Democratic incumbent Maria Cantwell has won a fourth term, beating Republican challenger Raul Garcia in the race to represent Washington in the U.S. Senate.
The Associated Press called the election for Cantwell, a four-term senator, at 8 p.m. on Tuesday.
Cantwell has held the position since 2000. If she wins this fifth term, she will be on track to serve 30 years in the Senate.
She chairs the Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, a position that she’s held since 2021. The committee played a lead role in crafting the CHIPS and Science Act, which became law in 2022 and funneled billions in federal subsidies toward domestic semiconductor manufacturing.
Throughout the campaign, Cantwell also touted the Inflation Reduction Act, which made large federal investments into clean energy and climate-related programs. And she highlighted her efforts to protect abortion rights and access to reproductive health care.
Garcia has been an emergency room doctor in Yakima for 26 years, and is currently the medical director of Astria Toppenish Hospital.
He also ran for governor in 2020, losing in the primary. In this race, he made fighting the fentanyl crisis a top priority, along with addressing inflation, lowering crime and securing the U.S.-Mexico border.
Garcia pitched himself as a moderate Republican, diverging from his party on issues like abortion, which he supported up until fetal viability, and the legitimacy of the 2020 election, which he doesn’t question.
The race was largely quiet and cordial but still brought in a lot of money, specifically for Cantwell. Cantwell has raised more than $12.8 million and spent more than $10.1 million. Garcia has raised nearly $742,000 and spent about $692,000.
