1998 United States Senate election in Washington

none March 2026 September 2023 1998 United States Senate election in Washington Washington presidential no 1992 United States Senate election in Washington 1992 2004 United States Senate election in Washington 2004 November 3, 1998 150x150px Patty Murray official portrait.jpg Patty Murray Democratic Party (United States) 1,103,184 58.41% LindaSmithWA.jpg Linda Smith Republican Party (United States) 785,377 41.59% 1998 United States Senate election in Washington results map by county.svg 275px County resultsMurray: #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70%Smith: #e27f7f 50–60% U.S. Senator Patty Murray Democratic Party (United States) Patty Murray Democratic Party (United States) The 1998 United States Senate election in Washington was held on November 3, 1998. Democratic incumbent Patty Murray won re-election to a second term over Republican Congresswoman Linda Smith. General election Candidates Patty Murray, incumbent U.S. senator since 1993 (Democratic) Linda Smith, U.S. representative from Vancouver (Republican) Polling Poll source Date(s) SamplesizeKey:A – all adultsRV – registered votersLV – likely votersV – unclear Marginof error PattyMurray (D) LindaSmith (R)Other / undecidedCalculated by taking the difference of 100% and all other candidates combined. pollingHarris Insights & AnalyticsFiveThirtyEight's Pollster Ratings Raw Polls File https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fivethirtyeight/data/refs/heads/master/pollster-ratings/2023/raw-polls.csv October 15, 2026 GitHub FiveThirtyEightOctober 30, 19981,523—53%45%2%Mason-Dixon Polling & StrategyCNN AllPolitics Election '98 - Washington 1998 Polls https://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/1998/states/WA/polls/WA98S.html CNN 29 June 2025 https://archive.today/20250629210228/https://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/1998/states/WA/polls/WA98S.html 29 June 2025 liveOctober 26–27, 1998801 (LV)± 3.5%49%41%10%Harris Insights & AnalyticsOctober 20, 1998831—54%41%5%Mason-Dixon Polling & StrategyOctober 5–6, 1998810 (LV)± 3.5%51%38%11%Elway ResearchSeptember 18–19, 1998475 (V)± 4.5%44%37%19%Mason-Dixon Polling & StrategySeptember 8–9, 1998812 (LV)± 3.5%51%35%14% Results Despite polling showing a consistent single-digit lead for Murray, the election was not close, with Murray winning by 16.8 percentage points. Murray won in a landslide victory by racking up huge margins in Western Washington. Specifically, Murray trounced Smith in the state’s most populous county, King County. Murray also won six counties in the historically conservative eastern part of the state. 1998 United States Senate election in Washingtonhttps://www.sos.wa.gov/elections/results_report.aspx?e=10&c=&c2=&t=985&t2=&p=&p2=&y= Elections Search Results November 1998 General U. S. Senator Munro Ralph Ralph Munro November 3, 1998 Secretary of State of Washington January 21, 2026 Democratic Party (United States) Patty Murray (incumbent) 1,103,184 58.41% 4.42 Republican Party (United States) Linda Smith 785,377 41.59% 4.42 1,888,561 100.00% N/A Democratic Party (United States) By county +County resultsCountyPatty Murray DemocraticLinda Smith RepublicanMarginTotal votes#%#%#%Adams1,56642.97%2,07857.03%-512-14.05%3,644Asotin3,05452.06%2,81247.94%2424.13%5,866Benton20,07246.54%23,05253.46%-2,980-6.91%43,124Chelan8,90742.95%11,83057.05%-2,923-14.10%20,737Clallam14,45253.79%12,41746.21%2,0357.57%26,869Clark46,25147.85%50,41252.15%-4,161-4.30%96,663Columbia75644.16%95655.84%-200-11.68%1,712Cowlitz15,44653.32%13,52446.68%1,9226.63%28,970Douglas3,80042.18%5,20857.82%-1,408-15.63%9,008Ferry1,33950.62%1,30649.38%331.25%2,645Franklin4,62144.40%5,78655.60%-1,165-11.19%10,407Garfield59647.64%65552.36%-59-4.72%1,251Grant7,43041.88%10,31058.12%-2,880-16.23%17,740Grays Harbor13,38862.85%7,91437.15%5,47425.70%21,302Island13,63954.52%11,37845.48%2,2619.04%25,017Jefferson7,82061.90%4,81338.10%3,00723.80%12,633King405,17767.11%198,59232.89%206,58534.22%603,769Kitsap48,12258.63%33,95641.37%14,16617.26%82,078Kittitas5,46950.85%5,28649.15%1831.70%10,755Klickitat2,91446.25%3,38753.75%-473-7.51%6,301Lewis10,04540.60%14,69759.40%-4,652-18.80%24,742Lincoln2,04246.37%2,36253.63%-320-7.27%4,404Mason10,80859.32%7,41340.68%3,39518.63%18,221Okanogan5,20945.04%6,35554.96%-1,146-9.91%11,564Pacific5,02763.43%2,89836.57%2,12926.86%7,925Pend Oreille2,43951.68%2,28048.32%1593.37%4,719Pierce118,66058.53%84,05741.47%34,60317.07%202,717San Juan4,47164.19%2,49435.81%1,97728.38%6,965Skagit18,96454.86%15,60245.14%3,3629.73%34,566Skamania1,58648.00%1,71852.00%-132-4.00%3,304Snohomish106,91758.15%76,95941.85%29,95816.29%183,876Spokane67,90153.58%58,81746.42%9,0847.17%126,718Stevens5,75942.68%7,73457.32%-1,975-14.64%13,493Thurston48,13262.14%29,32037.86%18,81224.29%77,452Wahkiakum99153.28%86946.72%1226.56%1,860Walla Walla7,34847.48%8,12852.52%-780-5.04%15,476Whatcom30,84355.41%24,82544.59%6,01810.81%55,668Whitman6,93754.41%5,81345.59%1,1248.82%12,750Yakima24,28647.02%27,36452.98%-3,078-5.96%51,650Totals1,103,18458.41%785,37741.59%317,80716.83%1,888,561 Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Clark (largest city: Vancouver) Klickitat (largest city: Goldendale) Skamania (largest city: Carson) Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic Asotin (largest city: Clarkston) Clallam (largest city: Port Angeles) Ferry (largest city: Republic) Kitsap (largest city: Bremerton) Pend Oreille (largest city: Newport) Spokane (largest city: Spokane) Whitman (largest city: Pullman) right 275px Swing by county Legend #00a1c8 Democratic — +>15% #00bdec Democratic — +12.5-15% #09ceff Democratic — +10-12.5% #4bdbff Democratic — +7.5-10% #77e3ff Democratic — +5-7.5% #aaeeff Democratic — +2.5-5% #d5f6ff Democratic — +0-2.5% #ffd5d5 Republican — +0-2.5% #ffaaaa Republican — +2.5-5% #ff8080 Republican — +5-7.5% #d40000 Republican — +>15% 275px Trend relative to the state by county Legend #00bdec Democratic — +12.5-15% #09ceff Democratic — +10-12.5% #4bdbff Democratic — +7.5-10% #77e3ff Democratic — +5-7.5% #aaeeff Democratic — +2.5-5% #d5f6ff Democratic — +0-2.5% #ffd5d5 Republican — +0-2.5% #ffaaaa Republican — +2.5-5% #ff8080 Republican — +5-7.5% #ff5555 Republican — +7.5-10% #ff2a2a Republican — +10-12.5% #d40000 Republican — +>15% 275px County flips Legend Democratic #92c5de Hold #0671b0 Flip Republican #f48882 Hold #ca0120 Flip See also 1998 United States Senate elections Notes References Washington 1998 United States Senate