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 Patty Kuderer, state senator

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 Phil Fortunato, state senator

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 Poll source Date(s)administered Samplesize Margin BillBoyd (D) ChrisChung (D) PhilFortunato (R) JonathanHendrix (NP) PattyKuderer (D) JustinMurta (R) JohnPestinger (D) TimVerzal (NP) UndecidedPublic Policy Polling (D)Public Policy Polling (D)July 24–25, 2024581 (LV)± 4.0%3%2%13%2%8%10%5%2%56%

Results

By county +CountyPatty Kuderer DemocraticPhil Fortunato RepublicanJustin Murta RepublicanJohn Pestinger DemocraticOther candidates Various partiesMarginTotal votes#%#%#%#%#%#%Adams36915.78%1,13248.42%49721.26%713.04%26911.51%-635-27.16%2,338Asotin1,50227.44%2,18139.84%98618.01%1432.61%66212.09%-679-12.40%5,474Benton12,97026.94%19,41140.31%8,86318.41%1,9093.96%4,99710.38%-6,441-13.38%48,150Chelan6,48131.63%8,45041.24%2,78313.58%6132.99%2,16410.56%-1,969-9.61%20,491Clallam11,95843.06%8,04128.95%3,01610.86%1,6045.78%3,15411.36%3,91714.10%27,773Clark52,04540.45%43,83234.06%13,46710.47%6,1784.80%13,15810.23%8,2136.38%128,680Columbia19816.45%58148.26%23919.85%231.91%16313.54%-342-28.41%1,204Cowlitz7,58827.52%11,15440.46%4,44316.12%7502.72%3,63313.18%-3,566-12.94%27,568Douglas2,30822.43%4,67345.41%1,88118.28%2352.28%1,19311.59%-2,365-22.98%10,290Ferry43419.22%1,06547.17%43119.09%602.66%26811.87%-631-27.95%2,258Franklin3,20523.41%6,34346.33%2,32016.95%3872.83%1,43510.48%-3,138-22.92%13,690Garfield7911.74%36554.23%14621.69%101.49%7310.85%-219-32.54%673Grant2,47615.75%7,63648.58%3,29520.96%2821.79%2,03012.91%-4,341-27.62%15,719Grays Harbor5,77531.16%6,15133.19%2,95315.93%5763.11%3,07816.61%-376-2.03%18,533Island11,73542.20%8,37830.13%2,7519.89%1,5195.46%3,42612.32%3,35712.07%27,809Jefferson9,46762.21%2,58016.95%9085.97%8485.57%1,4149.29%6,88745.26%15,217King317,91260.18%90,67717.16%26,6775.05%47,0318.90%46,0058.71%227,23543.01%528,302Kitsap37,68746.91%22,74328.31%6,7948.46%4,2445.28%8,87911.05%14,94418.60%80,347Kittitas2,88826.40%4,59241.97%1,71315.66%4484.10%1,29911.87%-1,704-15.58%10,940Klickitat2,43033.89%2,54435.48%1,21816.99%2874.00%6929.65%-114-1.59%7,171Lewis4,47720.02%10,22445.72%4,48120.04%4812.15%2,69712.06%-5,743-25.68%22,360Lincoln54614.60%1,82548.78%88923.76%862.30%39510.56%-936-25.02%3,741Mason5,89432.02%6,38334.68%2,61214.19%7394.02%2,77715.09%-489-2.66%18,405Okanogan3,55531.52%4,14536.76%2,04918.17%3202.84%1,20810.71%-590-5.23%11,277Pacific2,48732.66%2,45832.28%1,18815.60%2343.07%1,24716.38%290.38%7,614Pend Oreille97822.67%1,78741.42%88820.58%1182.74%54312.59%-809-18.75%4,314Pierce85,36642.11%67,09433.09%20,85810.29%8,0553.97%21,36010.54%18,2729.01%202,733San Juan4,62363.05%1,33418.19%2923.98%4486.11%6358.66%3,28944.86%7,332Skagit14,99442.81%10,13028.92%3,95611.29%1,9155.47%4,03111.51%4,86413.89%35,026Skamania1,27033.07%1,49438.91%55614.48%1353.52%38510.03%-224-5.83%3,840Snohomish87,03545.15%53,06527.52%19,0049.86%10,1505.26%23,53512.21%33,97017.62%192,789Spokane48,80435.68%49,74336.37%17,46812.77%4,4853.28%16,27311.90%-939-0.69%136,773Stevens2,94519.39%7,13947.01%3,02019.89%4593.02%1,62410.69%-4,119-27.12%15,187Thurston40,37948.33%20,59124.65%9,16710.97%4,2655.11%9,13810.94%19,78823.69%83,540Wahkiakum48129.29%58535.63%31819.37%382.31%22013.40%-104-6.33%1,642Walla Walla4,16129.93%5,29838.11%2,06314.84%4943.55%1,88513.56%-1,137-8.18%13,901Whatcom34,48750.75%17,75226.12%7,07810.42%2,6693.93%5,9678.78%16,73524.63%67,953Whitman2,75532.09%2,88733.62%1,33315.53%3253.79%1,28614.98%-132-1.54%8,586Yakima10,40425.42%17,09741.77%6,98117.05%1,3523.30%5,09912.46%-6,693-16.35%40,933Totals845,14845.18%533,56028.52%189,58210.13%103,9865.56%198,29710.60%311,58816.66%1,870,573

By congressional district District Kuderer Fortunato Murta Pestinger Representative 50% 25% 8% 6%Suzan DelBene 48% 26% 10% 5%Rick Larsen 35% 37% 13% 4%Marie Gluesenkamp Perez 25% 42% 18% 3%Dan Newhouse 32% 38% 14% 3%Cathy McMorris Rodgers 46% 28% 10% 5%Derek Kilmer 71% 8% 3% 11%Pramila Jayapal 39% 36% 10% 5%Kim Schrier 55% 20% 6% 7%Adam Smith 46% 28% 10% 5%Marilyn Strickland

General election Post-primary endorsements

Polling

Patty Kuderer vs. Chris Corry Poll source Date(s)administered Samplesize Margin PattyKuderer (D) ChrisCorry (R) UndecidedPublic Policy Polling (D)May 15–16, 2023615 (LV)± 4.0%39%31%29%

Results

By county CountyPatty KudererDemocraticPhil FortunatoRepublicanWrite-inVariousMarginTotal#%#%#%#% Adams 1,334 26.05% 3,768 73.58% 19 0.37% -2,434 -47.53% 5,121 Asotin 3,864 35.69% 6,948 64.17% 16 0.15% -3,084 -28.48% 10,828 Benton 35,459 36.96% 60,407 62.96% 85 0.09% -24,948 -26.00% 95,951 Chelan 16,633 42.15% 22,793 57.77% 32 0.08% -6,160 -15.61% 39,458 Clallam 23,851 52.22% 21,780 47.68% 45 0.10% 2,071 4.53% 45,676 Clark 132,987 51.81% 123,228 48.01% 482 0.19% 9,759 3.80% 256,697 Columbia 590 25.21% 1,745 74.57% 5 0.21% -1,155 -49.36% 2,340 Cowlitz 21,995 39.11% 34,183 60.78% 59 0.10% -12,188 -21.67% 56,237 Douglas 6,927 34.58% 13,079 65.29% 25 0.12% -6,152 -30.71% 20,031 Ferry 1,259 31.91% 2,685 68.06% 1 0.03% -1,426 -36.15% 3,945 Franklin 11,413 37.38% 19,099 62.55% 22 0.07% -7,686 -25.17% 30,534 Garfield 300 23.27% 988 76.65% 1 0.08% -688 -53.37% 1,289 Grant 10,252 29.82% 24,102 70.12% 20 0.06% -13,850 -40.29% 34,374 Grays Harbor 16,373 45.74% 19,364 54.10% 55 0.15% -2,991 -8.36% 35,792 Island 27,515 55.25% 22,196 44.57% 93 0.19% 5,319 10.68% 49,804 Jefferson 16,900 71.08% 6,862 28.86% 14 0.06% 10,038 42.22% 23,776 King 773,243 72.89% 286,357 27.00% 1,177 0.11% 486,886 45.90% 1,060,777 Kitsap 85,257 57.42% 63,074 42.48% 143 0.10% 22,183 14.94% 148,474 Kittitas 9,817 39.63% 14,921 60.24% 33 0.13% -5,104 -20.60% 24,771 Klickitat 5,468 42.92% 7,255 56.95% 17 0.13% -1,787 -14.03% 12,740 Lewis 13,567 31.77% 29,077 68.09% 60 0.14% -15,510 -36.32% 42,704 Lincoln 1,516 22.14% 5,323 77.73% 9 0.13% -3,807 -55.59% 6,848 Mason 16,089 46.33% 18,588 53.52% 51 0.15% -2,499 -7.20% 34,728 Okanogan 8,093 41.06% 11,593 58.82% 24 0.12% -3,500 -17.76% 19,710 Pacific 6,486 48.53% 6,854 51.28% 25 0.19% -368 -2.75% 13,365 Pend Oreille 2,408 29.58% 5,719 70.24% 15 0.18% -3,311 -40.67% 8,142 Pierce 219,159 52.52% 197,725 47.38% 416 0.10% 21,434 5.14% 417,300 San Juan 8,941 73.66% 3,180 26.20% 17 0.14% 5,761 47.46% 12,138 Skagit 34,199 52.12% 31,358 47.79% 56 0.09% 2,841 4.33% 65,613 Skamania 2,922 42.93% 3,874 56.92% 10 0.15% -952 -13.99% 6,806 Snohomish 219,767 56.75% 167,015 43.13% 441 0.11% 52,752 13.62% 387,223 Spokane 123,170 45.10% 149,557 54.76% 386 0.14% -26,387 -9.66% 273,113 Stevens 7,115 26.40% 19,790 73.44% 43 0.16% -12,675 -47.04% 26,948 Thurston 90,149 58.05% 64,968 41.83% 190 0.12% 25,181 16.21% 155,307 Wahkiakum 1,134 39.38% 1,743 60.52% 3 0.10% -609 -21.15% 2,880 Walla Walla 12,246 43.21% 16,069 56.70% 23 0.08% -3,823 -13.49% 28,338 Whatcom 78,967 60.53% 51,382 39.39% 106 0.08% 27,585 21.15% 130,455 Whitman 9,706 51.25% 9,209 48.63% 22 0.12% 497 2.62% 18,937 Yakima 34,898 40.93% 50,174 58.85% 189 0.22% -15,276 -17.92% 85,261Totals2,091,96956.62%1,598,03243.26%4,4300.12%493,93713.37%3,694,431

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Chelan (largest city: Wenatchee) Franklin (largest city: Pasco) Grays Harbor (largest city: Aberdeen) Kittitas (largest city: Ellensburg) Klickitat (largest city: Goldendale) Mason (largest city: Shelton) Okanogan (largest city: Omak) Pacific (largest city: Raymond) Skamania (largest city: Carson) Spokane (largest city: Spokane) Walla Walla (largest city: Walla Walla) Yakima (largest city: Yakima)

By congressional district Kuderer won six of ten congressional districts, with the remaining four going to Fortunato, including two that elected Democrats. District Kuderer Fortunato Representative 61% 39%Suzan DelBene 59% 40%Rick Larsen 47% 53%Marie Gluesenkamp Perez 38% 62%Dan Newhouse42%58%Cathy McMorris Rodgers (118th Congress)Michael Baumgartner (119th Congress)57%43%Derek Kilmer (118th Congress)Emily Randall (119th Congress) 85% 15%Pramila Jayapal 49% 51%Kim Schrier 68% 31%Adam Smith 57% 43%Marilyn Strickland

Notes

Partisan clients

References

External links Official campaign websites Patty Kuderer (D) for Insurance Commissioner