| Election Name: | Washington State Senate elections, 2014 |
| Country: | Washington |
| Type: | legislative |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2012 Washington State Senate election |
| Previous Year: | 2012 |
| Next Election: | 2016 Washington State Senate election |
| Next Year: | 2016 |
| Seats For Election: | 25 seats of the Washington State Senate |
| Majority Seats: | 25 |
| Election Date: | November 4, 2014 |
| Image1: | Tim Sheldon Portrait.jpg |
| Leader1: | Tim Sheldon |
| Party1: | Majority Coalition Caucus |
| Leaders Seat1: | 35th-Potlatch |
| Last Election1: | 23 |
| Seats Before1: | 26 |
| Seats After1: | 26 |
| Leader2: | Sharon Nelson |
| Party2: | Washington Democratic Party |
| Leaders Seat2: | 34th-Vashon |
| Last Election2: | 26 |
| Seats Before2: | 23 |
| Seats After2: | 23 |
| Map Size: | 350px |
| President pro tempore | |
| Before Election: | Tim Sheldon |
| Before Party: | Democratic (Coalition) |
| After Election: | Pam Roach |
| After Party: | Republican (Coalition) |
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. Candidates were allowed to declare a party preference.[1]
| Senate Overall | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Seats | +/– | |||
| Democratic | 23 | 0 | |||
| Democrat caucusing with Republicans | 1 | 1 | |||
| Republican | 25 | 1 | |||
| Total | 49 | ||||
| Seats in this election | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Seats | +/– | |||
| Democratic | 12 | 0 | |||
| Democrat caucusing with Republicans | 1 | 1 | |||
| Republican | 12 | 1 | |||
| Total | 25 | ||||
| Pre-election | Seats | ||
| Democratic | 12 | ||
| Democrats (caucusing with Republicans) | 2 | ||
| Republican | 11 | ||
| Elections | Seats | ||
| Democratic Incumbent and Uncontested | 2 | ||
| Democratic Incumbent vs. Democrat | 1 | ||
| Democratic Incumbent vs. Republican | 7 | ||
| Democratic Incumbent (caucusing with Republicans) vs. Democrat | 1 | ||
| Republican Incumbent vs. Democrat | 8 | ||
| Republican Incumbent vs. Republican | 2 | ||
| Contested, Open Seats | 4 | ||
| Total | 25 | ||
| Post-election | Seats | ||
| Democratic | 12 | ||
| Democrat (caucusing with Republicans) | 1 | ||
| Republican | 12 | ||
| Total | 25 | ||
Results as reported by the Secretary of State:[2]