2024 United States Senate election in Washington

For related races, see 2024 United States Senate elections.
Not to be confused with 2024 Washington State Senate election.
2024 United States Senate election in Washington
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Nominee Maria Cantwell Raul Garcia
Party Democratic Republican
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Maria Cantwell
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The 2024 United States Senate election in Washington will be held on November 5, 2024, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Washington. Democratic incumbent Senator Maria Cantwell is seeking a fifth term. She is being challenged by Republican physician Raul Garcia. Republicans have not won a senate race in Washington since 1994. Garcia is the first Hispanic nominee from either party for this position.

Primary election

Democratic candidates

Advanced to general

Eliminated in primary

  • Paul Giesick, blue collar worker[2]

Republican candidates

Advanced to general

  • Raul Garcia, physician and candidate for governor in 2020[3]

Eliminated in primary

  • Goodspaceguy, amateur astronomer and perennial candidate[2]
  • Isaac Holyk, software development company CEO and candidate for U.S. Senate in 2022[2]
  • Scott Nazarino, financial consultant and candidate for U.S. Senate in 2016[2]
  • Mel Ram, private investigator[2]

Declined

Third party and independent candidates

Eliminated in primary

  • Thor Amundson (Independent), project expediter and perennial candidate[2]
  • Henry Dennison (Socialist Workers), political organizer and perennial candidate[2]
  • Chuck Jackson (Independent), merchant mariner and perennial candidate[2]
  • David Tilton (Independent), data analyst[2]

Endorsements

Maria Cantwell (D)
Organizations
Labor unions
Newspapers
Tribes
Raul Garcia (R)
U.S. representatives
Statewide officials
State legislators
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Organizations
Political parties

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of June 30, 2024
Candidate Raised Spent Cash on hand
Maria Cantwell (D) $11,651,974 $5,128,836 $7,093,030
Raul Garcia (R) $558,646 $394,077 $164,568
Isaac Holyk (R) $6,846 $7,278 $0
Source: Federal Election Commission[27]

Results

Results by county:
  Cantwell—70–80%
  Cantwell—50–60%
  Cantwell—40–50%
  Cantwell—30–40%
  Garcia—30–40%
  Garcia—40–50%

Cantwell won 28 counties out of 39, including 9 out of the state's 10 most populous ones. She performed especially well in the most populous King County, as well as San Juan and Jefferson counties.[28]

Blanket primary results[29]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Maria Cantwell (incumbent) 1,114,327 57.18%
Republican Raul Garcia 431,182 22.13%
Republican Scott Nazarino 111,386 5.72%
Republican Isaac Holyk 110,701 5.68%
Republican Mel Ram 86,956 4.46%
Independent Chuck Jackson 21,055 1.08%
Independent David Tilton 17,561 0.90%
Democratic Paul Giesick 17,433 0.89%
Republican Goodspaceguy 16,826 0.86%
Independent Thor Amundson 10,587 0.54%
Socialist Workers Henry Dennison 7,840 0.40%
Write-in 2,862 0.15%
Total votes 1,948,716 100.0%

General election

Debate

2024 United States Senate election in Washington debate
No. Date Host Moderator Link Democratic Republican
Key:
 P  Participant   A  Absent   N  Not invited   I  Invited  W  Withdrawn
Maria Cantwell Raul Garcia
1 Oct. 8, 2024 Gonzaga University
KSPS-TV
The Black Lens
The Spokesman-Review
Washington State Debate Coalition 		Orion Donovan Smith TVW P P

Predictions

Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[30] Solid D November 9, 2023
Inside Elections[31] Solid D November 9, 2023
Sabato's Crystal Ball[32] Safe D November 9, 2023
Decision Desk HQ/The Hill[33] Safe D June 8, 2024
Elections Daily[34] Safe D May 4, 2023
CNalysis[35] Solid D November 21, 2023
RealClearPolitics[36] Solid D August 5, 2024
Split Ticket[37] Safe D October 23, 2024
538[38] Solid D October 23, 2024

Polling

Aggregate polls
Source of poll
aggregation 		Dates
administered 		Dates
updated 		Maria
Cantwell (D) 		Raul
Garcia (R) 		Undecided
[a] 		Margin
270ToWin October 20 - November 4, 2024 November 4, 2024 55.5% 38.0% 6.5% Cantwell +17.5%
TheHill/DDHQ through November 3, 2024 November 4, 2024 57.8% 38.9% 3.3% Cantwell +18.9%
Average 56.7% 38.5% 4.8% Cantwell +18.2%
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[b] 		Margin
of error 		Maria
Cantwell (D) 		Raul
Garcia (R) 		Other Undecided
Research Co. November 2–3, 2024 450 (LV) ± 4.6% 58% 38% – 4%
Public Policy Polling (D)[A] October 16–17, 2024 571 (LV) ± 4.1% 53% 38% – 9%
SurveyUSA[B] October 9–14, 2024 703 (LV) ± 4.9% 55% 32% – 13%
Cascade PBS/Elway Research September 3–6, 2024 403 (RV) ± 5.0% 55% 33% 4%[c] 7%
Public Policy Polling (D)[A] July 24–25, 2024 581 (LV) ± 4.0% 55% 32% 6%[d] 7%
SurveyUSA[B] July 10–13, 2024 564 (LV) ± 5.1% 58% 37% – 5%
Public Policy Polling (D)[A] May 15–16, 2024 615 (LV) ± 4.0% 53% 38% – 9%
Cascade PBS/Elway Research May 13–16, 2024 403 (RV) ± 5.0% 39% 30% 1%[e] 30%
Echelon Insights (R)[C] March 18–21, 2024 600 (RV) ± 4.7% 44% 36% – 19%
Public Policy Polling (D)[A] February 13–14, 2024 789 (LV) ± 3.5% 53% 37% – 10%
Public Policy Polling (D)[A] November 14–15, 2023 700 (LV) ± 3.7% 51% 38% – 11%
Elway Research[D] October 30 – November 3, 2023 403 (RV) ± 5.0% 43% 23% 9%[f] 25%
Hypothetical polling
Maria Cantwell vs. Jaime Herrera Beutler
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[b] 		Margin
of error 		Maria
Cantwell (D) 		Jaime
Herrera Beutler (R) 		Undecided
Public Policy Polling (D)[A] June 7–8, 2023 773 (LV) ± 3.5% 52% 37% 11%
Public Policy Polling (D)[A] March 7–8, 2023 874 (LV) ± 3.3% 50% 35% 14%

Results

2024 United States Senate election in Washington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Maria Cantwell (incumbent)
Republican Raul Garcia
Write-in
Total votes

Notes

  1. ^ Calculated by taking the difference of 100% and all other candidates combined.
  2. ^ a b Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  3. ^ "No answer" with 3%; "I may not vote in this race" with 1%
  4. ^ "Another candidate" with 6%
  5. ^ "Someone else" with 1%
  6. ^ "A different Republican" with 6%; "A different Democrat" with 3%
Partisan clients
  1. ^ a b c d e f g Poll sponsored by the Northwest Progressive Institute
  2. ^ a b Poll sponsored by The Seattle Times, KING-TV, and University of Washington Information School
  3. ^ Poll sponsored by Concerned Taxpayers of Washington State PAC
  4. ^ Poll sponsored by Crosscut.com

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