Washington State Senate election, 2016

Washington State Senate elections, 2016

November 2, 2016
25 seats of the Washington State Senate
Elected Majority Leader TBD

The 2016 Washington State Senate elections is one of the biennial legislative elections in Washington in which about half of the state's 49 legislative districts choose a state senator for a four-year term to the Washington State Senate. The other half of state senators are chosen in the next biennial election, so that about half of the senators, along with all the members of the Washington State House of Representatives, are elected every two years.

A top two primary election on August 9, 2016 determines which candidates appear on the November ballot. Each candidate is allowed to write in whatever party preference he or she desires. The general election will take place on November 2, 2016.

Overview

Senate Overall
Party		Seats	+/–
	Democratic	23
	Independent	1
	Republican	25
Total		49

Seats in this election
Party		Seats	+/–
	Democratic	12
	Independent	0
	Republican	13
Total		25

Composition

Races by type		Seats
	Democratic Incumbent uncontested
	Democratic Incumbent vs. Democrat
	Democrat Incumbent vs. Republican
	Contested, Open Seats
	Republican Incumbent vs. Democrat
	Republican Incumbent vs. Republican
	Republican Incumbent uncontested

Seats up for election

Results as reported by the Secretary of State:

District 1

Washington's 1st legislative district election, 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Rosemary McAuliffe (inc.)	'	'
	Republican
Total votes			'	100
	Democratic hold

District 2

Washington's 2nd legislative district election, 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Randi Becker (inc.)	'	'
	Democratic	Bruce L. Lachney
Total votes			'	100.00
	Republican hold

District 3

Washington's 3rd legislative district election, 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Andy Billig (inc.)	'	'
	Republican	Nancy McLaughlin
Total votes			'	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 4

Washington's 4th legislative district election, 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Padden (inc.)	'	100.00
	Republican hold

District 5

Washington's 5th legislative district election, 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mark Mullet (inc.)	'	'
	Republican
Total votes			'	100.00
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 9

Washington's 9th Legislative District election, 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mark G. Schoesler (inc.)	'	100.00
	Republican hold

District 10

Washington's 10th legislative district election, 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Barbara Bailey (inc.)	'	'
	Democratic	Mary Margaret Haugen
Total votes			'	100.00
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 11

Washington's 11th legislative district election, 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bob Hasegawa (inc.)	'	'
	Republican	Kristin Thompson
Total votes			'	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 12

Washington's 12th legislative district election, 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Linda Evans Parlette (inc.)	'	100.00
	Republican hold

District 14

Washington's 14th legislative district election, 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Curtis King (inc.)	'	'
	Republican hold

District 16

Washington's 16th legislative district election, 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Hewitt (inc.)	'	'
	Democratic	Scott Nettles
Total votes			'	100.00
	Republican hold

District 17

Washington's 17th legislative district election, 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Don Benton (inc.)	'	'
	Democratic	Tim Probst
Total votes			'	100.00
	Republican hold

District 18

Washington's 18th legislative district election, 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ann Rivers (inc.)	'	'
	Democratic	Ralph Schmidt
Total votes			'	100.00
	Republican hold

District 19

Washington's 19th legislative district election, 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Brian Hatfield (inc.)	'	'
	Republican	Rick Winsman
Total votes			'	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 20

Washington's 20th legislative district election, 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John E. Braun (inc.)	'	'
	Republican
Total votes			'	100.00
	Republican hold

District 22

Washington's 22nd legislative district election, 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Karen Fraser (inc.)	'	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 23

Washington's 23rd legislative district election, 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Christine Rolfes (inc.)	'	'
	Republican
Total votes			'	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 24

Washington's 24th legislative district election, 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jim Hargrove (inc.)	'	'
	Independent
Total votes			'	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 25

Washington's 25th legislative district election, 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bruce Dammeier (inc.)	'	'
	Democratic
Total votes			'	100.00
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 27

Incumbent Debbie Regala retired at the end of her term.

Washington's 27th legislative district election, 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jeannie Darneille	'	'
	Democratic
Total votes			'	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 28

Washington's 28th legislative district election, 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Carrell (inc.)	'	'
	Democratic
Total votes			'	100.00
	Republican hold

District 39

Incumbent Val Stevens retired at the end of her term.

Washington's 39th legislative district election, 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kirk Pearson	'	'
	Democratic	Scott Olson
Total votes			'	100.00
	Republican hold

District 40

Washington's 40th legislative district election, 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kevin Ranker (inc.)	'	'
	Republican
Total votes			'	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 41

Washington's 41st legislative district election, 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Steve Litzow (inc.)	'	'
	Democratic	Maureen Judge
Total votes			'	100.00
	Republican hold

District 49

Washington's 49th legislative district election, 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Annette Cleveland (inc.)	'	'
	Republican	Eileen Qutub
Total votes			'	100.00
	Democratic hold