2020 Washington State Senate election

Washington State Senate elections, 2020
26 of 49 seats in the Washington State Senate; 25 seats needed for a majority
	Results:; Democratic gain Republican gain; Democratic hold Republican hold; No election
President pro tempore before election; Karen Keiser; Democratic	Elected President pro tempore ; Karen Keiser; Democratic

The 2020 Washington State Senate elections took place as part of the biennial 2020 United States elections. Washington voters elected state senators in 26 of the 49 state legislative districts. Elections to the Washington State Senate were held on November 3, 2020.

Following the previous election in 2018, Democrats held a 28-seat majority in the Senate, compared to Republicans' 21 seats. Senators who did not run for re-election were Randi Becker,^[1] Maureen Walsh,^[2] and Hans Zeiger^[3] (all Republicans).

Democrats retained control of the Washington State Senate following the 2020 general election, with the balance of power remaining unchanged: 28 (D) to 21 (R).^[4]

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report^[5]	Likely D	October 21, 2020

Summary of results by State Senate district

Districts not listed were not up for election in 2020.

State Senate district	Incumbent		Elected Senator
1st	Derek Stanford	Dem	Derek Stanford	Dem
2nd	Randi Becker	Rep	Jim McCune	Rep
3rd	Andy Billig	Dem	Andy Billig	Dem
4th	Mike Padden	Rep	Mike Padden	Rep
5th	Mark Mullet	Dem	Mark Mullet	Dem
9th	Mark Schoesler	Rep	Mark Schoesler	Rep
10th	Ron Muzzall	Rep	Ron Muzzall	Rep
11th	Bob Hasegawa	Dem	Bob Hasegawa	Dem
12th	Brad Hawkins	Rep	Brad Hawkins	Rep
14th	Curtis King	Rep	Curtis King	Rep
16th	Maureen Walsh	Rep	Perry Dozier	Rep
17th	Lynda Wilson	Rep	Lynda Wilson	Rep
18th	Ann Rivers	Rep	Ann Rivers	Rep
19th	Dean Takko	Dem	Jeff Wilson	Rep
20th	John Braun	Rep	John Braun	Rep
22nd	Sam Hunt	Dem	Sam Hunt	Dem
23rd	Christine Rolfes	Dem	Christine Rolfes	Dem
24th	Kevin Van De Wege	Dem	Kevin Van De Wege	Dem
25th	Hans Zeiger	Rep	Chris Gildon	Rep
27th	Jeannie Darneille	Dem	Jeannie Darneille	Dem
28th	Steve O'Ban	Rep	T'wina Nobles	Dem
38th Special	June Robinson	Dem	June Robinson	Dem
39th	Keith Wagoner	Rep	Keith Wagoner	Rep
40th	Liz Lovelett	Dem	Liz Lovelett	Dem
41st	Lisa Wellman	Dem	Lisa Wellman	Dem
49th	Annette Cleveland	Dem	Annette Cleveland	Dem

Source:^[6]

Detailed results

Each party flipped a seat and the composition stayed at 28 D–21 R.^[7] Senators Dean Takko (D) and Steve O'Ban (R) lost reelection.

District 1 • District 2 • District 3 • District 4 • District 5 • District 9 • District 10 • District 11 • District 12 • District 14 • District 16 • District 17 • District 18 • District 19 • District 20 • District 22 • District 23 • District 24 • District 25 • District 27 • District 28 • District 38 • District 39 • District 40 • District 41 • District 49

Note: Washington uses a top two primary system. Official primary results can be obtained here^[8] and official general election results here.^[6]

District 1

Washington's 1st legislative district State Senate election, 2020
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Derek Stanford (incumbent)	34,445	63.5
	Republican	Art Coday	19,778	36.5
Total votes			54,223	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Derek Stanford (incumbent)	55,496	63.3
	Republican	Art Coday	32,168	36.7
Total votes			87,664	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 2

Washington's 2nd legislative district State Senate election, 2020
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Rick Payne	14,136	29.6
	Republican	Jim McCune	10,158	21.3
	Republican	Josh Penner	8,406	17.6
	Republican	Ronda Litzenberger	7,153	15.0
	Republican	Gina Blanchard-Reed	4,133	8.6
	Republican	Matthew Smith	3,812	7.9
Total votes			47,798	100.0
General election
	Republican	Jim McCune	51,941	63.8
	Democratic	Rick Payne	29,477	36.2
Total votes			81,418	100.0
	Republican hold

District 3

Washington's 3rd legislative district State Senate election, 2020
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Andy Billig (incumbent)	21,528	58.8
	Republican	Dave Lucas	15,058	41.2
Total votes			36,586	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Andy Billig (incumbent)	38,858	58.3
	Republican	Dave Lucas	27,848	41.7
Total votes			66,706	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 4

Washington's 4th legislative district State Senate election, 2020
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Padden (incumbent)	31,700	60.9
	Democratic	John Roskelley	17,232	33.1
	Independent	Ann Marie Danimus	3,158	6.0
Total votes			52,090	100.0
General election
	Republican	Mike Padden (incumbent)	56,161	62.6
	Democratic	John Roskelley	33,506	37.4
Total votes			89,667	100.0
	Republican hold

District 5

Washington's 5th legislative district State Senate election, 2020
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ingrid Anderson	24,144	50.5
	Democratic	Mark Mullet (incumbent)	23,653	49.5
Total votes			47,797	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Mark Mullet (incumbent)	41,949	50.03
	Democratic	Ingrid Anderson	41,892	49.97
Total votes			83,841	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 9

Washington's 9th legislative district State Senate election, 2020
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mark G. Schoesler (incumbent)	26,729	67.6
	Democratic	Jenn Goulet	12,783	32.4
Total votes			39,512	100.0
General election
	Republican	Mark G. Schoesler (incumbent)	43,651	65.7
	Democratic	Jenn Goulet	22,802	34.3
Total votes			66,453	100.0
	Republican hold

District 10

Washington's 10th legislative district State Senate election, 2020
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ron Muzzall (incumbent)	32,022	50.9
	Democratic	Helen Price Johnson	30,943	49.1
Total votes			62,965	100.0
General election
	Republican	Ron Muzzall (incumbent)	47,189	51.0
	Democratic	Helen Price Johnson	45,415	49.0
Total votes			92,604	100.0
	Republican hold

District 11

Washington's 11th legislative district State Senate election, 2020
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bob Hasegawa (incumbent)	29,869	100.0
Total votes			29,869	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Bob Hasegawa (incumbent)	54,606	100.0
Total votes			54,606	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 12

Washington's 12th legislative district State Senate election, 2020
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Brad Hawkins (incumbent)	37,449	100.0
Total votes			37,449	100.0
General election
	Republican	Brad Hawkins (incumbent)	58,051	100.0
Total votes			58,051	100.0
	Republican hold

District 14

Washington's 14th legislative district State Senate election, 2020
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Curtis P. King (incumbent)	29,157	100.0
Total votes			29,157	100.0
General election
	Republican	Curtis P. King (incumbent)	51,384	100.0
Total votes			51,384	100.0
	Republican hold

District 16

Washington's 16th legislative district State Senate election, 2020
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Danielle Garbe Reser	13,366	34.9
	Republican	Perry Dozier	13,318	34.8
	Republican	William "Bill" Jenkin	11,618	30.3
Total votes			38,302	100.0
General election
	Republican	Perry Dozier	35,859	59.0
	Democratic	Danielle Garbe Reser	24,889	41.0
Total votes			60,748	100.0
	Republican hold

District 17

Washington's 17th legislative district State Senate election, 2020
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lynda Wilson (incumbent)	25,423	55.5
	Democratic	Daniel Smith	20,361	44.5
Total votes			45,784	100.0
General election
	Republican	Lynda Wilson (incumbent)	44,671	54.6
	Democratic	Daniel Smith	37,196	45.4
Total votes			81,867	100.0
	Republican hold

District 18

Washington's 18th legislative district State Senate election, 2020
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Rick Bell	21,798	38.6
	Republican	Ann Rivers (incumbent)	18,401	32.5
	Republican	John Ley	16,342	28.9
Total votes			56,541	100.0
General election
	Republican	Ann Rivers (incumbent)	53,269	58.2
	Democratic	Rick Bell	38,305	41.8
Total votes			91,574	100.0
	Republican hold

District 19

Washington's 19th legislative district State Senate election, 2020
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dean Takko (incumbent)	20,948	44.4
	Republican	Jeff Wilson	17,454	37.0
	Republican	Wes Cormier	8,754	18.6
Total votes			47,156	100.0
General election
	Republican	Jeff Wilson	40,560	55.3
	Democratic	Dean Takko (incumbent)	32,773	44.7
Total votes			73,333	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 20

Washington's 20th legislative district State Senate election, 2020
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Braun (incumbent)	42,604	100.0
Total votes			42,604	100.0
General election
	Republican	John Braun (incumbent)	67,304	100.0
Total votes			67,304	100.0
	Republican hold

District 22

Washington's 22nd legislative district State Senate election, 2020
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sam Hunt (incumbent)	33,933	58.2
	Republican	Garry Holland	18,047	31.0
	Democratic	Kevin Young	6,309	10.8
Total votes			58,289	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Sam Hunt (incumbent)	60,806	67.3
	Republican	Garry Holland	29,600	32.7
Total votes			90,406	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 23

Washington's 23rd legislative district State Senate election, 2020
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Christine Rolfes (incumbent)	35,727	65.7
	Republican	Pam Madden-Boyer	18,692	34.3
Total votes			54,419	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Christine Rolfes (incumbent)	55,170	63.9
	Republican	Pam Madden-Boyer	31,107	36.1
Total votes			86,277	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 24

Washington's 24th legislative district State Senate election, 2020
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kevin Van De Wege (incumbent)	34,751	55.1
	Republican	Connie Beauvais	28,279	44.9
Total votes			63,030	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Kevin Van De Wege (incumbent)	49,883	54.1
	Republican	Connie Beauvais	42,289	45.9
Total votes			92,172	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 25

Washington's 25th legislative district State Senate election, 2020
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Chris Gildon	20,299	44.8
	Democratic	Julie Door	19,651	43.4
	Republican	Emmett Smith	5,351	11.8
Total votes			45,301	100.0
General election
	Republican	Chris Gildon	41,440	53.9
	Democratic	Julie Door	35,476	46.1
Total votes			76,916	100.0
	Republican hold

District 27

Washington's 27th legislative district State Senate election, 2020
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jeannie Darneille (incumbent)	32,360	71.0
	Republican	Kyle Paskewitz	13,236	29.0
Total votes			45,596	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Jeannie Darneille (incumbent)	52,421	69.7
	Republican	Kyle Paskewitz	22,785	30.3
Total votes			75,206	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 28

Washington's 28th legislative district State Senate election, 2020
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	T'wina Nobles	22,083	50.3
	Republican	Steve O'Ban (incumbent)	21,848	49.7
Total votes			43,931	100.0
General election
	Democratic	T'wina Nobles	35,802	50.7
	Republican	Steve O'Ban (incumbent)	34,793	49.3
Total votes			70,595	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 38

Washington's 38th legislative district State Senate election, 2020
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	June Robinson (incumbent)	17,822	45.3
	Republican	Bernard Moody	16,008	40.7
	Democratic	Kelly M. Fox	5,529	14.0
Total votes			39,359	100.0
General election
	Democratic	June Robinson (incumbent)	39,799	58.9
	Republican	Bernard Moody	27,818	41.1
Total votes			67,617	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 39

Washington's 39th legislative district State Senate election, 2020
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Keith L. Wagoner (incumbent)	32,702	67.1
	Progressive	Kathryn A. Lewandowsky	16,065	32.9
Total votes			48,767	100.0
General election
	Republican	Keith L. Wagoner (incumbent)	52,386	65.5
	Progressive	Kathryn A. Lewandowsky	27,578	34.5
Total votes			79,964	100.0
	Republican hold

District 40

Washington's 40th legislative district State Senate election, 2020
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Elizabeth (Liz) Lovelett (incumbent)	40,569	69.4
	Republican	Charles Carrell	17,890	30.6
Total votes			58,459	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Elizabeth (Liz) Lovelett (incumbent)	60,871	69.6
	Republican	Charles Carrell	26,638	30.4
Total votes			87,509	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 41

Washington's 41st legislative district State Senate election, 2020
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lisa Wellman (incumbent)	36,727	71.4
	Republican	Mike Nykreim	14,687	28.6
Total votes			51,414	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Lisa Wellman (incumbent)	58,241	70.0
	Republican	Mike Nykreim	24,972	30.0
Total votes			83,213	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 49

Washington's 49th legislative district State Senate election, 2020
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Annette Cleveland (incumbent)	23,540	58.0
	Independent Republican	Rey Reynolds	17,078	42.0
Total votes			40,618	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Annette Cleveland (incumbent)	41,424	56.6
	Independent Republican	Rey Reynolds	31,803	43.4
Total votes			73,227	100.0
	Democratic hold

References

^ "Sen. Randi Becker announces retirement from Senate at end of current term". Washington State Wire. March 5, 2020. Retrieved March 25, 2020.
^ LeValley, Chloe (November 7, 2019). "Sen. Maureen Walsh says she won't seek re-election". Walla Walla Union-Bulletin. Retrieved March 25, 2020.
^ "The News Tribune". account.thenewstribune.com. Retrieved March 25, 2020.
^ "Canvass of the Returns of the General Election Held on November 3, 2020" (PDF). State of Washington Secretary of State. December 1, 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 3, 2020.
^ "October Overview: Handicapping the 2020 State Legislature Races". The Cook Political Report. Retrieved November 1, 2020.
^ ^a ^b "November 3, 2020 General Election Results". Secretary of State of Washington. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
^ "Washington State Legislative November 3, 2020 General Election Results". November 24, 2020. Retrieved December 3, 2020.
^ "August 4, 2020 Primary Results". Secretary of State of Washington. Retrieved January 3, 2021.

External links

Government Documents Round Table of the American Library Association, "Washington", Voting & Elections Toolkits
"Washington: Election Tools, Deadlines, Dates, Rules, and Links", Vote.org, Oakland, CA
"League of Women Voters of Washington". (state affiliate of the U.S. League of Women Voters)
Washington at Ballotpedia

[1] "Sen. Randi Becker announces retirement from Senate at end of current term". Washington State Wire. March 5, 2020. Retrieved March 25, 2020.

[2] LeValley, Chloe (November 7, 2019). "Sen. Maureen Walsh says she won't seek re-election". Walla Walla Union-Bulletin. Retrieved March 25, 2020.

[:3-3] "The News Tribune". account.thenewstribune.com. Retrieved March 25, 2020.

[4] "Canvass of the Returns of the General Election Held on November 3, 2020" (PDF). State of Washington Secretary of State. December 1, 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 3, 2020.

[cook-october-5] "October Overview: Handicapping the 2020 State Legislature Races". The Cook Political Report. Retrieved November 1, 2020.

[res1-6] "November 3, 2020 General Election Results". Secretary of State of Washington. Retrieved January 3, 2021.

[7] "Washington State Legislative November 3, 2020 General Election Results". November 24, 2020. Retrieved December 3, 2020.

[8] "August 4, 2020 Primary Results". Secretary of State of Washington. Retrieved January 3, 2021.

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