MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR
Happy Election Week Democrats!
Thank you to everyone who poured their hearts and energy into this year’s elections around the state and our nation. We’re still waiting on final results in some of these close races, but here’s where things stand now:
Democrats across the country had an amazing election night with wins for Virginia Governor, Virginia Attorney General, Virginia Lieutenant Governor, larger majorities in the Virginia General Assembly, New Jersey Governor, NYC Mayor, Pennsylvania Supreme Court, and broke the Mississippi Republican supermajority!
Here in Washington we saw tremendous results building on our success in the primary. As of press time, we know Sen. Deb Krishnadasan (despite nearly $2 million in outside spending against her), Sen. Victoria Hunt (who saw hundreds of thousands spent against her), Seattle City Attorney-elect Erika Evans (the first person of color elected City Attorney in Seattle history) have won their elections! This tremendous achievement took a lot of people power from all parts of the state. Thank you all! If you’d like to re-live Election Night, here’s Director of Communications Stephen Reed providing analysis on KIRO7’s live election night coverage.
Working for Washington
It is the final push before the election – we need everyone to get their ballots in and that starts with you! Once you’ve filled out your ballot, come to one of the many Get Out the Vote events WA Dems are hosting around the state. Find more info below!
Washington
Last week, dozens of committed volunteers came out to knock doors for State Senators Deb Krishnadasan and Victoria Hunt. They were joined by tremendous Democratic leaders like U.S. Representative Suzan DelBene, Lt. Governor Denny Heck, Commissioner of Public Lands Dave Upthegrove, and former Governor Jay Inslee. Thank you to everyone who braved the elements to help make sure their neighbors had their voices heard.
- Rally, Protest, and Gather
- Take a week for yourself. You earned it. We’ll be back with new events next week.
- Send us details on rallies and protests in your communities
- Email details to press@wa-democrats.org
- Donate
- If you would like to see less Washington D.C. and more Washington state in your community, please DONATE to The Real Washington Fund – our rapid response account to counter MAGA’s chaos with real organizing, real solutions, and real results. We can’t do the work of holding Republicans accountable without your support.
- Follow us on social media
Washington Democrats Fight Back
U.S. Representative Adam Smith hosted a health care roundtable with providers and real stories from Washingtonians who are going to face astronomical increases in their health insurance premiums. Catch a clip here!
As SNAP benefits run to a halt, community members search for solutions,
Go Skagit
U.S. Representative Rick Larsen is visiting local food banks to ensure their needs are being met during the cruel SNAP delayed payments from the Trump administration. While Congressional Republicans sit on their hands as food bank shelves run dry, leaders like Congressman Larsen are out in their communities helping out.
Senator Cantwell highlights impact of government shutdown on Washington’s tribal communities,
hoodline
U.S. Senator Cantwell is fighting for Washington’s tribal communities who are suffering from impacts of the Republican federal government shutdown. SNAP and WIC help Native families put food on the table and these programs are under increasing attacks from Congressional Republicans and the White House. Thank you, Senator Cantwell for protecting every community in our great state!
Democratic incumbents ahead in most WA legislative races,
Washington State Standard
As of press time, every Democratic legislative incumbent save for Rep. Edwin Obras in LD 33 were leading their challengers. LD 33 is still a safe Democratic seat, so the outcome will not change the number of seats Democrats hold in the State Legislature. Our highest priority LD races were LD 5 with Sen. Victoria Hunt and LD 26 with Sen. Deb Krishnadasan. Both of these Senators held commanding leads on Election Night – surpassing their successful performances in the primary. In LD 26, a Democrat has not won a race by over 1% since 2012. We expect it to be higher when all the ballots are counted.
WATCH: WA GOP hopes helping conservative school board candidates pays off,
The Center Square
Washington Republicans won 32 of 36 targeted school board seats in 2023. That performance was turned on its head: as of press time, no Republican leads any of the school board races we are tracking in Pasco or Sunnyside.
DEMOCRATS IN THE NEWS
Krishnadasan leads Caldier in $4M fight for WA legislative seat,
Washington State Standard
Republican hopes of gaining at least one WA Senate seat not looking good,
The Center Square
Dems big night and what it means for Washington
(D.C.), Punchbowl News
The night Democrats finally stopped losing,
Politico
Who’s ahead in the WA state legislative races? Early returns show leads,
The Olympian
WHAT I’M READING
This is how the Trump coalition unravels,
Vox
Democrats need to keep increasing the trends that helped deliver a repudiation of Trump’s failed policies in this week’s election. Here’s a great analysis about how the polls drastically undercounted Democratic votes when they were overcounted in 2024 and 2020. If we can build on the demographic trends we built this year, we will have a decent shot at retaking both chambers of Congress in next year’s midterms.
Thanks for all you do,
Chair Shasti Conrad
Washington State Democratic Party
In 2024, Washington Democrats led the nation with sweeping electoral victories. Now, we’re fighting to elect a supermajority in Olympia, protect our swing seats in the House, and stand up to MAGA extremism across the country.
WA Dems empowers grassroots organizing and elects Democrats up and down the ballot. Your support fuels our fight to stop Trump and defend our democracy.
We sincerely thank you for your help and support.
Washington State Democrats PO Box 4027 Seattle, WA 98194 United States