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The 2022 Washington State Senate elections took place as part of the biennial United States elections. Washington state voters elected state senators in 25 of the state's 49 Senate districts . The other 24 state senators were not up for re-election until the next biennial election in 2024.
In Washington, elections are authorized by Articles II, III, and IV of the Washington State Constitution, which respectively include the establishment of elections for the legislative, executive, and judiciary branches of the state government; Article VI establishes election procedures and rights.
The 2024 Washington State Senate elections were held on November 5, 2024, with a nonpartisan blanket primary election held on August 6, 2024. Voters in 25 of the 49 state legislative districts elected Senators to the Washington State Senate . [ 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 ...
The state constitution allows both houses to write their own rules of procedure (article II, section 9) and to elect their own officers (article II, section 10) with the proviso that the lieutenant governor may preside in each house and has a deciding vote in the Senate, but that the Senate may choose a "temporary president" in the absence of the lieutenant governor.
The 2016 Washington State Senate elections is one of the biennial legislative elections in Washington in which about half of the state's 49 legislative districts choose a state senator for a four-year term to the Washington State Senate. The other half of state senators are chosen in the next biennial election, so that about half of the ...
Twenty-five of the forty-nine seats in the Washington State Senate were up for election. Democrats kept a 28–21 majority in the Senate. Senators retiring this election were Senators Randi Becker (R-Olympia), [28] Maureen Walsh (R-Walla Walla), [29] and Hans Zeiger (R-Puyallup). [30] Senators Dean Takko (D) and Steve O'Ban (R) lost reelection.
Member of the Washington House of Representatives from the 8th district; In office January 14, 2019 () – January 9, 2023 () Preceded by: Larry Haler: Succeeded by: April Connors: Personal details; Born: June 1968 (age 56) Santa Maria, California, U.S. [1] Political party: Republican: Spouse: Dawn Boehnke: Residence(s) Kennewick, Washington, U.S.