Washington's 10th Congressional District election, 2024 (August 6 top-two primary)
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Top-two primary General election |
Election details |
Filing deadline: May 10, 2024 |
Primary: August 6, 2024 General: November 5, 2024 |
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Poll times: Poll opening hours vary; close at 8 p.m. Voting in Washington |
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A top-two primary took place on August 6, 2024, in Washington's 10th Congressional District to determine which two candidates would run in the district's general election on November 5, 2024.
Incumbent Marilyn Strickland and Don Hewett advanced from the primary for U.S. House Washington District 10.
Candidate filing deadline | Primary election | General election |
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Washington uses a top-two primary system, in which all candidates appear on the same ballot, for congressional and state-level elections. The top two vote-getters move on to the general election, regardless of their party affiliation. In states that do not use a top-two system, all parties are usually able to put forward a candidate for the general election if they choose to.[1][2]
For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.
This page focuses on Washington's 10th Congressional District's top-two primary. For more in-depth information on the district's general election, see the following page:
Candidates and election results
Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House Washington District 10
The following candidates ran in the primary for U.S. House Washington District 10 on August 6, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Marilyn Strickland (D) | 54.3 | 93,942 |
✔ | ![]() | Don Hewett (R) | 26.7 | 46,258 |
![]() | Nirav Sheth (R) ![]() | 11.7 | 20,208 | |
![]() | Desirée Toliver (D) ![]() | 3.7 | 6,424 | |
![]() | Eric Mahaffy (D) | 2.0 | 3,527 | |
![]() | Richard Boyce (Congress Sucks Party) | 1.2 | 2,056 | |
![]() | Kurtis Engle (Union Party) | 0.3 | 545 | |
Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 192 |
Total votes: 173,152 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Jay Fratt (R)
- Edward Saner (D)
Candidate profiles
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Party: Republican Party
Incumbent: No
Political Office: None
Submitted Biography: "Nirav Sheth is a legal migrant from India, successful small business owner in Washington State, and currently a United States Congressional Candidate. He was once a homeless college student, served in the Marines, assisted the liaison for the U.S. Border Patrol intelligence, served as a police officer in Lakewood, WA, and owns several small businesses. He firmly believes that unity and collaboration are the keys to a better society. His message is one of fighting for each other and not against each other by representing all citizens in the 8th congressional district and Washington State."
This information was current as of the candidate's run for U.S. House Washington District 10 in 2024.
Party: Democratic Party
Incumbent: No
Political Office: None
Submitted Biography: "I am a sole parent of a true Olympia explorer, her little hands are always in the dirt, digging up a cool rock or showing off some creepy crawler she found. Graduated from North Thurston Public schools with a High school diploma in 2010. Graduated from South Puget Sound Community College in 2021. With a genuine passion for helping others through some of their most vulnerable moments, it is no surprise I have worked as a Claims Adjuster, mobile Lab Supervisor for covid testing, or as a Peer Mentor. While praised for the resilience they have for overcoming barriers, such as housing, they have no desire to see that kind of resilience through experience in anyone else."
This information was current as of the candidate's run for U.S. House Washington District 10 in 2024.
Voting information
- See also: Voting in Washington
Campaign finance
Name | Party | Receipts* | Disbursements** | Cash on hand | Date |
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Marilyn Strickland | Democratic Party | $2,067,308 | $1,944,673 | $580,588 | As of December 31, 2024 |
Eric Mahaffy | Democratic Party | $0 | $0 | $0 | Data not available*** |
Desirée Toliver | Democratic Party | $3,372 | $2,298 | $1,075 | As of July 17, 2024 |
Don Hewett | Republican Party | $40 | $0 | $40 | As of September 30, 2023 |
Nirav Sheth | Republican Party | $26,855 | $30,401 | $3,758 | As of July 31, 2024 |
Richard Boyce | Congress Sucks Party | $0 | $0 | $0 | Data not available*** |
Kurtis Engle | Union Party | $0 | $0 | $0 | Data not available*** |
Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2024. This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* According to the FEC, "Receipts are anything of value (money, goods, services or property) received by a political committee." |
District analysis
Click the tabs below to view information about voter composition, past elections, and demographics in both the district and the state.
- District map - A map of the district in place for the election.
- Competitiveness - Information about the competitiveness of 2024 U.S. House elections in the state.
- Presidential elections - Information about presidential elections in the district and the state.
- State party control - The partisan makeup of the state's congressional delegation and state government.
Below was the map in use at the time of the election. Click the map below to enlarge it.

This section contains data on U.S. House primary election competitiveness in Washington.
Washington U.S. House competitiveness, 2014-2024 | ||||||||||||||
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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.Partisan Voter Index
Heading into the 2024 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was D+7. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 7 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made Washington's 10th the 155th most Democratic district nationally.[3]
2020 presidential election results
The table below shows what the vote in the 2020 presidential election would have been in this district. The presidential election data was compiled by Daily Kos.
2020 presidential results in Washington's 10th based on 2024 district lines | ||||
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Joe Biden ![]() |
Donald Trump ![]() | |||
57.3% | 39.6% |
Inside Elections Baselines
- See also: Inside Elections
Inside Elections' Baseline is a figure that analyzes all federal and statewide election results from the district over the past four election cycles. The results are combined in an index estimating the strength of a typical Democratic or Republican candidate in the congressional district.[4] The table below displays the Baseline data for this district.
Inside Elections Baseline for 2024 | ||||
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Democratic Baseline ![]() |
Republican Baseline ![]() |
Difference | ||
54.8 | 44.4 | D+10.4 |
Presidential voting history
Washington presidential election results (1900-2020)
- 17 Democratic wins
- 13 Republican wins
- 1 other win
Year | 1900 | 1904 | 1908 | 1912 | 1916 | 1920 | 1924 | 1928 | 1932 | 1936 | 1940 | 1944 | 1948 | 1952 | 1956 | 1960 | 1964 | 1968 | 1972 | 1976 | 1980 | 1984 | 1988 | 1992 | 1996 | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 | 2016 | 2020 |
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Winning Party | R | R | R | P[5] | D | R | R | R | D | D | D | D | D | R | R | R | D | D | R | R | R | R | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D |
Congressional delegation
The table below displays the partisan composition of Washington's congressional delegation as of May 2024.
Congressional Partisan Breakdown from Washington | |||
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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 | |
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Office | Officeholder |
Governor | ![]() |
Lieutenant Governor | ![]() |
Secretary of State | ![]() |
Attorney General | ![]() |
State legislature
Washington State Senate
Party | As of NFebruary 2024 | |
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Democratic Party | 29 | |
Republican Party | 20 | |
Other | 0 | |
Vacancies | 0 | |
Total | 49 |
Washington House of Representatives
Party | As of February 2024 | |
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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 |
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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[6] | 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 |
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 | ||||||
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State | Office | Party | Signatures required | Filing fee | Filing deadline | Source |
Washington | U.S. House | Ballot-qualified candidates | 1,740[7] | $1,740.00 | 5/10/2024 | Source |
Washington | U.S. House | Unaffiliated candidates | 1,000 | N/A | 8/2/2024 | Source |
See also
- Washington's 10th Congressional District election, 2024
- United States House elections in Washington, 2024 (August 6 top-two primaries)
- United States House Democratic Party primaries, 2024
- United States House Republican Party primaries, 2024
- United States House of Representatives elections, 2024
- U.S. House battlegrounds, 2024
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ NCSL, "State Primary Election Types," accessed October 3, 2024
- ↑ Washington Secretary of State, "Top 2 Primary: FAQs for Candidates," accessed October 3, 2024
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "The 2022 Cook Partisan Voting Index (Cook PVI℠)," accessed January 10, 2024
- ↑ Inside Elections, "Methodology: Inside Elections’ Baseline by Congressional District," December 8, 2023
- ↑ Progressive Party
- ↑ Democrats gained full control of the state Senate after a special election on November 7, 2017.
- ↑ Petition signatures only required in lieu of filing fee.