United States Senate election in Washington, 1992

United States Senate election in Washington, 1992

November 3, 1992

Nominee Patty Murray Rod Chandler Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 1,197,973 1,020,829 Percentage 53.9% 46.0%

Senator before election Brock Adams Democratic Elected Senator Patty Murray Democratic

The 1992 United States Senate election in Washington was held on November 3, 1992. Serving one term, incumbent U.S. Senator Brock Adams was strongly supportive of his party's leadership. In 1992 he chose not to be a candidate for reelection after eight women made statements to The Seattle Times alleging that Adams had committed various acts of sexual misconduct, ranging from sexual harassment to rape.^[1] Adams denied the allegations, but his popularity statewide was weakened considerably by the scandal and he chose to retire rather than risk losing the seat for his party. Chandler seemed to have the upper hand in one of the debates until for some unknown reason he quoted the Roger Miller song "Dang Me."^[2] He was further damaged by the unpopularity of President George H.W. Bush in the Pacific Northwest.

Candidates

Democratic

• Patty Murray, State Senator

Republican

• Rod Chandler, U.S. Representative

Results

United States Senate election in Washington, 1992^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Patty Murray	1,197,973	54.0
	Republican	Rod Chandler	1,020,829	46.0
Total votes			2,218,802	100

References

1. Boardman, D., Gilmore, S., Nalder, E., and Pryne, E. (1992-03-01). "8 More Women Accuse Adams--Allegations of Two Decades of Sexual Harassment, Abuse - And a Rape". The Seattle Times. Retrieved 2009-07-03.
2. Cantwell snubs McGavick on debates By Joel Connelly Seattle Post-Intelligencer
3. http://www.sos.wa.gov/elections/results_report.aspx?e=3&c=&c2=&t=&t2=&p=&p2=&y=