2022 Washington State Senate election

Washington State Senate elections, 2022
25 of 49 seats in the Washington State Senate; 25 seats needed for a majority
	Results:; Democratic gain Republican gain; Democratic hold Republican hold; No election
President pro tempore before election; Karen Keiser; Democratic	Elected President pro tempore ; Karen Keiser; Democratic

The 2022 Washington State Senate elections took place as part of the biennial United States elections. Washington state voters elected state senators in 25 of the state's 49 Senate districts. The other 24 state senators were not up for re-election until the next biennial election in 2024. State senators served four-year terms in the Washington State Senate.

A top two primary election in August 2022 determined which candidates would appear on the November 6 general election ballot. Each candidate was allowed to write in their party preference so that it appeared as they desired on the ballot.^[1]

Following the 2020 state senate elections, Democrats maintained control of the Senate, 28–21.^[2] Senators Sharon Brown (R),^[3] Reuven Carlyle (D),^[4] Mona Das (D),^[5] David Frockt (D),^[6] Jim Honeyford (R),^[7] and Tim Sheldon (D-MCC)^[8] were not seeking re-election. Additionally, Senator Jeannie Darneille (D) retired early, and her seat was up for election this cycle.^[9]

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Sabato's Crystal Ball^[10]	Safe D	May 19, 2022

Summary of results by State Senate district

Districts not listed were not up for election in 2022.
** Incumbent did not seek re-election.

State Senate district	Incumbent		Elected Senator
6th	Jeff Holy	Rep	Jeff Holy	Rep
7th	Shelly Short	Rep	Shelly Short	Rep
8th	**Sharon Brown	Rep	Matt Boehnke	Rep
13th	Judy Warnick	Rep	Judy Warnick	Rep
15th	**Jim Honeyford	Rep	Nikki Torres	Rep
21st	Marko Liias	Dem	Marko Liias	Dem
26th	Emily Randall	Dem	Emily Randall	Dem
27th Special	**Jeannie Darneille	Dem	Yasmin Trudeau	Dem
29th	Steve Conway	Dem	Steve Conway	Dem
30th	Claire Wilson	Dem	Claire Wilson	Dem
31st	Phil Fortunato	Rep	Phil Fortunato	Rep
32nd	Jesse Salomon	Dem	Jesse Salomon	Dem
33rd	Karen Keiser	Dem	Karen Keiser	Dem
34th	Joe Nguyen	Dem	Joe Nguyen	Dem
35th	**Tim Sheldon	Dem*	Drew MacEwen	Rep
36th	**Reuven Carlyle	Dem	Noel Frame	Dem
37th	Rebecca Saldaña	Dem	Rebecca Saldaña	Dem
38th	June Robinson	Dem	June Robinson	Dem
42nd	Simon Sefzik	Rep	Sharon Shewmake	Dem
43rd	Jamie Pedersen	Dem	Jamie Pedersen	Dem
44th	John Lovick	Dem	John Lovick	Dem
45th	Manka Dhingra	Dem	Manka Dhingra	Dem
46th	**David Frockt	Dem	Javier Valdez	Dem
47th	**Mona Das	Dem	Claudia Kauffman	Dem
48th	Patty Kuderer	Dem	Patty Kuderer	Dem

Source:^[11]

Detailed results

District 6 • District 7 • District 8 • District 13 • District 15 • District 21 • District 26 • District 27 • District 29 • District 30 • District 31 • District 32 • District 33 • District 34 • District 35 • District 36 • District 37 • District 38 • District 42 • District 43 • District 44 • District 45 • District 46 • District 47 • District 48

District 6

Washington's 6th State Senate District, 2022
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jeff Holy (incumbent)	26,707	94.18
	Write-in		1650	5.82
Total votes			28,357	100.0
General election
	Republican	Jeff Holy (incumbent)	42,277	94.51
	Write-in		2456	5.49
Total votes			44,733	100.0
	Republican hold

District 7

Washington's 7th State Senate District, 2022
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Shelly Short (incumbent)	33,274	96.31
	Write-in		1274	3.69
Total votes			34,548	100.0
General election
	Republican	Shelly Short (incumbent)	51,661	96.93
	Write-in		1638	3.07
Total votes			53,299	100.0
	Republican hold

District 8

Washington's 8th State Senate District, 2022
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Matt Boehnke	23,939	67.16
	Independent	Ronni Batchelor	8,627	24.20
	Republican	Alex Barrington	2,917	8.18
	Write-in		163	0.46
Total votes			35,646	100.0
General election
	Republican	Matt Boehnke	40,808	71.70
	Independent	Ronni Batchelor	15,960	28.04
	Write-in		143	0.25
Total votes			56,911	100.0
	Republican hold

District 13

Washington's 13th State Senate District, 2022
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Judy Warnick (incumbent)	26,084	97.54
	Write-in		659	2.46
Total votes			26,743	100.0
General election
	Republican	Judy Warnick (incumbent)	41,785	97.11
	Write-in		1242	2.89
Total votes			43,027	100.0
	Republican hold

District 15

Washington's 15th State Senate District, 2022
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Nikki Torres	10,334	94.25
	Write-in		630	5.75
Total votes			10,964	100.0
General election
	Republican	Nikki Torres	15,686	67.68
	Democratic	Lindsey Keesling^[b]	7,437	32.09
	Write-in		55	0.24
Total votes			23,178	100.0
	Republican hold

District 21

Washington's 21st State Senate District, 2022
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Marko Liias (incumbent)	21,645	62.68
	Republican	Janelle Cass	12,821	37.13
	Write-in		66	0.19
Total votes			34,532	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Marko Liias (incumbent)	36,363	63.25
	Republican	Janelle Cass	21,069	36.65
	Write-in		60	0.10
Total votes			57,492	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 26

Washington's 26th State Senate District, 2022
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Emily Randall (incumbent)	25,850	51.52
	Republican	Jesse L. Young	22,257	44.36
	Republican	David Crissman	2,031	4.05
	Write-in		37	0.07
Total votes			50,175	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Emily Randall (incumbent)	38,222	50.79
	Republican	Jesse L. Young	36,946	49.09
	Write-in		93	0.12
Total votes			75,261	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 27

Washington's 27th State Senate District, 2022
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Yasmin Trudeau	24,633	70.26
	Republican	Ashley M. Ray	6,461	18.43
	Republican	Mike Stewart	3,925	11.20
	Write-in		41	0.12
Total votes			35,060	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Yasmin Trudeau	41,035	70.54
	Republican	Ashley M. Ray	17,074	29.35
	Write-in		60	0.10
Total votes			58,169	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 29

Washington's 29th State Senate District, 2022
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Steve Conway (incumbent)	12,516	58.52
	Republican	Terry Harder	8,808	41.18
	Write-in		63	0.29
Total votes			21,387	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Steve Conway (incumbent)	22,622	59.03
	Republican	Terry Harder	15,631	40.79
	Write-in		70	0.18
Total votes			38,323	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 30

Washington's 30th State Senate District, 2022
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Claire Wilson (incumbent)	13,596	54.10
	Republican	Linda Kochmar	9,229	36.73
	Republican	Mark W. Christie	2,267	9.02
	Write-in		38	0.15
Total votes			25,130	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Claire Wilson (incumbent)	23,282	55.21
	Republican	Linda Kochmar	18,833	44.66
	Write-in		53	0.13
Total votes			42,168	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 31

Washington's 31st State Senate District, 2022
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Phil Fortunato (incumbent)	20,491	55.38
	Independent	Chris Vance	14,469	39.11
	Independent	Clifford Knopik	1,735	4.69
	Write-in		304	0.82
Total votes			36,999	100.0
General election
	Republican	Phil Fortunato (incumbent)	35,764	55.81
	Independent	Chris Vance	28,053	43.78
	Write-in		263	0.41
Total votes			64,080	100.0
	Republican hold

District 32

Washington's 32nd State Senate District, 2022
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jesse Salomon (incumbent)	24,232	65.39
	Democratic	Patricia Weber	7,134	19.25
	Independent	Evelyn Anthony	5,303	14.31
	Write-in		386	1.04
Total votes			37,055	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Jesse Salomon (incumbent)	43,240	74.82
	Democratic	Patricia Weber	13,159	22.77
	Write-in		1396	2.42
Total votes			57,795	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 33

Washington's 33rd State Senate District, 2022
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Karen Keiser (incumbent)	18,985	92.05
	Write-in		1639	7.95
Total votes			20,624	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Karen Keiser (incumbent)	30,332	69.12
	Republican	Marliza Melzer^[c]	13,486	30.73
	Write-in		63	0.14
Total votes			43,881	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 34

Washington's 34th State Senate District, 2022
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joe Nguyen (incumbent)	35,911	83.29
	Republican	John Potter	4,289	9.95
	Independent	Amber Bennett	2,257	5.23
	Republican	GoodSpaceGuy	355	0.82
	Independent	Tony Mitchum	252	0.58
	Write-in		50	0.12
Total votes			43,114	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Joe Nguyen (incumbent)	59,713	86.06
	Republican	John Potter	9,570	13.79
	Write-in		105	0.15
Total votes			69,388	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 35

Washington's 35th State Senate District, 2022
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Drew MacEwen	27,174	54.96
	Democratic	Julianne Gale	22,211	44.92
	Write-in		57	0.12
Total votes			49,442	100.0
General election
	Republican	Drew MacEwen	41,828	56.06
	Democratic	Julianne Gale	32,705	43.84
	Write-in		74	0.10
Total votes			74,607	100.0
	Republican gain from Majority Coalition Caucus

District 36

Washington's 36th State Senate District, 2022
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Noel Frame	35,090	82.06
	Democratic	Kate Martin	7,261	16.98
	Write-in		409	0.96
Total votes			42,760	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Noel Frame	61,783	83.60
	Democratic	Kate Martin	11,700	15.83
	Write-in		421	0.57
Total votes			73,904	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 37

Washington's 37th State Senate District, 2022
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Rebecca Saldaña (incumbent)	29,413	97.86
	Write-in		642	2.14
Total votes			30,055	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Rebecca Saldaña (incumbent)	49,271	98.45
	Write-in		776	1.55
Total votes			50,047	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 38

Washington's 38th State Senate District, 2022
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	June Robinson (incumbent)	17,733	57.68
	Republican	Bernard Moody	9,199	29.92
	Republican	Anita Azariah	3,771	12.27
	Write-in		40	0.13
Total votes			30,743	100.0
General election
	Democratic	June Robinson (incumbent)	30,093	58.10
	Republican	Bernard Moody	21,627	41.76
	Write-in		73	0.14
Total votes			51,793	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 42

Washington's 42nd State Senate District, 2022
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sharon Shewmake	24,497	47.07
	Republican	Simon Sefzik (incumbent)	17,248	33.14
	Republican	Ben Elenbaas	10,277	19.75
	Write-in		21	0.04
Total votes			52,043	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Sharon Shewmake	38,098	50.55
	Republican	Simon Sefzik (incumbent)	37,193	49.35
	Write-in		75	0.10
Total votes			75,366	100.0
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 43

Washington's 43rd State Senate District, 2022
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jamie Pedersen (incumbent)	30,299	97.93
	Write-in		640	2.07
Total votes			30,939	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Jamie Pedersen (incumbent)	50,957	98.55
	Write-in		751	1.45
Total votes			51,708	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 44

Washington's 44th State Senate District, 2022
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Lovick (incumbent)	21,773	58.28
	Republican	Jeb Brewer	15,542	41.60
	Write-in		42	0.11
Total votes			37,357	100.0
General election
	Democratic	John Lovick (incumbent)	37,226	58.77
	Republican	Jeb Brewer	26,062	41.14
	Write-in		59	0.09
Total votes			63,347	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 45

Washington's 45th State Senate District, 2022
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Manka Dhingra (incumbent)	25,773	65.40
	Republican	Ryika Hooshangi	13,570	34.43
	Write-in		65	0.16
Total votes			39,408	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Manka Dhingra (incumbent)	41,391	62.87
	Republican	Ryika Hooshangi	24,354	36.99
	Write-in		86	0.13
Total votes			65,831	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 46

Washington's 46th State Senate District, 2022
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Javier Valdez	34,984	83.01
	Democratic	Matthew Gross	5,150	12.22
	Standup-America Party	Alex Tsimerman	1,784	4.23
	Write-in		224	0.53
Total votes			42,142	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Javier Valdez	55,915	84.89
	Democratic	Matthew Gross	9,531	14.47
	Write-in		420	0.64
Total votes			65,866	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 47

Washington's 47th State Senate District, 2022
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bill Boyce	13,734	45.54
	Democratic	Claudia Kauffman	8,222	27.26
	Democratic	Satwinder Kaur	8,157	27.05
	Write-in		46	0.15
Total votes			30,159	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Claudia Kauffman	26,251	52.70
	Republican	Bill Boyce	23,502	47.19
	Write-in		55	0.11
Total votes			49,808	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 48

Washington's 48th State Senate District, 2022
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Patty Kuderer (incumbent)	19,389	71.39
	Republican	Michelle Darnell	7,717	28.41
	Write-in		54	0.20
Total votes			27,160	100.0
General election
	Democratic	Patty Kuderer (incumbent)	33,208	70.58
	Republican	Michelle Darnell	13,795	29.32
	Write-in		50	0.11
Total votes			47,053	100.0
	Democratic hold

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Retiring Democrat Tim Sheldon caucused with the Republicans and is therefore counted towards the Republican seats.
^ Democrat Lindsey Keesling received enough write-in votes in the primary to be listed on the general election ballot.^[12]
^ Republican Marliza Melzer received enough write-in votes in the primary to be listed on the general election ballot.^[13]

References

^ "Top 2 Primary: FAQs for Voters". Washington Secretary of State. Retrieved November 8, 2022.
^ "Canvass of the Returns of the General Election Held on November 3, 2020" (PDF). State of Washington Secretary of State. December 1, 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 3, 2020.
^ "WA GOP senator is calling it quits after a decade in office". Tri-City Herald. November 10, 2021. Retrieved November 13, 2021.
^ "Senate Environment chair Carlyle won't seek reelection". Washington State Wire. January 24, 2022. Retrieved January 24, 2022.
^ "State Sen. Mona Das drops out of race to retain 47th District seat". Kent Reporter. March 24, 2022. Retrieved March 25, 2022.
^ "Sen. David Frockt won't seek re-election". Washington State Wire. October 5, 2021. Retrieved October 5, 2021.
^ "Sen. Jim Honeyford won't seek reelection in 2022". Yakima Herald-Republic. May 23, 2022. Retrieved May 23, 2022.
^ "WA state Sen. Tim Sheldon, Rep. Jesse Johnson won't return to Legislature". The Seattle Times. March 10, 2022. Retrieved March 10, 2022.
^ "Sen. Jeannie Darneille resigns from Legislature to help lead Women's Prison Division". Washington State Wire. September 21, 2021. Retrieved October 5, 2021.
^ Jacobson, Louis (May 19, 2022). "The Battle for State Legislatures". Retrieved May 19, 2022.
^ "August 2, 2022 Primary - Legislative". Secretary of State of Washington. August 2, 2022. Retrieved August 19, 2022.
^ "Democrat Lindsey Keesling Headed to November Ballot in District 15 Senate Race". Yakima Herald. Retrieved December 19, 2022.
^ "2022 Primary Election Recap". ShiftWA.org. August 3, 2022. Retrieved December 19, 2022.

External links

Map of legislative districts

[Sheldon-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Retiring Democrat Tim Sheldon caucused with the Republicans and is therefore counted towards the Republican seats.

[Keesling-14] Democrat Lindsey Keesling received enough write-in votes in the primary to be listed on the general election ballot.^[12]

[Melzer-16] Republican Marliza Melzer received enough write-in votes in the primary to be listed on the general election ballot.^[13]

[2] "Top 2 Primary: FAQs for Voters". Washington Secretary of State. Retrieved November 8, 2022.

[3] "Canvass of the Returns of the General Election Held on November 3, 2020" (PDF). State of Washington Secretary of State. December 1, 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 3, 2020.

[4] "WA GOP senator is calling it quits after a decade in office". Tri-City Herald. November 10, 2021. Retrieved November 13, 2021.

[5] "Senate Environment chair Carlyle won't seek reelection". Washington State Wire. January 24, 2022. Retrieved January 24, 2022.

[6] "State Sen. Mona Das drops out of race to retain 47th District seat". Kent Reporter. March 24, 2022. Retrieved March 25, 2022.

[7] "Sen. David Frockt won't seek re-election". Washington State Wire. October 5, 2021. Retrieved October 5, 2021.

[8] "Sen. Jim Honeyford won't seek reelection in 2022". Yakima Herald-Republic. May 23, 2022. Retrieved May 23, 2022.

[9] "WA state Sen. Tim Sheldon, Rep. Jesse Johnson won't return to Legislature". The Seattle Times. March 10, 2022. Retrieved March 10, 2022.

[10] "Sen. Jeannie Darneille resigns from Legislature to help lead Women's Prison Division". Washington State Wire. September 21, 2021. Retrieved October 5, 2021.

[Sabato's_Crystal_Ball-11] Jacobson, Louis (May 19, 2022). "The Battle for State Legislatures". Retrieved May 19, 2022.

[12] "August 2, 2022 Primary - Legislative". Secretary of State of Washington. August 2, 2022. Retrieved August 19, 2022.

[13] "Democrat Lindsey Keesling Headed to November Ballot in District 15 Senate Race". Yakima Herald. Retrieved December 19, 2022.

[15] "2022 Primary Election Recap". ShiftWA.org. August 3, 2022. Retrieved December 19, 2022.

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