page_title: 2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Washington
section_title: District 9
hierarchical_section_title: 2010 United States House of Representatives elections in Washington / District 9
caption_attribution_description: English: Rep. Adam Smith (WA-09)
context_page_description: Elections were held on November 2, 2010, to determine Washington's nine members of the United States House of Representatives. Representatives were elected for two-year terms to serve in the 112th Congress from January 3, 2011 until January 3, 2013. Nonpartisan blanket primary elections were held on August 17, 2010.
  Of the nine elections, the races in the 2nd, 3rd and 8th districts were rated as competitive by CQ Politics, The Rothenberg Political Report and Sabato's Crystal Ball, while The Cook Political Report rated the 2nd, 3rd, 8th and 9th districts as competitive. Every incumbent was re-elected, with the exception of Democrat Brian Baird, the U.S. Representative for Washington's 3rd congressional district, who retired rather than seeking re-election. Baird was succeeded by Jamie Herrera Beutler, a Republican.
  In total, five Democrats and four Republicans were elected. In the November elections a total of 2,479,409 votes were cast, of which 1,296,502 were for Democratic candidates, 1,135,166 were for Republican candidates, and 47,741 were for an independent candidate.
context_section_description: The 9th district included Federal Way and parts of Kent, Lacey, Lakewood, Puyallup and Renton. The district's population was 68 percent white, 10 percent Hispanic, 9 percent Asian and 7 percent black (see Race and ethnicity in the United States Census); 89 percent were high school graduates and 23 percent had received a bachelor's degree or higher. Its median income was $56,522. In the 2008 presidential election the district gave 58 percent of its vote to Democratic nominee Barack Obama and 40 percent to Republican nominee John McCain. In 2010 the district had a Cook Partisan Voting Index of D+5.
  The incumbent was Democrat Adam Smith, who took office in 1997. Smith was re-elected in 2008 with 65 percent of the vote. In 2010 his opponent in the general election was Republican Dick Muri, a member of the Pierce County Council. Jim Postma, a retired engineer and rocket scientist, also ran as a Republican; and Roy Olson, a government actuary, ran as a Green Party candidate. Tom Campbell, a member of the Washington House of Representatives, had planned to seek the Republican nomination but ended his campaign in September 2009.
  Smith raised $948,533 and spent $1,355,512. Muri raised $240,210 and spent the same amount. Postma raised $168,744 and spent $114,057. Olson raised $1,941 and spent the same amount.
  In a poll of 586 likely voters conducted by SurveyUSA in September 2010, 49 percent of respondents intended to vote for Smith while 46 percent supported Muri and 5 percent were undecided. A poll of 400 likely voters, conducted later that month by the Benenson Strategy Group for Smith's campaign, found Smith leading with 54 percent to Muri's 35 percent, and 11 percent unsure. Another SurveyUSA poll, conducted in October 2010 with a sample size of 590 likely and actual voters, found Smith again leading with 49 percent to Muri's 46 percent, and 5 percent undecided.
  In October 2010 The Cook Political Report rated the race as "Likely Democratic". Prior to the election FiveThirtyEight's forecast gave Smith a 94 percent chance of winning and projected that he would receive 55 percent of the vote to Muri's 45 percent. On election day Smith was re-elected with 55 percent of the vote to Muri's 45 percent. Smith was again re-elected in 2012, when Muri unsuccessfully ran in the newly created Washington's 10th congressional district; and in 2014.
caption: Adam Smith, who was re-elected as the U.S. Representative for the 9th district
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