[6] She defeated Republican nominee Sue Kuehl Pederson in the general election by 13.5%.

Debra L. Stephens, Charles W. Johnson, and Raquel Montoya-Lewis ran for new terms.

Seat 6 Justice Charles Wiggins retired and Governor Inslee's appointee G. Helen Whitener[24] ran for the final two years of the term.

[25] Twenty-five of the forty-nine seats in the Washington State Senate were up for election.

[30] Senators Dean Takko (D) and Steve O'Ban (R) lost reelection.

House members who didn't run for re-election were Representatives Sherry Appleton (D-Poulsbo),[31] Richard DeBolt (R-Chehalis),[32] Beth Doglio (D-Olympia),[33] Chris Gildon (R-Puyallup),[30] Bill Jenkin (R-Prosser),[34] Christine Kilduff (D-University Place),[35] Mike Pellicciotti (D-Federal Way),[20] Eric Pettigrew (D-Seattle),[36] Norma Smith (R-Clinton),[37] and Gael Tarleton (D-Seattle).

[17] Representatives Luanne Van Werven (R) and Brian Blake (D) lost reelection.