Washington has a “top two” primary system in which the top two candidates advance to the general election regardless of their political party affiliation. There is no U.S. Senate race in Washington.
There is no U.S. Senate race in Washington. Washington will elect ten members to its U.S. House delegation.
Six Democratic incumbent women are running for reelection: Representatives Suzan Delbene (WA-1), Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA-3), Emily Randall (WA-6), Pramila Jayapal (WA-7), Kim Schrier (WA-8), and Marilyn Strickland (WA-10). The congresswomen represent a range of racial/ethnic backgrounds: Representative Delbene and Schrier are white; Representatives Gluesenkamp Perez and Randall are Latinas; Representative Jayapal is Asian American; and Representative Strickland is Asian American and Black.
On average, Democratic women incumbents have raised over $1.6M, which is a higher average amount raised than the Democratic men seeking reelection (over $1M). Gluesenkamp Perez has raised the most of the House incumbents; 11% of her funds take the form of small contributions.
WA-3 is rated a “Toss Up” by The Cook Political Report. Representative Gluesenkamp Perez (D) leads the money race with over $2.4M. WA-4, which is an open seat, is rated by The Cook Political Report as solidly Republican. The money race is led by Republican Amanda McKinney, who is white; she has raised $781,516.
Democratic women running as congressional challengers in Washington have a much higher average total raised than Democratic men. In contrast, the average raised by Republican men running as challengers is much higher than the average amount raised by the Republican woman challengers.
Republican men running as challengers have the highest proportion of funds from self-financing among the other party and gender groups (62%).
Democratic women incumbents and challengers have the highest average proportion of small contributions among the other party and gender groups. Representative Pramila Jayapal (WA-7) leads the Democratic women incumbents in proportion of funds from small contributions (50%).
This statistic is the average total amount raised to date from individuals (including self-financing).
This statistic is the average amount from self-financing as a proportion of total raised (from individuals including the candidate) by candidate subgroup. Primary challengers to incumbents are excluded.
This statistic is the average amount of contributions $200 or less as a proportion of total raised (excluding self-financed contributions) by candidate subgroup.