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2022 United States Senate election in Washington

2022 United States Senate election in Washington

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The 2022 United States Senate election in Washington was held on November 8, 2022, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Washington. Incumbent senator Patty Murray was first elected in 1992 with 54% of the vote to succeed retiring fellow Democrat Brock Adams. Murray won re-election to a fifth term in 2016 with 59% of the vote.[1]

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Because Washington has a blanket primary system, parties did not nominate their own candidates to run in the general election. Instead, every candidate appeared on the same ballot, regardless of their party affiliation. The top two candidates in the August 2 nonpartisan blanket primary then advanced to the general election. Murray received 52.2% of the primary vote and advanced to face Republican Tiffany Smiley.[2]

Although Washington has been a reliably blue state for over 30 years, many polls showed that Murray only had a narrow lead over Smiley, and some polls had Smiley within the margin of error. A couple of late polls had the two candidates tied; such polls caused most pundits to downgrade their forecast from "safe Democratic" to "likely Democratic", and Republicans believed that Smiley had a chance of pulling off an upset.[3] Despite the predictions of a close race, Murray defeated Smiley and won re-election to a sixth term by a 14.5-point margin. Although this was a significantly larger margin of victory for Murray than what was expected, it was fairly consistent with Washington's partisan lean.[4] Smiley conceded the following day. Despite her loss, she made significant gains in several counties, particularly in the Southwestern and Eastern parts of the state.[5]

Following the election, Murray was elected president pro tempore for the 118th Congress, becoming the first woman to hold the role.[6]

Primary election

Democratic candidates

Advanced to general

Eliminated in primary

  • Pano Churchill, candidate for U.S. Senate in 2016[7]
  • Sam Cusmir[7]
  • Ravin Pierre, aerospace engineer and data scientist[7]
  • Mohammed Said, physician and perennial candidate[7]
  • Bryan Solstin, aerospace engineer and software developer[7]

Republican candidates

Advanced to general

Eliminated in primary

  • John Guenther, state employee[7]
  • Bill Hirt, perennial candidate[7]

Third party and independent candidates

Eliminated in primary

Endorsements

Tiffany Smiley (R)
Executive Branch officials
U.S. Senators
U.S. Representatives
Individuals
Organizations

Results

Blanket primary results by county
  Murray
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  Smiley
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
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General election

Debates

Two debates were held, the first on October 23 at Gonzaga University.[40] The second was town hall-style forum on October 30 in the KIRO-TV studio in Seattle.[41]

Murray's campaign declined an invitation to a scheduled debate on October 25 at Seattle University.

Predictions

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Endorsements

Tiffany Smiley (R)
U.S. Executive Branch officials
U.S. Senators
Governors
U.S. Representatives
Individuals
Organizations

Polling

Aggregate polls
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Graphical summary
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Hypothetical polling
Patty Murray vs. generic Republican
Patty Murray vs. generic opponent

Results

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By county

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By congressional district

Murray won 7 of 10 congressional districts, with the remaining 3 going to Smiley, including one that elected a Democrat.[64]

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Notes

  1. Calculated by taking the difference of 100% and all other candidates combined.
  2. Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  3. "Other/Refused" with 4%
  4. "Someone else" with 3%
  5. "Someone else" with 5%
Partisan clients
  1. Poll conducted for the NRSC and the Evergreen Principles PAC, which supports Smiley.
  2. This poll was sponsored by American Greatness, a conservative news outlet.
  3. Poll conducted for KHQ-TV.
  4. Poll conducted for Citizens United, a conservative non-profit organization.
  5. This poll was sponsored by the Northwest Progressive Institute.
  6. This poll was sponsored by the Senate Opportunity Fund.
  7. This poll was sponsored by Smiley's campaign.

References

  1. Newsdesk, Kiro Radio (May 17, 2021). "Senator Patty Murray announces reelection campaign". My Northwest.
  2. "Sen. Patty Murray, Tiffany Smiley advance in Washington Senate primary". PBS NewsHour. August 2, 2022. Retrieved September 30, 2022.
  3. Gutman, David (November 8, 2022). "Patty Murray defeats Tiffany Smiley in U.S. Senate race". The Seattle Times. Retrieved November 8, 2022.
  4. "Tiffany Smiley concedes U.S. Senate race to Sen. Patty Murray". KOMO News. Sinclair Broadcasting Group. November 9, 2022. Retrieved November 10, 2022.
  5. Shabad, Rebecca (January 3, 2023). "Sen. Patty Murray becomes first female president pro tempore". NBC News. Retrieved April 3, 2023.
  6. "PRIMARY 2022 Candidate List". voter.votewa.gov. Retrieved June 2, 2022.
  7. "Republican Tiffany Smiley says she is running for Patty Murray's Seat in U.S Senate". The Seattle Times. April 14, 2021. Archived from the original on April 15, 2021.
  8. "2022 Feminist Majority PAC Endorsements". feministmajoritypac.org. Retrieved April 9, 2022.
  9. "Giffords Endorses Senator Patty Murray for the US Senate". www.giffords.org. Giffords. December 9, 2021. Retrieved December 13, 2021.
  10. "Jewish Dems Start 2022 Election Cycle With First Slate of Endorsements". www.jewishdems.org. November 30, 2021. Retrieved December 11, 2021.
  11. "2022 Endorsements". www.kcdems.org. Retrieved July 29, 2022.
  12. "2022 House & Senate Endorsements". Archived from the original on July 2, 2022. Retrieved April 21, 2022.
  13. "Federal Endorsed Candidates". Women's Political Committee.
  14. "2022 Washington Election Endorsements". seiu775.org. June 30, 2022. Retrieved July 29, 2022.
  15. "Washington unions endorse mostly Democrats, capital gains tax". www.thecentersquare.org. Retrieved May 23, 2022.
  16. Ellenbecker, Lauren (February 12, 2022). "Pasco native Tiffany Smiley challenges Murray for seat".
  17. "McMorris Rodgers endorses Tiffany Smiley for U.S. Senate". YakTriNews. April 16, 2021. Archived from the original on April 16, 2021.
  18. "Benton County Republican Party Endorsements 2021". www.bcrpwa.com. June 3, 2021. Retrieved April 30, 2022.
  19. "2022 KCGOP Primary Endorsed Candidates". kcgop.org. Retrieved August 16, 2022.
  20. "Stand for America PAC Endorsements". Retrieved April 30, 2022.
  21. Lynnwood Times Staff (August 21, 2021). "WSRP endorses Tiffany Smiley for U.S. Senate". Lynnwood Times.
  22. "August 2, 2022 Primary - U.S. Senator". Secretary of State of Washington. August 2, 2022. Archived from the original on August 19, 2022. Retrieved August 9, 2022.
  23. Brunner, Jim (September 16, 2022). "Debates in WA set for U.S. Senate, House, secretary of state races". The Seattle Times. Retrieved September 28, 2022.
  24. Gutman, David (October 14, 2022). "2nd Patty Murray, Tiffany Smiley event announced in WA Senate race". The Seattle Times. Archived from the original on October 24, 2022. Retrieved October 28, 2022.
  25. "2022 Senate Race ratings". Retrieved October 18, 2022.
  26. "Senate ratings". Inside Elections. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
  27. "2022 Senate". Sabato's Crystal Ball. Retrieved January 28, 2021.
  28. "2022 Election Forecast". Fox News. August 22, 2022. Retrieved August 22, 2022.
  29. "2022 Election Forecast". DDHQ. July 20, 2022. Retrieved July 20, 2022.
  30. "2022 Election Forecast". FiveThirtyEight. June 30, 2022. Retrieved June 30, 2022.
  31. "Economist's 2022 Senate forecast". The Economist. September 7, 2022. Retrieved September 7, 2022.
  32. "OUR RECOMMENDED CANDIDATES". Retrieved November 1, 2022.
  33. "MD Governor Hogan Endorses Tiffany Smiley". Smiley for Washington. July 22, 2022. Archived from the original on December 4, 2022.
  34. "Log Cabin Announces Third Round of 2022 Candidate Endorsements". www.logcabin.org. October 13, 2022. Retrieved October 18, 2022.
  35. Results (PDF). sos.wa.gov (Report). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 29, 2022.

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