Election Name: | 2024 Washington Statewide Executive Offices elections |
Country: | Washington |
Type: | legislative |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Year: | 2020 |
Next Year: | 2028 |
Seats For Election: | All statewide executive offices |
Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Last Election1: | 8 |
Seats Before1: | 9[1] |
Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
Last Election2: | 1 |
Seats Before2: | 0[2] |
Washington state elections in 2024 will take place on Tuesday, November 5, 2024. Primary elections were held on August 6, 2024.[3]
This was the first time since 1965 that Republicans have not held at least 1 executive office going into the election.
See main article: 2024 United States presidential election in Washington (state).
See also: 2024 United States presidential election.
Washington has 12 electoral votes for the presidential election, remaining unchanged from 2020.[4] A presidential primary for both parties was held on March 12, 2024.[5]
See main article: 2024 United States Senate election in Washington.
See also: 2024 United States Senate elections. Washington's Class 1 U.S. Senate seat will be up for election in 2024. Incumbent four-term Democratic Senator Maria Cantwell is running for re-election.[6]
See main article: 2024 United States House of Representatives elections in Washington.
See also: 2024 United States House of Representatives elections. Only 8 of Washington's seats in the United States House of Representatives will be up for re-election. Incumbent Representatives Derek Kilmer (D) from the 6th district and Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R) from the 5th district have announced that they will not seek re-election.[7] [8]
See main article: 2024 Washington gubernatorial election.
See also: 2024 United States gubernatorial elections.
Incumbent three-term governor Jay Inslee (D) announced he will not seek re-election.[9]
See main article: 2024 Washington lieutenant gubernatorial election.
Incumbent one-term lieutenant governor Denny Heck (D) announced he will seek re-election to a second term.
See main article: 2024 Washington Attorney General election.
See also: 2024 United States attorney general elections.
Incumbent three-term attorney general Bob Ferguson (D) announced he will not seek re-election and will instead run for governor.[10]
See main article: 2024 Washington Secretary of State election.
See also: 2024 United States secretary of state elections.
Incumbent secretary of state Steve Hobbs (D) was named to replace former secretary of state Kim Wyman (R) who was re-elected to a third term in 2020, but resigned in 2021 to take a position in the Biden administration.[11] Hobbs won a 2022 special election to fill the role, and announced that he will seek re-election to a first full term.[12] [13]
See main article: 2024 Washington Public Lands Commissioner election.
Incumbent two-term Public Lands Commissioner Hilary Franz (D) announced that she will not seek re-election and will instead run for the House of Representatives in Washington's 6th congressional district.[14]
See main article: 2024 Washington State Auditor election.
Incumbent two-term state auditor Pat McCarthy (D) filed to run for re-election to a third term, despite there being speculation that she would retire.
See main article: 2024 Washington State Treasurer election.
Incumbent one-term state treasurer Mike Pellicciotti (D) was the only Democrat to defeat a statewide Republican officeholder in Washington in 2020, defeating State Treasurer Duane Davidson (R). Pellicciotti announced he will seek re-election to a second term.
Election Name: | 2024 Washington Superintendent of Public Instruction election |
Country: | Washington (state) |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | yes |
Previous Election: | 2020 Washington elections#Superintendent of Public Instruction election |
Previous Year: | 2020 |
Next Election: | 2028 Washington elections#Superintendent of Public Instruction election |
Next Year: | 2028 |
Superintendent of Public Instruction | |
Before Election: | Chris Reykdal |
Before Party: | Independent politician |
Incumbent two-term state superintendent Chris Reykdal (non-partisan) announced he will seek re-election to a third term.[15] He is being challenged by former high school teacher John Blair, Peninsula School District boardmember David Olson, and teacher and nonprofit founder Reid Saaris.[16] [17]
Incumbent six-term insurance commissioner Mike Kreidler (D) announced he will retire at the end of his term.[19] Democratic state senator Patty Kuderer is running for the position.[20]
Seats 2, 8, and 9 of the Washington Supreme Court are up for six-year terms. Chief Justice Steven González, and Sheryl Gordon McCloud are up for re-election.[21] In 2024, Susan Owens will reach mandatory retirement and will not be eligible to seek re-election.
Twenty-four of the forty-nine seats in the Washington State Senate will be up for election. Democrats kept a 29–20 majority in the Senate after 2022.
All 98 seats in the Washington House of Representatives will be up for election. Democrats kept a 58–40 majority in the House after 2022.