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2022 United States Senate election in Washington

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2022 United States Senate election in Washington
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The 2022 United States Senate election in Washington was held on November 8, 2022, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Washington. Murray had won election to a fifth term in 2016 with 59% of the vote.[1]

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Because Washington has a blanket primary system, parties did not nominate their own candidates to run in the general election. Instead, every candidate appeared on the same ballot, regardless of their party affiliation. The top two candidates in the August 2 nonpartisan blanket primary then advanced to the general election. Murray received 52.2% of the primary vote and advanced to face Republican Tiffany Smiley.[2]

Although Washington has been a reliably blue state for over 30 years, many polls showed that Murray only had a narrow lead over Smiley, and some polls had Smiley within the margin of error. A couple of late polls had the two candidates tied; such polls caused most pundits to downgrade their forecast from "safe Democratic" to "likely Democratic", and Republicans believed that Smiley had a chance of pulling off an upset.[3] Despite the predictions of a close race, Murray defeated Smiley and won re-election to a sixth term by a 14.5-point margin. Although this was a significantly larger margin of victory for Murray than what was expected, it was fairly consistent with Washington's partisan lean.[4] Smiley conceded the following day. Despite her loss, she made significant gains in several counties, particularly in the Southwestern and Eastern parts of the state.[5]

Following the election, Murray was elected president pro tempore for the 118th Congress, becoming the first woman to hold the role.[6]

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Primary election

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Democratic candidates

Advanced to general

Eliminated in primary

  • Pano Churchill, candidate for U.S. Senate in 2016[7]
  • Sam Cusmir[7]
  • Ravin Pierre, aerospace engineer and data scientist[7]
  • Mohammed Said, physician and perennial candidate[7]
  • Bryan Solstin, aerospace engineer and software developer[7]

Withdrawn before primary

  • David Ishii
  • Nicolaust Sleister
  • Robert Kirby

Republican candidates

Advanced to general

Eliminated in primary

  • John Guenther, state employee[7]
  • Bill Hirt, perennial candidate[7]

Withdrawn before primary

  • Bob Hagglund, IT professional
  • Isaac Holyk, CEO of a software development Company

Third party and independent candidates

Eliminated in primary

Withdrawn before primary

  • Mfumu Metamorphosis Mpiana
  • Larry Hussey

Endorsements

Tiffany Smiley (R)

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Results

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Blanket primary results by county
  Murray
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  Smiley
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
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General election

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Debates

Two debates were held, the first on October 23 at Gonzaga University.[41] The second was town hall-style forum on October 30 in the KIRO-TV studio in Seattle.[42]

Murray's campaign declined an invitation to a scheduled debate on October 25 at Seattle University.

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Post-primary endorsements

Patty Murray (D)

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Polling

Aggregate polls

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Patty Murray vs. generic Republican

Patty Murray vs. generic opponent

Results

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By county

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By congressional district

Murray won seven of ten congressional districts, with the remaining three going to Smiley, including one that elected a Democrat.[97]

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Notes

  1. Calculated by taking the difference of 100% and all other candidates combined.
  2. Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  3. "Other/Refused" with 4%
  4. "Someone else" with 3%
  5. "Someone else" with 5%

Partisan clients

  1. Poll conducted for the NRSC and the Evergreen Principles PAC, which supports Smiley.
  2. This poll was sponsored by American Greatness, a conservative news outlet.
  3. Poll conducted for KHQ-TV.
  4. Poll conducted for Citizens United, a conservative non-profit organization.
  5. This poll was sponsored by the Northwest Progressive Institute.
  6. This poll was sponsored by the Senate Opportunity Fund.
  7. This poll was sponsored by Smiley's campaign.
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