Welcome to Filing Week 2020!
Today through Friday, the Secretary of State and county elections officials will be accepting formal declarations of candidacy from Washingtonians who have decided they want to run for office at federal, state, and local levels.
This is a presidential year, which means we’ll be electing 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, not to mention a large number of local positions, especially in Pierce County.
This post is the first in a series of Filing Week reports we’ll be bringing you at regular intervals until the close of filing at 5 PM on the final day of the workweek.
1st Congressional District
2nd Congressional District
4th Congressional District
6th Congressional District
7th Congressional District
9th Congressional District
10th Congressional District
Four candidates have filed so far to run for Governor:
One candidate has filed so far for Insurance Commissioner:
For Lieutenant Governor (which is an open seat due to the retirement of Cyrus Habib), there are four candidates so far:
One candidate has filed so far for Secretary of State:
There are no candidates for Attorney General yet.
One candidate has filed so far for Superintendent of Public Instruction:
Positions are typically for a six year term.
Position #3
Position #4
Position #6 (For an unexpired term of two years)
Position #7
State Representatives typically serve two years, and state Senators typically serve four years.
1st Legislative District
5th Legislative District
10th Legislative District
11th Legislative District
17th Legislative District
18th Legislative District
19th Legislative District
23rd Legislative District
25th Legislative District
26th Legislative District
28th Legislative District
30th Legislative District
35th Legislative District
42nd Legislative District
All positions below are for a four year term.
Pierce County Executive
County Council
County Assessor-Treasurer
Sheriff
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