United States House of Representatives elections in Washington, 2010
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The United States House of Representatives elections in Washington, 2010 was held on November 2, 2010, to determine who will represent the state
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 of Washington in the United States House of Representatives
United States House of Representatives
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. Representatives were elected for two-year terms to serve in the 112th Congress
112th United States Congress
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 from January 3, 2011 until January 3, 2013.

District 1


Democratic incumbent Jay Inslee
Jay Inslee
Jay Robert Inslee is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1999. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district includes many of Seattle's northern suburbs in King, Snohomish, and Kitsap counties...

 has held this district since 1999. He is being challenged by Republican entrepreneur James Watkins (campaign site, PVS).

Other candidates in the primary were Republican Matthew Burke and Independent David D. Schirle.
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Results

District Incumbent Party Elected Status 2010 candidates Results
Washington 1 Jay Inslee
Jay Inslee
Jay Robert Inslee is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1999. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district includes many of Seattle's northern suburbs in King, Snohomish, and Kitsap counties...

Democrat 1998 Running Jay Inslee
Jay Inslee
Jay Robert Inslee is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1999. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district includes many of Seattle's northern suburbs in King, Snohomish, and Kitsap counties...

 (D)
(cw)
James Watkins (R) (cw)
58%
42%

District 2


Democratic incumbent Rick Larsen
Rick Larsen
Richard Ray "Rick" Larsen is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2001. He is a member of the Democratic Party.-Early life, education and career:...

 was challenged by Republican John Koster (campaign site, PVS), who lost in 2000.

Larson was endorsed by the Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer is an online newspaper and former print newspaper covering Seattle, Washington, United States, and the surrounding metropolitan area...

on October 13, 2010.

Other candidates in the primary were Democrat Diana McGinness, Democrat Larry Kalb, and Republican John Carmack.
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Results

District Incumbent Party Elected Status 2010 candidates Results
Washington 2 Rick Larsen
Rick Larsen
Richard Ray "Rick" Larsen is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2001. He is a member of the Democratic Party.-Early life, education and career:...

Democrat 2000 Running Rick Larsen
Rick Larsen
Richard Ray "Rick" Larsen is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2001. He is a member of the Democratic Party.-Early life, education and career:...

 (D) (cw)
John Koster (R) (cw)
51%
49%

District 3


This was an open seat, as Democratic incumbent Brian Baird
Brian Baird
Brian Norton Baird is a former U.S. Representative for , serving from 1999 until 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district comprises the counties of Thurston, Lewis, Pacific, Wahkiakum, Cowlitz, Clark, and Skamania....

, who had held this district since 1999, announced that he would not seek re-election, and is retiring at the end of his term. Democrat former State Representative Denny Heck and Republican state Representative
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...

 Jaime Herrera
Jaime Herrera
Jaime Herrera Beutler is the U.S. Representative for . She is a member of the Republican Party, and is the youngest female U. S. Representative. She is a former Senior Legislative Aide for U.S...

 are the nominees.

Heck was endorsed by the Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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on October 12, 2010.

As of October 20, 2010, Real Clear Politics ranks the race as "Leans GOP",, CQ Politics as "Tossup", Larry Sabato
Larry Sabato
Larry Joseph Sabato is an American political scientist and analyst. He is the Robert Kent Gooch Professor of Politics at the University of Virginia, and director of its Center for Politics. He founded Sabato's Crystal Ball, an online newsletter and website that provides free political analysis and...

 rates the race "Leans R", Charlie Cook
Charlie Cook
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 rates the race "Lean R", Stuart Rothenberg
Stuart Rothenberg
Stuart Rothenberg is an American editor, publisher, and political analyst best known for his Washington-based, biweekly, self-proclaimed non-partisan political newsletter The Rothenberg Political Report...

 rates the race "Toss-up/Tilt Republican", and The New York Times
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 rates it as "Leaning Republican" with Nate Silver
Nate Silver
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 of FiveThirtyEight.com
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 predicting a 83% chance that Herrera will defeat Heck.

Other candidates in the primary were Republican financial advisor David Castillo; Republican ex-Marine David William Hedrick; Republican Washougal city councilman Jon Russell; Democrat State Senator Craig Pridemore
Craig Pridemore
Craig A. Pridemore is a Democratic Washington State Senator, representing the 49th district since 2005. He is also a candidate for Washington State Auditor in 2012. He was a candidate for the United States House of Representatives for Washington's 3rd congressional district in the 2010 election to...

; Democrat peace activist Cheryl Crist; Democrat State Representative
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...

 Deb Wallace; and Democrat Hispanic activist Maria Rodriguez-Salazar.
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Polling

Poll source Dates administered Margin of error Jaime Herrera (R) Denny Heck (D) Undecided
KING-TV Seattle August 23–24, 2010 ± 4.2% 54% 41% 5%
The Hill October 2–7, 2010 ± 4.9% 42% 40% 15%

Results

District Incumbent Party Elected Status 2010 candidates Results
Washington 3 Brian Baird
Brian Baird
Brian Norton Baird is a former U.S. Representative for , serving from 1999 until 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district comprises the counties of Thurston, Lewis, Pacific, Wahkiakum, Cowlitz, Clark, and Skamania....

Democrat 1998 Retiring Denny Heck (D) (cw)
Jaime Herrera (R) (cw)
47%
53%

District 4


Republican incumbent Doc Hastings
Doc Hastings
Richard Norman "Doc" Hastings is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1995. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district includes most of the central part of the state, including Yakima, Wenatchee, and the Tri-Cities....

 was challenged by Democrat Jay Clough (campaign site, PVS), a nuclear waste cleanup contractor and USMC veteran.

Other candidates in the primary were Republican Shane Fast; Tea Party Rex Brocki, a former radio talk show host, veteran and Ron Paul campaign activist; Constitution Party Mary Ruth Edwards; and Independent Leland Yialelis.
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Results

District Incumbent Party Elected Status 2010 candidates Results
Washington 4 Doc Hastings
Doc Hastings
Richard Norman "Doc" Hastings is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1995. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district includes most of the central part of the state, including Yakima, Wenatchee, and the Tri-Cities....

Republican 1994 Running Doc Hastings
Doc Hastings
Richard Norman "Doc" Hastings is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1995. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district includes most of the central part of the state, including Yakima, Wenatchee, and the Tri-Cities....

(R) (cw)
Jay Clough (D) (cw)
68%
32%

District 5


Republican incumbent Cathy McMorris Rodgers is being challenged by Democrat Daryl Romeyn (campaign site, PVS).

Other candidates in the primary were Democrat David R. Rox, Democrat Clyde Cordero, Democrat Barbara Lampert, and Constitution Party Randall Yearout.
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Results

District Incumbent Party Elected Status 2010 candidates Results
Washington 5 Cathy McMorris Rodgers Republican 2004 Running Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R) (cw)

Daryl Romeyn (D) (cw)
64%
36%

District 6


Democratic incumbent Norm Dicks is being challenged by Republican Doug Cloud (campaign site, PVS).

The other candidate in the primary was Jesse Young.
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Results

District Incumbent Party Elected Status 2010 candidates Results
Washington 6 Norm Dicks Democratic 1976 Running Norm Dicks (D) (cw)
Doug Cloud (R) (cw)
58%
42%

District 7


Democratic incumbent Jim McDermott
Jim McDermott
James Adelbert "Jim" McDermott is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1989. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The 7th District includes most of Seattle and Vashon Island, and portions of Shoreline, Lake Forest Park, Tukwila, SeaTac, and Burien.He serves on the House Ways and Means...

 is being challenged by Independent Bob Jeffers-Schroder (campaign site, PVS).

Other candidates in the primary were Democrat Bill Hoffman, Democrat Scott Sizemore, Democrat Dan Rivers, and Independent S. Sutherland.
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Results

District Incumbent Party Elected Status 2010 candidates Results
Washington 7 Jim McDermott
Jim McDermott
James Adelbert "Jim" McDermott is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1989. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The 7th District includes most of Seattle and Vashon Island, and portions of Shoreline, Lake Forest Park, Tukwila, SeaTac, and Burien.He serves on the House Ways and Means...

Democratic 1988 Running Jim McDermott
Jim McDermott
James Adelbert "Jim" McDermott is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1989. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The 7th District includes most of Seattle and Vashon Island, and portions of Shoreline, Lake Forest Park, Tukwila, SeaTac, and Burien.He serves on the House Ways and Means...

(D) (cw)
Bob Jeffers-Schroder (I) (cw)
83%
17%

District 8


Republican incumbent Dave Reichert
Dave Reichert
David George Reichert is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2005. He is a member of the Republican Party. He previously served as Sheriff of King County, Washington.-Early life, education and career:...

 has held this district since 2005, and is being challenged by Democrat Suzan DelBene
Suzan DelBene
Suzan Kay DelBene was the 2010 Democratic nominee for U.S. Representative for , but was defeated by incumbent Republican Dave Reichert.-Early life and education:...

.

DelBene has earned the endorsements of both the Seattle Times and the Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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.
Others in the primary were Republican Tim Dillon, a former Microsoft and Expedia Executive and current councilman in Yarrow Point, Washington
Yarrow Point, Washington
Yarrow Point is a town in King County, Washington, United States. The population was 1,001 at the 2010 census.Based on per capita income, one of the more reliable measures of affluence, Yarrow Point ranks fifth of 522 areas in the state of Washington to be ranked.-Geography:Yarrow Point is located...

; Ernest Huber, a former Issaquah Republican Chair and retired Navy officer; Democrat Tom Cramer, a businessman, former educator and Democratic activist; Democrat Boleslaw (John) Orlinski; Democrat Keith Arnold; non-aligned Caleb Love Mardini; and Independent Robin Adair.
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Results

District Incumbent Party Elected Status 2010 candidates Results
Washington 8 Dave Reichert
Dave Reichert
David George Reichert is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2005. He is a member of the Republican Party. He previously served as Sheriff of King County, Washington.-Early life, education and career:...

Republican 2004 Running Dave Reichert
Dave Reichert
David George Reichert is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 2005. He is a member of the Republican Party. He previously served as Sheriff of King County, Washington.-Early life, education and career:...

(R) (cw)
Suzan DelBene (D) (cw)
52%
48%

District 9


Democratic incumbent Adam Smith
Adam Smith (politician)
David Adam Smith , American politician, has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1997, representing Washington's 9th congressional district.-Biography:...

 was challenged by Republican Dick Muri
Dick Muri
Richard "Dick" Muri is an American politician and elected official. Since November 19, 2003, he has served as a member of the Pierce County, Washington County Council, representing the 6th District. He also ran as a Republican candidate for U.S...

, a Pierce County councilman.

Other candidates in the primary were Green Party Roy Olson and Republican Jim Postma, a businessman, software engineer and 2008 nominee.
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Results

District Incumbent Party Elected Status 2010 candidates Results
Washington 9 Adam Smith
Adam Smith (politician)
David Adam Smith , American politician, has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1997, representing Washington's 9th congressional district.-Biography:...

Democratic 1996 Running Adam Smith
Adam Smith
Adam Smith was a Scottish social philosopher and a pioneer of political economy. One of the key figures of the Scottish Enlightenment, Smith is the author of The Theory of Moral Sentiments and An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations...

(D) (cw)
Richard Muri (R) (cw)
55%
45%

External links



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    with endorsement schedule
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