2020 Washington gubernatorial election

For related races, see 2020 United States gubernatorial elections.

2020 Washington gubernatorial election

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Nominee  | Jay Inslee | Loren Culp  |
Party  | Democratic | Republican
Popular vote  | 2,294,243 | 1,749,066
Percentage  | 56.56% | 43.12%

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County results

Congressional district results

Precinct results

Inslee: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90%
Culp: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90%
Tie: 40–50% 50% No data

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Jay Inslee
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The 2020 Washington gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 2020. It followed a top-two primary held on August 4. Incumbent Governor Jay Inslee, the Democratic candidate, defeated Loren Culp, the Republican candidate by a wide margin. Inslee, who was eligible to run for a third term due to the lack of gubernatorial term limits,[1] initially launched a campaign for president of the United States in the 2020 election. When he dropped out of that race in August 2019 due to extremely low polling numbers,[2] he announced he would seek a third term as governor.[3] Several other Democratic political figures considered entering the race if Inslee did not run, including Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson; no other major Democratic candidates entered the race.[4] Republican Loren Culp, the police chief of Republic, Washington, placed second in the top-two primary and advanced to the general election alongside Inslee.

The election was clear and decisive, with Inslee winning re-election over Culp by over 13 points. This marked the largest margin of victory in a Washington gubernatorial race since Gary Locke won reelection in 2000. Inslee's landslide victory included over 74% of the vote in King County, the highest ever for a Democrat in the county's history. King County, home to Seattle, has about a third of the state's voters.[5][6] In addition, this was the first time since 2000 that a Democrat won a county in Eastern Washington with Inslee winning Whitman County.[7] Culp still ran ahead of the top-ticket presidential candidate, Donald Trump, by about 4 points.

Despite the margin of victory, Culp refused to concede and filed a lawsuit against Republican Washington Secretary of State Kim Wyman five weeks after the election.[8] He did not give a concession speech, while making claims of irregularities which Wyman characterized as "unsubstantiated".[9] Culp's actions drew criticism and were compared to Donald Trump's refusal to concede the 2020 U.S. presidential election.[10]

This election marked the 10th consecutive election victory of the Democratic candidate for governor of Washington.

## Background

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Washington had not had a Republican governor since John Spellman left office in 1985, the longest streak of Democratic leadership of any state in the country and the third longest streak of one-party leadership after South Dakota (which had not had a Democratic governor since Harvey L. Wollman left office in 1979) and Utah (which had not had a Democratic governor since Scott M. Matheson left office nine days prior to Spellman in 1985).[11][12][13] Incumbent Governor Jay Inslee, who previously served in the U.S. House, was first elected to the governorship in the 2012 election and won reelection in 2016.

When Inslee announced his candidacy for president, several political figures expressed interest in running for Governor if Inslee won the Democratic primaries. These included Attorney General Bob Ferguson, Commissioner of Public Lands Hilary Franz and King County executive Dow Constantine.[14] They stated they would only run if Inslee did not, avoiding a primary challenge.[15][16]

Several Republican politicians announced their own campaigns to challenge Inslee, including businessman Anton Sakharov, Republic police chief Loren Culp, and state senator Phil Fortunato.[17][18][19] However, speculated candidates such as former U.S. Representative Dave Reichert, former Seattle Port Commissioner and 2016 gubernatorial nominee Bill Bryant, Pierce County Executive and former state senator Bruce Dammeier, and state House Minority Leader J. T. Wilcox, all declined to be candidates, leaving no prominent Republicans to challenge Inslee, which was seen as a necessary prerequisite to mount a formidable challenge to him.

## Primary election

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Washington is one of two states that holds a top-two primary, meaning that all candidates are listed on the same ballot regardless of party affiliation, and the top two move on to the general election. Most states have party primaries.

### Democratic candidates

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#### Advanced to the general election

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* Jay Inslee, incumbent governor of Washington and candidate for president of the United States in 2020[20]

#### Declined

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* Dow Constantine, King County Executive[21][22]
* Bob Ferguson, Washington Attorney General (running for reelection)[16][22]
* Hilary Franz, Washington Commissioner of Public Lands (running for reelection)[15][22]

### Republican candidates

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#### Advanced to the general election

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* Loren Culp, police chief of Republic, U.S. Army veteran[18]

#### Eliminated in the primary

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* Tim Eyman, activist, initiative promoter[23]
* Phil Fortunato, state senator[19]
* Joshua Freed, former mayor of Bothell[24]
* Raul Garcia, emergency room physician[25]
* Nate Herzog, former Lake Forest Park city councilman[26]
* Anton Sakharov, program manager[27]

#### Declined

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* Bill Bryant, former Seattle Port Commissioner and nominee for Governor of Washington in 2016[28]
* Bruce Dammeier, Pierce County Executive (running for reelection)[29]
* Doug Ericksen, state senator[30]
* Drew MacEwen, state representative (running for reelection)[31]
* Dori Monson, radio personality[32]
* Dave Reichert, former U.S. Representative for Washington's 8th congressional district[33]
* Drew Stokesbary, state representative (running for reelection)[29]
* J. T. Wilcox, minority leader of the Washington House of Representatives (running for reelection)[29]

### Green Party

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#### Eliminated in the primary

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* Liz Hallock, attorney[34][35]

### Independents

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#### Eliminated in the primary

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* Cregan Newhouse, City of Seattle Consumer Protection Division acting manager and former public television director[36]

#### Withdrew

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* Asa Palagi, U.S. Army officer and businessman[37]

### Polling

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Poll source  | Date(s)
administered  | Sample
size[a] | Margin
of error | Jay
Inslee (D)  | Loren
Culp (R)  | Tim
Eyman (R)  | Phil
Fortunato (R)  | Joshua
Freed (R)  | Raul
Garcia (R)  | Anton
Sakharov (R)  | Other /
Undecided

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SurveyUSA[38] | July 22–27, 2020  | 513 (LV)  | ± 5.4%  | 55% | 9% | 8%  | 3%  | –  | 6%  | 4%  | 16%[b]
Crosscut/Elway[39] | July 11–15, 2020  | 402 (RV)  | ± 5.0%  | 46% | 14% | 4%  | 2%  | –  | 5%  | 6%  | 25%[c]
SurveyUSA[40] | May 16–19, 2020  | 650 (LV)  | ± 5.6%  | 50% | 4%  | 8% | 6%  | 6%  | 2%  | 1%  | 23%[d]
SurveyUSA[41] | January 26–28, 2020  | 1,103 (RV)  | ± 3.9%  | 39% | 5%  | 11% | 4%  | 4%  | –  | 3%  | 34%[e]
Crosscut/Elway[42] | December 26–29, 2019  | 405 (RV)  | ± 5%  | 46% | 4%  | 7%[f] | 4%  | 5%  | –  | –  | 34%[g]

Hypothetical polling

with Bryant, Constantine, Ferguson, and Franz

Poll source  | Date(s)
administered  | Sample
size[h] | Margin
of error  | Bill
Bryant (R)  | Dow
Constantine (D)  | Bob
Ferguson (D)  | Hilary
Franz (D)  | Undecided

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Chism Strategies (D)[43] | March 8–10, 2019  | 400 (LV)  | ± 4.9%  | 46% | 6%  | 25% | 2%  | 21%

### Results

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Results by county:

Inslee

* 20–30%

* 30–40%

* 40–50%

* 50–60%

* 60–70%

* 70–80%

Culp

* 20–30%

* 30–40%

* 40–50%

* 50–60%

Garcia

* 20–30%

* 30–40%

Top-two primary election results[44] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Democratic | Jay Inslee (incumbent)  | 1,247,916  | 50.14%
| Republican | Loren Culp  | 433,238  | 17.41%
| Republican | Joshua Freed  | 222,553  | 8.94%
| Republican | Tim Eyman | 159,495  | 6.41%
| Republican | Raul Garcia  | 135,045  | 5.43%
| Republican | Phil Fortunato | 99,265  | 3.99%
| Democratic | Don L. Rivers  | 25,601  | 1.03%
| Trump Republican Party  | Leon Lawson  | 23,073  | 0.93%
| Green | Liz Hallock  | 21,537  | 0.87%
| Democratic | Cairo D'Almeida  | 14,657  | 0.59%
| Trump Republican Party  | Anton Sakharov  | 13,935  | 0.56%
| Pre2016 Republican Party  | Nate Herzog  | 11,303  | 0.45%
| Democratic | Gene Hart  | 10,605  | 0.43%
| Democratic | Omari Tahir Garrett  | 8,751  | 0.35%
| Unaffiliated Party  | Ryan Ryals  | 6,264  | 0.25%
| Socialist Workers | Henry Clay Dennison  | 5,970  | 0.24%
| Trump Republican Party  | Goodspaceguy | 5,646  | 0.23%
| Republican | Richard L. Carpenter  | 4,962  | 0.2%
| Independent | Elaina J. Gonzales  | 4,772  | 0.19%
| Republican | Matthew Murray  | 4,489  | 0.18%
| Independent | Thor Amundson  | 3,638  | 0.15%
| Republican | Bill Hirt  | 2,854  | 0.11%
| Republican | Martin L. Wheeler  | 2,686  | 0.11%
| Republican | Ian Gonzales  | 2,537  | 0.1%
| New-Liberty Party  | Joshua Wolf  | 2,315  | 0.09%
| No Party Preference  | Cregan M. Newhouse  | 2,291  | 0.09%
| No Party Preference  | Brian R. Weed  | 2,178  | 0.09%
| StandupAmerica Party  | Alex Tsimerman  | 1,721  | 0.07%
| Republican | Tylor Grow  | 1,509  | 0.06%
| Independent | Dylan B. Nails  | 1,470  | 0.06%
| Independent | Craig Campbell  | 1,178  | 0.05%
| American Patriot Party  | William Miller  | 1,148  | 0.05%
| No Party Preference  | Cameron M. Vessey  | 718  | 0.03%
| Propertarianist Party  | Winston Wilkes  | 702  | 0.03%
| Fifth Republic Party  | David W. Blomstrom  | 519  | 0.02%
| Cascadia Labour Party  | David Voltz  | 480  | 0.02%
| Write-in | 1,938  | 0.08%
Total votes  | 2,488,959  | 100%

## General election

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### Debates

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* Complete video of debate, October 7, 2020 - C-SPAN

### Predictions

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Source  | Ranking  | As of

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The Cook Political Report[45] | Safe D  | October 23, 2020
Inside Elections[46] | Safe D  | October 28, 2020
Sabato's Crystal Ball[47] | Safe D  | November 2, 2020
Politico[48] | Safe D  | November 2, 2020
Daily Kos[49] | Safe D  | October 28, 2020
RCP[50] | Safe D  | November 2, 2020
270towin[51] | Safe D  | November 2, 2020

### Endorsements

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Jay Inslee (D)

U.S vice presidents

* Joe Biden, 47th Vice President of the United States and 2020 Democratic nominee for President[52]

State legislators

* Chris Vance, former state representative, former King County Councilmember, and former chair of the Washington State Republican Party (Independent, former Republican)[53]

Newspapers

* The Columbian[54]
* The Everett Herald[55]
* The News Tribune[56]
* The Olympian[57]
* The Seattle Times[58]
* The Spokesman-Review[59]
* The Stranger[60]
* Tri-City Herald[61]
* Walla Walla Union-Bulletin[62]
* Yakima Herald-Republic[63]

### Polling

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Poll source  | Date(s)
administered  | Sample
size[a] | Margin
of error | Jay
Inslee (D)  | Loren
Culp (R)  | Undecided

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Swayable[64] | October 23 – November 1, 2020  | 474 (LV)  | ± 6%  | 59% | 41%  | –
Public Policy Polling (D)[65][A] | October 14–15, 2020  | 615 (LV)  | ± 4%  | 56% | 40%  | 4%
SurveyUSA[66] | October 8–10, 2020  | 591 (LV)  | ± 5.2%  | 54% | 40%  | 6%
Strategies 360[67] | September 8–14, 2020  | 501 (RV)  | ± 4.4%  | 53% | 37%  | 9%[i]
SurveyUSA[68] | July 22–27, 2020  | 534 (LV)  | ± 5.2%  | 61% | 32%  | 7%
SurveyUSA[69] | May 16–19, 2020  | 530 (LV)  | ± 5.4%  | 56% | 31%  | 13%

Hypothetical polling

Jay Inslee vs. Tim Eyman

Poll source  | Date(s)
administered  | Sample
size[a] | Margin
of error | Jay
Inslee (D)  | Tim
Eyman (R)  | Undecided

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SurveyUSA[68] | July 22–27, 2020  | 534 (LV)  | ± 5.2%  | 62% | 31%  | 7%
SurveyUSA[69] | May 16–19, 2020  | 530 (LV)  | ± 5.4%  | 60% | 31%  | 9%

Jay Inslee vs. Phil Fortunato

Poll source  | Date(s)
administered  | Sample
size[a] | Margin
of error | Jay
Inslee (D)  | Phil
Fortunato (R)  | Undecided

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SurveyUSA[68] | July 22–27, 2020  | 534 (LV)  | ± 5.2%  | 61% | 32%  | 8%
SurveyUSA[69] | May 16–19, 2020  | 530 (LV)  | ± 5.4%  | 56% | 34%  | 10%

Jay Inslee vs. Joshua Freed

Poll source  | Date(s)
administered  | Sample
size[a] | Margin
of error | Jay
Inslee (D)  | Joshua
Freed (R)  | Undecided

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SurveyUSA[68] | July 22–27, 2020  | 534 (LV)  | ± 5.2%  | 60% | 31%  | 9%
SurveyUSA[69] | May 16–19, 2020  | 530 (LV)  | ± 5.4%  | 57% | 30%  | 13%

Jay Inslee vs. Raul Garcia

Poll source  | Date(s)
administered  | Sample
size[a] | Margin
of error | Jay
Inslee (D)  | Raul
Garcia (R)  | Undecided

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SurveyUSA[68] | July 22–27, 2020  | 534 (LV)  | ± 5.2%  | 60% | 32%  | 8%

### Results

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2020 Washington gubernatorial election[70] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Democratic | Jay Inslee (incumbent)  | 2,294,243  | 56.56%  | +2.31%
| Republican | Loren Culp  | 1,749,066  | 43.12%  | −2.37%
| Write-in | 13,145  | 0.32%  | +0.06%
Total votes  | 4,056,454  | 100.00%  | N/A
| Democratic hold

#### By county

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County results County[71] | Jay Inslee

Democratic

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Republican

| Write-in

Various

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Adams | 1,655  | 28.34%  | 4,170 | 71.40% | 15  | 0.26%  | -2,515  | -43.06%  | 5,840
Asotin | 4,212  | 35.49%  | 7,627 | 64.26% | 30  | 0.25%  | -3,415  | -28.77%  | 11,869
Benton | 36,939  | 36.03%  | 65,170 | 63.57% | 410  | 0.40%  | -28,231  | -27.54%  | 102,519
Chelan | 17,922  | 41.63%  | 24,936 | 57.93% | 188  | 0.44%  | -7,014  | -16.30%  | 43,046
Clallam | 24,366  | 49.64%  | 24,640 | 50.20% | 82  | 0.17%  | -274  | -0.56%  | 49,088
Clark | 138,196 | 50.83% | 132,964  | 48.91%  | 715  | 0.26%  | 5,232  | 1.92%  | 271,895
Columbia | 652  | 26.34%  | 1,819 | 73.49% | 4  | 0.16%  | -1,167  | -47.15%  | 2,475
Cowlitz | 22,213  | 37.11%  | 37,453 | 62.57% | 193  | 0.32%  | -15,240  | -25.46%  | 59,859
Douglas | 7,176  | 33.81%  | 13,958 | 65.77% | 90  | 0.42%  | -6,782  | -31.96%  | 21,224
Ferry | 1,345  | 30.79%  | 3,000 | 68.68% | 23  | 0.53%  | -1,655  | -37.89%  | 4,368
Franklin | 12,803  | 39.53%  | 19,488 | 60.17% | 96  | 0.30%  | -6,685  | -20.64%  | 32,387
Garfield | 349  | 23.61%  | 1,118 | 75.64% | 11  | 0.74%  | -789  | -52.03%  | 1,478
Grant | 10,772  | 28.71%  | 26,645 | 71.00% | 109  | 0.29%  | -15,873  | -42.29%  | 37,526
Grays Harbor | 16,502  | 43.08%  | 21,686 | 56.61% | 119  | 0.31%  | -5,184  | -13.53%  | 38,307
Island | 28,239 | 52.75% | 25,145  | 46.97%  | 153  | 0.29%  | 3,094  | 5.78%  | 53,537
Jefferson | 16,992 | 68.79% | 7,651  | 30.97%  | 59  | 0.24%  | 9,341  | 37.82%  | 24,702
King | 887,374 | 74.07% | 307,022  | 25.63%  | 3,653  | 0.30%  | 580,352  | 48.44%  | 1,198,049
Kitsap | 87,766 | 55.69% | 69,288  | 43.97%  | 530  | 0.34%  | 18,478  | 11.72%  | 157,584
Kittitas | 10,529  | 40.21%  | 15,567 | 59.45% | 87  | 0.33%  | -5,038  | -19.24%  | 26,183
Klickitat | 5,693  | 42.31%  | 7,735 | 57.49% | 27  | 0.20%  | -2,042  | -15.18%  | 13,455
Lewis | 13,821  | 30.54%  | 31,306 | 69.19% | 122  | 0.27%  | -17,485  | -38.65%  | 45,249
Lincoln | 1,526  | 21.79%  | 5,450 | 77.83% | 26  | 0.37%  | -3,924  | -56.04%  | 7,002
Mason | 16,502  | 44.40%  | 20,562 | 55.32% | 104  | 0.28%  | -4,060  | -10.92%  | 37,168
Okanogan | 8,298  | 39.15%  | 12,843 | 60.59% | 54  | 0.25%  | -4,545  | -21.44%  | 21,195
Pacific | 6,514  | 46.47%  | 7,463 | 53.24% | 41  | 0.29%  | -949  | -6.77%  | 14,018
Pend Oreille | 2,513  | 29.55%  | 5,959 | 70.08% | 31  | 0.36%  | -3,446  | -40.53%  | 8,503
Pierce | 238,097 | 51.68% | 220,904  | 47.95%  | 1,730  | 0.38%  | 17,193  | 3.73%  | 460,731
San Juan | 9,621 | 73.39% | 3,465  | 26.43%  | 23  | 0.18%  | 6,156  | 46.96%  | 13,109
Skagit | 36,444 | 49.87% | 36,404  | 49.81%  | 231  | 0.32%  | 40  | 0.06%  | 73,079
Skamania | 3,129  | 43.10%  | 4,116 | 56.69% | 15  | 0.21%  | -987  | -13.59%  | 7,260
Snohomish | 244,876 | 56.13% | 189,797  | 43.50%  | 1,607  | 0.37%  | 55,079  | 12.63%  | 436,280
Spokane | 131,734  | 44.82%  | 161,138 | 54.82% | 1,053  | 0.36%  | -29,404  | -10.00%  | 293,925
Stevens | 7,393  | 26.06%  | 20,902 | 73.67% | 76  | 0.27%  | -13,509  | -47.61%  | 28,371
Thurston | 93,723 | 56.19% | 72,506  | 43.47%  | 571  | 0.34%  | 21,217  | 12.72%  | 166,890
Wahkiakum | 1,102  | 37.10%  | 1,862 | 62.69% | 6  | 0.20%  | -760  | -25.59%  | 2,970
Walla Walla | 13,305  | 42.93%  | 17,590 | 56.76% | 94  | 0.30%  | -4,285  | -13.83%  | 30,989
Whatcom | 81,992 | 59.44% | 55,544  | 40.27%  | 399  | 0.29%  | 26,448  | 19.17%  | 137,935
Whitman | 10,806 | 51.62% | 10,056  | 48.04%  | 72  | 0.34%  | 750  | 3.58%  | 20,934
Yakima | 41,152  | 43.07%  | 54,097 | 56.62% | 296  | 0.31%  | -12,945  | -13.55%  | 95,545
Totals  | 2,294,243  | 56.56%  | 1,749,066  | 43.12%  | 13,145  | 0.32%  | 545,177  | 13.44%  | 4,056,454

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

* Clark (largest city: Vancouver)
* Skagit (largest city: Mount Vernon)
* Whitman (largest city: Pullman)

#### By congressional district

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Inslee won six of 10 congressional districts, with the remaining four going to Culp, including one that elected a Democrat.[72]

District  | Inslee  | Culp  | Representative

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1st | 56.43% | 43.2%  | Suzan DelBene
2nd | 60.12% | 39.55%  | Rick Larsen
3rd | 45.75%  | 53.98% | Jaime Herrera Beutler
4th | 37.48%  | 62.18% | Dan Newhouse
5th | 42.54%  | 57.11% | Cathy McMorris Rodgers
6th | 55.66% | 44.02%  | Derek Kilmer
7th | 84.56% | 15.16%  | Pramila Jayapal
8th | 49.11%  | 50.55% | Kim Schrier
9th | 72.73% | 26.97%  | Adam Smith
10th | 54.25% | 45.38%  | Denny Heck (116th Congress)
Marilyn Strickland (117th Congress)

## Notes

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1. ^ a b c d e f Key:
A – all adults
RV – registered voters
LV – likely voters
V – unclear
2. ^ "Some other candidate" with 4%; Undecided with 12%
3. ^ "Other" with 1%; Undecided with 24%
4. ^ Undecided with 23%
5. ^ Undecided with 34%
6. ^ Listed as an independent.
7. ^ Undecided with 34%
8. ^ Key:
A – all adults
RV – registered voters
LV – likely voters
V – unclear
9. ^ Includes "Refused"

1. ^ This poll was sponsored by the Northwest Progressive Institute

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