2004 Washington State Senate election

2004 Washington State Senate election

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28 seats of the Washington State Senate
25 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Lisa Brown Bill Finkbeiner
Party Democratic Republican
Leader's seat 3rd-Spokane 45th-Carnation
Last election 24 25
Seats after 26 23
Seat change Increase 2 Decrease 2

Results:
     Democratic gain
     Democratic hold      Republican hold
     No election

President pro tempore before election

Vacant

Elected President pro tempore

Rosa Franklin
Democratic

The 2004 Washington State Senate election was held on November 2, 2004, in which about half of the state's 49 legislative districts choose a state senator for a four-year term to the Washington State Senate.[1] The other half of state senators are chosen in the next biennial election, so that about half of the senators, along with all the members of the Washington State House of Representatives, are elected every two years.

Twenty-four seats were up for their regular election this cycle, while four seats held special elections due to resignations by their incumbents, for a total of 28 seats on the ballot. Republicans held 15 of the seats and Democrats held the remaining 13. Democrats successfully flipped two seats in the general election.[2]

  1. ^ "Elections Search Results - November 2004 General". Office of the Secretary of State. Retrieved May 11, 2022.
  2. ^ Ammons, David (November 7, 2004). "Dinocrats, the Grange and other election winners and losers". Kitsap Sun. p. 11. Retrieved May 11, 2022.

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