Washington State Senate election, 2014

Washington State Senate elections, 2014

November 4, 2014

25 seats of the Washington State Senate

The 2014 Washington State Senate elections is one of the biennial legislative elections in Washington took place on November 4, 2014. In this election, about half of the 49 legislative districts in Washington chose a state senator for a four-year term to the Washington State Senate. The other half of state senators were chosen in the next biennial election, so that about half of the senators are elected at a time: one group in presidential election years (e.g., 2008, 2012, 2016) and the other in other even-numbered election years (e.g., 2010, 2014). All the members of the Washington State House of Representatives are elected concurrently with half of the senators every two years.

24 seats were regularly scheduled to be up this cycle, along with 1 additional seat holding a special election to fill an unexpired term: the 28th district, held by appointed Senator Steve O'Ban, whose former incumbent Mike Carrell vacated the seat.

A top two primary election on August 5, 2014, determined which candidates appear on the November ballot. Each candidate is allowed to write in whatever party preference he or she desires.^[1]

Overview

Senate Overall
Party		Seats	+/–
	Democratic	23	0
	Democrat caucusing with Republicans	1[2]	-1
	Republican	25	+1
Total		49

Seats in this election
Party		Seats	+/–
	Democratic	12	0
	Democrat caucusing with Republicans	1[3]	-1
	Republican	12	+1
Total		25

Composition

Pre-election[4][5]		Seats
	Democratic	12
	Democrats (caucusing with Republicans)[6]	2
	Republican	11

Elections		Seats
	Democratic Incumbent and Uncontested	2
	Democratic Incumbent vs. Democrat	1
	Democrat Incumbent vs. Republican	7
	Democrat Incumbent (caucusing with Republicans) vs. Democrat[7]	1
	Republican Incumbent vs. Democrat	8
	Republican Incumbent vs. Republican	2
	Contested, Open Seats[8]	4
Total		25

Post-election		Seats
	Democratic	12
	Democrat (caucusing with Republicans)[9]	1
	Republican	12
Total		25

Select primary results

District 32

Washington's 32nd legislative district election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Maralyn Chase (inc.)	11,507	51.24
	Democratic	Chris Eggen	5,343	23.79
	Republican	Robert Reedy	5,606	24.96
Total votes			'	100

District 35

Washington's 35th legislative district election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tim Sheldon (inc.)[10]	9,706	33.3
	Democratic	Irene Bowling	10,321	35.42
	Republican	Travis Couture	9,116	31.28
Total votes			'	100
	Democratic hold

District 37

Washington's 37th legislative district election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Pramila Jayapal	11,815	53.91
	Republican	Rowland Martin	2,273	10.37
	Democratic	Sheley Secrest	2,204	10.06
	Democratic	Claude Burfect	424	1.93
	Democratic	John Stafford	1,639	7.48
	Democratic	Louis Watanabe	3,562	16.25
Total votes			21,917	100
	Democratic hold

General election results

Results as reported by the Secretary of State:^[11]

District 6

Washington's 6th legislative district election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Michael Baumgartner (inc.)	28,309	57.47
	Democratic	Rich Cowan	20,949	42.53
Total votes			49,258	100
	Republican hold

District 7

Washington's 7th legislative district election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Brian Dansel (inc.)	32,702	72.17
	Republican	Tony Booth	12,612	27.83
Total votes			45,314	100
	Republican hold

District 8

Washington's 8th legislative district election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Sharon Brown (inc.)	30,552	74.15
	Democratic	Doug McKinley	10,649	25.85
Total votes			41,201	100
	Republican hold

District 13

Washington's 13th legislative district election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Judith (Judy) Warnick	30,751	86.33
	Democratic	Mohammad Said	4,868	13.67
Total votes			35,619	100
	Republican hold

District 15

Washington's 15th legislative district election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jim Honeyford (inc.)[12]	16,794	72.76
	Democratic	Gabriel Munoz	6,288	27.24
Total votes			23,082	100
	Republican hold

District 21

Washington's 21st legislative district election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Marko Liias (inc.)	20,227	54.52
	Republican	Dan Matthews[12]	16,871	45.48
Total votes			37,098	100
	Democratic hold

District 26

Washington's 26th legislative district election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jan Angel (Inc.)	29,077	58.75
	Democratic	Judy Arbogast	20,414	41.25
Total votes			49,491	100
	Republican hold

District 28

Washington's 28th legislative district election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Steve O'Ban (Inc.)	20,945	54.48
	Democratic	Tami Green	17,503	45.52
Total votes			38,448	100
	Republican hold

District 29

Washington's 29th legislative district election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Steve Conway (inc.)	13,071	58.49
	Republican	Terry Harder	9,277	41.51
Total votes			22,348	100
	Democratic hold

District 30

Washington's 30th legislative district election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mark Miloscia[13]	17,266	55.60
	Democratic	Shari Song[14]	13,790	44.40
Total votes			31,056	100
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 31

Washington's 31st legislative district election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Pam Roach (inc.)	21,226	53.67
	Republican	Cathy Dahlquist	18,324	46.33
Total votes			39,550	100
	Republican hold

District 32

Washington's 32nd legislative district election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Maralyn Chase (inc.)	29,560	71.36
	Republican	Robert Reedy	11,863	28.64
Total votes			41,423	100
	Democratic hold

District 33

Washington's 33rd legislative district election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Karen Keiser (inc.)	18,476	62.69
	Republican	Martin Metz	10,994	37.31
Total votes			29,470	100
	Democratic hold

District 34

Washington's 34th legislative district election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sharon Nelson (inc.)	34,436	100
Total votes			34,436	100
	Democratic hold

District 35

Washington's 35th legislative district election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tim Sheldon (inc.)[15]	24,317	54.41
	Democratic	Irene Bowling	20,375	45.59
Total votes			44,692	100
	Democratic hold

District 36

Washington's 36th legislative district election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jeanne Kohl-Welles (inc.)	47,025	84.19
	Republican	Sarina Forbes	8,830	15.81
Total votes			55,855	100
	Democratic hold

District 37

Washington's 37th legislative district election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Pramila Jayapal	26,091	70.71
	Democratic	Louis Watanabe	10,807	29.29
Total votes			36,898	100
	Democratic hold

District 38

Washington's 38th legislative district election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John McCoy (inc.)	19,414	61.88
	Republican	Craig French	11,960	38.12
Total votes			31,374	100
	Democratic hold

District 42

Washington's 42nd legislative district election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Doug Ericksen (inc.)	30,209	58.71
	Democratic	Seth Fleetwood	21,244	41.29
Total votes			51,453	100
	Republican hold

District 43

Washington's 43rd legislative district election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jamie Pedersen (inc.)	39,507	100
Total votes			39,507	100
	Democratic hold

District 44

Washington's 44th legislative district election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Steve Hobbs (inc.)	23,560	53.99
	Republican	Jim Kellett	20,077	46.01
Total votes			43,637	100
	Democratic hold

District 45

Washington's 45th legislative district election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Andy Hill (inc.)	25,816	52.72
	Democratic	Matt Isenhower	23,156	47.28
Total votes			48,972	100
	Republican hold

District 46

Washington's 46th legislative district election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	David Frockt (inc.)	41,318	79.84
	Republican	Van Sperry	10,433	20.16
Total votes			51,751	100
	Democratic hold

District 47

Washington's 47th legislative district election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Joe Fain (inc.)	21,730	63.62
	Democratic	Carol Barber	12,428	36.38
Total votes			34,158	100
	Republican hold

District 48

Washington's 48th legislative district election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Cyrus Habib[16]	24,833	64.87
	Republican	Michelle Darnell	13,446	35.13
Total votes			38,279	100
	Democratic gain from Independent

References

1. http://www.sos.wa.gov/elections/Top2PrimaryFAQ.aspx
2. Self-identified Democrat Tim Sheldon, who caucuses with the Republicans
3. Self-identified Democrat Tim Sheldon, who caucuses with the Republicans
4. On December 10, Senators Sheldon and Tom announced they would caucus with the Republicans, creating a conservative coalition majority (25-24). http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/10/washington-state-senate-republican-majority_n_2273850.html?utm_hp_ref=tw
5. Only 25 seats open for election
6. Self-identified Democrats Tim Sheldon and Rodney Tom, who caucus with the Republicans
7. Self-identified Democrat Tim Sheldon, who caucuses with the Republicans
8. Including open seats with two candidates of the same party competing in the general election.
9. Self-identified Democrat Tim Sheldon, who caucuses with the Republicans
10. Though he self-identifies as a Democrat, Senator Sheldon has caucused with the Republicans in the "Majority Coalition Caucus" since 10 December 2012 and has been disowned by Democratic organizations throughout the state and in his own district.
11. "Washington Secretary of State, 2014 General Election Results - Legislative - All Results". vote.wa.gov. November 25, 2014. Retrieved November 28, 2014.
12. Prefers G.O.P. Party
13. Formerly Democrat, switched parties in 2014
14. http://ballotpedia.org/Shari_Song
15. Though he self-identifies as a Democrat, Senator Sheldon has caucused with the Republicans in the "Majority Coalition Caucus" since 10 December 2012 and has been disowned by Democratic organizations throughout the state and in his own district.
16. The previous state senator, Rodney Tom, self-identifies as a Democrat and was elected as such in 2006 and again in 2010. However, he began his career as a Republican in the state house before 2006, and has been functionally independent since 10 December 2012 when he (with fellow Democrat Tim Sheldon caucused with the Republicans in the "Majority Coalition Caucus"; Tom was thereafter disowned by Democratic organizations throughout the state and in his own district. For all practical purposes, he was a political independent, so Habib's election amounted to a Democratic gain over an independent.