2010 United States Senate election in Washington

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 U.S. Senator Patty Murray won re-election to a fourth term by a margin of 52.4% - 47.6%.

2010 United States Senate election in Washington
November 2, 2010
 
Nominee Patty Murray Dino Rossi
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 1,314,930 1,196,164
Percentage 52.4% 47.6%
County results
Murray:      50–60%      60–70%
Rossi:      50-60%      60-70%      70-80%
U.S. senator before election

Patty Murray
Democratic

 Elected U.S. Senator

Patty Murray
Democratic

Elections in Washington

Top-two primary election

Candidates

Democrats

Republicans

Others
  • Will Baker (Reform Party)[3]
  • Schalk Leonard[3]
  • Skip Mercer, professor[9]
  • Mohammad Said (Centrist Party)[3]

Polling
Poll source Dates administered Patty Murray (D) Dino Rossi (R) Clint Didier (R) Paul Akers (R) Undecided
Elway Research April 29 – May 2, 2010 48% –– 4% 8% 36%
Elway Research June 13, 2010 43% 31% 5% 2% 17%
Survey USA June 30, 2010 37% 33% 5% 3% 19%
Public Policy Polling July 27 – August 1, 2010 47% 33% 10% 4% 6%
Survey USA August 6–9, 2010 41% 33% 11% 5% 4%

Results
Blanket primary election results[10][11]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Y Patty Murray (Incumbent) 670,284 46.22%
Republican Y Dino Rossi 483,305 33.33%
Republican Clint Didier 185,034 12.76%
Republican Paul Akers 37,231 2.57%
Independent Skip Mercer 12,122 0.84%
Democratic Charles Allen 11,525 0.79%
Democratic Bob Burr 11,344 0.78%
Republican Norma Gruber 9,162 0.63%
Republican Michael Latimer 6,545 0.45%
Democratic Mike the Mover 6,019 0.42%
Democratic Goodspaceguy 4,718 0.33%
Reform William Baker 4,593 0.32%
Independent Mohammad Said 3,387 0.23%
Independent Schalk Leonard 2,818 0.19%
Republican William Chovil 2,039 0.14%
Total votes 1,450,126 100.00%

General election

Candidates

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

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.[12] 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."[13]

The National Rifle Association spent $414,100 supporting Rossi and opposing Murray in the 2010 senatorial contest.[14]

Debates

Rossi offered six debates, five of which would be in-state and one nationally.[15] Murray agreed to two debates, and only two debates were held.[16]

Predictions
Source Ranking As of
Cook Political Report Toss up[17] October 13, 2010
FiveThirtyEight 79% chance D[18] October 31, 2010
Rothenberg Toss up/Tilt D[19] October 8, 2010
RealClearPolitics Toss up[20] September 28, 2010
Sabato's Crystal Ball Leans D[21] October 28, 2010
CQ Politics Toss up[22] October 13, 2010
Rasmussen Reports Toss up[23] October 12, 2010

Polling
Poll source Date(s) administered Sample
size		 Margin
of error		 Patty
Murray (D)		 Dino
Rossi (R)		 Other Undecided
Moore Information January 23–24, 2010 500 ± 4.4% 43% 45% –– ––
Rasmussen Reports February 11, 2010 500 ± 4.5% 46% 48% 1% 5%
Rasmussen Reports March 9, 2010 500 ± 4.5% 46% 49% 3% 2%
Research 2000 March 22–24, 2010 600 ± 4.0% 52% 41% –– 7%
Rasmussen Reports April 6, 2010 500 ± 4.5% 48% 46% 3% 4%
Survey USA April 22, 2010 517 ± 4.4% 42% 52% –– 7%
The Washington Poll May 3–23, 2010 626 ± 3.9% 44% 40% –– 16%
Rasmussen Reports May 4, 2010 500 ± 4.5% 48% 46% 2% 3%
Rasmussen Reports May 25, 2010 500 ± 4.5% 48% 47% 2% 4%
The Washington Poll May 24–28, 2010 221 ± 6.6% 39% 42% 5% 13%
The Washington Poll May 28 – June 7, 2010 848 ± 3.3% 42% 40% –– 12%
Elway Research June 13, 2010 405 ± 5.0% 47% 40% –– 13%
Rasmussen Reports June 22, 2010 500 ± 4.5% 47% 47% 3% 3%
Rasmussen Reports July 14, 2010 750 ± 4.0% 45% 48% 3% 3%
Rasmussen Reports July 30, 2010 750 ± 4.0% 49% 47% 2% 2%
Public Policy Polling July 27 – August 1, 2010 1,204 ± 2.8% 49% 46% –– 5%
Rasmussen Reports August 18, 2010 750 ± 4.0% 48% 44% 4% 4%
Survey USA August 18, 2010 618 ± 4.0% 45% 52% –– ––
Rasmussen Reports August 31, 2010 750 ± 4.0% 46% 48% 3% 3%
Elway Research September 9–12, 2010 500 ± 4.5% 50% 41% 3% 7%
CNN/Time September 10–14, 2010 906 ± 3.5% 53% 44% 2% 1%
Rasmussen Reports September 16, 2010 750 ± 4.0% 51% 46% 1% 2%
SurveyUSA September 22, 2010 609 ± 4.1% 50% 48% –– 3%
Fox News September 25, 2010 1,000 ± 3.0% 48% 47% 2% 3%
Rasmussen Reports September 28, 2010 750 ± 4.0% 47% 48% 2% 3%
Rasmussen Reports October 6, 2010 750 ± 4.0% 46% 49% 3% 2%
Fox News October 9, 2010 1,000 ± 3.0% 46% 47% 7% 0%
Elway October 7–11, 2010 450 ± 4.6% 55% 40% 0% 5%
CNN/Opinion Research October 8–12, 2010 850 ± 3.5% 51% 43% 2% 0%
The Washington Poll October 4–14, 2010 500 ± 4.3% 50% 42% –– 8%
SurveyUSA October 11–14, 2010 606 ± 4.1% 50% 47% 0% 3%
Public Policy Polling October 14–16, 2010 1,873 ± 2.3% 49% 47% –– 4%
McClatchy/Marist October 14–17, 2010 589 ± 4.0% 48% 47% 1% 5%
Rasmussen Reports October 17, 2010 750 ± 4.0% 49% 46% 2% 3%
Rasmussen Reports October 27, 2010 750 ± 4.0% 47% 48% 3% 2%
SurveyUSA October 24–27, 2010 678 ± 3.8% 47% 47% –– 6%
The Washington Poll October 18–28, 2010 500 ± 4.3% 51% 45% –– 4%
Marist College October 26–28, 2010 838 ± 3.5% 49% 48% 2% 1%
Fox News/Pulse Opinion Research October 30, 2010 1,000 ± 3.0% 49% 47% 4% 0%
YouGov October 25–30, 2010 850 ± 4.1% 50.2% 47.5% 0.4% 1.8%
Public Policy Polling October 29–31, 2010 2,055 ± 2.2% 48% 50% 0% 2%

Results

Murray defeated Rossi by about 114,000 votes. King County, the home of Seattle, likely gave Murray a victory. [24]

General election results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Patty Murray (incumbent) 1,314,930 52.36%
Republican Dino Rossi 1,196,164 47.64%
Total votes 2,511,094 100.00%
Turnout 71.24
Democratic hold

Fundraising
Candidate (party) Receipts Disbursements Cash on hand Debt
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[25]
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