Editing Patty Murray (section)

==== 2010 ====
{{see also|2010 United States Senate election in Washington}}
The 2010 election was the first Senate election to be held under the new [[blanket primary]] since [[Washington Initiative 872|Initiative 872]] had passed in 2004. In the August 17 primary, Murray appeared on the ballot alongside four other Democratic candidates, six Republican candidates, a [[Reform Party of the United States of America|Reform Party]] candidate and three independent candidates. She received a plurality, 46%, and advanced to the general election along with her main Republican challenger, former state Senator and two-time gubernatorial nominee [[Dino Rossi]], who received 33%.<ref>{{cite news |last=Balter |first=Joni |date=January 29, 2010 |title=Dino Rossi and the Scott Brown effect in Washington |work=The Seattle Times |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/dino-rossi-and-the-scott-brown-effect-in-washington/ |access-date=October 17, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last=Trende |first=Sean |date=April 24, 2010 |title=Bad Polling News for Murray |url=http://realclearpolitics.blogs.time.com/2010/04/24/surveyusa-poll-washington-senate/ |url-status=dead |magazine=Time |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100426115824/http://realclearpolitics.blogs.time.com/2010/04/24/surveyusa-poll-washington-senate/ |archive-date=April 26, 2010}}</ref> Leading up to the election, several prominent Washington State newspapers endorsed Murray.<ref>{{cite web |date=October 8, 2010 |title=The Times endorses the re-election of Sen. Patty Murray |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/the-times-endorses-the-re-election-of-sen-patty-murray/ |access-date=October 17, 2020 |work=The Seattle Times}}</ref><ref>[http://www.thenewstribune.com/2010/10/10/1376438/re-elect-patty-murray-to-the-us.html Re-elect Patty Murray to the U.S. Senate] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120905080418/http://www.thenewstribune.com/2010/10/10/1376438/re-elect-patty-murray-to-the-us.html|date=September 5, 2012}}, ''[[The News Tribune]]'', October 10, 2010.</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Editorial board |date=October 11, 2010 |title=Murray has earned a fourth term |url=http://www.seattlepi.com/opinion/428233_PIUSSENATE.html |work=[[Seattle Post-Intelligencer]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=October 24, 2010 |title=On balance, Murray is better choice for Senate |url=http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2010/oct/24/editorial-on-balance-murray-is-better-choice-for/ |access-date=October 17, 2020 |work=[[The Spokesman-Review]]}}</ref> Rossi conceded the election to Murray on November 4, 2010, two days after election day. She won 52.36% of the vote to Rossi's 47.64%, Murray's smallest reelection margin to date.

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| title = [[Blanket primary]] election results<ref>{{cite web |url=http://vote.wa.gov/Elections/WEI/Results.aspx?RaceTypeCode=O&JurisdictionTypeID=1&ElectionID=36&ViewMode=Results |title=August 17, 2010 Primary - Federal |publisher=Vote.wa.gov |date=August 17, 2010 |access-date=August 21, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100821041354/http://vote.wa.gov/Elections/WEI/Results.aspx?RaceTypeCode=O&JurisdictionTypeID=1&ElectionID=36&ViewMode=Results |archive-date=August 21, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.politico.com/2010/maps/#/Senate/2010/WA |title=The 2010 Results Maps |work=[[Politico]]|access-date=August 21, 2010}}</ref>
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Patty Murray (incumbent)
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| votes = 670,284
| percentage = 46.22
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = [[Dino Rossi]]
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| votes = 483,305
| percentage = 33.33
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = [[Clint Didier]]
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| votes = 185,034
| percentage = 12.76
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Paul Akers
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| votes = 37,231
| percentage = 2.57
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Skip Mercer
| party = Independent
| votes = 12,122
| percentage = 0.84
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Charles Allen
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| votes = 11,525
| percentage = 0.79
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Bob Burr
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| votes = 11,344
| percentage = 0.78
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Norma Gruber
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| votes = 9,162
| percentage = 0.63
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Michael Latimer
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| votes = 6,545
| percentage = 0.45
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Mike the Mover
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| votes = 6,019
| percentage = 0.42
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Goodspaceguy
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| votes = 4,718
| percentage = 0.33
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = William Baker
| party = Reform Party (United States)
| votes = 4,593
| percentage = 0.32
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Mohammad Said
| party = Independent
| votes = 3,387
| percentage = 0.23
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Schalk Leonard
| party = Independent
| votes = 2,818
| percentage = 0.19
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = William Chovil
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| votes = 2,039
| percentage = 0.14
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 1,450,126
| percentage=100
}}
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{{Election box begin no change | title=General election results<ref>{{cite web|url=http://results.vote.wa.gov/results/20101102/US-Senator.html|title=U.S. Senator|website=results.vote.wa.gov}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|
 |party      = Democratic Party (United States)
 |candidate  = Patty Murray (incumbent)
 |votes      = 1,314,930
 |percentage = 52.36
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
 |party      = Republican Party (United States)
 |candidate  = [[Dino Rossi]]
 |votes      = 1,196,164
 |percentage = 47.64
}}
{{Election box total no change
 | votes      = 2,511.094
 | percentage = 100.00
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing
| winner = Democratic Party (United States)
}}
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