The 1992 United States Senate election in Washington was held on November 3, 1992. Incumbent Democratic Senator
Brock Adams
Brockman Adams (January 13, 1927 – September 10, 2004) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a member of Congress. A Democrat from Washington, Adams served as a U.S. Representative, Senator, and United States Secretary of Transp ...
chose not to run for re-election to a second term after eight different women made allegations that he had engaged in various acts of sexual misconduct, including harassment and rape.
Adams denied the allegations, but his popularity statewide was weakened considerably by them, and he chose to retire rather than risk costing the party his seat.
State Senator
Patty Murray
Patricia Lynn Murray (; born October 11, 1950) is an American politician and educator who is the senior United States senator from Washington since 1993. A member of the Democratic Party, Murray was in the Washington State Senate from 1988 to ...
defeated Republican
U.S. Representative
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Rod Chandler
Rodney Dennis Chandler (born July 13, 1942) is an American politician and journalist who served as a former U.S. Representative from Washington from 1983 to 1993.
He is the great-great-grandnephew of long-time U.S. Senator Zachariah Chandler of ...
in the race to succeed Adams. Chandler seemed to have the upper hand in one of the debates until, for some unknown reason, he quoted the Roger Miller song "
Dang Me
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Cantwell snubs McGavick on debates
By Joel Connelly ''Seattle Post-Intelligencer'' He was further damaged by the unpopularity of President George H. W. Bush in the Pacific Northwest.
Blanket primary
Candidates
Democratic
* Don Bonker, former U.S. Representative from Vancouver
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* Gene Hart
* Patty Murray
Patricia Lynn Murray (; born October 11, 1950) is an American politician and educator who is the senior United States senator from Washington since 1993. A member of the Democratic Party, Murray was in the Washington State Senate from 1988 to ...
, State Senator from Bothell
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* Jeffery Brian Venezia
Independent
* LaPriel C. Barnes
Republican
* Rod Chandler
Rodney Dennis Chandler (born July 13, 1942) is an American politician and journalist who served as a former U.S. Representative from Washington from 1983 to 1993.
He is the great-great-grandnephew of long-time U.S. Senator Zachariah Chandler of ...
, U.S. Representative from Bellevue Bellevue means "beautiful view" in French. It may refer to:
Placenames
Australia
* Bellevue, Western Australia
* Bellevue Hill, New South Wales
* Bellevue, Queensland
* Bellevue, Glebe, an historic house in Sydney, New South Wales
Canada ...
* Leo K. Thorsness
Leo Keith Thorsness (February 14, 1932 – May 2, 2017) was a colonel in the United States Air Force who received the Medal of Honor for his actions in the Vietnam War. He was awarded the medal for an air engagement on April 19, 1967. He was shot ...
, former State Senator from Renton
* Tim Hill, King County Executive
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Socialist Workers
* Mark Severs
Washington Taxpayers
* William Cassius Goodloe, former Chief Justice of the Washington Supreme Court
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* Washington (state), United States
* Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States
** A metonym for the ...
Results
General election
Results
See also
* 1992 United States Senate elections
The 1992 United States Senate elections, held November 3, 1992, were elections for the United States Senate that coincided with Bill Clinton's victory in the presidential election. Both parties swapped a pair of seats, resulting in no net change ...
References
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Washington commonly refers to:
* Washington (state), United States
* Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States
** A metonym for the federal government of the United States
** Washington metropolitan area, the metropolitan area centered o ...
1992
File:1992 Events Collage V1.png, From left, clockwise: 1992 Los Angeles riots, Riots break out across Los Angeles, California after the Police brutality, police beating of Rodney King; El Al Flight 1862 crashes into a residential apartment buildi ...
1992 Washington (state) elections