Washington Primary

[rpannier]

https://www.politico.com/election-results/2018/washington/

Washington is like California, the top 2 advance to the GE
In the Senate race it will be Cantwell and Hutchinson. So far, Cantwell scored over 50% in the primary (about 900,000 votes were cast). Hutchinson has name recognition in western Washington, that appears to be what she has going for her
About 67% of the vote has been counted

All 10 Districts feature one Democrat and one Republican
1, 2, 6, 7. 9 and 10 look good

District 3 is interesting, because the incumbent Beutler got a little over 47,000 votes and the second place finisher, Long, got a little over 42,000. What is interesting is, if you add up all the votes cast, about 57,300 went for one of the Republicans running and about 58,800 went for one of the Democrats running
R: Beutler 47,192, Bowerman 6,109, Cortney 4,034;
D: Long 42,251, McDevitt 9,396, Gasque 5,278, Hash 1,101
This is at about 71% reported. So, yes, the numbers could change a bit

District 4 and 7 appear to have only 2 people running; 1 from each party

District 8, the Republican will be Rossi, a familiar name to Washingtonians, as he has run for Governor and Senator and lost. His opponent will either be Schrier or Rittereiser. This district extends from the farming and ranching communities of central Washington to King County. Rossi has two advantages, one is it is somewhat conservative and he has name recognition. He also has some disadvantages - he is a two time loser on Washington's biggest political stages (Governor and Senator) and he has been (maybe still is) part of the state secessionist group that wants to split eastern Washington from western Washington -- and call their state Liberty (no joke. Look up Rep Matt Shea). Not sure how that will play in half of the district he wants to represent.
If you add up all the votes cast so far, there were more Democratic votes than Republican votes cast, with two independents and a libertarian getting around 600 votes each

District 5 is interesting, partially because it is on the eastern border with Idaho (so it would be part of Liberty). It is represented by McMorris-Rodgers. The east is a conservative stronghold, but with almost 2/3s counted, she is leading Lisa Brown-D, by only about 600 votes. The question is, where the rest of the 1/3 comes from? If it is Spokane and the surrounding area, that could be a toss-up, though favoring the Republicans. If it is further south in Pullman, it favors the Democrats. Either way, it is incredibly close for a District-5 primary and if you add the other two Republicans into the mix, that is only 3,500 more Republican votes. There is another candidate who is running as an independent and he has almost 3,000 votes

[samnsara]

1. Thank You for that update....