2014 Washington House of Representatives election

Washington State House elections, 2014
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98 seats of the Washington State House of Representatives; 50 seats needed for a majority
	Results:; Republican gain; Democratic hold Republican hold
House Speaker before election; Frank Chopp; Democratic	Elected House Speaker ; Frank Chopp; Democratic

The Washington State House elections, 2014 were biennial elections in which each of the 49 legislative districts in Washington chose two people to represent them in the state house. Roughly half of the members of the Washington Senate were elected concurrently to four-year terms from the same legislative districts. The elections were held on November 4, 2014.^[1]

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Top two primary elections on August 5, 2014, determined which two candidates appeared on the November ballot. Candidates were allowed to write in a party preference.^[2]

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Washington State House Elections, 2014 Primary election — August 5, 2014
Party		Votes	Percentage	Candidates	Advancing to general	Seats contesting
	Democratic	1,056,449	48.23%	86	80
	Republican	1,037,912	47.38%	95	85
	Libertarian	51,277	2.34%	12	8
	Independent	44,087	2.01%	15	7
	Green	806	0.04%	1	0	0
Totals		2,189,725	100.00%	209	176	—

Washington State House Elections, 2014 General election — November 4, 2014
Party		Votes	Percentage	Seats	+/–
	Democratic	1,839,583	48.59%	51	4
	Republican	1,791,268	47.31%	47	4
	Libertarian	82,057	2.17%	0
	Independent	73,027	1.93%	0
Totals		3,786,125	100.00%	98	—

Races with Democratic Incumbent		Seats
	Uncontested	9
	Contested, vs Democrat	1
	Contested, vs Republican	33
	Contested, vs Independent	3
	Contested, vs Libertarian	4
	Contested, vs Socialist Alternative	1
Total		51

Races with Republican Incumbent		Seats
	Uncontested	10
	Contested, vs Republican	4
	Contested, vs Democrat	19
	Contested, vs Independent	2
	Contested, vs Libertarian	2
Total		37

Open Races		Seats
	Libertarian vs Democrat	1
	Republican vs Democrat	7
	Republican vs Republican	2
Total		10

2014 Washington House of Representatives election

Overview

Results

Composition

Predictions

Select Nonpartisan Blanket Primary Results

General election results

Districts 1-9

Districts 10-19

Districts 20-29

Districts 30-39

Districts 40-49

Notes

References

External links

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Timelines

Top Qs

Fact Checks

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Leonard Christian (inc.)	6,380	24.77
	Republican	Diana Wilhite	7,869	30.55
	Republican	Bob McCaslin	11,511	44.69
Total votes				100.00

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dave Hayes (inc.)	13,638	48.77
	Democratic	David Sponheim	4,220	15.09
	Democratic	Nick Petrish	7,332	26.22
	Republican	Brien Lillquist	2,775	9.92
Invalid or blank votes
Total votes				100.00
Turnout

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ben Shoval	2,822	11.97
	Republican	Gina R. McCabe	10,770	45.7
	Republican	Adam Yoest	3,150	13.37
	Democratic	Paul George	6,826	28.96
Total votes				100.00

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Paul Harris (inc.)	10,551	50.77
	Democratic	Richard McCluskey	8,130	39.12
	Libertarian	Christ Rockhold	2,100	10.09
Total votes				100.00

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Brandon Vick (inc.)	8,925	35.19
	Democratic	Mike Briggs	9,630	37.97
	Republican	John Ley	6,808	26.84
Total votes				100.00
Turnout

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Strom Peterson	5,615	28.4
	Democratic	Scott V. Whelpley	4,055	20.51
	Democratic	Justin McMahon	2,944	14.89
	Democratic	Dick McManus	757	3.83
	Republican	Allen McPheeters	6,402	32.38
Total votes				100.00

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Paul Wagemann	6,353	27.49
	Democratic	Christine Kilduff	7,301	31.59
	Republican	Monique Valenzuela Trudnowski	5,915	25.59
	Independent	Kevin Heiderich	676	2.92
	Democratic	John Connelly	2,867	12.4
Total votes				100.00

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mia Su-Ling Gregerson (inc.)	7,916	49.52
	Republican	Jeanette Burrage	5,970	37.35
	Independent	Les Thomas	2,100	13.14
Total votes				100.00
Turnout

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kathy Haigh (inc.)	14,742	49.73
	Republican	Dan Griffey	8,746	29.5
	Republican	Josiah Rowell	6,155	20.76
Total votes				100.00
Turnout

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Libertarian	Nicholas Kunkel	1,193	3.97
	Republican	Bill Knutzen	6,900	22.96
	Republican	Luanne VanWerven	10,298	34.27
	Democratic	Satpal Sidhu	11,661	38.8
Total votes				100.00
Turnout

Washington's 49th legislative district House 2 general election, 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jim Moeller (inc.)	11,300	54.96
	Republican	Lisa Ross	5,500	26.75
	Republican	Carolyn Crain	3,760	18.29
Total votes				100.00
Turnout

Washington's 7th legislative district House 2 general election, 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Joel Kretz (inc.)	38,934	83.08
	Independent	Ronnie Rae ^[b]	7,932	16.92
Total votes			46,866	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Derek Stanford (inc.)	25,276	58.43
	Republican	Mark Davies	17,985	41.57
Total votes			43,261	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Luis Moscoso (inc.)	23,198	53.91
	Republican	Edward J. Barton	19,834	46.09
Total votes			43,032	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Graham Hunt (inc.)	22,369	62.35
	Democratic	Greg Hartman	13,510	37.65
Total votes			35,879	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	J. T. Wilcox (inc.)	24,837	71.84
	Libertarian	Steven Nielson	9,734	28.16
Total votes			34,571	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Marcus Riccelli (inc.)	19,946	59.91
	Republican	Tim Benn^[a]	13,349	40.09
Total votes			33,295	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Timm Ormsby (inc.)	22,606	69.47
	Libertarian	Paul Delaney	9,935	30.53
Total votes			32,541	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bob McCaslin	25,268	58.00
	Republican	Diana Wilhite	18,301	42.00
Total votes			43,569	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Matt Shea (inc.)	25,114	57.75
	Republican	Josh Arritola	18,372	42.25
Total votes			43,486	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jay Rodne (inc.)	26,029	57.64
	Democratic	Essie Hicks	19,131	42.36
Total votes			45,160	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Chad Magendanz (inc.)	26,287	59.01
	Democratic	David Spring	18,259	40.99
Total votes			44,546	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kevin Parker (inc.)	32,289	67.25
	Democratic	Donald Dover	15,722	32.75
Total votes			48,011	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jeff Holy (inc.)	32,078	67.74
	Democratic	Ziggy Siegfried	15,277	32.26
Total votes			47,355	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Shelly Short (inc.)	37,648	79.8
	Libertarian	James R. Apker	9,528	20.2
Total votes			47,176	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Brad Klippert (inc.)	31,811	100.00
Total votes			31,811	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Larry Haler (inc.)	32,188	78.58
	Democratic	Eric Kalia	8,775	21.42
Total votes			40,963	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Susan Fagan (inc.)	28,550	100.00
Total votes			28,550	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Joe Schmick (inc.)^[c]	28,058	100.00
Total votes			28,058	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Norma Smith (inc.)	37,119	76.28
	Libertarian	Michael Scott	11,544	23.72
Total votes			48,663	100.00
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dave Hayes (inc.)	30,993	59.66
	Democratic	Nick Petrish	20,955	40.34
Total votes			51,948	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Zach Hudgins (inc.)	20,763	100.00
	Democratic hold