WA-Senate Class I Seat

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RaceTracker 2012 Congressional Election Dashboard
2012 House report  ยท 2012 Senate report
House: 435 seats Senate: 33 seats
GOP Dems Total GOP Dems Total
Confirmed primary challenges 56 17 73 5 5 10
Possible primary challenges 1 1 2 0 0 0
Open seats* 14 20 38 3 6 102
1. Includes Joe Lieberman, who is retiring from his Conn. senate seat.
This profile of Washington state's Class I U.S. Senate seat, currently filled by Maria Cantwell, is part of the RaceTracker project.



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Next election: 2012

Race status [edit race status]


Incumbent Maria Cantwell
Incumbent running? Yes
Primary challenge? No primary challenge for incumbent.
Cook Political Report Partisan Voting Index Non-competitive seat
Cook Political Report Race Classification Likely Democratic

Candidates [edit candidate list]
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Name Party Status Reference URL Reference date Reference note
Maria Cantwell Democratic Confirmed candidate Source August 28, 2011
David George Reichert Republican Out of race Source February 2, 2011 Current U.S. Rep. for WA-08. Running for reelection.
Michael Baumgartner Republican Confirmed candidate Campaign website Source February 26, 2012 State Senator
Susan Hutchison Republican Considering candidate Source July 11, 2011 2009 King County Executive candidate
Bill Bryant Republican Out of race Source March 12, 2012 Port of Seattle Commission President
Phillip Yin Republican Out of race Media Story Source October 26, 2011
Art Coday Republican Confirmed candidate Source April 25, 2012

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Results [edit election results]

2012 primary winners 2012 general election winner
TBD TBD

Last election: 2006

Incumbent: Maria Cantwell

Candidates

Name Party Status Reference URL Reference date Reference note
Maria Cantwell Democratic Confirmed candidate (source needed)
Mike McGavick Republican Confirmed candidate (source needed)

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Results

Primary winners: Maria Cantwell, Mike McGavick
General election winner: Maria Cantwell

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External articles

Elections.DailyKos posts tagged "WA-Sen" (link)

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