WASHINGTON

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ELECTION CALENDAR: Filing Deadline: May 15, 2020 Filing Deadline (Primary Write-Ins): July , 2020 Primary: August 4, 2020

CANDIDATE DIRECTORY LEGEND: Bold = Active Candidate Italics = Potential Candidate * = Incumbent = Winner (Incumbent Party Listed First)

This page was last updated on August 18, 2019

STATE CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS:

GOVERNOR:
Jay Inslee (D)* - (Campaign Site)
Lisa Brown (D) - State Commerce Secretary, Ex-WSU Chancellor, Ex-State Sen & Ex-State Rep.
Dow Constantine (D) - King County Executive, Ex-State Sen, Ex-State Rep & Attorney
Loren Culp (R) - Republic Police Chief & Army Veteran
Doug Ericksen (R) - State Sen., Ex-State Rep. & Trump Campaign State Co-Chair
Bob Ferguson (D) - Attorney General & Ex-King County Councilman
Phil Fortunato (R) - State Sen., Ex-State Rep & Stormwater Management Firm Owner
Hilary Franz (D) - State Public Lands Commissioner, Ex-Bainbridge Island City Councilwoman & Attorney
Drew Stokesbary (R) - State Rep. & Attorney
JT Wilcox (R) - State House Minority Leader, Businessman Consultant & Ex-Dairy Farmer

LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR:
Cyrus Habib (D)* - (Campaign Site)

Next State Constitutional Officer Elections in 2020.

SECRETARY OF STATE:
Kim Wyman (R)* - (Campaign Site)

STATE TREASURER:
Duane Davidson (R)* - (Campaign Site)
Mike Pellicciotti (D) - State Rep., Attorney & Ex-Gonzaga University Regent

STATE AUDITOR:
Pat McCarthy (D)* - (Campaign Site)

ATTORNEY GENERAL:
Bob Ferguson (D)* - (Campaign Site)
Rod Dembowski (D) - King County Council President & Attorney
Manka Dhingra (D) - State Sen. & Attorney
Lorena Gonzalez (D) - Seattle City Councilor & Attorney
Paul Graves (R) - Ex-State Rep. & Attorney
Courtney Gregoire (D) - Seattle Port Commissioner & Attorney
Drew Hansen (D) - State Rep. & Attorney
Noah Purcell (D) - State Solicitor General

STATE COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC LANDS:
Hilary Franz (D)* - (Campaign Site)
Bill Bryant (R) - Ex-Seattle Port Commissioner, Venture Capitalist & '16 Gov Nominee
Christine Rolfes (D) - State Sen., Ex-State Rep. & Ex-Bainbridge Island City Councilor

STATE INSURANCE COMMISSIONER:
Mike Kreidler (D)* - (Campaign Site)

STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION:
(Note: Superintendent is a Non-Partisan Positition)
Chris Reykdal (D)* - (Campaign Site)

STATE LEGISLATURE:

State House ( Democratic Caucus - Republican Caucus )

State Senate ( Democratic Caucus - Republican Caucus )

U.S. SENATOR:

Patty Murray (D)* - (Campaign Site) - Next Election in 2022.

Maria Cantwell (D)* - (Campaign Site) - Next Election in 2024.

U.S. CONGRESS:

District 1:
Suzan DelBene (D)* - (Campaign Site)

District 2:
Rick Larsen (D)* - (Campaign Site)
Jason Call (D) - Teacher & Progressive Activist

District 3:
Jaime Herrera Beutler (R)* - (Campaign Site)
Rudy Atencio (D) - Self-Employed
Peter Khalil (D) - Attorney & Mediator
Carolyn Long (D) - College Professor & '18 Nominee

District 4:
Dan Newhouse (R)* - (Campaign Site)

District 5:
Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R)* - (Campaign Site)
Chris "Chris Armi" Armitage (D) - Comedian, Cleaning Service Owner & USAF Veteran

District 6:
Derek Kilmer (D)* - (Campaign Site)
Rebecca Parson (D) - Copywriter, Ex-Substitute Teacher & Community Activist

District 7:
Pramila Jayapal (D)* - (Campaign Site)

District 8:
Kim Schrier (D)* - (Campaign Site)
Keith Swank (R) - Police Captain, Army Veteran, '18 US Sen Candidate & '12 Candidate

District 9:
Adam Smith (D)* - (Campaign Site)

District 10:
Denny Heck (D)* - (Campaign Site)
Joshua Collins (D) - Truck Driver

STATE POLITICAL PARTIES:

Constitution Party of Washington State (C)
Washington State Democratic Party (D)
Green Party of Washington State (G)
Libertarian Party of Washington State (L)
Washington State Republican Party (R)

STATE ELECTION OFFICE:

Secretary of State's Office

State Public Disclosure Commission

STATE NEWS SOURCES:

Bainbridge Island Review
Bellingham Herald
Bremerton Sun
Centralia Chronicle
Everett Herald - (Politics Section)
HorseAss.org (Liberal)
Kennewick-Pasco-Richland Tri-City Herald
King County Journal
Longview Daily News
Moscow-Pullman Daily News
Northwest Cable News
Northwest Daily Marker (Conservative)
The Olympian
PNW Local News
Seattle Post-Intelligencer - (Politics Section)
Seattle Stranger (Alternative)
Seattle Times - (Politics Section)
Seattle Weekly (Alternative)
Sound Politics (Conservative)
Spokane Spokesman-Review / Spokane.net
Spokane Valley Daily Herald
Vancouver Columbian
Washington Voter - League of Women Voters
Wenatchee World
Yakima Herald-Republic
KING TV-5 (NBC - Seattle)
KREM TV-2 (Indep. - Spokane)

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