Washington State Senate District 3

Next vote Tue, Nov 3, 2026 · Represented by Marcus Riccelli Democratic · Member list as of Oct 28

This seat has no race on the official 2026 list.

Last election: Marcus Riccelli (Democratic) won by 21.2 points, 2024

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History (15 elections for this seat)

Votes for listed candidates: 75,147
Election day: November 5, 2024
District map: Older district map (2022 to 2024)

Washington Senate District 3, 1968 to 2024, 2024, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticMarcus RiccelliWon	Democratic	45,49760.5%	60.5%
RepublicanJim Wilson	Republican	29,55539.3%	39.3%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	950.1%	0.1%

Votes for listed candidates: 66,840
Election day: November 3, 2020
District map: Older district map (2012 to 2021)

Washington Senate District 3, 1968 to 2024, 2020, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticAndy BilligWon(incumbent)	Democratic	38,85858.1%	58.1%
RepublicanDave Lucas	Republican	27,84841.7%	41.7%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	1340.2%	0.2%

Votes for listed candidates: 50,172
Election day: November 8, 2016
District map: Older district map (2012 to 2021)

Washington Senate District 3, 1968 to 2024, 2016, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticAndy BilligWon(incumbent)	Democratic	33,77767.3%	67.3%
LibertarianJames R. Apker	Libertarian	16,39532.7%	32.7%

Votes for listed candidates: 51,185
Election day: November 6, 2012
District map: Older district map (2012 to 2021)

Washington Senate District 3, 1968 to 2024, 2012, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticAndy BilligWon	Democratic	29,60957.9%	57.9%
RepublicanNancy McLaughlin	Republican	21,57642.1%	42.1%

Washington Senate District 3, 1968 to 2024, 2008, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticLisa BrownWon(incumbent)	Democratic	30,89374.5%	74.5%
OtherJohn Moyna	Other	10,59825.5%	25.5%

Votes for listed candidates: 41,577
Election day: November 2, 2004
District map: Older district map (2002 to 2011)

Washington Senate District 3, 1968 to 2024, 2004, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticLisa J. BrownWon(incumbent)	Democratic	25,93062.4%	62.4%
RepublicanMichael F. Casey	Republican	15,64737.6%	37.6%

Washington Senate District 3, 1968 to 2024, 2000, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticLisa J. BrownWon(incumbent)	Democratic	26,266100.0%	100.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 33,492
Election day: November 5, 1996
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2001)

Washington Senate District 3, 1968 to 2024, 1996, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticLisa J. BrownWon	Democratic	18,52055.3%	55.3%
RepublicanJohn A. Moyer(incumbent)	Republican	14,97244.7%	44.7%

Votes for listed candidates: 39,025
Election day: November 3, 1992
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2001)

Washington Senate District 3, 1968 to 2024, 1992, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanJohn A. MoyerWon	Republican	20,17051.7%	51.7%
DemocraticBill Day Jr.	Democratic	18,85548.3%	48.3%

Washington Senate District 3, 1968 to 2024, 1988, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticLois StrattonWon(incumbent)	Democratic	23,892100.0%	100.0%

Washington Senate District 3, 1968 to 2024, 1984, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticLois StrattonWon	Democratic	23,43476.1%	76.1%
RepublicanBippes	Republican	7,35223.9%	23.9%

Votes for listed candidates: 24,488
Election day: November 4, 1980
District map: Older district map (1972 to 1981)

Washington Senate District 3, 1968 to 2024, 1980, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticMargaret HurleyWon	Democratic	17,54171.6%	71.6%
RepublicanPaul W. Lewis	Republican	6,94728.4%	28.4%

Votes for listed candidates: 24,081
Election day: November 2, 1976
District map: Older district map (1972 to 1981)

Washington Senate District 3, 1968 to 2024, 1976, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticJames E. KeefeWon(incumbent)	Democratic	12,71552.8%	52.8%
RepublicanNeal Kneip	Republican	11,36647.2%	47.2%

Votes for listed candidates: 26,385
Election day: November 7, 1972
District map: Older district map (1972 to 1981)

Washington Senate District 3, 1968 to 2024, 1972, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticJames E. KeefeWon(incumbent)	Democratic	17,29965.6%	65.6%
RepublicanCarlton A. Gladder	Republican	9,08634.4%	34.4%

Votes for listed candidates: 16,429
Election day: November 5, 1968
District map: Older district map (1966 to 1971)

Washington Senate District 3, 1968 to 2024, 1968, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticJames E. KeefeWon(incumbent)	Democratic	10,82865.9%	65.9%
RepublicanGeorge Elmer Brown	Republican	5,60134.1%	34.1%

2024: MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns; not an official source
1968 to 2020: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns; not an official source

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Sources: Census TIGERweb Legislative MapServer (120th CDs layer 0, 119th CDs layer 4, 2026 SLD upper layer 1 and lower layer 2) (US Census Bureau, public domain), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open Civic Data division identifiers (census_autogenerated us_sldl/us_sldu and openstates state files); also (sld-recent.json): Open Civic Data division identifiers (country-us) (CC0 (repository); also (sld-recent.json): CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open States people (current) CSVs (CC0-1.0 (Open States people data)), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Open States volunteers and staff (rosters from state legislature sites) from official returns, not an official source; MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips) (Not stated in the GitHub repository (an earlier label said "MIT (repo)", which the repository does not support). MEDSL's Harvard Dataverse records are CC0 1.0, but these GitHub files were not checksum-matched to the Dataverse files, so CC0 is not claimed for them.), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns, not an official source; State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse) (CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns, not an official source.

District id: ocd-division/country:us/state:wa/sldu:3

DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), MEDSL 2024 official precinct returnsData as of Oct 28, 2026