Thor Amundson

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Thor Amundson

Independent Party

Elections and appointments

Last election

August 6, 2024

Education

High school

Eisenhower High School, 1979

Personal

Profession

Carpenter

Thor Amundson (Independent Party) ran for election to the U.S. Senate to represent Washington. He lost in the primary on August 6, 2024.

Biography

Thor Amundson graduated from Eisenhower High School in 1979. Amundson's career experience includes working as a carpenter.

Elections

2024

See also: United States Senate election in Washington, 2024

General election

General election for U.S. Senate Washington

Incumbent Maria Cantwell defeated Raul Garcia in the general election for U.S. Senate Washington on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Maria Cantwell (D)	59.1	2,252,577
		Raul Garcia (R)	40.6	1,549,187
		Other/Write-in votes	0.3	10,627

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 3,812,391
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for U.S. Senate Washington

The following candidates ran in the primary for U.S. Senate Washington on August 6, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Maria Cantwell (D)	57.2	1,114,327
✔		Raul Garcia (R)	22.1	431,182
		Scott Nazarino (R)	5.7	111,386
		Isaac Holyk (R)	5.7	110,701
		Melanie Ram (R)	4.5	86,956
		Charlie Jackson (Independent Party)	1.1	21,055
		David Tilton (No party preference)	0.9	17,561
		Paul Giesick (D)	0.9	17,433
		GoodSpaceGuy (R)	0.9	16,826
		Thor Amundson (Independent Party)	0.5	10,587
		Henry Dennison (Socialist Workers Party)	0.4	7,840
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	2,862

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,948,716
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Aria Ursa (D)
• Ryan Searcy (R)
• John Guenther (R)
• Gregory Saunders (R)
• Destiny Archer (R)
• John Peterson (D)

Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Amundson in this election.

2022

See also: United States Senate election in Washington, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. Senate Washington

Incumbent Patty Murray defeated Tiffany Smiley in the general election for U.S. Senate Washington on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Patty Murray (D)	57.1	1,741,827
		Tiffany Smiley (R)	42.6	1,299,322
		Other/Write-in votes	0.2	6,751

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 3,047,900
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for U.S. Senate Washington

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

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Patty Murray (D)	52.2	1,002,811
✔		Tiffany Smiley (R)	33.7	646,917
		Leon Lawson (Trump Republican Party)	3.1	59,134
		John Guenther (R)	2.9	55,426
		Ravin Pierre (D)	1.2	22,172
		Dave Saulibio (JFK Republican Party)	1.0	19,341
		Naz Paul (Independent)	1.0	18,858
		Bill Hirt (R)	0.8	15,276
		Mohammad Said (D)	0.7	13,995
		Henry Dennison (Socialist Workers Party)	0.7	13,901
		Pano Churchill (D)	0.6	11,859
		Bryan Solstin (D)	0.5	9,627
		Charlie Jackson (Independent)	0.4	8,604
		Jon Butler (Independent)	0.3	5,413
		Thor Amundson (Independent)	0.3	5,133
		Martin Hash (Independent)	0.2	4,725
		Dan Phan Doan (Independent)	0.2	3,049
		Sam Cusmir (D)	0.1	2,688
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	1,511

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,920,440
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• David Ishii (D)
• Bob Hagglund (R)
• Nicolaus Sleister (D)
• Justin Greywolf (Independent)
• Isaac Holyk (R)
• David McCune (Independent)
• Robert Kirby (D)
• Mfumu Metamorphosis Mpiana (Independent)
• Larry Hussey (Independent)

2020

See also: Washington gubernatorial election, 2020

General election

General election for Governor of Washington

Incumbent Jay Inslee defeated Loren Culp in the general election for Governor of Washington on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jay Inslee (D)	56.6	2,294,243
		Loren Culp (R)	43.1	1,749,066
		Other/Write-in votes	0.3	13,145

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 4,056,454
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Governor of Washington

The following candidates ran in the primary for Governor of Washington on August 4, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jay Inslee (D)	50.1	1,247,916
✔		Loren Culp (R)	17.4	433,238
		Joshua Freed (R)	8.9	222,553
		Tim Eyman (R)	6.4	159,495
		Raul Garcia (R)	5.4	135,045
		Phil Fortunato (R)	4.0	99,265
		Don Rivers (D)	1.0	25,601
		Leon Lawson (Trump Republican Party)	0.9	23,073
		Liz Hallock (G)	0.9	21,537
		Cairo D'Almeida (D)	0.6	14,657
		Anton Sakharov (Trump Republican Party)	0.6	13,935
		Nate Herzog (Pre-2016 Republican Party)	0.5	11,303
	Submit photo	Gene Hart (D)	0.4	10,605
	Submit photo	Omari Tahir-Garrett (D)	0.4	8,751
	Submit photo	Ryan Ryals (Unaffiliated)	0.3	6,264
		Henry Dennison (Socialist Workers Party)	0.2	5,970
		GoodSpaceGuy (Trump Republican Party)	0.2	5,646
		Richard Carpenter (R)	0.2	4,962
	Submit photo	Elaina Gonzalez (Independent)	0.2	4,772
	Submit photo	Matthew Murray (R)	0.2	4,489
		Thor Amundson (Independent)	0.1	3,638
		Bill Hirt (R)	0.1	2,854
	Submit photo	Martin Wheeler (R)	0.1	2,686
	Submit photo	Ian Gonzales (R)	0.1	2,537
		Joshua Wolf (New Liberty Party)	0.1	2,315
		Cregan Newhouse (Unaffiliated)	0.1	2,291
	Submit photo	Brian Weed (Unaffiliated)	0.1	2,178
		Alex Tsimerman (Standup-America Party)	0.1	1,721
	Submit photo	Tylor Grow (R)	0.1	1,509
		Dylan Nails (Independent)	0.1	1,470
	Submit photo	Craig Campbell (Unaffiliated)	0.0	1,178
	Submit photo	William Miller (American Patriot Party)	0.0	1,148
	Submit photo	Cameron Vessey (Unaffiliated)	0.0	718
	Submit photo	Winston Wilkes (Propertarianist Party)	0.0	702
		David Blomstrom (Fifth Republic Party)	0.0	519
	Submit photo	David Voltz (Cascadia Labour Party)	0.0	480
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	1,938

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 2,488,959
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Mathew Mackenzie (R)
• Phillip Bailey (D)
• Asa Palagi (Independent)
• Lisa Thomas (Unaffiliated)
• Matthew Heines (Unaffiliated)

2018

See also: United States Senate election in Washington, 2018

General election

Incumbent Maria Cantwell defeated Susan Hutchison in the general election for U.S. Senate Washington on November 6, 2018.

General election

General election for U.S. Senate Washington

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Maria Cantwell (D)	58.4	1,803,364
		Susan Hutchison (R)	41.6	1,282,804

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 3,086,168
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Top-two primary

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

Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for U.S. Senate Washington

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Maria Cantwell (D)	54.7	929,961
✔		Susan Hutchison (R)	24.3	413,317
		Keith Swank (R)	2.3	39,818
		Joseph Gibson (R)	2.3	38,676
		Clint Tannehill (D)	2.1	35,770
	Submit photo	David R. Bryant (R)	2.0	33,962
		Arthur Coday Jr. (R)	1.8	30,654
		Jennifer Ferguson (Independent)	1.5	25,224
	Submit photo	Tim Owen (R)	1.4	23,167
		Matt Hawkins (R)	0.8	13,324
		Don Rivers (D)	0.7	12,634
		Mike Luke (L)	0.7	12,302
	Submit photo	Glen Stockwell (R)	0.7	11,611
		Thor Amundson (Independent)	0.6	9,393
		Mohammad Said (D)	0.5	8,649
		Matthew Heines (R)	0.5	7,737
		Steve Hoffman (Freedom Socialist Party)	0.4	7,390
		GoodSpaceGuy (R)	0.4	7,057
		John Orlinski (R)	0.4	6,905
	Submit photo	David Lee Strider (Independent)	0.4	6,821
		Roque De La Fuente (R)	0.3	5,724
		James Robert Deal (G)	0.2	3,849
	Submit photo	Sam Wright (The Human Rights Party)	0.2	3,761
		Brad Chase (FDFR Party)	0.2	2,655
	Submit photo	George Kalberer (D)	0.1	2,448
		Charlie Jackson (Independent)	0.1	2,411
	Submit photo	RC Smith (R)	0.1	2,238
		Jon Butler (Independent)	0.1	2,016
		Alex Tsimerman (Standup-America Party)	0.1	1,366

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,700,840
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Clay Johnson (Independent)

2016

See also: United States Senate election in Washington, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated Washington's U.S. Senate race as safely Democratic. Incumbent Patty Murray (D) won re-election in 2016. She defeated Chris Vance (R) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Murray and Vance defeated 15 other candidates to win the primary on August 2, 2016. In Washington, all candidates run in the same primary and the two candidates who receive the most votes, regardless of party affiliation, advance to the general election.

U.S. Senate, Washington General Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Patty Murray Incumbent	59%	1,913,979
	Republican	Chris Vance	41%	1,329,338
Total Votes				3,243,317
Source: Washington Secretary of State

U.S. Senate, Washington Primary, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Patty Murray Incumbent	53.8%	745,421
	Republican	Chris Vance	27.5%	381,004
	Republican	Eric John Makus	4.2%	57,825
	Democratic	Phil Cornell	3.4%	46,460
	Republican	Scott Nazarino	3%	41,542
	Libertarian	Mike Luke	1.5%	20,988
	Democratic	Mohammad Said	1%	13,362
	Conservative	Donna Rae Lands	0.8%	11,472
	Independent	Ted Cummings	0.8%	11,028
	Human Rights	Sam Wright	0.8%	10,751
	Republican	Uncle Mover	0.6%	8,569
	System Reboot Party	Jeremy Teuton	0.6%	7,991
	Democratic	Thor Amundson	0.6%	7,906
	Independent	Chuck Jackson	0.5%	6,318
	Lincoln Caucus	Pano Churchill	0.4%	5,150
	Independent	Zach Haller	0.4%	5,092
	Standupamerica	Alex Tsimerman	0.3%	4,117
Total Votes				1,384,996
Source: Washington Secretary of State

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Thor Amundson did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.

Candidate statement

Amundson provided the following candidate statement for the Washington State voter guide:

“	Hi, I’m Thor Amundson, and I am a pro-democracy candidate. Born and raised in Eastern Washington, I’ve lived and worked throughout the state, and this has given me the opportunity to talk with people in all walks of life, and to consider the variety of issues facing them. I believe that without a little more opportunity for the next generation, we cannot have a healthy civilization. If corporations move to other countries, they should follow the same rules and labour practices as in the USA. Stop shipping logs, jobs, and clean air and water overseas. Turn off reactor at Hanford and no new reactor; stop making the mess. Replace Hanford with geothermal power generation. Nationwide public internet access for everyone and net neutrality. Ban the use of certain weed killers on federally funded sites like easements, fencelines, ditch banks, and public schools. Overturn Citizen's United. Picture a state and a nation where your children can afford to live. Federal and State and private land that has been swapped with Federal and State land should be open for off-grid homesteading. A place where elected officials are chosen by the people, not by their financial contributors. Make C-Span more entertaining. Rather than propose campaign reform, I am implementing it. I will lead the United States into the 21st century. I will go to Washington DC and bring back financing for the Washington state ferries system and for upgrading the irrigation systems of Eastern Washington, and for clean water and clean air. Vote Thor.	”
—Thor Amundson (2024)

2022

Thor Amundson did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Thor Amundson did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance summary

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Thor Amundson campaign contribution history

Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2024*	U.S. Senate Washington	Lost primary	$0	N/A**
2022	U.S. Senate Washington	Lost primary	$0	N/A**
2018	U.S. Senate Washington	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

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Washington's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

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Representatives

District 1

Suzan DelBene (D)

District 2

Rick Larsen (D)

District 3

Marie Gluesenkamp Pérez (D)

District 4

Dan Newhouse (R)

District 5

Michael Baumgartner (R)

District 6

Emily Randall (D)

District 7

Pramila Jayapal (D)

District 8

Kim Schrier (D)

District 9

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