | TBD | |||
| 33rd | D+36.2 | Tina Orwall | Dem | TBD | |||
| 34th | D+69.6 | Emily Alvarado | Dem | TBD | |||
| 35th | D+0.7 | Drew MacEwen | Rep | TBD | |||
| 36th | D+80.9 | Noel Frame | Dem | TBD | |||
| 37th | D+73.3 | Rebecca Saldaña† | Dem | TBD | |||
| 38th | D+19.2 | June Robinson | Dem | TBD | |||
| 42nd | D+9.8 | Sharon Shewmake† | Dem | TBD | |||
| 43rd | D+81.3 | Jamie Pedersen | Dem | TBD | |||
| 44th | D+20.7 | John Lovick | Dem | TBD | |||
| 45th | D+44.0 | Manka Dhingra | Dem | TBD | |||
| 46th | D+78.3 | Javier Valdez | Dem | TBD | |||
| 47th | D+15.1 | Claudia Kauffman | Dem | TBD | |||
| 48th | D+44.9 | Vandana Slatter | Dem | TBD | |||
List of districts
[edit]|
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 42 • District 43 • District 44 • District 45 • District 46 • District 47 • District 48 |
District 6
[edit]The 6th district is represented by Republican Jeff Holy, who is eligible to run for re-election but has not yet stated if he will do so.
Candidates
[edit]Advacned to general
[edit]Endorsements
[edit]Jeff Holy (R)
- Organizations
Results
[edit]| Primary election | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | Jeff Holy (incumbent) | 18,890 | 91.8 | |
| Write-in | 1,694 | 8.2 | ||
| Total votes | 20,584 | 100.0 | ||
| General election | ||||
| Republican | Jeff Holy (incumbent) | |||
| Write-in | ||||
| Total votes | 100.0 | |||
District 7
[edit]The 7th district is represented by Republican Shelly Short, who is running for re-election.
Candidates
[edit]Advanced to general
[edit]- Ronald McCoy (Independent), former mayor of Chewelah, Chewelah City Council member, and candidate for state house in the 7th district in 2024[19][20]
- Shelly Short (Republican), incumbent state senator[21]
Eliminated in primary
[edit]Endorsements
[edit]Shelly Short (R)
- Organizations
Results
[edit]| Primary election | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | Shelly Short (incumbent) | 20,456 | 58.3 | |
| No party preference | Ronald McCoy | 9,528 | 27.1 | |
| Republican | Brandon Ray Medina | 2,947 | 8.4 | |
| Republican | David Swoap | 1,969 | 5.6 | |
| Write-in | 153 | 0.6 | ||
| Total votes | 35,107 | 100.0 | ||
| General election | ||||
| Republican | Shelly Short (incumbent) | |||
| No party preference | Ronald McCoy | |||
| Write-in | ||||
| Total votes | 100.0 | |||
District 8
[edit]The 8th district is represented by Republican Matt Boehnke, who is retiring to run for U.S. House in Washington's 4th congressional district to replace retiring incumbent Dan Newhouse (R-Sunnyside).[10]
Candidates
[edit]Advanced to general
[edit]- Gabe Galbraith (Republican), president of the Kennewick School Board[24]
- Nikki Torres (Republican), incumbent state senator for the 15th district[25]
Declined
[edit]- Matt Boehnke (Republican), incumbent state senator (running for U.S. House)[10]
- Stephanie Barnard (Republican), state representative for the 8th district[25]
- April Connors (Republican), state representative for the 8th district[25]
Withdrawn
[edit]Endorsements
[edit]Nikki Torres (R)
State legislators
- Stephanie Barnard, state representative from the 8th district[25]
- April Connors, state representative from the 8th district[25]
Organizations
Results
[edit]| Primary election | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | Nikki Torres | 15,841 | 52.0 | |
| Republican | Gabe Galbraith | 14,123 | 46.3 | |
| Write-in | 525 | 1.7 | ||
| Total votes | 30,489 | 100.0 | ||
| General election | ||||
| Republican | Nikki Torres | |||
| Republican | Gabe Galbraith | |||
| Write-in | ||||
| Total votes | 100.0 | |||
District 13
[edit]The 13th district is represented by Republican Judy Warnick who is retiring.[11]
Candidates
[edit]Advanced to general
[edit]- Alex Ybarra (Republican), incumbent state representative for the 13th district[28][29]
Declined
[edit]- Tom Dent (Republican), incumbent state representative[30][31]
- Judy Warnick (Republican), incumbent state senator[32]
Endorsements
[edit]Alex Ybarra (R)
- Organizations
Results
[edit]| Primary election | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | Alex Ybarra | 20,303 | 97.2 | |
| Write-in | 589 | 2.8 | ||
| Total votes | 20,892 | 100.0 | ||
| General election | ||||
| Republican | Alex Ybarra | |||
| Write-in | ||||
| Total votes | 100.0 | |||
District 15
[edit]The 15th district is represented by Republican Nikki Torres, who initially was going to run for re-election in this seat, but decided to run for the 8th district's open state senate seat vacated by Matt Boehnke.[25][34]
Sen. Torres was first elected to this seat in 2022, but was drawn out of the district by court ordered redistricting in 2024.[6][7] She continued to represent the district in the Senate despite no longer residing in it.
Candidates
[edit]Advanced to general
[edit]- Jeremie Dufault (Republican), incumbent state representative for the 15th district[35]
Declined
[edit]- Nikki Torres (Republican), incumbent state senator (running in the 8th district)[25]
Endorsements
[edit]Jeremie Dufault (R)
Results
[edit]| Primary election | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | Jeremie Dufault | 23,612 | 95.3 | |
| Write-in | 1,160 | 4.7 | ||
| Total votes | 24,772 | 100.0 | ||
| General election | ||||
| Republican | Jeremie Dufault | |||
| Write-in | ||||
| Total votes | 100.0 | |||
District 21
[edit]The 21st district is represented by Democrat Marko Liias, who is running for re-election.
Candidates
[edit]Advanced to general
[edit]Results
[edit]| Primary election | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Marko Liias (incumbent) | 23,221 | 72.1 | |
| Republican | Riaz Khan | 8,841 | 27.4 | |
| Write-in | 155 | 0.5 | ||
| Total votes | 32,217 | 100.0 | ||
| General election | ||||
| Democratic | Marko Liias (incumbent) | |||
| Republican | Riaz Khan | |||
| Write-in | ||||
| Total votes | 100.0 | |||
District 26
[edit]The 26th district is represented by Democrat Deborah Krishnadasan, who is running for re-election.
Candidates
[edit]Advanced to general
[edit]- Deborah Krishnadasan (Democratic), incumbent state senator[38]
- Gary Parker (Republican), restaurant owner[39]
Endorsements
[edit]Deborah Krishnadasan (D)
- Organizations
Results
[edit]| Primary election | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Deborah Krishnadasan (incumbent) | 27,198 | 57.5 | |
| Republican | Gary Parker | 20,074 | 42.4 | |
| Write-in | 28 | 0.1 | ||
| Total votes | 47,300 | 100.0 | ||
| General election | ||||
| Democratic | Deborah Krishnadasan (incumbent) | |||
| Republican | Gary Parker | |||
| Write-in | ||||
| Total votes | 100.0 | |||
District 29
[edit]The 29th district is represented by Democrat Steve Conway, who is retiring. Sharlett Mena confirmed she would run for the seat and Melanie Morgan, the other state representative for the district, stated she would support Mena for the state senate seat.[12]
Candidates
[edit]Advanced to general
[edit]- David Anderson (Democratic), STEM professor at Tacoma Community College[19][41]
- Sharlett Mena (Democratic), incumbent state representative for the 29th district[12]
Declined
[edit]- Steve Conway (Democratic), incumbent state senator for the 29th district[12]
- Melanie Morgan (Democratic), incumbent state representative for the 29th district[12]
Endorsements
[edit]Sharlett Mena (D)
Results
[edit]| Primary election | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Sharlett Mena | 11,965 | 69.8 | |
| Democratic | David Anderson | 4,394 | 25.6 | |
| Write-in | 782 | 4.6 | ||
| Total votes | 17,141 | 100.0 | ||
| General election | ||||
| Democratic | Sharlett Mena | |||
| Democratic | David Anderson | |||
| Write-in | ||||
| Total votes | 100.0 | |||
District 30
[edit]The 30th district is represented by Democrat Claire Wilson, who is running for re-election.
Candidates
[edit]Advanced to general
[edit]- Michael Rutland (Republican)[19]
- Claire Wilson (Democratic), incumbent state senator[43]
Results
[edit]| Primary election | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Claire Wilson (incumbent) | 13,373 | 61.9 | |
| Republican | Michael Rutland | 8,234 | 38.1 | |
| Write-in | 11 | 0.1 | ||
| Total votes | 21,618 | 100.0 | ||
| General election | ||||
| Democratic | Claire Wilson (incumbent) | |||
| Republican | Michael Rutland | |||
| Write-in | ||||
| Total votes | 100.0 | |||
District 31
[edit]The 31st district is represented by Republican Phil Fortunato, who is running for re-election.
Candidates
[edit]Advanced to general
[edit]- Phil Fortunato (Republican), incumbent state senator[44]
- Tamara Stramel (Democratic)[45]
Endorsements
[edit]Phil Fortunato (R)
- Organizations
Results
[edit]| Primary election | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | Phil Fortunato (incumbent) | 18,260 | 54.3 | |
| Democratic | Tamara Stramel | 15,319 | 45.6 | |
| Write-in | 31 | 0.1 | ||
| Total votes | 33,610 | 100.0 | ||
| General election | ||||
| Republican | Phil Fortunato (incumbent) | |||
| Democratic | Tamara Stramel | |||
| Write-in | ||||
| Total votes | 100.0 | |||
District 32
[edit]The 32nd district is represented by Democrat Jesse Salomon, who is running for re-election.[47]
Candidates
[edit]Advanced to general
[edit]- Cindy Ryu (Democratic), incumbent state representative for the 32nd district[47]
- Jesse Salomon (Democratic), incumbent state senator[47]
Eliminated in primary
[edit]- Ira McBee (Republican)[48]
Results
[edit]| Primary election | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Cindy Ryu | 17,013 | 43.9 | |
| Democratic | Jesse Salomon (incumbent) | 14,600 | 37.7 | |
| Republican | Ira McBee | 7,077 | 18.3 | |
| Write-in | 50 | 0.1 | ||
| Total votes | 38,740 | 100.0 | ||
| General election | ||||
| Democratic | Cindy Ryu | |||
| Democratic | Jesse Salomon (incumbent) | |||
| Write-in | ||||
| Total votes | 100.0 | |||
District 33
[edit]The 33rd district is represented by Democrat Tina Orwall, who is running for re-election.
Candidates
[edit]Advanced to general
[edit]- Tina Orwall (Democratic), incumbent state senator[49][50]
Results
[edit]| Primary election | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Tina Orwall (incumbent) | 19,248 | 95.3 | |
| Write-in | 943 | 4.7 | ||
| Total votes | 20,191 | 100.0 | ||
| General election | ||||
| Democratic | Tina Orwall (incumbent) | |||
| Write-in | ||||
| Total votes | 100.0 | |||
District 34
[edit]The 34th district is represented by Democrat Emily Alvarado, who is running for re-election.
Candidates
[edit]Advanced to general
[edit]- Emily Alvarado (Democratic), incumbent state senator[51]
Results
[edit]| Primary election | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Emily Alvarado (incumbent) | 32,588 | 97.3 | |
| Write-in | 892 | 2.7 | ||
| Total votes | 33,480 | 100.0 | ||
| General election | ||||
| Democratic | Emily Alvarado (incumbent) | |||
| Write-in | ||||
| Total votes | 100.0 | |||
District 35
[edit]The 35th district is represented by Republican Drew MacEwen, who is running for re-election.
Candidates
[edit]Advanced to general
[edit]- Drew MacEwen (Republican), incumbent state senator[52]
- Carolina Mejia (Democratic), Thurston County Council member[19][53][54]
Endorsements
[edit]Drew MacEwen (R)
- Organizations
Results
[edit]| Primary election | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | Drew MacEwen (incumbent) | 20,441 | 50.1 | |
| Democratic | Carolina Mejia | 20,310 | 49.8 | |
| Write-in | 49 | 0.1 | ||
| Total votes | 40,800 | 100.0 | ||
| General election | ||||
| Republican | Drew MacEwen (incumbent) | |||
| Democratic | Carolina Mejia | |||
| Write-in | ||||
| Total votes | 100.0 | |||
District 36
[edit]The 36th district is represented by Democrat Noel Frame, who is running for re-election.
Candidates
[edit]Advanced to general
[edit]- Jillian England (Republican), 36th District Republicans vice-chair[56][57]
- Noel Frame (Democratic), incumbent state senator[58]
Results
[edit]| Primary election | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Noel Frame (incumbent) | 37,987 | 87.7 | |
| Republican | Jillian England | 5,257 | 12.1 | |
| Write-in | 91 | 0.2 | ||
| Total votes | 43,335 | 100.0 | ||
| General election | ||||
| Democratic | Noel Frame (incumbent) | |||
| Republican | Jillian England | |||
| Write-in | ||||
| Total votes | 100.0 | |||
District 37
[edit]The 37th district is represented by Democrat Rebecca Saldaña, who will not run for re-election. She will run for the King County Council District 2 seat that was vacated by Girmay Zahilay when he won election to become King County Executive in November 2025. The two representatives for the district Chipalo Street and Sharon Tomiko Santos stated that they discussed who should run for her vacant seat and decided that Rep. Street would.[59]
Candidates
[edit]Advanced to general
[edit]- Tatiana Brown (Democratic), public health and policy researcher[60]
- Chipalo Street (Democratic), incumbent state representative for the 37th district[61][62]
Declined
[edit]- Rebecca Saldaña (Democratic), incumbent state senator[63]
- Sharon Tomiko Santos (Democratic), state representative[64]
Withdrawn
[edit]Results
[edit]| Primary election | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Chipalo Street | 26,434 | 73.9 | |
| Democratic | Tatiana Brown | 8,970 | 25.1 | |
| Write-in | 351 | 1.0 | ||
| Total votes | 35,775 | 100.0 | ||
| General election | ||||
| Democratic | Chipalo Street | |||
| Democratic | Tatiana Brown | |||
| Write-in | ||||
| Total votes | 100.0 | |||
District 38
[edit]The 38th district is represented by Democrat June Robinson, who is running for re-election.
Candidates
[edit]Advanced to general
[edit]- Brad Bender (Republican)[19]
- June Robinson (Democratic), incumbent state senator[66]
Results
[edit]| Primary election | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | June Robinson (incumbent) | 18,539 | 66.2 | |
| Republican | Brad Bender | 9,422 | 33.6 | |
| Write-in | 54 | 0.2 | ||
| Total votes | 28,015 | 100.0 | ||
| General election | ||||
| Democratic | June Robinson (incumbent) | |||
| Republican | Brad Bender | |||
| Write-in | ||||
| Total votes | 100.0 | |||
District 42
[edit]The 42nd district is represented by Democrat Sharon Shewmake, who will not seek re-election.[14] Both Democratic State Representatives for the district have also declined to seek the Senate seat.[67][68]
Candidates
[edit]Advanced to general
[edit]- Erika Creydt (Republican), clinical psychologist and Blaine School Board director[69][70]
- Michael Shepard (Democratic), Port of Bellingham commissioner[67]
Eliminated in Primary
[edit]- Ryan Bowman (Independent), full-time caregiver and small business owner[71][72]
- Eamonn Collins (Democratic), teacher at the Lummi Nation School, chair of the Whatcom County Democrats[73][74]
Declined
[edit]- Ben Elenbaas (Republican), incumbent Whatcom County Council member[68]
- Alicia Rule (Democratic), state representative[67]
- Simon Sefzik (Republican), former state senator[68]
- Sharon Shewmake (Democratic), incumbent state senator (retiring)[14]
- Joe Timmons (Democratic), state representative[68]
Endorsements
[edit]Eamonn Collins (D)
Local officials
- Kaylee Galloway, Whatcom County Council member for district 1 (2022–present)[74]
- Elizabeth Boyle, Whatcom County Council member for district 2 (2026–present)[74]
- Jessica Rienstra, Whatcom County Council member for district 3 (2026–present)[74]
- Jon Scanlon, Whatcom County Council member for at-large position B (2024–present)[74]
- Jace Cotton Bellingham City Council member (2024–present)[74]
Erika Creydt (R)
- Organizations
Michael Shepard (D)
State legislators
- Jamie Pedersen, State Senate Majority Leader, state senator from the 43rd district[76]
- Sharon Shewmake, incumbent state senator from the 42nd district[76]
Results
[edit]| Primary election | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | Erika Creydt | 22,125 | 44.56 | |
| Democratic | Michael Shepard | 13,125 | 26.43 | |
| Democratic | Eamonn Collins | 13,121 | 26.42 | |
| No party preference | Ryan Bowman | 1,248 | 2.51 | |
| Write-in | 35 | 0.07 | ||
| Total votes | 50,451 | 100.00 | ||
| General election | ||||
| Republican | Erika Creydt | |||
| Democratic | Michael Shepard | |||
| Write-in | ||||
| Total votes | 100.0 | |||
District 43
[edit]The 43rd district is represented by Democrat and incumbent Majority Leader Jamie Pedersen, who is running for re-election.[77]
Candidates
[edit]Advanced to general
[edit]- Jamie Pedersen (Democratic), incumbent state senator and Senate majority leader[77][78]
- Hannah Sabio-Howell (Democratic), former state senate staffer[79][80]
Eliminated in primary
[edit]Endorsements
[edit]Jamie Pedersen (D)
State officials
- Bob Ferguson, governor of Washington (2023–present)[77]
State legislators
- Nicole Macri, state representative from the 43rd district (2017–present)[77]
Hannah Sabio-Howell (D)
State legislators
- Rebecca Saldaña, state senator from the 37th district (2016–present)[82]
- Shaun Scott, state representative from the 43rd district (2025–present)[77]
Local officials
- Toshiko Hasegawa, Port of Seattle commissioner for position 4 (2022–present)[80]
- Alexis Mercedes Rinck, Seattle City Council member from the 8th position (2024–present)[80]
- Katie Wilson, mayor of Seattle (2026–present)[83]
Organizations
- Washington Working Families Party[84]
Results
[edit]| Primary election | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Jamie Pedersen (incumbent) | 23,157 | 67.1 | |
| Democratic | Hannah Sabio-Howell | 8,024 | 23.3 | |
| No party preference | Heather-Marie Wilson | 3,242 | 9.4 | |
| Write-in | 89 | 0.3 | ||
| Total votes | 34,512 | 100.0 | ||
| General election | ||||
| Democratic | Jamie Pedersen (incumbent) | |||
| Democratic | Hannah Sabio-Howell | |||
| Write-in | ||||
| Total votes | 100.0 | |||
District 44
[edit]The 44th district is represented by Democrat John Lovick, who is running for re-election.
Candidates
[edit]Advanced to general
[edit]- Sherri Larkin (Republican), Snohomish School District board member[85][86]
- John Lovick (Democratic), incumbent state senator[87]
Results
[edit]| Primary election | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | John Lovick (incumbent) | 22,270 | 61.9 | |
| Republican | Sherri Larkin | 13,675 | 38.0 | |
| Write-in | 53 | 0.2 | ||
| Total votes | 35,998 | 100.0 | ||
| General election | ||||
| Democratic | John Lovick (incumbent) | |||
| Republican | Sherri Larkin | |||
| Write-in | ||||
| Total votes | 100.0 | |||
District 45
[edit]The 45th district is represented by Democrat Manka Dhingra, who is running for re-election.[88]
Candidates
[edit]Advanced to general
[edit]- Manka Dhingra (Democratic), incumbent state senator[88][89]
Results
[edit]| Primary election | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Manka Dhingra (incumbent) | 25,137 | 90.4 | |
| Write-in | 2,663 | 9.6 | ||
| Total votes | 27,800 | 100.0 | ||
| General election | ||||
| Democratic | Manka Dhingra (incumbent) | |||
| Write-in | ||||
| Total votes | 100.0 | |||
District 46
[edit]The 46th district is represented by Democrat Javier Valdez, who is running for re-election.[90]
Candidates
[edit]Advanced to general
[edit]- Sandra Stephens (Republican)[19]
- Javier Valdez (Democratic), incumbent state senator[90][91]
Results
[edit]| Primary election | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Javier Valdez (incumbent) | 38,737 | 90.6 | |
| Republican | Sandra Stephens | 3,925 | 9.2 | |
| Write-in | 108 | 0.3 | ||
| Total votes | 42,770 | 100.0 | ||
| General election | ||||
| Democratic | Javier Valdez (incumbent) | |||
| Republican | Sandra Stephens | |||
| Write-in | ||||
| Total votes | 100.0 | |||
District 47
[edit]The 47th district is represented by Democrat Claudia Kauffman, who is running for re-election.
Candidates
[edit]Advanced to general
[edit]- Claudia Kauffman (Democratic), incumbent state senator[92]
- Kristina Soltys (Republican), Covington City Council member[93]
Withdrawn
[edit]- Carmen Goers (Republican), banker and runner-up for U.S. representative from WA-08 in 2024[94]
Results
[edit]| Primary election | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Claudia Kauffman (incumbent) | 15,333 | 59.1 | |
| Republican | Kristina Soltys | 10,564 | 40.7 | |
| Write-in | 33 | 0.1 | ||
| Total votes | 25,930 | 100.0 | ||
| General election | ||||
| Democratic | Claudia Kauffman (incumbent) | |||
| Republican | Kristina Soltys | |||
| Write-in | ||||
| Total votes | 100.0 | |||
District 48
[edit]The 48th district is represented by Democrat Vandana Slatter, who is running for re-election.
Candidates
[edit]Advanced to general
[edit]- Vandana Slatter (Democratic), incumbent state senator[95]
Results
[edit]| Primary election | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Vandana Slatter (incumbent) | 18,778 | 94.6 | |
| Write-in | 1,083 | 5.5 | ||
| Total votes | 19,861 | 100.0 | ||
| General election | ||||
| Democratic | Vandana Slatter (incumbent) | |||
| Write-in | ||||
| Total votes | 100.0 | |||
See also
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