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2024 Washington Insurance Commissioner election

The 2024 Washington Insurance Commissioner election was held on November 5, 2024, to elect the next insurance commissioner of Washington, concurrently with the 2024 U.S. presidential election, as well as elections to the U.S. Senate and various state and local elections, including for U.S. House and governor of Washington. Incumbent Democratic Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler was eligible to seek re-election to a seventh term but instead chose to retire. Democratic state Senator Patty Kuderer won the election over Republican state Senator Phil Fortunato.

Background

Incumbent Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler, first elected in 2000 and re-elected five times, most recently in 2020, retired.

Primary election

Washington is one of two states that holds a top-two primary, meaning all candidates are listed on the same ballot regardless of party affiliation, and the top two advance to the general election.

Democratic candidates

Advanced to general

Eliminated in primary

  • Bill Boyd, insurance broker
  • Chris Chung
  • John Pestinger, project manager at the Office of the Insurance Commissioner

Declined

  • Mike Kreidler, incumbent insurance commissioner (2001–2025)

Republican candidates

Advanced to general

Eliminated in primary

  • Justin Murta

Third-party and independent candidates

Eliminated in primary

  • Jonathan Hendrix (Independent), insurance executive
  • Tim Verzal (Independent), retired auto body mechanic

Endorsements

Polling

Results

By county

General election

Post-primary endorsements

Polling

Patty Kuderer vs. Chris Corry<br />

Results

By county

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

By congressional district

Kuderer won six of ten congressional districts, with the remaining four going to Fortunato, including two that elected Democrats.

Notes

Partisan clients<br />

References

External links

Official campaign websites