Washington

Voting Population

Eligibility (70.8% eligible to vote)

Washington joined the Union in November 1889. The state has gone through periods during which it voted primarily Democratic and other periods where Republicans usually won. Democrats have been the victors in the last eight elections, making it one of the more reliably blue states at this point in its history. In 2016, Hillary Clinton defeated Donald Trump by a 54% to 38% margin. The state’s electoral influence has grown in recent decades; in the western half of the country only Texas and California have more than Washington’s 12 electoral votes. In the 2016 election, four of those electors were faithless, with three voting for Colin Powell and one for Faith Spotted Eagle.

Washington has 12 Electoral College votes to cast in Presidential elections.

State Capital: Olympia, WA • 2020 Population: 7,797,095 • US Representatives: 10

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Recent Election Results

Leaning

56%

Democrat

2016 Presidential (24.4% voted Republican)

2012 Presidential (35.1% voted Democratic)

2016 US Senate

2016 US House

2016 Gubernatorial

Current Elected Officials

This is the list of elected officials for Washington. This includes roles such as Governor and Lieutenant Governor, US and state senators and house representatives.

Representative	Office	Contact
Maria Cantwell	U.S. Senator	511 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 USA (202) 224-3441
Patty Murray	U.S. Senator	154 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 USA (202) 224-2621
Jay Inslee	Governor of Washington	Governor Jay Inslee Office of the Governor Olympia, WA 98504-0002 USA (360) 902-4111 governor.jayinslee@governor.wa.gov
Denny Heck	Lieutenant Governor of Washington	(360) 786-7700 ltgov@ltgov.wa.gov
Pat McCarthy	WA State Auditor	(564) 999-0950
Steve Hobbs	WA Secretary of State	(360) 902-4151 secretaryofstate@sos.wa.gov
Mike Pellicciotti	WA State Treasurer	(360) 902-9001
Hilary S. Franz	WA State Commissioner of Public Lands	(360) 902-1000 cpl@dnr.wa.gov
Chris Reykdal	WA State Superintendent of Public Instruction	(360) 725-6000
Bob Ferguson	WA State Attorney General	(360) 753-6200
Mike Kreidler	WA State Insurance Commissioner	(360) 725-7000 askmike@oic.wa.gov
Barbara A. Madsen	WA State Supreme Court Justice	(360) 357-2037 supreme@courts.wa.gov
Charles W. Johnson	WA State Supreme Court Justice	(360) 357-2020 supreme@courts.wa.gov
Debra L. Stephens	WA State Supreme Court Justice	(360) 357-2050 supreme@courts.wa.gov
G. Helen Whitener	WA State Supreme Court Justice	(360) 357-2026 supreme@courts.wa.gov
Mary I. Yu	WA State Supreme Court Justice	(360) 357-2033 mary.yu@courts.wa.gov
Raquel Montoya-Lewis	WA State Supreme Court Justice	(360) 357-2054 supreme@courts.wa.gov
Sheryl Gordon McCloud	WA State Supreme Court Justice	(360) 357-2045 supreme@courts.wa.gov
Steven C. González	WA State Supreme Court Justice	(360) 357-2030 supreme@courts.wa.gov
Susan Owens	WA State Supreme Court Justice	(360) 357-2041 supreme@courts.wa.gov

While the President and Vice President are the only elected officials at the National level, there are hundreds of other positions appointed by the President himself.

Washington will cast 12 Electoral College votes in the upcoming 2020 Presidential elections.

Representative	Office	Contact
Joseph R. Biden	President of the United States	1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest Washington, DC 20500 USA (202) 456-1111
Kamala D. Harris	Vice President of the United States	1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest Washington, DC 20500 USA (202) 456-1111

Elected Role Descriptions

Auditor:

The Auditor General is the chief fiscal watchdog of the commonwealth. This person is responsible for using annual audits to ensure that all government money is spent legally and properly.

Lieutenant Governor:

In most cases, the lieutenant governor is the highest officer of state after the governor, standing in for that officer when they are absent from the state or temporarily incapacitated. In the event a governor dies, resigns or is removed from office, the lieutenant governor typically becomes governor.

Treasurer:

Typically, the Treasurer's duties include financial management and oversight of the particular department of which he or she manages. A Treasurer may also manage or oversee the financial affairs of the organization, often including tasks as selecting a bank, reconciling bank statements, and managing cash flow.

Many people ask "Who are my elected officials?", but have no easy way to find them. ElectedGovernment.org provides this information along with other data to help voters and constituents understand who represents them in their local, city, county, state and national legislative roles. Voting is our civic duty, and these representatives of ours are all elected in May or November at the polls.