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2010 United States Senate election in Washington

Senate elections held in Washington in 2010

2010 United States Senate election in Washington

Senate elections held in Washington in 2010

FieldValue
election_name2010 United States Senate election in Washington
countryWashington
typepresidential
ongoingYes
previous_election2004 United States Senate election in Washington
previous_year2004
next_election2016 United States Senate election in Washington
next_year2016
election_dateNovember 2, 2010
image1File:Patty Murray, official portrait, 113th Congress (cropped).jpg
image_size150x150px
nominee1Patty Murray
party1Democratic Party (United States)
popular_vote11,314,930
percentage152.36%
image2File:Dino Rossi (cropped).jpg
nominee2Dino Rossi
party2Republican Party (United States)
popular_vote21,196,164
percentage247.64%
map_image
map_captionMurray:
Rossi:
titleU.S. Senator
before_electionPatty Murray
before_partyDemocratic Party (United States)
after_electionPatty Murray
after_partyDemocratic Party (United States)

Rossi:
The 2010 United States Senate election in Washington was held on November 2, 2010, alongside other elections to the United States Senate in other states as well as elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Incumbent Democratic Senator Patty Murray won re-election to a fourth term by a margin of 52.4% to 47.6% over Republican Dino Rossi, who had run for governor in 2004 and 2008. This was the last U.S. Senate election in Washington where the margin of victory was single digits.

Primary election

Candidates

Democrats

  • Patty Murray, incumbent U.S. Senator
  • Charles Allen
  • Bob Burr

Republicans

  • Dino Rossi, former State Senator and gubernatorial candidate
  • Paul Akers, salesman
  • William Chovil
  • Clint Didier, former NFL football player
  • Norma Gruber
  • Michael Latimer

Others

  • Will Baker (Reform Party)
  • Schalk Leonard
  • Skip Mercer, professor
  • Mohammad Said (Centrist Party)

Polling

Poll sourceDates administeredPatty Murray (D)Dino Rossi (R)Clint Didier (R)Paul Akers (R)Undecided
Elway ResearchApril 29 – May 2, 201048%––4%8%36%
url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120219081331/http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/06/16/poll-rossi-front-runner-in-washington-gop-senate-race/?fbid=Qud4ibig5dOdate=February 19, 2012 }}June 13, 201043%31%5%2%17%
Survey USAJune 30, 201037%33%5%3%19%
Public Policy PollingJuly 27 – August 1, 201047%33%10%4%6%
Survey USAAugust 6–9, 201041%33%11%5%4%

Results

Results by county

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General election

Candidates

The top 2 candidates from the blanket primary advanced to the general election.

  • Patty Murray (D), incumbent U.S. Senator
  • Dino Rossi (R), former State Senator and gubernatorial candidate

Campaign

Rossi heavily criticized Murray for her support of the 2009 economic stimulus package; however, Rossi's economic promises are nearly identical to those of President Bush who asked for the stimulus. Rossi supports repealing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. He also criticized Murray for her support for earmarks. In response, Murray said, "You bet that seniority and leadership has a big thing to do with it, but the other part of it is, I get up every day and I work hard and I believe in this and I am going to continue fighting for the community I represent."

The National Rifle Association spent $414,100 supporting Rossi and opposing Murray in the 2010 senatorial contest.

Debates

Rossi offered six debates, five of which would be in-state and one nationally. Murray agreed to two debates, and only two debates were held.

  • Seattle on KOMO-TV.
  • Spokane on KSPS-TV and KXLY-TV.

Fundraising

Candidate (party)ReceiptsDisbursementsCash on handDebt
Patty Murray (D)$10,951,403$12,438,133$1,032,034$0
Dino Rossi (R)$7,365,098$4,331,414$2,960,039$0
Source: Federal Election Commission

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
Cook Political ReportOctober 26, 2010
RothenbergNovember 1, 2010
RealClearPoliticsOctober 26, 2010
Sabato's Crystal BallOctober 21, 2010
CQ PoliticsOctober 26, 2010

Endorsements

Newspapers

  • The Seattle Times

Polling

Aggregate polls

Source of poll
aggregationDates
administeredDates
updatedPatty
Murray (D)Dino
Rossi (R)Other/Undecided
Margin
Real Clear PoliticsOctober 24–31, 2010October 31, 201048.3%48.0%3.7%Murray +0.3%
Poll sourceDate(s) administeredSample
sizeMargin
of errorPatty
Murray (D)Dino
Rossi (R)OtherUndecided
Moore InformationJanuary 23–24, 2010500± 4.4%43%45%––––
Rasmussen ReportsFebruary 11, 2010500± 4.5%46%48%1%5%
Rasmussen ReportsMarch 9, 2010500± 4.5%46%49%3%2%
Research 2000March 22–24, 2010600± 4.0%52%41%––7%
Rasmussen ReportsApril 6, 2010500± 4.5%48%46%3%4%
Survey USAApril 22, 2010517± 4.4%42%52%––7%
The Washington PollMay 3–23, 2010626± 3.9%44%40%––16%
Rasmussen ReportsMay 4, 2010500± 4.5%48%46%2%3%
Rasmussen ReportsMay 25, 2010500± 4.5%48%47%2%4%
The Washington PollMay 24–28, 2010221± 6.6%39%42%5%13%
The Washington PollMay 28 – June 7, 2010848± 3.3%42%40%––12%
Elway ResearchJune 13, 2010405± 5.0%47%40%––13%
Rasmussen ReportsJune 22, 2010500± 4.5%47%47%3%3%
Rasmussen ReportsJuly 14, 2010750± 4.0%45%48%3%3%
Rasmussen ReportsJuly 30, 2010750± 4.0%49%47%2%2%
Public Policy PollingJuly 27 – August 1, 20101,204± 2.8%49%46%––5%
Rasmussen ReportsAugust 18, 2010750± 4.0%48%44%4%4%
Survey USAAugust 18, 2010618± 4.0%45%52%––––
Rasmussen ReportsAugust 31, 2010750± 4.0%46%48%3%3%
Elway ResearchSeptember 9–12, 2010500± 4.5%50%41%3%7%
CNN/TimeSeptember 10–14, 2010906± 3.5%53%44%2%1%
Rasmussen ReportsSeptember 16, 2010750± 4.0%51%46%1%2%
SurveyUSASeptember 22, 2010609± 4.1%50%48%––3%
Fox NewsSeptember 25, 20101,000± 3.0%48%47%2%3%
Rasmussen ReportsSeptember 28, 2010750± 4.0%47%48%2%3%
Rasmussen ReportsOctober 6, 2010750± 4.0%46%49%3%2%
Fox NewsOctober 9, 20101,000± 3.0%46%47%7%0%
ElwayOctober 7–11, 2010450± 4.6%55%40%0%5%
CNN/Opinion ResearchOctober 8–12, 2010850± 3.5%51%43%2%0%
The Washington PollOctober 4–14, 2010500± 4.3%50%42%––8%
SurveyUSAOctober 11–14, 2010606± 4.1%50%47%0%3%
Public Policy PollingOctober 14–16, 20101,873± 2.3%49%47%––4%
McClatchy/MaristOctober 14–17, 2010589± 4.0%48%47%1%5%
Rasmussen ReportsOctober 17, 2010750± 4.0%49%46%2%3%
Rasmussen ReportsOctober 27, 2010750± 4.0%47%48%3%2%
SurveyUSAOctober 24–27, 2010678± 3.8%47%47%––6%
The Washington PollOctober 18–28, 2010500± 4.3%51%45%––4%
Marist CollegeOctober 26–28, 2010838± 3.5%49%48%2%1%
Fox News/Pulse Opinion ResearchOctober 30, 20101,000± 3.0%49%47%4%0%
YouGovOctober 25–30, 2010850± 4.1%50%48%0%2%
Public Policy PollingOctober 29–31, 20102,055± 2.2%48%50%0%2%

Results

Murray defeated Rossi by about 119,000 votes. King County, the home of Seattle, likely gave Murray a victory.

By county

CountyPatty MurrayDino RossiMarginTotal%#%#%#
Adams27.26%1,02872.74%*2,743*–45.48%–1,7153,771
Asotin39.20%3,29260.80%*5,105*–21.59%–1,8138,397
Benton35.67%22,30564.33%*40,230*–28.66%–17,92562,535
Chelan36.75%10,08263.25%*17,349*–26.49%–7,26727,431
Clallam47.05%15,63952.95%*17,602*–5.91%–1,96333,241
Clark45.75%67,05254.25%*79,499*–8.49%–12,447146,551
Columbia31.21%66568.79%*1,466*–37.59%–8012,131
Cowlitz47.13%17,33152.87%*19,443*–5.74%–2,11236,774
Douglas32.66%4,28767.34%*8,838*–34.67%–4,55113,125
Ferry36.01%1,14463.99%*2,033*–27.98%–8893,177
Franklin34.53%5,91265.47%*11,209*–30.94%–5,29717,121
Garfield29.26%34070.74%*822*–41.48%–4821,162
Grant28.97%6,88471.03%*16,880*–42.06%–9,99623,764
Grays Harbor51.73%*13,086*48.27%12,2093.47%87725,295
Island49.74%17,79450.26%*17,980*–0.52%–18635,774
Jefferson62.99%*10,917*37.01%6,41325.99%4,50417,330
King64.92%*489,190*35.08%264,36829.83%224,822753,558
Kitsap51.23%*52,952*48.77%50,4142.46%2,538103,366
Kittitas38.63%5,83861.37%*9,276*–22.75%–3,43815,114
Klickitat42.89%3,71757.11%*4,950*–14.23%–1,2338,667
Lewis33.71%10,35266.29%*20,354*–32.57%–10,00230,706
Lincoln31.23%1,66668.77%*3,668*–37.53%–2,0025,334
Mason48.97%12,06151.03%*12,568*–2.06%–50724,629
Okanogan39.37%5,76660.63%*8,881*–21.27%–3,11514,647
Pacific53.11%*5,156*46.89%4,5526.22%6049,708
Pend Oreille37.56%2,16562.44%*3,599*–24.88%–1,4345,764
Pierce49.79%132,92450.21%*134,025*–0.41%–1,101266,949
San Juan65.24%*5,994*34.76%3,19430.47%2,8009,188
Skagit48.55%23,22351.45%*24,609*–2.90%–1,38647,832
Skamania46.72%2,11853.28%*2,415*–6.55%–2974,533
Snohomish51.86%*137,365*48.14%127,5313.71%9,834264,896
Spokane43.73%78,98456.27%*101,628*–12.54%–22,644180,612
Stevens32.79%6,37967.21%*13,076*–34.42%–6,69719,455
Thurston56.16%*58,950*43.84%46,01412.32%12,936104,964
Wahkiakum45.14%91554.86%*1,112*–9.72%–1972,027
Walla Walla38.84%8,18061.16%*12,882*–22.32%–4,70221,062
Whatcom52.49%*44,783*47.51%40,5394.97%4,24485,322
Whitman43.04%5,77656.96%*7,644*–13.92%–1,86813,420
Yakima36.78%22,71863.22%*39,044*–26.43%–16,32661,762
Total52.36%1,314,93047.64%1,196,1644.73%118,7662,511,094

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

  • Clallam (largest city: Port Angeles)
  • Cowlitz (Largest city: Longview)
  • Island (largest city: Oak Harbor)
  • Mason (largest city: Shelton)
  • Pierce (largest city: Tacoma)
  • Skagit (largest city: Mount Vernon)
  • Skamania (Largest city: Carson)
  • Wahkiakum (Largest city: Puget Island)

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Democratic Republican

By congressional district

Murray won five of nine congressional districts.

DistrictMurrayRossiRepresentative
56%44%Jay Inslee
51%49%Rick Larsen
47%53%Brian Baird
Jaime Herrera Beutler
36%64%Doc Hastings
41%59%Cathy McMorris Rodgers
53%47%Norm Dicks
81%19%Jim McDermott
49%51%Dave Reichert
53%47%Adam Smith

Notes

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