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This profile of Washington state's Class III U.S. Senate seat, currently filled by Patty Murray, is part of the RaceTracker project.

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Contents 1 Next election: 2016 2 Last election: 2004 3 Articles and resources

Next election: 2016

Race status [edit race status]

Incumbent:	Patty Murray
Incumbent running?	Unconfirmed. [set incumbent status with form]
Primary challenge?	Unknown. [set incumbent party with form]

Candidates [edit candidate list]
Links to names in blue have existing profiles, red links need someone to start one.

Name	Party	Status	Reference URL	Reference date	Reference note
Patty Murray	Democratic		Source	August 24, 2010
Sean Salazar	Republican	Confirmed candidate	Source	May 4, 2009
Dr. Richard Curtis	Independent	Confirmed candidate	Source	March 24, 2010	Declare Your Independence--From the Two-Party System! A better world is possible but to build it we have to elect people who want it and are willing to fight the forces that get in the way. We can have world peace, full literacy, free education, single-payer health care, fully funded retirement plans, jobs and plans for minimizing the consequences of global warming. To do so we have to elect people of integrity who are not beholding to the two-party system.
Dino Rossi	Republican	Confirmed candidate	Source	August 24, 2010
Clint Didier	Republican	Confirmed candidate	Source	August 24, 2010
Paul Akers	Republican	Confirmed candidate	Source	August 24, 2010
James Mercer	Republican	Confirmed candidate	Source	August 24, 2010
Charles Allen	Democratic	Confirmed candidate	Source	August 24, 2010
Bob Burr	Democratic	Confirmed candidate	Source	August 24, 2010
Norma Gruber	Republican	Confirmed candidate	Source	August 24, 2010
Mike Latimer	Republican	Confirmed candidate	Source	August 24, 2010
Mike the Mover	Democratic	Confirmed candidate	Source	August 24, 2010
Goodspaceguy Nelson	Democratic	Confirmed candidate	Source	August 24, 2010
Will Baker		Confirmed candidate	Source	August 24, 2010
Muhammad Said		Confirmed candidate	Source	August 24, 2010
Schalk Leonard		Confirmed candidate	Source	August 24, 2010
William Chovil		Confirmed candidate	Source	August 24, 2010

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Results [edit election results]

2012 primary winners	2012 general election winner
Patty Murray, Dino Rossi	TBD

Last election: 2004

Incumbent: Patty Murray

Candidates

Name	Party	Status	Reference URL	Reference date	Reference note
Patty Murray	Democratic	Confirmed candidate	(source needed)
George Nethercutt	Republican	Confirmed candidate	(source needed)

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Results

Primary winners:	Patty Murray, George Nethercutt
General election winner:	Patty Murray

Articles and resources

See also

• Index for all the Washington state congressional districts and candidates.
• The full Senate 2012 elections report.
• The RaceTracker homepage.

External articles

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

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