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2024 Washington
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Elections for the Washington House of Representatives took place in 2024. The general election was on November 5, 2024. The primary was August 6, 2024. The filing deadline was May 10, 2024.

Following the election, Democrats maintained a 59-39 majority.

The Washington House of Representatives was one of 85 state legislative chambers with elections in 2024. There are 99 chambers throughout the country.

Party control

See also: Partisan composition of state houses and State government trifectas
Washington House of Representatives
Party As of November 5, 2024 After November 6, 2024
     Democratic Party 58 Pending
     Republican Party 40 Pending
Total 98 98

Candidates

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Voting information
See also: Voting in Washington

Election information in Washington: Nov. 5, 2024, election.

What was the voter registration deadline?

  • In-person: Nov. 5, 2024
  • By mail: Received by Oct. 28, 2024
  • Online: Oct. 28, 2024

Was absentee/mail-in voting available to all voters?

Yes

What was the absentee/mail-in ballot request deadline?

  • In-person: N/A
  • By mail: N/A by N/A
  • Online: N/A

What was the absentee/mail-in ballot return deadline?

  • In-person: Nov. 5, 2024
  • By mail: Postmarked by Nov. 5, 2024

Was early voting available to all voters?

Yes

What were the early voting start and end dates?

Oct. 18, 2024 to Nov. 5, 2024

Were all voters required to present ID at the polls? If so, was a photo or non-photo ID required?

N/A

When were polls open on Election Day?

Polls close 8:00 p.m. PST.


General election race ratings

The table below displays race ratings for each race in this chamber from CNalysis.

Campaign finance

See also: Campaign finance

The section and tables below contain data from financial reports submitted to state agencies. Districts and elections are grouped in sections of 10. To view data for a district, click on the appropriate bar below to expand it. The data is gathered and made available by Transparency USA.

Incumbents who were not re-elected

See also: Annual State Legislative Competitiveness Report: Vol. 14, 2024

Incumbents defeated in general elections

See also: Incumbents defeated in state legislative elections, 2024

No incumbents lost in general elections.

Incumbents defeated in primaries

See also: Incumbents defeated in state legislative elections, 2024

No incumbents lost in primaries. This was less than the average of 0.7 incumbent defeats per cycle from 2010 to 2022.

Retiring incumbents

Eighteen incumbents did not file for re-election in 2024.[1] ] The average number of retirements each election cycle from 2010 to 2022 was 14.9. Those incumbents were:

Name Party Office
Keith Goehner Ends.png Republican House District 12-1
Gina Mosbrucker Ends.png Republican House District 14-2
Bryan Sandlin Ends.png Republican House District 15-2
Bruce Chandler Ends.png Republican House District 15-1
Paul Harris Ends.png Republican House District 17-2
Greg Cheney Ends.png Republican House District 18-2
J.T. Wilcox Ends.png Republican House District 2-2
Jessica Bateman Electiondot.png Democratic House District 22-2
Mike Chapman Electiondot.png Democratic House District 24-1
Kelly Chambers Ends.png Republican House District 25-1
Spencer Hutchins Ends.png Republican House District 26-1
Marcus Riccelli Electiondot.png Democratic House District 3-1
Eric Robertson Ends.png Republican House District 31-2
Leonard Christian Ends.png Republican House District 4-2
Frank Chopp Electiondot.png Democratic House District 43-2
Bill Ramos Electiondot.png Democratic House District 5-1
Joel Kretz Ends.png Republican House District 7-2
Jacquelin Maycumber Ends.png Republican House District 7-1

Primary election competitiveness

See also: Primary election competitiveness in state and federal government, 2024

This section contains data on state legislative primary election competitiveness in Washington. These totals include data from all regularly-scheduled House and Senate elections. For more information about Ballotpedia's competitiveness analysis of state legislative elections, please click here.

Post-filing deadline analysis

The following analysis covers all state legislative districts up for election in Washington in 2024. Information below was calculated on May 30, 2024, and may differ from information shown in the table above due to candidate replacements and withdrawals after that time.


Washington had 48 contested state legislative primary elections in 2024. In elections from 2014 to 2022, the average number of contested state legislative primaries was 45.

There were 283 total candidates running for state legislature– including 227 who ran for the House and 56 who ran for the Senate. That is the lowest number of total candidates since 2014, when 266 candidates ran. 

Among the candidates running for the House, 109 were affiliated with the Democratic Party and 102 were affiliated with the Republican Party, There were also 16 non-major party candidates who ran for seats in the House.

Among the candidates who ran for Senate, 30 were affiliated with the Democratic Party and 26 were affiliated with the Republican Party.

Washington uses a top-two primary system. This means all congressional and state-level primary candidates appear on the same ballot, and the top-two vote-getters move on to the general election, regardless of their party affiliation.

Twenty-four incumbents, or about 24.7% of all incumbents, faced primary challengers in 2024. This is the lowest number of incumbents in contested primaries since 2014, when 17 incumbents faced primary challengers.

Twenty-six incumbents– including nine Democrats and 17 Republicans– did not seek reelection in 2024. From 2010 to 2022, the average number of retirements was 19.7.

Washington has had a Democratic trifecta since 2018, after Democrats gained control of the State Senate in a 2017 special election. Since 1992, Washington has had 18 years of Democratic trifectas and no Republican trifectas. 

As of May 2024, Democrats held a 58-40 majority in the 98-member State House and 29-20 majority in the 49-member State Senate. 


Open seats

The table below shows the number and percentage of open seats in the Washington House of Representatives from 2010 to 2024.[2] It will be updated as information becomes available following the state’s candidate filing deadline.

Open Seats in Washington House of Representatives elections: 2010 - 2024
Year Total seats Open seats Seats with incumbents running for re-election
2024 98 18 (18%) 80 (82%)
2022 98 21 (21%) 77 (79%)
2020 98 13 (13%) 85 (87%)
2018 98 14 (14%) 84 (86%)
2016 98 14 (14%) 84 (86%)
2014 98 9 (9%) 89 (91%)
2012 98 20 (20%) 78 (80%)
2010 98 16 (16%) 82 (84%)

Legislative referrals

See also: Legislative referral

A legislative referral, or legislatively referred ballot measure, is a ballot measure that appears on the ballot due to a vote of the state legislature. A legislative referral can be a constitutional amendment, state statute, or bond issue.

As of the 2024 election, a referred constitutional amendment required a two-thirds (66.67%) vote in each chamber of the Washington State Legislature during one legislative session. That amounted to a minimum of 66 votes in the Washington House of Representatives and 33 votes in the Washington State Senate, assuming no vacancies. Amendments did not require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot.

At the time of the 2024 election, Democrats held a 29-20 majority in the Senate and a 58-40 majority in the House. Democrats needed to win four Senate seats and eight House seats to be able to pass legislative referrals without Republican votes. Republicans needed to win 13 Senate seats and 26 House seats to have the same ability.

Process to become a candidate

See also: Ballot access requirements for political candidates in Washington

DocumentIcon.jpg See statutes: Chapter 29A.24 of the Washington Election Code

A candidate who desires to have his or her name printed on the ballot for election to an office other than president must complete and file a declaration of candidacy. The candidate must do the following:

  • declare that he or she is a registered voter within the jurisdiction of the office for which he or she is filing (the candidate must include the address at which he or she is registered)
  • indicate the position for which he or she is filing
  • state a party preference, if the office is a partisan office
  • indicate the amount of the filing fee accompanying the declaration of candidacy (the candidate may also indicate that he or she is filing a petition in lieu of the filing fee)
  • sign the declaration of candidacy, stating that the information provided on the form is true and swearing or affirming that he or she will support the constitution and laws of the United States and the constitution and laws of the state of Washington[3]

The filing period for candidates begins on the Monday two weeks before Memorial Day and ends the following Friday in the year in which the office is scheduled to be voted upon. Candidates must also submit the declaration of candidacy to the Washington Public Disclosure Commission within one business day after the filing period has ended.[4][5]

A filing fee equal to 1 percent of the annual salary of the office at the time of filing must accompany the declaration of candidacy for any office with a fixed annual salary of more than $1,000.

A candidate who lacks sufficient assets or income at the time of filing may submit with his or her declaration of candidacy a filing fee petition. The petition must contain signatures from registered voters equal to the number of dollars of the filing fee.

For write-in candidates

Any person who desires to be a write-in candidate and have his or her votes counted at a primary or general election can file a declaration of candidacy with the Washington Secretary of State and the Washington Public Disclosure Commission no later than 18 days before a primary or general election. A declaration of candidacy for a write-in candidate must be accompanied by a filing fee or a filing fee petition with the required signatures (fee amounts and signature requirements are the same as those stated above). Write-in votes cast for any candidates who fail to file this form will only be counted if the voter indicates "the office sought or position number, if the manner in which the write-in is done does not make the office or position clear."[6]

Qualifications

See also: State legislature candidate requirements by state

Section 7 of Article 2 of the Washington State Constitution states, "No person shall be eligible to the legislature who shall not be a citizen of the United States and a qualified voter in the district for which he is chosen."

Salaries and per diem

See also: Comparison of state legislative salaries
State legislative salaries, 2024[7]
SalaryPer diem
$60,191/year for senators. $61,997/year for representatives.$202/day

When sworn in

See also: When state legislators assume office after a general election

Washington legislators assume office the second Monday of January.[8]

Washington political history

Trifectas

A state government trifecta is a term that describes single-party government, when one political party holds the governor's office and has majorities in both chambers of the legislature in a state government.

Washington Party Control: 1992-2024
Eighteen years of Democratic trifectas  •  No Republican trifectas
Scroll left and right on the table below to view more years.

Year 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
Governor D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D
Senate R D D D D R R D D D D R R D D D D D D D D R R R R R[9] D D D D D D D
House D D D R R R R S S S D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D

Presidential politics in Washington

2020

See also: Presidential election, 2020


Presidential election in Washington, 2020
 
Candidate/Running mate
%
Popular votes
Electoral votes
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Joe Biden/Kamala D. Harris (D)
 
58.0
 
2,369,612 12
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Donald Trump/Mike Pence (R)
 
38.8
 
1,584,651 0
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Jo Jorgensen/Spike Cohen (L)
 
2.0
 
80,500 0
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Howie Hawkins/Angela Nicole Walker (G)
 
0.4
 
18,289 0
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Gloria La Riva/Sunil Freeman (Party for Socialism and Liberation)
 
0.1
 
4,840 0
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Alyson Kennedy/Malcolm Jarrett (Socialist Workers Party)
 
0.1
 
2,487 0
  Other write-in votes
 
0.7
 
27,252 0

Incumbents are bolded and underlined The results have been certified.

Total votes: 4,087,631


2016

See also: Presidential election, 2016
U.S. presidential election, Washington, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes Electoral votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngHillary Clinton/Tim Kaine 52.5% 1,742,718 12
     Republican Donald Trump/Mike Pence 36.8% 1,221,747 0
     Libertarian Gary Johnson/Bill Weld 4.9% 160,879 0
     Green Jill Stein/Ajamu Baraka 1.8% 58,417 0
     Socialist Workers Alyson Kennedy/Osborne Hart 0.1% 4,307 0
     Socialism and Liberation Gloria Estela La Riva/Eugene Puryear 0.1% 3,523 0
     Constitution Darrell Lane Castle/Scott Bradley 0.5% 17,623 0
     - Other/Write-in 3.3% 107,805 0
Total Votes 3,317,019 12
Election results via: Federal Election Commission


Washington presidential election results (1900-2024)

  • 18 Democratic wins
  • 13 Republican wins
  • 1 other win
Year 1900 1904 1908 1912 1916 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1940 1944 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Winning Party R R R P[10] D R R R D D D D D R R R D D R R R R D D D D D D D D D D


See also

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Ballotpedia defines an incumbent as retiring if the incumbent did not file for office or filed for office but withdrew, was disqualified, or otherwise left a race in a manner other than losing the primary, primary runoff, or convention. If an incumbent runs as a write-in candidate, Ballotpedia does not consider them to be retiring. If an incumbent runs in the same chamber for a different seat, Ballotpedia does not consider them to be retiring.
  2. ↑ Ballotpedia defines a seat as open if the incumbent did not file to run for re-election or filed but withdrew and did not appear on any ballot for his or her seat. If the incumbent withdrew from or did not participate in the primary but later chose to seek re-election to his or her seat as a third party or independent candidate, the seat would not be counted as open. If the incumbent retired or ran for a different seat in the same chamber, his or her original seat would be counted as open unless another incumbent from the same chamber filed to run for that seat, in which case it would not be counted as open due to the presence of an incumbent.
  3. ↑ Washington Election Code, "Chapter 29A.24.031," accessed May 30, 2023
  4. ↑ Washington Election Code, "Chapter 29A.24.050," accessed May 30, 2023
  5. ↑ Washington Election Code, "Chapter 29A.24.070," accessed May 30, 2023
  6. ↑ Washington Election Code, "Chapter 29A.24.311," accessed May 30, 2023
  7. ↑ National Conference of State Legislatures, "2024 Legislator Compensation," August 21, 2024
  8. ↑ Washington State Legislature, "RCW 44.04.021 Commencement of terms of office," accessed February 17, 2021
  9. ↑ Democrats gained full control of the state Senate after a special election on November 7, 2017.
  10. ↑ Progressive Party


Current members of the Washington House of Representatives
Leadership
Speaker of the House:Laurie Jinkins
Majority Leader:Joe Fitzgibbon
Minority Leader:Drew Stokesbary
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