Editing Patty Murray (section)

==== 1992 ====
{{see also|1992 United States Senate election in Washington}}
In 1992, Murray announced her candidacy for the U.S. Senate after ''[[The Seattle Times]]'' published a series of articles alleging that incumbent Democratic Senator [[Brock Adams]] had [[sexually assaulted]] a number of women.<ref>{{cite news | author=Mark Matassa and David Schaefer | title=Who'll Run for Adams' Seat? -- Scramble on After Senator Withdraws | newspaper=[[Seattle Times]] | date=March 2, 1992}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Wilma |first=David |date=September 10, 2004 |title=Adams, Brock (1927–2004) |url=http://www.historylink.org/essays/output.cfm?file_id=5739 |access-date=February 24, 2007 |website=[[HistoryLink]]}}</ref> Adams denied the allegations, but his popularity weakened considerably and he chose to retire rather than risk losing the seat for his party. Murray defeated Congressman [[Don Bonker]] for the Democratic nomination. In the general election she defeated Republican Congressman [[Rod Chandler]], 54% to 46%, despite being outspent by a wide margin. Chandler seemed to have the upper hand in one of the debates until he responded to Murray's criticism for spending $120,000 on congressional mailings during rising unemployment and declining family income as part of [[Early 1990s recession in the United States|an economic recession]] by quoting the [[Roger Miller]] song "[[Dang Me]]".<ref>{{cite web |last=Connelly |first=Joel |date=September 19, 2006 |title=Cantwell snubs McGavick on debates |url=http://www.seattlepi.com/connelly/285755_joel20.html |work=[[Seattle Post-Intelligencer]]}}</ref> Chandler was further damaged by the unpopularity in the [[Pacific Northwest]] of President [[George H. W. Bush]], who was largely blamed for the recession.

{{Election box begin no change
 | title = 1992 U.S. Senate primary in Washington<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=240685|title=Our Campaigns - WA US Senate - Blanket Primary Race - Sep 15, 1992|website=www.ourcampaigns.com}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
 | party      = Democratic Party (United States)
 | candidate  = Patty Murray
 | votes      = 318,455
 | percentage = 28.32%
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
 | party      = Republican Party (United States)
 | candidate  = [[Rod Chandler]]
 | votes      = 228,083
 | percentage = 20.28%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party      = Democratic Party (United States)
 | candidate  = [[Don Bonker]]
 | votes      = 208,321
 | percentage = 18.52%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party      = Republican Party (United States)
 | candidate  = [[Leo K. Thorsness]]
 | votes      = 185,498
 | percentage = 16.49%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party      = Republican Party (United States)
 | candidate  = [[Tim Hill (politician)|Tim Hill]]
 | votes      = 128,232
 | percentage = 11.40%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party      = Democratic Party (United States)
 | candidate  = Gene D. Hart
 | votes      = 15,894
 | percentage = 1.41%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party      = Democratic Party (United States)
 | candidate  = Marshall
 | votes      = 11,659
 | percentage = 1.04%
}}
{{Election box candidate no change
 | party      = Washington Taxpayers
 | candidate  = [[William Cassius Goodloe]]
 | votes      = 10,877
 | percentage = 0.97%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party      = Democratic Party (United States)
 | candidate  = Jeffery Brian Venezia
 | votes      = 7,259
 | percentage = 0.65%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party      = Independent
 | candidate  = LaPriel C. Barnes
 | votes      = 7,044
 | percentage = 0.63%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party      = Socialist Workers Party (United States)
 | candidate  = Mark Severs
 | votes      = 3,309
 | percentage = 0.29%
}}
{{Election box total no change
 | votes      = 1,124,631
 | percentage = 100.00%
}}
{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change
 | title = 1992 United States Senate election in Washington<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sos.wa.gov/elections/results_report.aspx|title=Election Search Results - Elections & Voting - WA Secretary of State|website=www.sos.wa.gov}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
 | party      = Democratic Party (United States)
 | candidate  = Patty Murray
 | votes      = 1,197,973
 | percentage = 53.99%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
 | party      = Republican Party (United States)
 | candidate  = [[Rod Chandler]]
 | votes      = 1,020,829
 | percentage = 46.01%
}}
{{Election box total no change
 | votes      = 2,218,802
 | percentage = 100.0%
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing
| winner = Democratic Party (United States)
}}
{{Election box end}}