2010 United States House Election in Washington

The 2010 United States House Election in Washington took place on November 2, 2010. Democratic secured 5 seats, which constitutes 55.56% of the total seats, alongside receiving 52.29% of the popular vote. A total number of 2,479,409 votes were casted in the election. There were totally 18 candidates ran for 9 seats across the 9 districts.

Results by Party

There were totally 18 candidates competed for seats. Democratic won 5 seats, making up 55.56% of the total seats being elected, while receiving 52.29% of the popular vote. Republican won 4 seats (44.44%)

2010 United States House Election in Washington - Summary by Political Party
Party	Votes	% Votes	Candidates	Elected	% Seats	Seats: option = {color: ['blue','red'], tooltip: {trigger: 'item', formatter: '{b}: {c} ({d}%)'}, series: [{type: 'pie', radius: '90%', label: {show: false}, data: [{value: 5, name: 'Democratic'},{value: 4, name: 'Republican'}] }]} Votes: option = {color: ['blue','red','#DCDCDC'], tooltip: {trigger: 'item', formatter: '{b}: {c} ({d}%)'}, series: [{type: 'pie', radius: '90%', label: {show: false}, data: [{value: 1296502, name: 'Democratic'},{value: 1135166, name: 'Republican'},{value: 47741, name: 'Independent - No'}] }]}
Democratic	1,296,502	52.29%	9	5	55.56%
Republican	1,135,166	45.78%	8	4	44.44%
Independent - No	47,741	1.93%	1	0	-
Total	2,479,409	100%	18	9	100%

2010 United States House Election in Washington - Summary by Party in Districts
Electoral District	Democratic		Republican		Others		Valid Votes
Electoral District	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Valid Votes
District 1	172,642	57.67%	126,737	42.33%	-	-	299,379
District 2	155,241	51.07%	148,722	48.93%	-	-	303,963
District 3	135,654	47.03%	152,799	52.97%	-	-	288,453
District 4	74,973	32.36%	156,726	67.64%	-	-	231,699
District 5	101,146	36.33%	177,235	63.67%	-	-	278,381
District 6	151,873	58.04%	109,800	41.96%	-	-	261,673
District 7	232,649	82.97%	-	-	47,741	17.03%	280,390
District 8	148,581	47.95%	161,296	52.05%	-	-	309,877
District 9	123,743	54.85%	101,851	45.15%	-	-	225,594
Total	1,296,502	52.29%	1,135,166	45.78%	47,741	1.93%	2,479,409

Elected Candidates

There are 2 districts with winning margins of no more than 5%:

District 2: Democratic won by 2.14%
District 8: Republican won by 4.10%

2010 United States House Election in Washington - Elected Candidates
Electoral District	Elected Candidate				Second Candidate				Margin
Electoral District	Name	Party	Votes	%	Name	Party	Votes	%	Margin
District 1	Jay Inslee	Democratic	172,642	57.67%	James Watkins	Republican	126,737	42.33%	15.34%
District 2	Rick Larsen	Democratic	155,241	51.07%	John Koster	Republican	148,722	48.93%	2.14%
District 3	Jaime Herrera Beutler	Republican	152,799	52.97%	Denny Heck	Democratic	135,654	47.03%	5.94%
District 4	Doc Hastings	Republican	156,726	67.64%	Jay Clough	Democratic	74,973	32.36%	35.28%
District 5	Cathy McMorris Rodgers	Republican	177,235	63.67%	Daryl Romeyn	Democratic	101,146	36.33%	27.34%
District 6	Norm Dicks	Democratic	151,873	58.04%	Doug Cloud	Republican	109,800	41.96%	16.08%
District 7	Jim McDermott	Democratic	232,649	82.97%	Bob Jeffers-Schroder	None	47,741	17.03%	65.94%
District 8	Dave Reichert	Republican	161,296	52.05%	Suzan DelBene	Democratic	148,581	47.95%	4.10%
District 9	Adam Smith	Democratic	123,743	54.85%	Richard (Dick) Muri	Republican	101,851	45.15%	9.70%

Results by Candidates

There are 18 candidates competed for 18 seats, with 18 candidates (100.00%) received at least 5% of votes in their electoral districts.

2010 United States House Election in Washington - Summary by Candidate
Electoral District	Candidate	Affiliation	Valid Votes	%
District 1	Jay Inslee	Democratic	172,642	57.67%
District 1	James Watkins	Republican	126,737	42.33%
District 2	Rick Larsen	Democratic	155,241	51.07%
District 2	John Koster	Republican	148,722	48.93%
District 3	Jaime Herrera Beutler	Republican	152,799	52.97%
District 3	Denny Heck	Democratic	135,654	47.03%
District 4	Doc Hastings	Republican	156,726	67.64%
District 4	Jay Clough	Democratic	74,973	32.36%
District 5	Cathy McMorris Rodgers	Republican	177,235	63.67%
District 5	Daryl Romeyn	Democratic	101,146	36.33%
District 6	Norm Dicks	Democratic	151,873	58.04%
District 6	Doug Cloud	Republican	109,800	41.96%
District 7	Jim McDermott	Democratic	232,649	82.97%
District 7	Bob Jeffers-Schroder	Independent - No	47,741	17.03%
District 8	Dave Reichert	Republican	161,296	52.05%
District 8	Suzan DelBene	Democratic	148,581	47.95%
District 9	Adam Smith	Democratic	123,743	54.85%
District 9	Richard (Dick) Muri	Republican	101,851	45.15%

Results by Districts

District 1

Jay Inslee of Democratic received 57.67% of the votes, totaling 172,642 votes, to win the election, defeated James Watkins of Republican by a comfortable margin of 15.34%. The total votes casted was 299,379.

2010 United States House Election in Washington District 1
General
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	option = {color: ['blue','red'], tooltip: {trigger: 'item', formatter: '{b}: {c} ({d}%)'}, series: [{type: 'pie', radius: '90%', label: {show: false}, data: [{value: 172642, name: 'Jay Inslee'},{value: 126737, name: 'James Watkins'}] }]}
Jay Inslee	Democratic	172,642	57.67%
James Watkins	Republican	126,737	42.33%
Election Date: 2010-11-02, Valid Votes: 299,379, Margin: 15.34%
Primary
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	option = {color: ['blue','red','#2A1EF9','#808080'], tooltip: {trigger: 'item', formatter: '{b}: {c} ({d}%)'}, series: [{type: 'pie', radius: '90%', label: {show: false}, data: [{value: 90208, name: 'Jay Inslee'},{value: 44269, name: 'James Watkins'},{value: 20185, name: 'Matthew Burke'},{value: 6864, name: 'David D. Schirle'}] }]}
Jay Inslee	Democratic	90,208	55.85%
James Watkins	Republican	44,269	27.41%
Matthew Burke	Republican	20,185	12.50%
David D. Schirle	Independent	6,864	4.25%
Election Date: 2010-08-17, Valid Votes: 161,526, Margin: 14.91%

District 2

Rick Larsen of Democratic received 51.07% of the votes, totaling 155,241 votes, to win the election, defeated John Koster of Republican by a narrow margin of 2.14%. The total votes casted was 303,963.

2010 United States House Election in Washington District 2
General
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	option = {color: ['blue','red'], tooltip: {trigger: 'item', formatter: '{b}: {c} ({d}%)'}, series: [{type: 'pie', radius: '90%', label: {show: false}, data: [{value: 155241, name: 'Rick Larsen'},{value: 148722, name: 'John Koster'}] }]}
Rick Larsen	Democratic	155,241	51.07%
John Koster	Republican	148,722	48.93%
Election Date: 2010-11-02, Valid Votes: 303,963, Margin: 2.14%
Primary
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	option = {color: ['red','blue','#0A05F5','#4B03AE','#A0F946'], tooltip: {trigger: 'item', formatter: '{b}: {c} ({d}%)'}, series: [{type: 'pie', radius: '90%', label: {show: false}, data: [{value: 74032, name: 'John Koster'},{value: 73734, name: 'Rick Larsen'},{value: 10548, name: 'Diana McGinness'},{value: 9566, name: 'John Carmack'},{value: 7627, name: 'Larry Kalb'}] }]}
John Koster	Republican	74,032	42.18%
Rick Larsen	Democratic	73,734	42.01%
Diana McGinness	Democratic	10,548	6.01%
John Carmack	Republican	9,566	5.45%
Larry Kalb	Democratic	7,627	4.35%
Election Date: 2010-08-17, Valid Votes: 175,507, Margin: 36.00%

District 3

Jaime Herrera Beutler of Republican received 52.97% of the votes, totaling 152,799 votes, to win the election, defeated Denny Heck of Democratic by a margin of 5.94%. The total votes casted was 288,453.

2010 United States House Election in Washington District 3
General
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	option = {color: ['red','blue'], tooltip: {trigger: 'item', formatter: '{b}: {c} ({d}%)'}, series: [{type: 'pie', radius: '90%', label: {show: false}, data: [{value: 152799, name: 'Jaime Herrera Beutler'},{value: 135654, name: 'Denny Heck'}] }]}
Jaime Herrera Beutler	Republican	152,799	52.97%
Denny Heck	Democratic	135,654	47.03%
Election Date: 2010-11-02, Valid Votes: 288,453, Margin: 5.94%
Primary
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	option = {color: ['blue','red','#09C121','#15F531','#C45177','#808080'], tooltip: {trigger: 'item', formatter: '{b}: {c} ({d}%)'}, series: [{type: 'pie', radius: '90%', label: {show: false}, data: [{value: 51895, name: 'Denny Heck'},{value: 46001, name: 'Jaime Herrera'},{value: 22621, name: 'David W. Hedrick'},{value: 19995, name: 'David B. Castillo'},{value: 18453, name: 'Cheryl Crist'},{value: 6309, name: 'Norma Jean Stevens'}] }]}
Denny Heck	Democratic	51,895	31.40%
Jaime Herrera	Republican	46,001	27.83%
David W. Hedrick	Republican	22,621	13.69%
David B. Castillo	Republican	19,995	12.10%
Cheryl Crist	Democratic	18,453	11.17%
Norma Jean Stevens	Independent	6,309	3.82%
Election Date: 2010-08-17, Valid Votes: 165,274, Margin: 14.14%

District 4

Doc Hastings of Republican received 67.64% of the votes, totaling 156,726 votes, to win the election, defeated Jay Clough of Democratic by a comfortable margin of 35.28%. The total votes casted was 231,699.

2010 United States House Election in Washington District 4
General
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	option = {color: ['red','blue'], tooltip: {trigger: 'item', formatter: '{b}: {c} ({d}%)'}, series: [{type: 'pie', radius: '90%', label: {show: false}, data: [{value: 156726, name: 'Doc Hastings'},{value: 74973, name: 'Jay Clough'}] }]}
Doc Hastings	Republican	156,726	67.64%
Jay Clough	Democratic	74,973	32.36%
Election Date: 2010-11-02, Valid Votes: 231,699, Margin: 35.28%
Primary
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	option = {color: ['red','blue','#D1D93E','#2F5D58','#4BFE44','#DCDCDC'], tooltip: {trigger: 'item', formatter: '{b}: {c} ({d}%)'}, series: [{type: 'pie', radius: '90%', label: {show: false}, data: [{value: 82909, name: 'Doc Hastings'},{value: 31782, name: 'Jay Clough'},{value: 9826, name: 'Rex A. Brocki'},{value: 9214, name: 'Shane Fast'},{value: 4270, name: 'Mary Ruth Edwards'},{value: 3136, name: 'Leland Yialelis'}] }]}
Doc Hastings	Republican	82,909	58.74%
Jay Clough	Democratic	31,782	22.52%
Rex A. Brocki	Tea	9,826	6.96%
Shane Fast	Republican	9,214	6.53%
Mary Ruth Edwards	Constitution	4,270	3.03%
Leland Yialelis	Independent No	3,136	2.22%
Election Date: 2010-08-17, Valid Votes: 141,137, Margin: 15.56%

District 5

Cathy McMorris Rodgers of Republican received 63.67% of the votes, totaling 177,235 votes, to win the election, defeated Daryl Romeyn of Democratic by a comfortable margin of 27.34%. The total votes casted was 278,381.

2010 United States House Election in Washington District 5
General
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	option = {color: ['red','blue'], tooltip: {trigger: 'item', formatter: '{b}: {c} ({d}%)'}, series: [{type: 'pie', radius: '90%', label: {show: false}, data: [{value: 177235, name: 'Cathy McMorris Rodgers'},{value: 101146, name: 'Daryl Romeyn'}] }]}
Cathy McMorris Rodgers	Republican	177,235	63.67%
Daryl Romeyn	Democratic	101,146	36.33%
Election Date: 2010-11-02, Valid Votes: 278,381, Margin: 27.34%
Primary
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	option = {color: ['red','blue','#B20189','#289BC4','#15EDE0','#41CAB9'], tooltip: {trigger: 'item', formatter: '{b}: {c} ({d}%)'}, series: [{type: 'pie', radius: '90%', label: {show: false}, data: [{value: 106191, name: 'Cathy McMorris Rodgers'},{value: 21091, name: 'Daryl Romeyn'},{value: 15538, name: 'Barbara Lampert'},{value: 10787, name: 'Clyde Cordero'},{value: 10635, name: 'Randall Yearout'},{value: 5569, name: 'David R. Fox'}] }]}
Cathy McMorris Rodgers	Republican	106,191	62.53%
Daryl Romeyn	Democratic	21,091	12.42%
Barbara Lampert	Democratic	15,538	9.15%
Clyde Cordero	Democratic	10,787	6.35%
Randall Yearout	Constitution	10,635	6.26%
David R. Fox	Democratic	5,569	3.28%
Election Date: 2010-08-17, Valid Votes: 169,811, Margin: 3.27%

District 6

Norm Dicks of Democratic received 58.04% of the votes, totaling 151,873 votes, to win the election, defeated Doug Cloud of Republican by a comfortable margin of 16.08%. The total votes casted was 261,673.

2010 United States House Election in Washington District 6
General
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	option = {color: ['blue','red'], tooltip: {trigger: 'item', formatter: '{b}: {c} ({d}%)'}, series: [{type: 'pie', radius: '90%', label: {show: false}, data: [{value: 151873, name: 'Norm Dicks'},{value: 109800, name: 'Doug Cloud'}] }]}
Norm Dicks	Democratic	151,873	58.04%
Doug Cloud	Republican	109,800	41.96%
Election Date: 2010-11-02, Valid Votes: 261,673, Margin: 16.08%
Primary
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	option = {color: ['blue','red','#7D9274'], tooltip: {trigger: 'item', formatter: '{b}: {c} ({d}%)'}, series: [{type: 'pie', radius: '90%', label: {show: false}, data: [{value: 90596, name: 'Norm Dicks'},{value: 45959, name: 'Doug Cloud'},{value: 23410, name: 'Jesse Young'}] }]}
Norm Dicks	Democratic	90,596	56.63%
Doug Cloud	Republican	45,959	28.73%
Jesse Young	Republican	23,410	14.63%
Election Date: 2010-08-17, Valid Votes: 159,965, Margin: 14.10%

District 7

Jim McDermott of Democratic received 82.97% of the votes, totaling 232,649 votes, to win the election, defeated Bob Jeffers-Schroder of Independent - No by a comfortable margin of 65.94%. The total votes casted was 280,390.

2010 United States House Election in Washington District 7
General
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	option = {color: ['blue','#DCDCDC'], tooltip: {trigger: 'item', formatter: '{b}: {c} ({d}%)'}, series: [{type: 'pie', radius: '90%', label: {show: false}, data: [{value: 232649, name: 'Jim McDermott'},{value: 47741, name: 'Bob Jeffers-Schroder'}] }]}
Jim McDermott	Democratic	232,649	82.97%
Bob Jeffers-Schroder	Independent - No	47,741	17.03%
Election Date: 2010-11-02, Valid Votes: 280,390, Margin: 65.94%
Primary
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	option = {color: ['blue','#DCDCDC','#8EED4B','#03D932','#596C1D','#419BFF'], tooltip: {trigger: 'item', formatter: '{b}: {c} ({d}%)'}, series: [{type: 'pie', radius: '90%', label: {show: false}, data: [{value: 110914, name: 'Jim McDermott'},{value: 8860, name: 'Bob Jeffers-Schroder'},{value: 6135, name: 'Bill Hoffman'},{value: 4999, name: 'S. Sutherland'},{value: 4781, name: 'Don Rivers'},{value: 3220, name: 'Scott Sizemore'}] }]}
Jim McDermott	Democratic	110,914	79.85%
Bob Jeffers-Schroder	Independent - No	8,860	6.38%
Bill Hoffman	Democratic	6,135	4.42%
S. Sutherland	No Affiliation	4,999	3.60%
Don Rivers	Democratic	4,781	3.44%
Scott Sizemore	Democratic	3,220	2.32%
Election Date: 2010-08-17, Valid Votes: 138,909, Margin: 1.96%

District 8

Dave Reichert of Republican received 52.05% of the votes, totaling 161,296 votes, to win the election, defeated Suzan DelBene of Democratic by a narrow margin of 4.10%. The total votes casted was 309,877.

2010 United States House Election in Washington District 8
General
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	option = {color: ['red','blue'], tooltip: {trigger: 'item', formatter: '{b}: {c} ({d}%)'}, series: [{type: 'pie', radius: '90%', label: {show: false}, data: [{value: 161296, name: 'Dave Reichert'},{value: 148581, name: 'Suzan DelBene'}] }]}
Dave Reichert	Republican	161,296	52.05%
Suzan DelBene	Democratic	148,581	47.95%
Election Date: 2010-11-02, Valid Votes: 309,877, Margin: 4.10%
Primary
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	option = {color: ['red','blue','#244FE9','#B6332C','#2A5E02','#440C1B','#808080','#8BD644','#742275'], tooltip: {trigger: 'item', formatter: '{b}: {c} ({d}%)'}, series: [{type: 'pie', radius: '90%', label: {show: false}, data: [{value: 76118, name: 'Dave Reichert'},{value: 43272, name: 'Suzan DelBene'},{value: 15313, name: 'Tom Cramer'},{value: 9376, name: 'Ernest Huber'},{value: 8291, name: 'Tim Dillon'},{value: 3405, name: 'Keith Arnold'},{value: 2648, name: 'Robin Adair'},{value: 1761, name: 'Boleslaw (John) Orlinski'},{value: 987, name: 'Caleb Love Mardini'}] }]}
Dave Reichert	Republican	76,118	47.23%
Suzan DelBene	Democratic	43,272	26.85%
Tom Cramer	Democratic	15,313	9.50%
Ernest Huber	Republican	9,376	5.82%
Tim Dillon	Republican	8,291	5.14%
Keith Arnold	Democratic	3,405	2.11%
Robin Adair	Independent	2,648	1.64%
Boleslaw (John) Orlinski	Democratic	1,761	1.09%
Caleb Love Mardini	No Affiliation	987	0.61%
Election Date: 2010-08-17, Valid Votes: 161,171, Margin: 17.35%

District 9

Adam Smith of Democratic received 54.85% of the votes, totaling 123,743 votes, to win the election, defeated Richard (Dick) Muri of Republican by a margin of 9.70%. The total votes casted was 225,594.

2010 United States House Election in Washington District 9
General
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	option = {color: ['blue','red'], tooltip: {trigger: 'item', formatter: '{b}: {c} ({d}%)'}, series: [{type: 'pie', radius: '90%', label: {show: false}, data: [{value: 123743, name: 'Adam Smith'},{value: 101851, name: 'Richard (Dick) Muri'}] }]}
Adam Smith	Democratic	123,743	54.85%
Richard (Dick) Muri	Republican	101,851	45.15%
Election Date: 2010-11-02, Valid Votes: 225,594, Margin: 9.70%
Primary
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	option = {color: ['blue','red','#825BDD','#99C955'], tooltip: {trigger: 'item', formatter: '{b}: {c} ({d}%)'}, series: [{type: 'pie', radius: '90%', label: {show: false}, data: [{value: 63866, name: 'Adam Smith'},{value: 32116, name: 'Richard (Dick) Muri'},{value: 24509, name: 'Jim Postma'},{value: 4159, name: 'Roy Olson'}] }]}
Adam Smith	Democratic	63,866	51.24%
Richard (Dick) Muri	Republican	32,116	25.76%
Jim Postma	Republican	24,509	19.66%
Roy Olson	Green	4,159	3.34%
Election Date: 2010-08-17, Valid Votes: 124,650, Margin: 6.10%