Keith Arnold

Keith Arnold (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Washington's 8th Congressional District. He lost in the primary on August 6, 2024.

Biography

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Arnold earned his bachelor's from the University of Illinois and then went on to work for the IRS in St. Louis, MO. He is an accounting technician for NOAA.^[1]

Elections

2024

Washington's 8th Congressional District election, 2024 (August 6 top-two primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Washington District 8

Incumbent Kim Schrier defeated Carmen Goers in the general election for U.S. House Washington District 8 on November 5, 2024.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Kim Schrier (D)	54.0	224,607
	Carmen Goers (R)	45.8	190,675
	Other/Write-in votes	0.2	995

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 416,277
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House Washington District 8

Incumbent Kim Schrier and Carmen Goers defeated Imraan Siddiqi and Keith Arnold in the primary for U.S. House Washington District 8 on August 6, 2024.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Kim Schrier (D)	50.1	105,069
✔	Carmen Goers (R)	45.0	94,322
	Imraan Siddiqi (D)	3.5	7,374
	Keith Arnold (D)	1.2	2,603
	Other/Write-in votes	0.1	291

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 209,659
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Endorsements

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2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Washington District 8

Incumbent Kim Schrier defeated Matt Larkin in the general election for U.S. House Washington District 8 on November 8, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Kim Schrier (D)	53.3	179,003
	Matt Larkin (R)	46.4	155,976
	Other/Write-in votes	0.3	1,059

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 336,038
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House Washington District 8

The following candidates ran in the primary for U.S. House Washington District 8 on August 2, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kim Schrier (D)	47.9	97,700
✔		Matt Larkin (R)	17.0	34,684
		Reagan Dunn (R)	14.4	29,494
		Jesse Jensen (R)	12.9	26,350
		Scott Stephenson (R)	3.9	7,954
	Submit photo	Emet Ward (D)	0.9	1,832
	Submit photo	Dave Chapman (R)	0.9	1,811
		Keith Arnold (D)	0.8	1,669
		Justin Greywolf (L)	0.7	1,518
		Ryan Burkett (Independent)	0.3	701
		Patrick Dillon (Concordia Party)	0.1	296
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	122

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 204,131
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2020

General election

General election for U.S. House Washington District 8

Incumbent Kim Schrier defeated Jesse Jensen in the general election for U.S. House Washington District 8 on November 3, 2020.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Kim Schrier (D)	51.7	213,123
	Jesse Jensen (R)	48.1	198,423
	Other/Write-in votes	0.1	566

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 412,112
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House Washington District 8

The following candidates ran in the primary for U.S. House Washington District 8 on August 4, 2020.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Kim Schrier (D)	43.3	106,611
✔	Jesse Jensen (R)	20.0	49,368
	Keith Swank (R)	17.4	42,809
	Dave Saulibio (Trump Republican Party)	11.8	28,976
	Corey Bailey (Independent)	2.7	6,552
	James Mitchell (D)	2.5	6,187
	Keith Arnold (D)	1.7	4,111
	Ryan Burkett (Unaffiliated)	0.6	1,458
	Other/Write-in votes	0.1	289

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 246,361
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2018

See also: Washington's 8th Congressional District election, 2018

See also: Washington's 8th Congressional District election (August 7, 2018 top-two primary)

General election

Kim Schrier defeated Dino Rossi in the general election for U.S. House Washington District 8 on November 6, 2018.

General election for U.S. House Washington District 8

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Kim Schrier (D)	52.4	164,089
	Dino Rossi (R)	47.6	148,968

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 313,057
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Top-two primary

The following candidates ran in the primary for U.S. House Washington District 8 on August 7, 2018.

Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House Washington District 8

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Dino Rossi (R)	43.1	73,288
✔		Kim Schrier (D)	18.7	31,837
		Jason Rittereiser (D)	18.1	30,708
		Shannon Hader (D)	12.5	21,317
		Jack Hughes-Hageman (R)	2.5	4,270
	Submit photo	Gordon Allen Pross (R)	1.2	2,081
	Submit photo	Thomas Cramer (D)	0.9	1,468
		William Eugene Grassie (Independent)	0.7	1,163
	Submit photo	Richard Reyes (L)	0.7	1,154
		Keith Arnold (Independent)	0.6	1,090
		Patrick Dillon (Neither Major Party)	0.5	898
	Submit photo	Todd Mahaffey (Independent)	0.4	673

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 169,947
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

2016

See also: Washington's 8th Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Republican. Incumbent Dave Reichert (R) defeated Tony Ventrella (D) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Reichert and Ventrella defeated Alida Skold (D), Santiago Ramos (D), Margaret Walsh (We R Independent Party), and Keith Arnold (I) in the top-two primary on August 2, 2016. Prior to the primary, Tony Ventrella withdrew from the race, but he still won the nomination. As a result, Ventrella relaunched his campaign.^[2]^[3]^[4]

**U.S. House, Washington District 8 General Election, 2016**
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Dave Reichert Incumbent	60.2%	193,145
	Democratic	Tony Ventrella	39.8%	127,720
Total Votes				320,865
Source: Washington Secretary of State

**U.S. House, Washington District 8 Primary, 2016**
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Dave Reichert Incumbent	56.8%	73,600
	Democratic	Tony Ventrella	17%	22,035
	Democratic	Santiago Ramos	13.8%	17,900
	Democratic	Alida Skold	8.4%	10,825
	Independent	Keith Arnold	2.4%	3,153
	We R Independent	Margaret Walsh	1.6%	2,024
Total Votes				129,537
Source: Washington Secretary of State

2014

See also: Washington's 8th Congressional District elections, 2014

Arnold ran in the 2014 election for the U.S. House to represent Washington's 8th District.^[5] He was defeated by incumbent Dave Reichert (R) and Jason Ritchie (D), who were the top two vote-getters in the top-two primary.^[6]

**U.S. House, Washington District 8, Blanket Primary, 2014**
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Dave Reichert Incumbent	62.8%	53,907
	Democratic	Jason Ritchie	28.4%	24,368
	Democratic	Keith Arnold	8.8%	7,540
Total Votes				85,815
Source: Results via Associated Press

2012

See also: Washington's 8th Congressional District elections, 2012

Arnold ran in the 2012 election for the U.S. House to represent Washington's 8th District. He was defeated in the top-two primary on August 7, 2012.^[7]^[8]

**U.S. House, Washington District 8 Open Primary, 2012**
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Dave Reichert (R) Incumbent	50.6%	66,220
Karen Porterfield (D)	28.3%	37,083
Keith Swank (R)	8.4%	10,942
Keith Arnold (D)	5.5%	7,144
James Windle (Unaffiliated)	4%	5,269
Ernest Huber (R)	3.2%	4,165
Total Votes		130,823

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

Keith Arnold did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign website

Arnold’s campaign website stated the following:

“

I will fight for JUSTICE for the 99% plus the 1%

Included commitments:

Ranked choice voting and campaign reform.
Ending unconstitutionally illegal judiciary case false “laws” and “orders” scam.
Everyone who is law-abiding must be included in our economy and workforce and have a living wage.
I support global free trade but it must be Fair Global Free Trade.
A quality education system for our children.
The purpose of both the public and private sectors is to serve the public, not to serve management
The purpose of business (the private sector) is not excessive profits but to serve as a tool to provide public services.
We must develop clean alternative sources of energy, especially renewable energy sources.
Supporting our troops and veterans economically and financially.
I would have voted against starting the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and the bank bailout.
Immigration laws should be enforced focusing on those who hire (and exploit) persons here illegally.
I am Pro Life. (Abortion should be allowed only in cases of rape, incest, or a significant health risk. That significant health risk should be limited to life-threatening risk until medicine can give us a better definition which may consider severe birth defects.)
We need universal health care, we must provide care to everyone from infants to seniors.
A fair tax system which should be progressive for higher incomes. This will slowly eliminate the deficit and payoff the debt.
I support gun control, allowing guns for self defense, hunting, and target practice. However, extremes such as 100 round clips aren't needed nor are fully automatic weapons.^[9]

”

—Keith Arnold’s campaign website (2024)^[10]

2022

Keith Arnold did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Keith Arnold did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

2012

Arnold listed the following issues on his website:^[11]

"Everyone who is law-abiding must be included in our economy and workforce and have a living wage.
I support global free trade but it must be Fair Global Free Trade.
A quality education system for our children.
The purpose of both the public and private sectors is to serve the public, not to serve management.
The purpose of business (the private sector) is not excessive profits but to serve as a tool to provide public services.
We must develop clean alternative sources of energy, especially renewable energy sources.
Supporting our troops and veterans economically and financially.
I would have voted against starting the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and the bank bailout.
Immigration laws should be enforced focusing on those who hire (and exploit) persons here illegally.
I am Pro Life. (Abortion should be allowed only in cases of rape, incest, or an extreme health risk to the mother. That extreme health risk should be limited to life-threatening risk until medicine can give us a better definition.)
We need universal health care, we must provide care to everyone from infants to seniors.
A fair tax system which should be progressive for higher incomes. This will slowly eliminate the deficit and payoff the debt.
Ranked choice elections and campaign reform."

Campaign finance summary

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Keith Arnold campaign contribution history
Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2024*	U.S. House Washington District 8	Lost primary	$0	N/A**
2022	U.S. House Washington District 8	Lost primary	$0	N/A**
2020	U.S. House Washington District 8	Lost primary	$0	N/A**
2018	U.S. House Washington District 8	Lost primary	$0	N/A**
Grand total			$0	N/A**
Sources: OpenSecrets, Federal Elections Commission *This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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Footnotes

↑ Campaign Website, "Background" (dead link)
↑ Washington Secretary of State, "Unofficial List of Candidates in Ballot Order," accessed May 23, 2016
↑ Politico, "Washington House Primaries Results," August 2, 2016
↑ King5.com, "Sportscaster Tony Ventrella emerges as the accidental candidate," August 3, 2016
↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named list
↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named apw
↑ Washington Secretary of State, "Candidate Filings," accessed May 18, 2012
↑ Associated Press, "Election results"
↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
↑ Vote Keith Arnold, “Home,” accessed July 21, 2024
↑ Campaign Website, "Issues"

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[1] Campaign Website, "Background" (dead link)

[list16-2] Washington Secretary of State, "Unofficial List of Candidates in Ballot Order," accessed May 23, 2016

[primaryresults16-3] Politico, "Washington House Primaries Results," August 2, 2016

[4] King5.com, "Sportscaster Tony Ventrella emerges as the accidental candidate," August 3, 2016

[list-5] Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named list

[apw-6] Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named apw

[sos-7] Washington Secretary of State, "Candidate Filings," accessed May 18, 2012

[8] Associated Press, "Election results"

[quotedisclaimer-9] Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.

[10] Vote Keith Arnold, “Home,” accessed July 21, 2024

[11] Campaign Website, "Issues"

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Keith Arnold

Biography

Elections

2024

General election

General election for U.S. House Washington District 8

Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House Washington District 8

Endorsements

2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Washington District 8

Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House Washington District 8

2020

General election

General election for U.S. House Washington District 8

Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House Washington District 8

2018

General election

General election

General election for U.S. House Washington District 8

Top-two primary

Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House Washington District 8

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

2016

2014

2012

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

Campaign website

2022

2020

2012

Campaign finance summary

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Footnotes

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