2024 Washington Statewide Executive Offices elections
November 5, 2024 (2024-11-05)
All statewide executive offices
  Majority party Minority party
 
Party Democratic Republican
Last election 8 1
Seats before 9 0

General elections in the U.S. state of Washington are scheduled to be held on November 5, 2024. Primary elections are scheduled to be held on August 6, 2024.[1]

This is the first time since 1965 that Republicans have not held at least 1 executive office.

Federal

President of the United States

Washington has 12 electoral votes for the presidential election, remaining unchanged from 2020.[2] A presidential primary for both parties is scheduled to be held on March 12, 2024.[3]

United States Senate

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.[4]

United States House of Representatives

All 10 of Washington's seats in the United States House of Representatives will be up for re-election. Incumbent Representative Derek Kilmer (D) from the 6th district announced he will not seek re-election.[5]

Statewide executive

Governor

Incumbent three-term governor Jay Inslee (D) announced he will not seek re-election.[6]

Lieutenant governor

Incumbent one-term lieutenant governor Denny Heck (D) announced he will seek re-election to a second term.[7]

Attorney general

Incumbent three-term attorney general Bob Ferguson (D) announced he will not seek re-election and will instead run for governor.[8]

Secretary of state

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.[9] Hobbs won a 2022 special election to fill the role, and announced that he will seek re-election to a first full term.[10][7]

Public Lands Commissioner

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.[11]

State auditor

Incumbent two-term state auditor Pat McCarthy (D) filed to run for re-election to a third term, however, there is speculation that she will retire.[7]

State treasurer

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.[7]

Superintendent of Public Instruction

Incumbent two-term state superintendent Chris Reykdal (non-partisan) announced he will seek re-election to a third term.[7]

Insurance Commissioner

Incumbent six-term insurance commissioner Mike Kreidler (D) announced he will retire at the end of his term.[7]

Supreme Court

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.[12] In 2024, Susan Owens will reach mandatory retirement and will not be eligible to seek re-election.

Legislative

State senate

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.

State House of Representatives

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.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Primary elections in Washington, 2024". Ballotpedia. Retrieved November 10, 2023.
  2. ↑ "Electoral College in the 2024 presidential election". Ballotpedia. Retrieved November 10, 2023.
  3. ↑ "2024 Presidential Election Calendar". Ballotpedia. Retrieved November 10, 2023.
  4. ↑ "Who's in, who's out, and who's still waiting to announce for Senate in 2024". Washington Examiner. May 23, 2023. Retrieved November 10, 2023.
  5. ↑ "Kilmer says he will not seek another House term". Roll Call. November 9, 2023. Retrieved November 10, 2023.
  6. ↑ "Washington Gov. Jay Inslee is not running for re-election". NBC News. May 1, 2023. Retrieved November 10, 2023.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Here's who's running for statewide executive office so far in Washington next year". NW Progressive. July 9, 2023. Retrieved November 10, 2023.
  8. ↑ "Attorney General Bob Ferguson announces run for governor with endorsement from Gov. Inslee". king5.com. September 9, 2023. Retrieved November 10, 2023.
  9. ↑ "Wyman to assume federal election security role, resign as secretary of state; Wyman's resignation to take effect Nov. 19, 2021". Washington Secretary of State. October 26, 2021. Retrieved November 10, 2023.
  10. ↑ "Steve Hobbs breaks Washington Democrats' losing streak for secretary of state". Axios. November 11, 2022. Retrieved November 10, 2023.
  11. ↑ "Hilary Franz announces she will run for Congress after dropping out of 2024 governor's race". The Olympian. November 10, 2023. Retrieved November 10, 2023.
  12. ↑ "Washington Supreme Court elections, 2024". Ballotpedia. Retrieved November 10, 2023.
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