Washington State Senate District 40
Next vote Tue, Nov 3, 2026 · Represented by Liz Lovelett Democratic · Member list as of Oct 28
This seat has no race on the official 2026 list.
- Last election
- Liz Lovelett (Democratic) won by 39.3 points, 2024
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History (15 elections for this seat)
- Votes for listed candidates
- 89,062
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Older district map (2022 to 2024)
Washington Senate District 40, 1968 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticLiz LovelettWonName as filed: Elizabeth "Liz" Lovelett Democratic 61,96169.6% RepublicanCharles Carrell Republican 26,98330.3% Scattered write-ins Write-in 1180.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 87,587
- Election day
- November 3, 2020
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- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Washington Senate District 40, 1968 to 2024, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticLiz LovelettWonName as filed: Elizabeth Lovelett Democratic 60,87169.5% RepublicanCharles Carrell Republican 26,63830.4% Scattered write-ins Write-in 780.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 70,189
- Election day
- November 8, 2016
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- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Washington Senate District 40, 1968 to 2024, 2016, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticKevin RankerWon(incumbent) Democratic 47,10867.1% RepublicanDaniel R. Miller Republican 23,08132.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 64,636
- Election day
- November 6, 2012
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- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Washington Senate District 40, 1968 to 2024, 2012, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticKevin RankerWon(incumbent) Democratic 40,67762.9% RepublicanJohn Swapp Republican 23,95937.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 65,228
- Election day
- November 4, 2008
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- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Washington Senate District 40, 1968 to 2024, 2008, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticKevin RankerWon Democratic 38,20058.6% RepublicanSteve Vanluven Republican 27,02841.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 61,087
- Election day
- November 2, 2004
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- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Washington Senate District 40, 1968 to 2024, 2004, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticHarriet A. SpanelWon(incumbent) Democratic 37,57361.5% RepublicanGerald Baron Republican 23,51438.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 54,860
- Election day
- November 7, 2000
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- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Washington Senate District 40, 1968 to 2024, 2000, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticHarriet A. SpanelWon(incumbent) Democratic 33,34960.8% RepublicanJerry Ferrier Republican 19,07934.8% LibertarianIan N. Bannerman Libertarian 2,4324.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 51,143
- Election day
- November 5, 1996
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- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Washington Senate District 40, 1968 to 2024, 1996, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticHarriet A. SpanelWon(incumbent) Democratic 30,63559.9% RepublicanSkip Richards Republican 20,50840.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 50,625
- Election day
- November 3, 1992
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- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Washington Senate District 40, 1968 to 2024, 1992, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticHarriet A. SpanelWon Democratic 28,05155.4% RepublicanTed W. Anderson Republican 22,57444.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 43,649
- Election day
- November 8, 1988
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- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Washington Senate District 40, 1968 to 2024, 1988, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticPatrick McMullenWon Democratic 29,26767.0% RepublicanRichardson Republican 14,38233.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 43,978
- Election day
- November 6, 1984
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- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Washington Senate District 40, 1968 to 2024, 1984, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticLowell PetersonWon(incumbent) Democratic 24,44655.6% RepublicanWelts Republican 19,53244.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 41,692
- Election day
- November 4, 1980
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- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Washington Senate District 40, 1968 to 2024, 1980, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticLowell PetersonWon(incumbent) Democratic 21,83952.4% RepublicanGerald B. Digerness Republican 19,85347.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 35,789
- Election day
- November 2, 1976
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- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Washington Senate District 40, 1968 to 2024, 1976, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticLowell PetersonWon(incumbent) Democratic 19,05253.2% RepublicanAlice Oosterhof Republican 16,73746.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 32,573
- Election day
- November 7, 1972
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Washington Senate District 40, 1968 to 2024, 1972, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticLowell PetersonWon(incumbent) Democratic 19,59860.2% RepublicanJim Costanti Republican 12,97539.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 23,682
- Election day
- November 5, 1968
- District map
- Older district map (1966 to 1971)
Washington Senate District 40, 1968 to 2024, 1968, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticLowell PetersonWon(incumbent) Democratic 13,69057.8% RepublicanCecil Thomas Republican 9,99242.2%
- 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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Election Wrld. (2026). Washington State Senate District 40, election results 1968 to 2024. https://www.electionwrld.com/wa/senate/40. Retrieved October 30, 2026.
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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:40
DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), MEDSL 2024 official precinct returnsData as of Oct 28, 2026