# 2024 Washington elections

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Washington state elections in 2024 were held on November 5, 2024. Primary elections were held on August 6, 2024.
This was the first time since 1965 that Republicans have not held at least one executive office going into the election.
In the early hours of October 28, a ballot drop box in Vancouver was found to be on fire damaging a number of ballots. Police stated that a suspicious device had been found next to the box.

## Federal
### President of the United States

Washington has 12 electoral votes for the presidential election, remaining unchanged from 2020. A presidential primary for both parties was held on March 12, 2024.

### United States Senate

Washington's Class 1 U.S. Senate seat was up for election in 2024. Incumbent four-term Democratic Senator Maria Cantwell ran for re-election.

### United States House of Representatives

All of Washington's seats in the United States House of Representatives were up for re-election. Incumbent Representatives Derek Kilmer (D) from the 6th district and Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R) from the 5th district announced they would not seek re-election.

## Statewide executive
### Governor

Incumbent three-term governor Jay Inslee (D) announced he would not seek re-election. Democratic attorney general Bob Ferguson won the election over Republican former congressman Dave Reichert.

### Lieutenant governor

Incumbent one-term lieutenant governor Denny Heck (D) won re-election to a second term over Republican candidate Dan Matthews.

### Attorney general

Incumbent three-term attorney general Bob Ferguson (D) announced he would not seek re-election and instead ran for governor. Democratic former U.S. attorney Nick Brown won the election, defeating Republican mayor of Pasco Pete Serrano.

### Secretary of state

Incumbent secretary of state Steve Hobbs (D) was named to replace former secretary of state Kim Wyman (R) who was re-elected to a third term in 2020, but resigned in 2021 to take a position in the Biden administration. Hobbs won a 2022 special election to fill the role, and announced that he would seek re-election to a first full term. Hobbs won the election the election decisively against Republican Dale Whitaker.

### Public Lands Commissioner

Incumbent two-term Public Lands Commissioner Hilary Franz (D) announced that she would not seek re-election and instead ran for the House of Representatives in Washington's 6th congressional district. Democratic King County councilor Dave Upthegrove defeated Republican former congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler.

### State auditor

Incumbent two-term state auditor Pat McCarthy (D) filed to run for re-election to a third term, despite there being speculation that she would retire. McCarthy won re-election against Republican Matt Hawkins.

### State treasurer

Incumbent one-term state treasurer Mike Pellicciotti (D) was the only Democrat to defeat a statewide Republican officeholder in Washington in 2020, defeating State Treasurer Duane Davidson (R). Pellicciotti won re-election to a second term against Republican Sharon Hanek.

### Superintendent of Public Instruction

Incumbent two-term state superintendent Chris Reykdal (non-partisan) won re-election to a third term, defeating Peninsula School District board President David Olson. He was challenged by former high school teacher John Blair, Peninsula School District boardmember David Olson, and teacher and nonprofit founder Reid Saaris. While the race was officially non-partisan, incumbent Chris Reykdal identified as a Democrat, while his general election challenger David Olson identified as a Republican.

#### Candidates

* John Blair, perennial candidate and former high school teacher
* David Olson, president of the Peninsula School District board
* Chris Reykdal, incumbent state superintendent, former state representative, and former world history teacher
* Reid Saaris, founder of nonprofit Equal Opportunity Schools and former teacher

##### Withdrawn

* Brad Klippert, former state representative
* Chad Magendanz, former state representative and computer science teacher

#### Debates & forum

2024 Washington Superintendent of Public Instruction primary election candidate forum :
| No. | Date | Host | Moderator | Link | Nonpartisan | Nonpartisan | Nonpartisan | Nonpartisan | Nonpartisan |
| Key: P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited W Withdrawn | Key: P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited W Withdrawn | Key: P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited W Withdrawn | Key: P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited W Withdrawn | Key: P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited W Withdrawn | | | | | |
| Key: P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited W Withdrawn | Key: P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited W Withdrawn | Key: P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited W Withdrawn | Key: P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited W Withdrawn | Key: P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited W Withdrawn | John Blair | Chad Magendanz | David Olson | Chris Reykdal | Reid Saaris |
| 1 | May 20, 2024 | League of Women Voters of Washington | Renee Radcliff Sinclair | TVW | N | P | P | N | P |
2024 Washington Superintendent of Public Instruction general election debates :
| No. | Date | Host | Moderator | Link | Nonpartisan | Nonpartisan |
| Key: P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited W Withdrawn | Key: P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited W Withdrawn | Key: P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited W Withdrawn | Key: P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited W Withdrawn | Key: P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited W Withdrawn | | |
| Key: P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited W Withdrawn | Key: P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited W Withdrawn | Key: P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited W Withdrawn | Key: P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited W Withdrawn | Key: P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited W Withdrawn | Chris Reykdal | David Olson |
| 1 | Sep. 18, 2024 | Association of Washington Business | Renee Radcliff Sinclair | TVW | P | P |
| 2 | Sep. 26, 2024 | Washington State Debate Coalition | Kellyanna Brooking Venice Buhain John Hopperstad Sami West | TVW | P | P |
| 3 | Oct. 5, 2024 | League of Women Voters of Washington | Ann Dornfeld | TVW | P | P |

#### Polling
##### Blanket primary

| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Chris Reykdal | John Blair | David Olson | Reid Saaris | Undecided |
| Public Policy Polling (D) | July 24–25, 2024 | 581 (LV) | ± 4.0% | 14% | 4% | 7% | 2% | 74% |

##### General election

| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Chris Reykdal | David Olson | Undecided |
| Public Policy Polling (D) | October 16–17, 2024 | 571 (LV) | ± 4.1% | 21% | 18% | 61% |

#### Results

2024 Washington Superintendent of Public Instruction election :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Nonpartisan | Chris Reykdal (incumbent) | 702,227 | 39.3 |
| | Nonpartisan | David Olson | 557,822 | 31.2 |
| | Nonpartisan | Reid Saaris | 427,788 | 23.9 |
| | Nonpartisan | John Blair | 91,410 | 5.1 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 7,404 | 0.4 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 1,786,651 | 100.0 |
| General election |||||
| | Nonpartisan | Chris Reykdal (incumbent) | 1,746,848 | 52.8 |
| | Nonpartisan | David Olson | 1,543,550 | 46.6 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 19,932 | 0.6 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 3,310,330 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

### Insurance Commissioner

Incumbent six-term insurance commissioner Mike Kreidler (D) announced he will retire at the end of his term. Democratic state senator Patty Kuderer won the election against Republican state senator Phil Fortunato.

#### Candidates

* Bill Boyd (Democratic), insurance broker
* Chris Chung (Democratic)
* Phil Fortunato (Republican), state senator
* Jonathan Hendrix (Independent), insurance executive
* Justin Murta (Republican)
* Patty Kuderer (Democratic), state senator
* John Pestinger (Democratic), project manager at the Office of the Insurance Commissioner
* Tim Verzal (Independent), retired auto body mechanic

#### Polling
##### Blanket primary

| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Bill Boyd (D) | Chris Chung (D) | Phil Fortunato (R) | Jonathan Hendrix (NP) | Patty Kuderer (D) | Justin Murta (R) | John Pestinger (D) | Tim Verzal (NP) | Undecided |
| Public Policy Polling (D) | July 24–25, 2024 | 581 (LV) | ± 4.0% | 3% | 2% | 13% | 2% | 8% | 10% | 5% | 2% | 56% |

##### General election

Patty Kuderer vs. Chris Corry
| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Patty Kuderer (D) | Chris Corry (R) | Undecided |
| Public Policy Polling (D) | May 15–16, 2023 | 615 (LV) | ± 4.0% | 39% | 31% | 29% |

#### Results

2024 Washington Insurance Commissioner election :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Patty Kuderer | 845,148 | 45.2 |
| | Republican | Phil Fortunato | 533,560 | 28.5 |
| | Republican | Justin Murta | 189,582 | 10.1 |
| | Democratic | John Pestinger | 103,986 | 5.6 |
| | No party preference | Jonathan Hendrix | 68,961 | 3.7 |
| | Democratic | Bill Boyd | 57,387 | 3.1 |
| | Democratic | Chris D. Chung | 54,469 | 2.9 |
| | No party preference | Tim Verzal | 15,742 | 0.8 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 1,738 | 0.1 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 1,870,573 | 100.0 |
| General election |||||
| | Democratic | Patty Kuderer | 2,091,969 | 56.6 |
| | Republican | Phil Fortunato | 1,598,032 | 43.3 |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 4,430 | 0.1 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 3,694,431 | 100.0 |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

## Supreme Court

Seats 2, 8, and 9 of the Washington Supreme Court are up for six-year terms. Chief Justice Steven González, and Sheryl Gordon McCloud are up for re-election and were re-elected unopposed. In 2024, Susan Owens will reach mandatory retirement and will not be eligible to seek re-election.

### Position 2
#### Candidates

* Todd Bloom, tax attorney, Republican candidate for Washington's 6th congressional district in 2016 and 2022
* Dave Larson, Judge of the Federal Way Municipal Court
* Salvador Mungia, appellate lawyer, ACLU cooperating lawyer
* David Shelvey, family law attorney

#### Endorsements

Political parties
* Forward Party
* Washington State Republican Party
Newspapers and other media
* The Columbian
State officials
* Bob Ferguson, incumbent attorney general
* Jay Inslee, incumbent governor
Political parties
* Washington State Democratic Party
Newspapers and other media
* The Everett Herald
* The Seattle Times
* The Stranger

#### Polling
##### Blanket primary

| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Todd Bloom | David Larson | Sal Mungia | David Shelvey | Undecided |
| Public Policy Polling (D) | July 24–25, 2024 | 581 (LV) | ± 4.0% | 3% | 8% | 8% | 3% | 78% |

##### General election

| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Sal Mungia | David Larson | Undecided |
| Public Policy Polling (D) | October 16–17, 2024 | 571 (LV) | ± 4.1% | 10% | 14% | 76% |

#### Results

2024 Washington Supreme Court Position 2 :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Nonpartisan | Sal Mungia | 762,797 | 43.43% |
| | Nonpartisan | Dave Larson | 640,116 | 36.45% |
| | Nonpartisan | Todd Bloom | 286,298 | 16.30% |
| | Nonpartisan | David Shelvy | 59,676 | 3.40% |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 7,347 | 0.42% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 1,756,234 | 100.00% |
| General election |||||
| | Nonpartisan | Sal Mungia | 1,644,253 | 50.05% |
| | Nonpartisan | Dave Larson | 1,624,309 | 49.44% |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 16,654 | 0.51% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 3,285,216 | 100.00% |

## Legislative
### State senate

Twenty-four of the forty-nine seats in the Washington State Senate were up for election. Democrats won a 30–19 majority in the Senate, a net gain of one seat compared with 2022.

### State House of Representatives

All 98 seats in the Washington House of Representatives were up for election. Democrats won a 59–39 majority in the House, a net gain of one seat compared with 2022.