Maria Cantwell coasts towards another easy win for reelection to the U.S. Senate with fifteen point October lead over

Raul Garcia



The Democratic Party’s majority in the United States stands on a knife’s edge this year, with the party mostly playing defense in tough races scattered across the country and hoping for an unlikely pickup in either Texas, Florida, or both. As Democrats battle to fend off Mitch McConnell’s Republicans, it’s no doubt a comfort for party leaders and strategists to know that Washington’s U.S. Senate race is as about as quiet as it gets.

Low-key, sleepy, muted… pick your favorite descriptor.

Two years ago, Republicans pulled out all of the stops to go after Patty Murray, funneling millions into Tiffany Smiley’s campaign and paying for garbage polls that suggested Smiley was on the verge of toppling Murray when she wasn’t. Murray rolled to reelection in a landslide, leaving some Republicans completely dumbfounded.

Smiley’s blowout defeat in 2022 may well have discouraged national Republicans from targeting any of Washington’s statewide races this year. The party seems totally disinterested in Cantwell’s challenger Raul Garcia, while the Republican Governors Association has failed to open its wallet to assist Dave Reichert in assailing Bob Ferguson.

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