The 1986 United States Senate election in Washington was held on November 3, 1986. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator
Slade Gorton ran for re-election, but was defeated by former
Transportation Secretary
The United States secretary of transportation is the head of the United States Department of Transportation. The secretary serves as the principal advisor to the president of the United States on all matters relating to transportation. The secre ...
Brock Adams. However, Gorton would later be returned to
Washington's other Senate seat in 1988. , this was the last time that a man was elected to the Class 3 U.S. Senate seat from Washington.
Blanket primary
Candidates
Democratic
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Brock Adams, former
U.S. Secretary of Transportation
The United States secretary of transportation is the head of the United States Department of Transportation. The secretary serves as the principal advisor to the president of the United States on all matters relating to transportation. The secre ...
* Orin O. Osborn
* James Sherwood Stokes
Republican
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Slade Gorton, incumbent U.S. Senator
* George Campbell
* Ted Parker Fix
Washington Taxpayer
* Jill Fein
Results
General election
Candidates
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Brock Adams (D), former U.S. Secretary of Transportation
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Slade Gorton (R), incumbent U.S. Senator
Results
See also
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1986 United States Senate elections
The 1986 United States Senate elections was an election for the United States Senate in the middle of Ronald Reagan's second presidential term. The Republicans had to defend an unusually large number of freshman Senate incumbents who had been el ...
References
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Washington
1986
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Events January
* January 1
** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles.
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1986 Washington (state) elections