Political party strength in Washington
Encyclopedia
The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state
U.S. state
A U.S. state is any one of the 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government. Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile. Four states use the official title of...

 of Washington:
  • Governor
  • Lieutenant Governor
    Lieutenant Governor of Washington
    The Lieutenant Governor of Washington is an elected office in the U.S. state of Washington. The current incumbent is Brad Owen, a Democrat who has served since 1997...

  • Secretary of State
    Secretary of State of Washington
    The Secretary of State of Washington is one of the elected constitutional officers of the U.S. state of Washington. The duties of the office are specified in Article III, Section 17 of the Washington State Constitution and Chapter 43.07 of the Revised Code of Washington...

  • Attorney General
  • State Treasurer
  • State Auditor
  • Comptroller General
  • Commissioner of Public Lands
    Washington Department of Natural Resources
    The Washington Department of Natural Resources manage over of forest, range, agricultural, and commercial lands for the people of Washington State. DNR also manages of aquatic areas which include shorelines, tidelands, lands under Puget Sound and the coast, and navigable lakes and rivers...

  • Commissioner of Insurance
  • Superintendent of Public Instruction
    Washington State Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction
    The Washington State Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, or OSPI is the state education agency for the State of Washington. The agency is bound by the Washington State Legislature to implement state laws regarding education, including the 1993 education reform act which mandated the...



The table also indicates the historical party composition in the:
  • State Senate
    Washington State Senate
    The Washington State Senate is the upper house of the Washington State Legislature. The body consists of 49 senators, each representing a district with a population of nearly 120,000. The State Senate meets at the Legislative Building in Olympia....

  • State House of Representatives
    Washington House of Representatives
    The Washington House of Representatives is the lower house of the Washington State Legislature, the legislature of the U.S. State of Washington. It is composed of 98 Representatives from 49 districts, each of which elects two members. All members of the House are elected to a two-year term without...

  • State delegation to the U.S. Senate
  • State delegation to the U.S. House of Representatives


For years in which a presidential election was held, the table indicates which party's nominees received the state's electoral votes.

The parties are as follows: (D), (NP), (P), (R), and .
Year|Executive offices|State Legislature|United States Congress
United States Congressional Delegations from Washington
These are tables of congressional delegations from the state of Washington to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives.-United States Senate:-Delegates from Washington Territory:-Members from Washington State:...

|Electoral College votes
United States presidential election
Elections for President and Vice President of the United States are indirect elections in which voters cast ballots for a slate of electors of the U.S. Electoral College, who in turn directly elect the President and Vice President...

Governor|Lt. Governor
Lieutenant Governor of Washington
The Lieutenant Governor of Washington is an elected office in the U.S. state of Washington. The current incumbent is Brad Owen, a Democrat who has served since 1997...

|Sec. of State
Secretary of State of Washington
The Secretary of State of Washington is one of the elected constitutional officers of the U.S. state of Washington. The duties of the office are specified in Article III, Section 17 of the Washington State Constitution and Chapter 43.07 of the Revised Code of Washington...

|Attorney General|Treasurer|AuditorComp.|Comm. of Ins.|Supt. of Pub. Inst.
Washington State Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction
The Washington State Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, or OSPI is the state education agency for the State of Washington. The agency is bound by the Washington State Legislature to implement state laws regarding education, including the 1993 education reform act which mandated the...

|State Senate|State House
Washington House of Representatives
The Washington House of Representatives is the lower house of the Washington State Legislature, the legislature of the U.S. State of Washington. It is composed of 98 Representatives from 49 districts, each of which elects two members. All members of the House are elected to a two-year term without...

|U.S. Senator (Class I)|U.S. Senator (Class III)|U.S. House
Comm. of Pub. Lands
Washington Department of Natural Resources
The Washington Department of Natural Resources manage over of forest, range, agricultural, and commercial lands for the people of Washington State. DNR also manages of aquatic areas which include shorelines, tidelands, lands under Puget Sound and the coast, and navigable lakes and rivers...

1853 Isaac Stevens
Isaac Stevens
Isaac Ingalls Stevens was the first governor of Washington Territory, a United States Congressman, and a brigadier general in the Union Army during the American Civil War until his death at the Battle of Chantilly...

 (D)
no such offices no such office no such offices
1854
1855
1856
1857 LaFayette McMullen
LaFayette McMullen
LaFayette "Fayette" McMullen was a 19th century politician, driver, teamster and banker from the U.S. state of Virginia and Washington Territory....

 (D)
1858
1859 Richard D. Gholson
Richard D. Gholson
Richard Dickerson Gholson was the 3rd Territorial Governor of Washington.- Biography :Born in Garrard County, Kentucky, Gholson was the son of William J. Gholson and "Polly" Mary Jarrell. He settled on Humphrey's Creek in the area of Lovelaceville, KY. This was only a couple years after the area...

 (D)
1860
1861 William H. Wallace
William H. Wallace
William Henson Wallace was an important figure in the early histories of two U.S. states, serving as governor and Congressional delegate from both Washington Territory and Idaho Territory.Wallace's older brother David Wallace served as a Whig Governor of Indiana from 1837 to 1840...

 (R)
1862 William Pickering
William Pickering (governor)
William Pickering was a Republican and the fifth governor of Washington territory, from .Pickering was born in Yorkshire, England....

 (R)
1863
1864
1865
1866 George E. Cole (D)
1867 Marshall F. Moore
Marshall F. Moore
Marshall F. Moore was the 7th Governor of Washington Territory.He served during the Civil War under George McClellan in Virginia and under Sherman. He was at Rich Mountain, Shiloh, Chickamauga, Jonesboro and Missionary Ridge. He rose to the rank of breveted major general on March 13, 1865. He...

 (R)
1868
1869 Alvan Flanders
Alvan Flanders
Alvan Flanders was a Delegate from the Territory of Washington.Born in Hopkinton, New Hampshire, Flanders attended the public schools, and later learned the machinist trade in Boston. He moved to Humboldt County, California, in 1851, and there engaged in the lumber business until 1858, when he...

 (R)
1870 Edward S. Salomon
Edward S. Salomon
Edward Selig Salomon was a German immigrant to the United States who served as a Union brigadier general in the American Civil War and later became governor of Washington Territory and a California legislator....

 (R)
1871
1872 Elisha Peyre Ferry (R)
1873
1874
1875
1876
1877
1878
1879
1880 William Augustus Newell (R)
1881
1882
1883
1884 Watson C. Squire
Watson C. Squire
Watson Carvosso Squire was a United States Senator from Washington.-Biography:Born in Cape Vincent, New York, he attended the public schools, Falley Seminary and Fairfield Seminary . He graduated from Wesleyan University in 1859 and was principal of the Moravia Institute...

 (R)
1885
1886
1887 Eugene Semple
Eugene Semple
Eugene Semple was the thirteenth Governor of Washington Territory and the unsuccessful Democratic candidate to be the first governor of Washington State.-Early life:...

 (D)
James B. Metcalf
James B. Metcalf
James B. Metcalf was the first Attorney General of Washington.Metcalf was the first Attorney General of the Washington Territory serving from 1887 to 1889. He was succeeded by the first elected Attorney General William C. Jones after Washington achieved statehood.- References :...

1888
1889 Miles Conway Moore
Miles Conway Moore
Miles Conway Moore was the fourteenth and last Territorial Governor of Washington Territory.-Further reading:...

 (R)
Elisha Peyre Ferry (R) Charles E. Laughton
Charles E. Laughton
Charles E. Laughton was an American politician from Washington and Nevada. He served as the 1st Lieutenant Governor of Washington and 6th Lieutenant Governor of Nevada. He was a member of the Republican Party.-External links:...

 (R)
Allan Weir (R) William Carey Jones
William Carey Jones
William Carey Jones was a U.S. Representative from Washington.Born in Remsen, New York, Jones attended the public schools, the West Salem Seminary, and was graduated from the law department of the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1876.He was admitted to the bar the same year and practiced in...

 (R)
John B. Allen
John B. Allen
John Beard Allen was an American politician from the state of Washington. He was a Republican.-Biography:Allen was born in Crawfordsville, Indiana. He served as a private in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He earned a law degree from the University of Michigan and passed the bar in...

 (R)
Watson C. Squire
Watson C. Squire
Watson Carvosso Squire was a United States Senator from Washington.-Biography:Born in Cape Vincent, New York, he attended the public schools, Falley Seminary and Fairfield Seminary . He graduated from Wesleyan University in 1859 and was principal of the Moravia Institute...

 (R)
1890
1891
1892
1893 John McGraw
John McGraw (governor)
John Harte McGraw was the second Governor of Washington state.- Biography :McGraw was born in Penobscot County, Maine. After running away from home in Maine, McGraw made his way west and ended up in Seattle, taking a job as one of four officers in the Seattle Police Department...

 (R)
F.H. Luce
F.H. Luce
F.H. Luce was a Republican politician from Washington. He served as the 2nd Lieutenant Governor of Washington.-References:...

 (R)
James Price
James Price
James Price was an English chemist and alchemist who claimed to be able to turn mercury into silver or gold. When challenged to perform the conversion in front of credible witnesses for a second time, he instead committed suicide by drinking prussic acid.-Early life:Born in London in 1752, he was...

 (R)
vacant
1894
1895 John L. Wilson
John L. Wilson
John Lockwood Wilson was an American lawyer and politician from the U.S. states of Indiana and Washington. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate...

 (R)
1896
1897 John Rankin Rogers
John Rankin Rogers
John Rankin Rogers was the third Governor of the state of Washington. Elected as a member of the People's Party before switching his affiliation to the Democratic Party, Rogers was elected to two consecutive terms in 1896 and 1900, but died before completing his fifth year in office.-Early...

 (D)
Thurston Daniels
Thurston Daniels
Thurston Daniels was a Republican politician from Washington. He served as the 4th Lieutenant Governor of Washington.-References:...

 (P)
Will Jenkins (P) Patrick Henry Winston (P) George Turner
George Turner (U.S. politician)
George Turner was a United States Senator from Washington.Born in Edina, Missouri, he attended the common schools and served as a military telegraph operator with the Union Army from 1861 to 1865. He studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1869, commencing practice in Mobile, Alabama...

 (D)
1898
1899 Addison G. Foster
Addison G. Foster
Addison Gardner Foster was a United States Senator from Washington.He attended the common schools and moved to Wabasha County, Minnesota where he engaged in the grain and real estate business. He was auditor and surveyor of Wabasha County; he then moved to St. Paul, Minnesota in 1873 where he...

 (R)
1900
1901 John Rankin Rogers (P) Henry McBride
Henry McBride (politician)
Henry McBride was the fourth Governor of Washington state, United States from 1901 to 1905. He was the first governor of Washington to be born in the west....

 (R)
Samuel Nichols (R) Wickliffe Stratton (R)
Henry McBride (R) vacant
1902
1903 Levi Ankeny
Levi Ankeny
Levi Ankeny was a Republican United States Senator from the state of Washington.He was born in Buchanan County, Missouri near St. Joseph, but crossed the plains to Oregon in 1850 with his parents and settled in Portland...

 (R)
1904
1905 Albert E. Mead
Albert E. Mead
Albert Edward Mead was the fifth Governor of Washington, serving in that position from 1905 to 1909.Mead was born in Kansas on December 14, 1861. There is conflicting information about his town of birth: most reliable sources say it was Manhattan, Kansas, but there is one claim he was born in...

 (R)
Charles E. Coon
Charles E. Coon
Charles E. Coon was a Republican politician from Washington. He served as the 5th Lieutenant Governor of Washington.-References:...

 (R)
John Atkinson (R) Samuel H. Piles
Samuel H. Piles
Samuel Henry Piles was a United States Senator from Washington. Born near Smithland, Kentucky, he attended private schools there, and studied law. He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Snohomish, Territory of Washington in 1883. He moved to Spokane in 1886 and later in the same year...

 (R)
1906
1907
1908
1909 Samuel G. Cosgrove
Samuel G. Cosgrove
Samuel Goodlove Cosgrove was the sixth Governor of the state of Washington, and was from Pomeroy, Washington. He was a U.S. Civil War veteran and educator. He served for one day before leaving for California for health reasons. He died in California shortly thereafter...

 (R)
Marion E. Hay
Marion E. Hay
Marion E. Hay was the seventh Governor of the U.S. state of Washington. Born in Adams County, Wisconsin, he moved to Washington Territory, where he open a store. Hay also served as mayor of Wilbur, Washington. In his capacity as Lieutenant Governor of Washington he became Governor upon the death...

 (R)
Walter Bell (R) Wesley Livsey Jones
Wesley Livsey Jones
-External links:...

 (R)
Marion E. Hay (R) vacant Ithamar Howell (R)
1910
1911 William V. Tanner (R) Miles Poindexter
Miles Poindexter
Miles Poindexter was an American politician. As a Republican and later a Progressive, he served as a United States Representative and United States Senator.-Early life:Poindexter was born in Memphis, Tennessee...

 (R)
1912
1913 Ernest Lister
Ernest Lister
Ernest Lister was the eighth Governor of the state of Washington. He was sworn into the office in 1913 and remained in it until his death six years later.-Further reading:...

 (D)
Louis Folwell Hart (R)
1914
1915
1916
1917 W. W. Sherman (R) C. W. Clausen (R) Clark V. Savidge (R) H. O. Fishback (R)
1918
1919 Louis Folwell Hart (R) vacant L. L. Thompson (R)
1920 Jay Hinkle (R)
1921 William J. Coyle
William J. Coyle
William J. Coyle was a Republican politician from Washington. He served as the 8th Lieutenant Governor of Washington.-References:...

 (R)
Clifford L. Babcock (R)
1922
1923 John H. Dunbar (R) Clarence C. Dill (D)
1924
1925 Roland H. Hartley
Roland H. Hartley
Roland Hill Hartley served two terms as the tenth Governor of the state of Washington from 1925 to 1933 as a Republican.-Early life:...

 (R)
W. Lon Johnson
W. Lon Johnson
W. Lon Johnson was a Republican politician from Washington. He served as the 9th Lieutenant Governor of Washington.-References:...

 (R)
1926
1927
1928
1929 John Arthur Gellatly
John Arthur Gellatly
John Arthur Gellatly was a Republican politician from Washington. He served as the 9th Lieutenant Governor of Washington and four-term mayor of Wenatchee, Washington....

 (R)
Charles W. Hinton (R)
1930
1931
1932 Elijah S. Grammer
Elijah S. Grammer
Elijah Sherman Grammer was a Republican Senator from Washington from 1932-1933.Grammer was a businessman and logger by profession.-External links: Congressional biography...

 (R)
1933 Clarence D. Martin
Clarence D. Martin
Clarence Daniel Martin was the 11th Governor of the state of Washington. A Democrat, he served two terms from 1933 to 1941....

 (D)
Victor Aloysius Meyers
Victor Aloysius Meyers
Victor Aloysius Meyers known as "The Clown Prince of Politics" and "The Pagliacci of Politics", was a Seattle, Washington, jazz bandleader and Washington State Democratic Party politician...

 (D)
Ernest Hutchinson
Ernest Hutchinson
David Alexander Ernest Hutchinson was a lumber merchant and political figure in New Brunswick. He represented Northumberland County in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1878 to 1882 and from 1886 to 1890....

 (D)
Garrison Hamilton (D) Homer Bone (D)
1934
1935 Lewis B. Schwellenbach
Lewis B. Schwellenbach
Lewis Baxter Schwellenbach , was an American lawyer, politician, and judge. He was born in Superior, Wisconsin.-Early life:When Schwellenbach was eight years old, his family moved to Spokane, Washington...

 (D)
1936
1937
1938 Belle Reeves (D)
1939
1940
1941 Arthur B. Langlie
Arthur B. Langlie
Arthur Bernard Langlie served as the mayor of Seattle, Washington, from 1938 to 1941 and was the 12th and 14th Governor of the U.S. state of Washington from 1941 to 1945 and from 1949 to 1957.-Background:...

 (R)
Smith Troy (D) Monrad Wallgren
Monrad Wallgren
Monrad Charles Wallgren , an American politician, served as the 13th Governor of Washington from 1945 to 1949, as well as representing that state in the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate....

 (D)
1942
1943
1944
1945 Monrad Wallgren
Monrad Wallgren
Monrad Charles Wallgren , an American politician, served as the 13th Governor of Washington from 1945 to 1949, as well as representing that state in the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate....

 (D)
Russell H. Fluent (D) Cliff Yelle (D) Otto A. Case (D) William A. Sullivan (D) Hugh Mitchell
Hugh Mitchell
Hugh Burnton Mitchell , an American politician, served as a member of the United States Senate from 1945 to 1946 and as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1949 to 1953. He represented the state of Washington...

 (D)
Warren Magnuson (D)
1946
1947 Harry P. Cain
Harry P. Cain
Harry Pulliam Cain was a United States Senator from Washington who served as a Republican from 1946 to 1953. Today, Cain is mainly remembered for his very conservative and often highly controversial views as a member of the Senate, and as a friend and supporter of Senator Joseph McCarthy, but...

 (R)
1948 Earl Coe (D)
1949 Arthur Langlie (R)
1950
1951
1952
1953 Emmett T. Anderson
Emmett T. Anderson
Emmett T. Anderson was a Republican politician from Washington. He served as the 12th Lieutenant Governor of Washington.-References:...

 (R)
Don Eastvold (R) Henry M. "Scoop" Jackson
Henry M. Jackson
Henry Martin "Scoop" Jackson was a U.S. Congressman and Senator from the state of Washington from 1941 until his death...

 (D)
1954
1955
1956
1957 Albert Rosellini
Albert Rosellini
Albert Dean Rosellini was the 15th Governor of the state of Washington for two terms, from 1957 to 1965, and was the first Italian American, Roman Catholic governor elected west of the Mississippi River...

 (D)
John Cherberg
John Cherberg
-External links:*...

 (D)
Victor Aloysius Meyers (D) John J. O'Connell (D)
1958
1959
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965 Daniel J. Evans
Daniel J. Evans
Daniel Jackson Evans served three terms as the 16th Governor of the state of Washington from 1965 to 1977, and represented the state in the United States Senate from 1983 to 1989....

 (R)
Lud Kramer
Lud Kramer
A. Ludlow Kramer was best known as a United States politician, serving as a Seattle City councillor and as Secretary of State of Washington .- Career :He later served in the U.S...

 (R)
Robert S. O'Brien (D) Robert V. Graham (D) Bert Cole
Bert Cole
Albert George Cole was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played 6 seasons in the major leagues with the Detroit Tigers , Cleveland Indians , and Chicago White Sox . He finished his career with a record of 28-32 in 605-2/3 innings. His best season was 1923 when he had a record of 13-5 with a...

 (D)
Lee I. Kueckelhan (D)
1966
1967
1968
1969 Slade Gorton
Slade Gorton
Thomas Slade Gorton III is an American politician. A Republican, he was a U.S. senator from Washington state from 1981 to 1987, and from 1989 to 2001. He held both of the state's Senate seats in his career and was narrowly defeated for reelection twice as an incumbent: in 1986 by Brock Adams, and...

 (R)
Karl Hermann (D)
1970
1971
1972
1973 Frank Brouillet (NP)
1974
1975 Bruce Chapman
Bruce Chapman
Bruce K. Chapman is the director and founder of the Discovery Institute, an American conservative think tank often associated with the religious right. He was previously a journalist, a Republican Party politician and a diplomat.- Political career :After graduating from Harvard University in 1962,...

 (R)
1976
1977 Dixy Lee Ray
Dixy Lee Ray
Dixy Lee Ray was the 17th Governor of the U.S. State of Washington. She was Washington's first female governor.-Early years:...

 (D)
Richard G. Marquardt (R)
1978
1979
1980
1981 John Spellman
John Spellman
John Dennis Spellman was the 18th Governor of Washington between 1981 and 1985; before that, he was a member of the King County, Washington, County Commission from 1967 to 1969 and the King County Executive from 1969 to 1981. He was a Republican and his opponent in the 1980 election was then-State...

 (R)
Ralph Munro (R) Ken Eikenberry
Ken Eikenberry
Kenneth Otto Eikenberry is a United States politician.Eikenberry was Washington's Attorney General from 1981 to 1993. A Republican, he succeeded Slade Gorton, who went on to represent Washington in the United States Senate. Eikenberry ran for governor of Washington in 1992, and was defeated...

 (R)
Slade Gorton
Slade Gorton
Thomas Slade Gorton III is an American politician. A Republican, he was a U.S. senator from Washington state from 1981 to 1987, and from 1989 to 2001. He held both of the state's Senate seats in his career and was narrowly defeated for reelection twice as an incumbent: in 1986 by Brock Adams, and...

 (R)
1982
1983 Daniel J. Evans
Daniel J. Evans
Daniel Jackson Evans served three terms as the 16th Governor of the state of Washington from 1965 to 1977, and represented the state in the United States Senate from 1983 to 1989....

 (R)
1984
1985 Booth Gardner
Booth Gardner
Booth Gardner , an heir to the Weyerhaeuser fortune, was the 19th Governor of the U.S state of Washington between 1985 and 1993. He also served as the ambassador of the GATT. He is a Democrat. Before serving as governor, Gardner was Pierce County Executive...

 (D)
Brian Boyle (R)
1986
1987 Brock Adams
Brock Adams
Brockman "Brock" Adams was an American politician and member of Congress. Adams was a Democrat from Washington and served as a U.S. Representative, Senator, and United States Secretary of Transportation before retiring in January 1993.Adams was born in Atlanta, Georgia, and attended the public...

 (D)
1988 Michael Dukakis
Michael Dukakis
Michael Stanley Dukakis served as the 65th and 67th Governor of Massachusetts from 1975–1979 and from 1983–1991, and was the Democratic presidential nominee in 1988. He was born to Greek immigrants in Brookline, Massachusetts, also the birthplace of John F. Kennedy, and was the longest serving...

 and Lloyd Bentsen
Lloyd Bentsen
Lloyd Millard Bentsen, Jr. was a four-term United States senator from Texas and the Democratic Party nominee for Vice President in 1988 on the Michael Dukakis ticket. He also served in the House of Representatives from 1949 to 1955. In his later political life, he was Chairman of the Senate...

 (D)
1989 Joel Pritchard
Joel Pritchard
Joel McFee Pritchard was a Republican politician from Washington. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives and as the 14th Lieutenant Governor of Washington....

 (R)
Dan Grimm (D) Slade Gorton
Slade Gorton
Thomas Slade Gorton III is an American politician. A Republican, he was a U.S. senator from Washington state from 1981 to 1987, and from 1989 to 2001. He held both of the state's Senate seats in his career and was narrowly defeated for reelection twice as an incumbent: in 1986 by Brock Adams, and...

 (R)
1990
1991
1992 Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Inaugurated at age 46, he was the third-youngest president. He took office at the end of the Cold War, and was the first president of the baby boomer generation...

 and Al Gore
Al Gore
Albert Arnold "Al" Gore, Jr. served as the 45th Vice President of the United States , under President Bill Clinton. He was the Democratic Party's nominee for President in the 2000 U.S. presidential election....

 (D)
1993 Mike Lowry
Mike Lowry
Michael Edward "Mike" Lowry served as the 20th Governor of the U.S. state of Washington from 1993 to 1997. Lowry is a Democrat.Lowry was born and raised in St. John, Washington, and graduated from Washington State University in 1962...

 (D)
Christine Gregoire
Christine Gregoire
Christine O'Grady "Chris" Gregoire is the 22nd and current Governor of the state of Washington, and a member of the Democratic Party. Gregoire defeated Republican candidate Dino Rossi in 2004, and again in 2008. She is the second female governor of Washington...

 (D)
Brian Sonntag
Brian Sonntag
Brian Sonntag is the State Auditor for Washington and a Democrat.Sonntag was first elected to public office in 1978 as Pierce County Clerk, working as the administrative officer for the Superior Courts. On November 4, 1986, he was elected to the office of Pierce County Auditor, an office his...

 (D)
Jennifer Belcher (D) Deborah Senn
Deborah Senn
Deborah Senn is a Washington politician. She was the Insurance Commissioner and ran in the 2000 US Senate Democratic primary election, losing to Maria Cantwell. In 2004, she unsuccessfully ran for Attorney General against Rob McKenna. Senn also has been partner in a law firm.-References:...

 (D)
Patty Murray
Patty Murray
Patricia Lynn "Patty" Murray is the senior United States Senator from Washington and a member of the Democratic Party. Murray was first elected to the Senate in 1992, becoming Washington's first female senator...

 (D)
8D, 1R
1994
1995 7R, 2D
1996
1997 Gary Locke (D) Brad Owen
Brad Owen
Bradley Owen is an American politician. He is a member of the Democratic Party and currently serves as the 15th Lieutenant Governor of Washington. Owen is the longest currently serving Lieutenant Governor...

 (D)
Mike Murphy
Mike Murphy (Washington politician)
Michael J. "Mike" Murphy, an American politician, served as the State Treasurer of Washington from 1996-2008. He is a Democrat.-Early career:Murphy is a native of Seattle. He attended St...

 (D)
Terry Bergeson
Terry Bergeson
Teresa "Terry" Bergeson is a former three-term Washington State Superintendent of Public Instruction.-Biography:Dr. Bergeson graduated from Emmanuel College in 1964 with a B.A. in English. In 1969, she earned a master's degree in counseling and guidance from Western Michigan University...

 (NP)
6R, 3D
1998
1999 5D, 4R
2000 Al Gore and Joe Lieberman
Joe Lieberman
Joseph Isadore "Joe" Lieberman is the senior United States Senator from Connecticut. A former member of the Democratic Party, he was the party's nominee for Vice President in the 2000 election. Currently an independent, he remains closely affiliated with the party.Born in Stamford, Connecticut,...

 (D)
2001 Sam Reed
Sam Reed
Sam Reed is the Secretary of State of Washington and a Republican. Reed is Washington's fourteenth Secretary of State.Reed received his bachelor's and master's degrees in political science from Washington State University...

 (R)
Doug Sutherland
Doug Sutherland (American politician)
Doug Sutherland, Republican, is the former Commissioner of Public Lands for the state of Washington. Sutherland was first elected to this statewide position in 2000, when he defeated former Governor Mike Lowry. He was re-elected in 2004, defeating challenger Mike Cooper. In 2008 Sutherland ran for...

 (R)
Mike Kreidler
Mike Kreidler
Myron Bradford "Mike" Kreidler is an American politician who currently serves as the Washington Insurance Commissioner. He is a Democrat....

 (D)
Maria Cantwell
Maria Cantwell
Maria E. Cantwell is the junior United States Senator from the state of Washington and a member of the Democratic Party....

 (D)
6D, 3R
2002
2003
2004 John Kerry
John Kerry
John Forbes Kerry is the senior United States Senator from Massachusetts, the 10th most senior U.S. Senator and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. He was the presidential nominee of the Democratic Party in the 2004 presidential election, but lost to former President George W...

 and John Edwards
John Edwards
Johnny Reid "John" Edwards is an American politician, who served as a U.S. Senator from North Carolina. He was the Democratic nominee for Vice President in 2004, and was a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2004 and 2008.He defeated incumbent Republican Lauch Faircloth in...

 (D)
2005 Christine Gregoire (D) Rob McKenna
Rob McKenna
Robert Marion "Rob" McKenna is the Republican Attorney General of Washington and was elected in November 2004 for a term beginning in January 2005. He won re-election in November 2008 with over 59 percent statewide...

 (R)
2006
2007
2008 32D, 17R 63D, 35R Barack Obama
Barack Obama
Barack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned following his victory in the 2008 presidential election.Born in...

 and Joe Biden
Joe Biden
Joseph Robinette "Joe" Biden, Jr. is the 47th and current Vice President of the United States, serving under President Barack Obama...

 (D)
2009 Jim McIntire
Jim McIntire
James McIntire was a gunfighter and Texas Ranger in the old west of the United States. He is best known for his autobiography, written in 1902 following a near death experience....

 (D)
Peter J. Goldmark
Peter J. Goldmark
Peter James Goldmark is the Washington State Commissioner of Public Lands and heads the Washington Department of Natural Resources. He is a Democrat from a rural part of Okanogan County, Washington, outside of the town of Okanogan....

 (D)
Randy Dorn (NP) 31D, 18R 61D, 37R
2010
2011 27D, 22R 56D, 42R 5D, 4R
Year|Governor|Lt. Governor
Lieutenant Governor of Washington
The Lieutenant Governor of Washington is an elected office in the U.S. state of Washington. The current incumbent is Brad Owen, a Democrat who has served since 1997...

|Sec. of State
Secretary of State of Washington
The Secretary of State of Washington is one of the elected constitutional officers of the U.S. state of Washington. The duties of the office are specified in Article III, Section 17 of the Washington State Constitution and Chapter 43.07 of the Revised Code of Washington...

|Attorney General|Treasurer|AuditorComp.|Comm. of Ins.|Supt. of Pub. Inst.
Washington State Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction
The Washington State Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, or OSPI is the state education agency for the State of Washington. The agency is bound by the Washington State Legislature to implement state laws regarding education, including the 1993 education reform act which mandated the...

|State Senate|State House
Washington House of Representatives
The Washington House of Representatives is the lower house of the Washington State Legislature, the legislature of the U.S. State of Washington. It is composed of 98 Representatives from 49 districts, each of which elects two members. All members of the House are elected to a two-year term without...

|U.S. Senator (Class I)|U.S. Senator (Class III)|U.S. House|Electoral College votes
United States presidential election
Elections for President and Vice President of the United States are indirect elections in which voters cast ballots for a slate of electors of the U.S. Electoral College, who in turn directly elect the President and Vice President...

Comm. of Pub. Lands
Washington Department of Natural Resources
The Washington Department of Natural Resources manage over of forest, range, agricultural, and commercial lands for the people of Washington State. DNR also manages of aquatic areas which include shorelines, tidelands, lands under Puget Sound and the coast, and navigable lakes and rivers...

Executive offices|State Legislature|United States Congress
United States Congressional Delegations from Washington
These are tables of congressional delegations from the state of Washington to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives.-United States Senate:-Delegates from Washington Territory:-Members from Washington State:...


See also

  • Politics in Washington
  • Elections in Washington
    Elections in Washington
    -External links:* at the Washington Secretary of State official website...

The source of this article is wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.  The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.
 
x
OK