Washington 2014 Election Results

Washington held its general election on November 4, 2014, deciding 123 legislative seats. No chamber changed party control.

Highlights

• The Legislature stayed split. Republicans picked up a Senate seat for an outright 25-24 majority, keeping the GOP-led Majority Coalition Caucus in charge, while House Republicans unseated four Democrats and cut the Democratic majority to 51-47.
• The Senate gain came in the open 30th District, where Mark Miloscia (R), a seven-term House veteran who served as a Democrat and switched parties to run, beat Shari Song (D) by about 11 points for the seat Sen. Tracey Eide (D) left.
• Republicans' four House pickups were all by challengers:
  • Michelle Caldier (R) beat Rep. Larry Seaquist (D) by about 600 votes in the 26th District.
  • Dan Griffey (R) beat Rep. Kathy Haigh (D) by about 500 votes in the 35th District.
  • Lynda Wilson (R) beat Rep. Monica Stonier (D) by about 3 points in the 17th District.
  • Melanie Stambaugh (R), who would become the Legislature's youngest member, beat five-term Rep. Dawn L. Morrell (D) by about 10 points in the 25th District.
  Democrats' closest hold was the open 28th District seat, where Christine Kilduff (D) won by about 270 votes.
• Voters approved Initiative 594, which expands background checks on gun sales, and rejected the competing Initiative 591, which would have barred checks stricter than the national standard. Initiative 1351, lowering class sizes in all grades, passed narrowly; in 2015 the Legislature delayed its funding by four years.

Legislature

• House (98 seats): 55 D, 43 R before the election, 51 D, 47 R after; control stayed with Democrats.
• Senate (49 seats): 26 D, 23 R before the election, 24 D, 25 R after; control stayed with a bipartisan coalition.

Legislative races

Ballot measures