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U.S. House elections in Washington
Primary date
August 6, 2024
General election date
November 5, 2024
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The U.S. House of Representatives elections in Washington were on November 5, 2024. Voters elected 10 candidates to serve in the U.S. House from each of the state's 10 U.S. House districts. The primary was August 6, 2024. The filing deadline was May 10, 2024.

Partisan breakdown

Members of the U.S. House from Washington -- Partisan Breakdown
Party As of November 2024 After the 2024 Election
     Democratic Party 8 8
     Republican Party 2 2
Total 10 10

Candidates

District 1

See also: Washington's 1st Congressional District election, 2024

General election candidates

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Primary candidates


Did not make the ballot:

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District 2

See also: Washington's 2nd Congressional District election, 2024

General election candidates

Primary candidates

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District 3

See also: Washington's 3rd Congressional District election, 2024

General election candidates

Primary candidates


Did not make the ballot:

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District 4

See also: Washington's 4th Congressional District election, 2024

General election candidates

Primary candidates

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District 5

See also: Washington's 5th Congressional District election, 2024

General election candidates

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Primary candidates


Did not make the ballot:

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District 6

See also: Washington's 6th Congressional District election, 2024

General election candidates

Primary candidates


Did not make the ballot:

Candidate Connection = candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey

District 7

See also: Washington's 7th Congressional District election, 2024

General election candidates

Primary candidates

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District 8

See also: Washington's 8th Congressional District election, 2024

General election candidates

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District 9

See also: Washington's 9th Congressional District election, 2024

General election candidates

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District 10

See also: Washington's 10th Congressional District election, 2024

General election candidates

Primary candidates


Did not make the ballot:

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Voting information

See also: Voting in Washington

Election information in Washington: Nov. 5, 2024, election.

What was the voter registration deadline?

  • In-person: Nov. 5, 2024
  • By mail: Received by Oct. 28, 2024
  • Online: Oct. 28, 2024

Was absentee/mail-in voting available to all voters?

Yes

What was the absentee/mail-in ballot request deadline?

  • In-person: N/A
  • By mail: N/A by N/A
  • Online: N/A

What was the absentee/mail-in ballot return deadline?

  • In-person: Nov. 5, 2024
  • By mail: Postmarked by Nov. 5, 2024

Was early voting available to all voters?

Yes

What were the early voting start and end dates?

Oct. 18, 2024 to Nov. 5, 2024

Were all voters required to present ID at the polls? If so, was a photo or non-photo ID required?

N/A

When were polls open on Election Day?

Varies - 8:00 p.m. (PST)

General election race ratings

See also: Race rating definitions and methods

Ballotpedia provides race ratings from four outlets: The Cook Political Report, Inside Elections, Sabato's Crystal Ball, and DDHQ/The Hill. Each race rating indicates if one party is perceived to have an advantage in the race and, if so, the degree of advantage:

  • Safe and Solid ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge and the race is not competitive.
  • Likely ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge, but an upset is possible.
  • Lean ratings indicate that one party has a small edge, but the race is competitive.[1]
  • Toss-up ratings indicate that neither party has an advantage.

Race ratings are informed by a number of factors, including polling, candidate quality, and election result history in the race's district or state.[2][3][4]

Click the following links to see the race ratings in each of the state's U.S. House districts:

Ballot access

The table below details filing requirements for U.S. House candidates in Washington in the 2024 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in Washington, click here.

Filing requirements for U.S. House candidates, 2024
State Office Party Signatures required Filing fee Filing deadline Source
Washington U.S. House Ballot-qualified candidates 1,740[5] $1,740.00 5/10/2024 Source
Washington U.S. House Unaffiliated candidates 1,000 N/A 8/2/2024 Source

Election analysis

Click the tabs below to view information about competitiveness, presidential election history, and party control in the state.

  • Competitiveness - Information about the competitiveness of 2024 U.S. House elections in the state.
  • Presidential elections - Information about presidential elections in the state's U.S. House districts.
  • State party control - The partisan makeup of the state's congressional delegation and state government.


See also: Primary election competitiveness in state and federal government, 2024

This section contains data on U.S. House primary election competitiveness in Washington.

Washington U.S. House competitiveness, 2014-2024
Office Districts/
offices 		Seats Open seats Candidates Possible primaries Contested top-two primaries % of contested primaries Incumbents in contested primaries % of incumbents in contested primaries
2024 10 10 2 62 10 10 100.0% 8 100.0%
2022 10 10 0 68 10 10 100.0% 10 100.0%
2020 10 10 1 73 10 10 100.0% 9 100.0%
2018 10 10 1 49 10 8 80.0% 7 77.8%
2016 10 10 1 56 10 10 100.0% 9 100.0%
2014 10 10 1 49 10 10 100.0% 9 100.0%

Post-filing deadline analysis

The following analysis covers all U.S. House districts up for election in Washington in 2024. Information below was calculated on June 4, 2024, and may differ from information shown in the table above due to candidate replacements and withdrawals after that time.

Sixty-two candidates ran for Washington’s 10 U.S. House districts, including 26 Democrats, 25 Republicans, three Independents, and eight non-major party candidates. That’s an average of 6.2 candidates per district. That’s lower than the 6.8 candidates per district in 2022 and the 7.3 in 2020.

The 5th and 6th Congressional Districts were open in 2024, meaning no incumbents ran for re-election. That’s the most open districts in an election cycle this decade.

Incumbent Reps. Cathy McMorris Rogers (R-05) and Derek Kilmer (D-06) did not run for re-election because they retired from public office.

Eleven candidates—five Democrats and six Republicans—ran for the open 5th Congressional District, the most candidates who ran for a seat in Washington in 2024.

All 10 primaries were contested in 2024. Between 2022 and 2014, an average of 9.6 primaries were contested per year.

Eight incumbents—seven Democrats and one Republican—were in contested primaries in 2024. Between 2022 and 2014, an average of 8.8 incumbents were in contested primaries per year.

No districts were guaranteed to either party because Democratic and Republican candidates filed to run in all 10 districts. Washington utilizes a top-two primary system. In a top-two primary system, all candidates are listed on the same ballot. The top two vote-getters, regardless of their partisan affiliations, advance to the general election.

Congressional delegation

The table below displays the partisan composition of Washington's congressional delegation as of May 2024.

Congressional Partisan Breakdown from Washington
Party U.S. Senate U.S. House Total
Democratic 2 8 10
Republican 0 2 2
Independent 0 0 0
Vacancies 0 0 0
Total 2 10 12

State executive

The table below displays the officeholders in Washington's top four state executive offices as of May 2024.

State executive officials in Washington, May 2024
Office Officeholder
Governor Democratic Party Jay Inslee
Lieutenant Governor Democratic Party Denny Heck
Secretary of State Democratic Party Steve Hobbs
Attorney General Democratic Party Bob Ferguson

State legislature

Washington State Senate

Party As of NFebruary 2024
     Democratic Party 29
     Republican Party 20
     Other 0
     Vacancies 0
Total 49

Washington House of Representatives

Party As of February 2024
     Democratic Party 58
     Republican Party 40
     Other 0
     Vacancies 0
Total 98

Trifecta control

The table below shows the state's trifecta status from 1992 until the 2024 election.

Washington Party Control: 1992-2024
Eighteen years of Democratic trifectas  •  No Republican trifectas
Scroll left and right on the table below to view more years.

Year 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
Governor D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D
Senate R D D D D R R D D D D R R D D D D D D D D R R R R R[7] D D D D D D D
House D D D R R R R S S S D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D


See also

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Inside Elections also uses Tilt ratings to indicate an even smaller advantage and greater competitiveness.
  2. ↑ Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Nathan Gonzalez," April 19, 2018
  3. ↑ Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Kyle Kondik," April 19, 2018
  4. ↑ Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Charlie Cook," April 22, 2018
  5. ↑ Petition signatures only required in lieu of filing fee.
  6. ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' presidential results by congressional district for 2020, 2016, and 2012," accessed December 15, 2023
  7. ↑ Democrats gained full control of the state Senate after a special election on November 7, 2017.


Washington's current delegation to the United States Congress
Senators
Maria Cantwell (D)
Patty Murray (D)
Representatives
District 1
District 2
District 3
District 4
District 5
District 6
District 7
District 8
District 9
District 10
Democratic Party (10)
Republican Party (2)


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