Washington State House Elections, 2010

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Contents 1 Summary 2 Overall Results 3 Contested races 4 Notes

Summary

Prior to the election, the composition of the House had changed to a 61-37 Democratic majority due to the death of Democratic Representative Bill Grant and a Republican pickup of his seat in a 2009 special election.

Overall Results

Party		Seats			Popular vote
		2008	2010	+/-	Vote	%
	Democratic Party	62	56	-6	2,141,975	46.87%
	Republican Party	36	42	+6	2,359,589	51.63%
	Independent	0	0	0	31,356	0.69%
	Lower Taxes Party	0	0	0	21,201	0.46%
	Constitution Party	0	0	0	9,736	0.21%
	Bull Moose Party	0	0	0	6,134	0.13%

Contested races

Due to the Top 2 Primary, some races included two candidates of the same party, among other scenarios:

#	Partisan breakdown
64	D vs R
13	Unopposed R
6	R vs R
6	Unopposed D
4	D vs Ind/Other
3	D vs D
2	R vs Ind/Other
98	Total

Party		Candidates	Contested
	Democratic Party	80	77
	Republican Party	91	85
	Independent	3	3
	Lower Taxes Party	1	1
	Constitution Party	1	1
	Bull Moose Party	1	1
Total Seats		98

Notes

• Candidates listed as Reluctantly R and GOP were counted as Republicans.
• Candidate listed as "Independent Dem." was counted as a Democrat.