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U.S. Representative

Election Results

Candidate Votes Pct
Denny Heck (D) 51,895 31.40%
Jaime Herrera (R) 46,001 27.83%
David W. Hedrick (R) 22,621 13.69%
David B. Castillo (R) 19,995 12.10%
Cheryl Crist (D) 18,453 11.17%
Norma Jean Stevens (I) 6,309 3.82%

* Race percentages are calculated with data from the Secretary of State's Office, which omits write-in votes from its calculations when there are too few to affect the outcome. The Spokane County Auditor's Office may have slightly different percentages than are reflected here because its figures include any write-in votes.

The Candidates

Denny Heck

Party:
Democrat
City:
Olympia, Washington

Education: Columbia River High School, Vancouver. Earned bachelor’s degree at Evergreen State College; did graduate work in public administration at Portland State University.

Political Experience: U.S. representative, serving Washington’s 10th Congressional District; former state legislator; former governor’s chief of staff. Elected lieutenant governor in 2020.

Work experience: Co-founder of TVW and Integrated Learning Solutions.

Family: Married to Paula Frucci Heck. Has two adult children.

Jaime Herrera

Party:
Republican

David W. Hedrick

Party:
Republican

David B. Castillo

Party:
Republican

Cheryl Crist

Party:
Democrat

Norma Jean Stevens

Party:
Independent