Democrats behind in all competitive state Senate contests

Early returns are not looking promising for Democrats in state Senate contests.

As of this writing, all the party’s challengers were behind in all of their races, although no Democratic incumbent is losing. So, at minimum, Senate Democrats will end up with a twenty-three member caucus.

The closest race, as expected, is between Matt Isenhower and Andy Hill. Hill has 52% of the vote, while Isenhower has 47%. Given the large number of ballots outstanding, this is hardly an insurmountable lead.

The other challengers (Tami Green, Rich Cowan, Irene Bowling) are much further behind their Republican opponents.

In the 30th District, Democrat-turned-Republican Mark Miloscia had a solid lead over Shari Song. The 30th is an open seat, vacated by retiring Senator Tracey Eide.

 

Andrew Villeneuve

Andrew Villeneuve is the founder and executive director of the Northwest Progressive Institute, as well as the founder of NPI's sibling, the Northwest Progressive Foundation. He has worked to advance progressive causes for over two decades as a strategist, speaker, author, and organizer. Andrew is also a cybersecurity expert, a veteran facilitator, a delegate to the Washington State Democratic Central Committee, and a member of the Climate Reality Leadership Corps.

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