Washington State’s 2020 Filing Week has come to an end, and that means this election cycle’s list of aspiring office seekers will soon become final.
Up until 4 PM today, the Secretary of State and county elections officials were accepting formal declarations of candidacy from Washingtonians who have decided they want to run for office at federal, state, and local levels. Candidacies for precinct committee officer were also being accepted at the major party level by elections officials on behalf of the Democratic and Republican parties.
This is a presidential year, which means we will be filling all ten of our U.S. House positions, all nine of our statewide executive positions, most of our state legislative positions, and several of our State Supreme Court positions, plus a large number of local positions, especially in Pierce County.
This post is the tenth and final in a series of Filing Week reports we have been bringing you at regular intervals. It is no longer possible to file for office this year, but candidates with second thoughts may withdraw through Monday.
The United States House of Representatives is the larger of the two chambers of Congress established by the United States Constitution. Members of the House serve two year terms and must face the voters each election cycle. Since the 2010–2011 redistricting process, Washington has had ten seats in the House.
Candidates who have filed since this morning:
1st Congressional District
2nd Congressional District
3rd Congressional District
4th Congressional District
5th Congressional District
6th Congressional District
7th Congressional District
9th Congressional District
10th Congressional District
Washington State’s executive department consists of nine statewide directly elected positions headed by a governor. All positions are for four-year terms, filled in presidential years. Each position is independently elected and thus has its own portfolio of responsibilities. Key management positions within the executive branch that are not directly elected are filled by gubernatorial appointment.
Candidates who have filed since this morning:
Governor
Lieutenant Governor
Commissioner of Public Lands
Secretary of State
Superintendent of Public Instruction
The most important judicial body in Washington State is its State Supreme Court, which, like its federal equivalent, has nine members. However, unlike the United States Supreme Court, sometimes referred to as SCOTUS for short, members of the State Supreme Court are directly elected by the voters for six-year terms.
No new candidates have filed since this morning.
The Washington State Legislature, like the United States Congress, is a bicameral body with a House and Senate. Members of the state House serve two year terms, just like their federal counterparts, while members of the state Senate serve four year terms. Presently, Washington has forty-nine legislative districts, with each district electing two representatives and one senator.
Candidates who have filed since this morning:
1st Legislative District
5th Legislative District
10th Legislative District
17th Legislative District
18th Legislative District
19th Legislative District
25th Legislative District
Pierce is Washington’s second largest county by population. Unlike its northern neighbor King and other home rule counties in Washington State with charters, Pierce elects its county-level positions in even-numbered years (when turnout is higher), as opposed to odd-numbered years (when turnout is typically lower).
Candidates who have filed since this morning:
County Council
Sheriff
Want to see a comprehensive list of all candidate filings at the state level? You can do so at the Secretary of State’s website. You may also browse our archive of Filing Week reports to see who filed for office at other intervals.
Editor’s note: Filing Week has now come to an end, but we’ll have one more postmortem post next week with a list of candidates who decided to withdraw.
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