Voters are weighing in on dozens of races across Washington on Tuesday as they winnow their choices for offices ranging from Congress to the Legislature in the state’s primary election.
The fact that of the nine statewide offices on the ballot, five have open seats—without an incumbent—injects a different dynamic into the election, said Cornell Clayton, a political science professor at Washington State University.
“You have so many more candidates from both parties than you would normally have,” he said. “When you have incumbents, it tends to dampen the competition.”
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