| Office
|
Candidates |
Comment |
| President |
George W Bush
(R)
John Kerry (D)
|
An
expected win in Washington, about as anticipated. |
| US
Senate |
Patty
Murray
(D)
George Nethercutt (R) |
A clear,
decisive win - again, about as anticipated. Nethercutt never
got close. |
| US
House 1 |
Jay
Inslee (D)
Randy Eastwood (R) |
A low
key race, one of Inslee's easiest. |
| US
House 2 |
Rick
Larsen (D)
Suzanne Sinclair (R) |
An
easy Larsen wn. |
| US
House 3 |
Brian
Baird (D)
Thomas Crowson (R) |
Another
lopsided contest. |
| US
House 4 |
Doc
Hastings (R)
Sandra Matheson (D) |
Matheson
was a top-flight candidate, but Hastings blew her away. Is this
district simply out of reach for Ds? |
| US
House 5 |
Cathy
McMorris (R)
Don Barbieri (D) |
District
held true to partisan form, rejecting an unusually strong D.
That said, McMorris ran strong too. |
| US
House 6 |
Norm
Dicks (D)
Doug Cloud (R) |
An
easy win, one of many. |
| US
House 7 |
Jim
McDermott (D)
Carol Cassady (R) |
"Congressman
for life" does it again, as per normal. |
| US House
8 |
Dave
Reichert (R)
Dave Ross (D) |
With
much of King out, still a little too close to call. |
| US
House 9 |
Adam
Smith (D)
Paul Lord (R) |
Smith
is becoming another reliable easy winner. |
| Governor |
Christine
Gregoire (D)
Dino Rossi (R) |
Still
very close, though with much of King yet to report, Gregoire
has a narrow edge. |
| Lt
Governor |
Brad
Owen (D) |
No
major opposition; the lone D endorsed by the state business
association. |
| Attorney
Genl |
Deborah
Senn (D)
Rob McKenna (R) |
A lot
of King is out as this is written, but McKenna has racked up
a big non-King majority and is not running too badly in King
(for a Republican). That in hand, we'll call it. |
| Secretary
State |
Sam
Reed (R)
Laura Rudeman (D) |
Easy-going
Reed is cruising here. |
| Treasurer |
Mike
Murphy (D)
Oscar Lewis (R) |
Another
easy win, out of sight of controversy. |
| Auditor |
Brian
Sonntag (D)
Will Baker (R) |
A lopsided
win against the candidate the Republicans wish they hadn't put
on the ballot. |
| Insurance
Com |
Mike
Kriedler (D)
John Adams (R) |
Not
a runaway, but Kriedler appears to satisfy the middle. |
| Comm
Lands |
Doug
Sutherland (R)
Mike Cooper (D) |
Sutherland
fares well, as most incumbents in Washington did on Tuesday. |
| Supt
Pub Instr |
Terry
Bergeson
Judith Billings |
Looks
like Bergeson... |
| I-872 |
primary/top
2 |
YES
Looks like a near-landslide for the Louisiana plan. Do they
know what they got? |
| I-884 |
sales
tax/ed trust |
NO
Landslide loss - another tax increase plan down in flames. |
| I-892 |
slots
OK outside tribal casinos, tax cut |
NO
A major failure for the Eyman organization. This will be much
studied. |
| I-297 |
nuclear
waste |
YES
Passing overwhelmingly. |
| R-55 |
charter
schools |
Also
appears to be failing decisively - a win for the public school
teachers. One win, one loss. |
| I-83 |
monorail
recall z |
NO
Themonorail gets a green light. |
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WASHINGTON
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