Control of Congress could come down to one or two seats in Washington, and voters are deciding who will serve the state in the Senate for the next six years.
KIRO 7 has you covered election night. Watch for up-to-the-minute results on the biggest races in Washington and across the country, as well as in-depth analysis. Coverage starts Tuesday at 4 p.m., and findSmiley is a nurse who became a veterans advocate after her husband, Scotty, lost his sight to a suicide bomber while serving in Iraq. Murray was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 1992, running 30 years ago as “a mom in tennis shoes.”, and have spent $36 million combined on ads.
“I am personally pro-life, oppose a federal abortion ban, and I respect the will of the people of Washington state,” Smiley told KIRO 7. “There’s good people on both sides of the issue and I believe it belongs at the state level. … I’m a person of my word.” On crime, both candidates support funding more police officers. Smiley has highlighted the fentanyl crisis and Murray has spoken about reducing gun violence.3rd Congressional District: Marie Gluesenkamp Perez vs. Joe Kent
Current Federal Way Mayor Jim Ferrell is facing off against Leesa Manion. Manion is retiring King County Prosecutor Dan Satterberg’s chief of staff, while Ferrell served as a prosecutor for 15 years before he became mayor in 2013.Seattle voters will decide whether to approve a new system for voting in primary elections.
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