Scott Nazarino

Scott Nazarino (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. Senate to represent Washington. He lost in the primary on August 6, 2024.

Biography

Scott Nazarino was born in Seattle, Washington. Nazarino earned an associate degree from Bellevue College in 1985, and a bachelor's degree in biblical literature from Northwest University in 1990. His career experience includes working as a financial advisor.

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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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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates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 Nazarino in this election.

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 General 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

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2016

The following issues were listed on Nazarino's campaign website. For a full list of campaign themes, click here.

“	Eliminating the National Debt in 20 Years: How could we do such a thing? We could do that by utilizing even more of our natural resources that God already put in the ground–this includes finding more environmentally friendly solutions to extracting oil and gas energies. Education: We need real education reform; each individual state should be able to implement curriculum that works for the schools. If their choice is to use the Common Core Curriculum they should be able to do so without concern of losing any funding from the Federal Government. Right to Bear Arms: It is written in the constitution that we have a right to bear arms and we should be able to do so. Getting the Job Done in D.C.: We need to figure out solutions so that all parties can work together by finding common ground as much as possible. The attitudes of theMembers of Congress should be addressed so that respect is a higher priority than power. When Congress quits squabbling over power and gets down to the business of the people, they can begin to serve our country in a way that puts personal interest at a lower priority. Veterans: Men and women have risked their lives for all of us on behalf of believing in freedom, liberty and justice for all. When we value and take care of our Veterans we are serving the people who have so gracefully protected us when we were sleeping, going to work, raising our families, etc.	”
—Scott Nazarino's campaign website, http://scottnazarino.com/issues/

Campaign finance summary

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Scott Nazarino campaign contribution history

Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2024	U.S. Senate Washington	Lost primary	$0	N/A**
Grand total			$0	N/A**
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Election Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
** 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

Maria Cantwell (D)

Patty Murray (D)

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

D. Adam Smith (D)

District 10

Marilyn Strickland (D)

Democratic Party (10)

Republican Party (2)