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Washington's 5th Congressional District election, 2022 (August 2 top-two primary)

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Washington's 5th Congressional District
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Top-two primary
General election
Election details
Filing deadline: May 20, 2022
Primary: August 2, 2022
General: November 8, 2022
How to vote
Poll times: Poll opening hours vary; close at 8 p.m. (most voting done by mail)
Voting in Washington
Race ratings
Cook Partisan Voter Index (2022): R+8
Cook Political Report: Solid Republican
Inside Elections: Solid Republican
Sabato's Crystal Ball: Safe Republican
Ballotpedia analysis
U.S. Senate battlegrounds
U.S. House battlegrounds
Federal and state primary competitiveness
Ballotpedia's Election Analysis Hub, 2022
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A top-two primary took place on August 2, 2022, in Washington's 5th Congressional District to determine which two candidates would run in the district's general election on November 8, 2022.

Incumbent Cathy McMorris Rodgers and Natasha Hill advanced from the primary for U.S. House Washington District 5.

Candidate filing deadline Primary election General election
May 20, 2022
August 2, 2022
November 8, 2022


Washington uses a top-two primary system, in which all candidates appear on the same ballot, for congressional and state-level elections. The top two vote-getters move on to the general election, regardless of their party affiliation. In states that do not use a top-two system, all parties are usually able to put forward a candidate for the general election if they choose to.[1][2]

For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.

This page focuses on Washington's 5th Congressional District's top-two primary. For more in-depth information on the district's general election, see the following page:

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Candidates and election results

Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House Washington District 5

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Cathy McMorris Rodgers
Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R)
 
51.5
 
106,072
✔
Image of Natasha Hill
Natasha Hill (D) Candidate Connection
 
30.0
 
61,851
Image of Ann Marie Danimus
Ann Marie Danimus (D) Candidate Connection
 
10.2
 
21,123
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Sean Clynch (R)
 
8.2
 
16,831
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
247

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 206,124
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Campaign finance

This section contains campaign finance figures from the Federal Election Commission covering all candidate fundraising and spending in this election.[3] It does not include information on fundraising before the current campaign cycle or on spending by satellite groups. The numbers in this section are updated as candidates file new campaign finance reports. Candidates for Congress are required to file financial reports on a quarterly basis, as well as two weeks before any primary, runoff, or general election in which they will be on the ballot and upon the termination of any campaign committees.[4] Click here to view the reporting schedule for candidates for U.S. Congress in 2022.

U.S. Congress campaign reporting schedule, 2022
Report Close of books Filing deadline
Year-end 2021 12/31/2021 1/31/2022
April quarterly 3/31/2022 4/15/2022
July quarterly 6/30/2022 7/15/2022
October quarterly 9/30/2022 10/15/2022
Pre-general 10/19/2022 10/27/2022
Post-general 11/28/2022 12/08/2022
Year-end 2022 12/31/2022 1/31/2023


Name Party Receipts* Disbursements** Cash on hand Date
Cathy McMorris Rodgers Republican Party $6,416,913 $6,380,771 $1,111,693 As of December 31, 2022
Ann Marie Danimus Democratic Party $188,661 $187,597 $1,064 As of September 30, 2022
Natasha Hill Democratic Party $377,499 $377,499 $0 As of December 31, 2022
Sean Clynch Republican Party $6,887 $6,887 $0 As of January 25, 2023

Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2022. This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).

* According to the FEC, "Receipts are anything of value (money, goods, services or property) received by a political committee."
** According to the FEC, a disbursement "is a purchase, payment, distribution, loan, advance, deposit or gift of money or anything of value to influence a federal election," plus other kinds of payments not made to influence a federal election.


Ballot access requirements

The table below details filing requirements for U.S. House candidates in Washington in the 2022 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in Washington, click here.

Filing requirements for U.S. House candidates, 2022
State Office Party Signatures required Filing fee Filing deadline Source
Washington U.S. House All candidates 1,740 $1,740.00 5/20/2022 Source

District analysis

Click the tabs below to view information about voter composition, past elections, and demographics in both the district and the state.

  • District map - A map of the district before and after redistricting.
  • Effect of redistricting - How districts in the state changed as a result of redistricting following the 2020 census.
  • Competitiveness - Information about the competitiveness of 2022 U.S. House elections in the state.
  • Presidential elections - Information about presidential elections in the district and the state.
  • Demographics - Information about the state's demographics and how they compare to the country as a whole.
  • State party control - The partisan makeup of the state's congressional delegation and state government.

District map

Below was the map in use at the time of the election, enacted as part of the 2020 redistricting cycle, compared to the map in place before the election.

Washington District 5
until January 2, 2023

Click a district to compare boundaries.

Washington District 5
starting January 3, 2023

Click a district to compare boundaries.


Effect of redistricting

See also: Redistricting in Washington after the 2020 census

The table below details the results of the 2020 presidential election in each district at the time of the 2022 election and its political predecessor district.[5] This data was compiled by Daily Kos Elections.[6]

2020 presidential results by Congressional district, Washington
District 2022 district Political predecessor district
Joe Biden Democratic Party Donald Trump Republican Party Joe Biden Democratic Party Donald Trump Republican Party
Washington's 1st 64.0% 33.3% 59.1% 38.2%
Washington's 2nd 60.1% 37.2% 62.1% 35.1%
Washington's 3rd 46.6% 50.8% 46.9% 50.6%
Washington's 4th 40.3% 57.2% 39.6% 57.8%
Washington's 5th 43.5% 53.5% 44.0% 53.0%
Washington's 6th 57.1% 39.9% 57.4% 39.6%
Washington's 7th 86.8% 11.3% 85.7% 12.3%
Washington's 8th 52.0% 45.3% 52.0% 45.5%
Washington's 9th 71.5% 26.3% 73.3% 24.6%
Washington's 10th 57.3% 39.6% 56.2% 40.7%

Competitiveness

See also: Primary election competitiveness in state and federal government, 2022

This section contains data on U.S. House primary election competitiveness in Washington.

Washington U.S. House competitiveness, 2014-2022
Office Districts/
offices 		Seats Open seats Candidates Possible primaries Contested top-two primaries % of contested primaries Incumbents in contested primaries % of incumbents in contested primaries
2022 10 10 0 68 10 10 100.0% 10 100.0%
2020 10 10 1 73 10 10 100.0% 9 100.0%
2018 10 10 1 49 10 8 80.0% 7 77.8%
2016 10 10 1 56 10 10 100.0% 9 100.0%
2014 10 10 1 49 10 10 100.0% 9 100.0%


Post-filing deadline analysis

The following analysis covers all U.S. House districts up for election in Washington in 2022. Information below was calculated on July 18, 2022, and may differ from information shown in the table above due to candidate replacements and withdrawals after that time.

Sixty-eight candidates filed to run in Washington's 10 U.S. House districts, including 37 Republicans, 19 Democrats, seven independents and five third-party candidates. That's 6.8 candidates per district, fewer than the 7.3 candidates in 2020, and more than the 4.9 candidates per district in 2018.

This was the first election to take place under new district lines following the 2020 census. Washington was apportioned ten districts, the same number it was apportioned after the 2010 census. All ten incumbents filed to run for re-election, meaning there were no open U.S. House seats for the first time in a decade.

There were ten contested primaries, the same number as in 2020 and two fewer than in 2018, when there were eight contested primaries. All ten incumbents who filed to run for re-election faced primary challengers. In 2020, all nine incumbents who filed for re-election faced primary challengers. In 2018, seven of the nine who filed did.

In Washington's top-two primary system, all candidates are listed on the same ballot regardless of party affiliation. Two incumbents — Rep. Suzan DelBene (D) and Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D) — did not face intra-party primary challengers. DelBene represented the 1st district, and Jayapal represented the 7th.

Eleven candidates filed to run in the 8th district, the most candidates who filed to run for a seat this year. Three Democrats, including incumbent Kim Schrier (D), five Republicans, one independent, one Libertarian, and one Concordia Party candidate filed to run.

At the time of the primary, no districts were guaranteed to either party. Democratic and Republican candidates filed to run in the primaries in all ten districts. However, under Washington's top-two primary system, two candidates from the same party can advance to the general election if they are the top two vote-getters in the primary.



Presidential elections

Partisan Voter Index

See also: The Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index

Heading into the 2022 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was R+8. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 8 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Washington's 5th the 167th most Republican district nationally.[7]

2020 presidential election results

The table below shows what the vote in the 2020 presidential election would have been in this district. The presidential election data was compiled by Daily Kos.

2020 presidential results in Washington's 5th based on 2022 district lines
Joe Biden Democratic Party Donald Trump Republican Party
43.5% 53.5%

Presidential voting history

See also: Presidential election in Washington, 2020

Washington presidential election results (1900-2020)

  • 17 Democratic wins
  • 13 Republican wins
  • 1 other win
Year 1900 1904 1908 1912 1916 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1940 1944 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020
Winning Party R R R P[8] D R R R D D D D D R R R D D R R R R D D D D D D D D D


Demographics

The table below details demographic data in Washington and compares it to the broader United States as of 2019.

Demographic Data for Washington
Washington United States
Population 6,724,540 308,745,538
Land area (sq mi) 66,454 3,531,905
Race and ethnicity**
White 75.4% 72.5%
Black/African American 3.8% 12.7%
Asian 8.5% 5.5%
Native American 1.3% 0.8%
Pacific Islander 0.7% 0.2%
Two or more 5.9% 3.3%
Hispanic/Latino 12.7% 18%
Education
High school graduation rate 91.3% 88%
College graduation rate 36% 32.1%
Income
Median household income $73,775 $62,843
Persons below poverty level 10.8% 13.4%
Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "Decennial Census" (2010). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2014-2019).
**Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.


State party control

Congressional delegation

The table below displays the partisan composition of Washington's congressional delegation as of November 2022.

Congressional Partisan Breakdown from Washington, November 2022
Party U.S. Senate U.S. House Total
Democratic 2 7 9
Republican 0 3 3
Independent 0 0 0
Vacancies 0 0 0
Total 2 10 12

State executive

The table below displays the officeholders in Washington's top four state executive offices as of November 2022.

State executive officials in Washington, November 2022
Office Officeholder
Governor Democratic Party Jay Inslee
Lieutenant Governor Democratic Party Denny Heck
Secretary of State Democratic Party Steve Hobbs
Attorney General Democratic Party Bob Ferguson

State legislature

The tables below highlight the partisan composition of the Washington State Legislature as of November 2022.

Washington State Senate

Party As of November 2022
     Democratic Party 29
     Republican Party 20
     Vacancies 0
Total 49

Washington House of Representatives

Party As of November 2022
     Democratic Party 57
     Republican Party 41
     Vacancies 0
Total 98

Trifecta control

As of November 2022, Washington was a Democratic trifecta, with majorities in both chambers of the state legislature and control of the governorship. The table below displays the historical trifecta status of the state.

Washington Party Control: 1992-2022
Sixteen years of Democratic trifectas  •  No Republican trifectas
Scroll left and right on the table below to view more years.

Year 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
Governor D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D
Senate R D D D D R R D D D D R R D D D D D D D D R R R R R[9] D D D D D
House D D D R R R R S S S D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D

See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ NCSL, "State Primary Election Types," accessed October 3, 2024
  2. ↑ Washington Secretary of State, "Top 2 Primary: FAQs for Candidates," accessed October 3, 2024
  3. ↑ Fundraising by primary candidates can be found on the race's respective primary election page. Fundraising by general election candidates can be found on the race's general election page.
  4. ↑ Federal Election Commission, "2022 Quarterly Reports," accessed March 2, 2022
  5. ↑ Political predecessor districts are determined primarily based on incumbents and where each chose to seek re-election.
  6. ↑ Daily Kos Elections, "Daily Kos Elections 2020 presidential results by congressional district (old CDs vs. new CDs)," accessed May 12, 2022
  7. ↑ Cook Political Report, "The 2022 Cook Partisan Voting Index (Cook PVI℠)," accessed February 6, 2023
  8. ↑ Progressive Party
  9. ↑ Democrats gained full control of the state Senate after a special election on November 7, 2017.


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Maria Cantwell (D)
Patty Murray (D)
Representatives
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District 3
District 4
District 5
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District 9
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