TRI-CITIES, Wash.-Voters in Washington should get their ballots for the Nov. 5 General Election around Oct. 18.
Washington State Voters’ Pamphlets were also mailed to registered voters on Oct. 11 to help residents make informed decisions. The pamphlet is also available online through the Secretary of State’s Office.
Ballots should be arriving in mailboxes around Oct. 18, which starts the 18-day voting period leading up to election day.
How to vote
Eligible voters in Washington may update their information or register to vote in-person at a voting center until 8 p.m. on election day, according to the Secretary of State’s Office.
Online and by mail registration must be received eight days before election day (Oct. 28).
After a voter fills out their ballot it must be signed, sealed and postmarked or dropped off in a ballot drop box by election day.
A map of all voting centers and ballot drop boxes in Washington is available online.
What’s on the General Election Ballot
In addition to President/Vice President, U.S. Senator and Congressional races, several other statewide legislative and judicial races are on the ballot and four statewide initiatives will also be decided in the General Election.
The below candidate information is the latest available as of Oct. 11 from the Washington Secretary of State’s Office.
Federal offices
President/Vice President: Kamala Harris/Tim Walz, Donald Trump/J.D. Vance.
U.S. Senate: Maria Cantwell (D) and Dr. Raul Garcia (R)
Congressional District 4: Jerrod Sessler (R) and Dan Newhouse (R)
Congressional District 5: Michael Baumgartner (R) and Carmela Conroy (D)
Congressional District 8: Kim Schrier (D) and Carmen Goers (R)
Statewide Offices
Governor: Bob Ferguson (D) and Dave Reichert (R)
Lt. Governor: Denny Heck (D) and Dan Matthews (R)
Secretary of State: Steve Hobbs (D) and Dale Whitaker (R)
State Treasurer: Mike Pellicciotti (D) and Sharon Hanek (R)
State Auditor: Pat (Patrice) McCarthy (D) and Matt Hawkins (R)
Attorney General: Pete Serrano (R) and Nick Brown (D)
Commissioner of Public Lands: Jaime Herrera Beutler (R) and Dave Upthegrove (D)
Superintendent of Public Instruction: Chris Reykdal and David Olson
Insurance Commissioner: Patty Kuderer (D) and Phil Fortunato (R)
Legislative Candidates
Legislative District 8
State Rep. Pos. 1: Stephanie Barnard (R)
State Rep. Pos. 2: April Connors (R) and John Christenson (D)
Legislative District 14
State Senator: Curtis King (R) and Maria Beltran (D)
State Rep. Pos. 1: Chelsea Dimas (D) and Gloria Mendoza (R)
State Rep. Pos. 2: Deb Manjarrez (R) and Ana Ruiz Kennedy (D)
Legislative District 15
State Rep. Pos. 1: Chris Corry (R) and Chase Foster (NP)
State Rep. Pos. 2: Jeremie Dufault (R) and Rich Bright (R)
Legislative District 16
State Senator: Perry Dozier (R) and Kari Isaacson (D)
State Rep. Pos. 1: Mark Klicker (R) and Linda Gunshefski (D)
State Rep. Pos. 2: Skyler Rude (R) and Craig R. Woodard (D)
Judicial Candidates
Supreme Court Justice Pos. 2: Sal Mungia and Dave Larson
Benton Franklin Superior Court
Judge Pos. 5: Bronson Brown and Shawn Sant
Kittitas Superior Court
Judge Pos. 1: Chris Herion and Matt Mills
Judge Pos. 2: James Kirkham and Patricia Todd
Statewide measures
Statewide Initiative Measure 2066: Would repeal laws that discourage natural gas use and/or promote electrification, and require certain utilities and local governments to provide natural gas to eligible customers.
Statewide Initiative Measure 2109: Would repeal a tax on the sale or exchange of certain long-term capital assets by individuals who have annual capital gains of over $250,000.
Statewide Initiative Measure 2117: Would prohibit state agencies from imposing any type of carbon tax credit trading, and repeal legislation establishing a cap and invest program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Statewide Initiative Measure 2124: Would provide that employees and self-employed people must elect to keep insurance coverage under RCW 50B.04 and could opt-out any time.
