2024 Washington Insurance Commissioner election
The 2024 Washington Insurance Commissioner election was held on November 5, 2024, to elect the next insurance commissioner of Washington, concurrently with the 2024 U.S. presidential election, as well as elections to the U.S. Senate and various state and local elections, including for [2024 United States House of Representatives 2024 United States Senate elections|elections in Washington|U.S. House] and governor of Washington. Incumbent Democratic Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler was eligible to seek re-election to a seventh term but instead chose to retire. Democratic state Senator Patty Kuderer won the election over Republican state Senator Phil Fortunato.
Background
Incumbent Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler, first elected in 2000 and re-elected five times, most recently in 2020, retired.Primary election
Washington is one of two states that holds a top-two primary, meaning all candidates are listed on the same ballot regardless of party affiliation, and the top two advance to the general election.Democratic candidates
Advanced to general
Eliminated in primary
- Bill Boyd, insurance broker
- Chris Chung
- John Pestinger, project manager at the Office of the Insurance Commissioner
Declined
- Mike Kreidler, incumbent insurance commissioner
Republican candidates
Advanced to general
Eliminated in primary
- Justin Murta
Third-party and independent candidates
Eliminated in primary
- Jonathan Hendrix, insurance executive
- Tim Verzal, retired auto body mechanic
General election
Polling
Patty Kuderer vs. Chris Corry| Poll source | Date administered | Sample size | Margin | Patty Kuderer | Chris Corry | Undecided |
| Public Policy Polling | May 15–16, 2023 | 615 | ± 4.0% | 39% | 31% | 29% |
Results
By county
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican- Chelan
- Franklin
- Grays Harbor
- Kittitas
- Klickitat
- Mason
- Okanogan
- Pacific
- Skamania
- Spokane
- Walla Walla
- Yakima
By congressional district
Kuderer won six of ten congressional districts, with the remaining four going to Fortunato, including two that elected Democrats.| District | Kuderer | Fortunato | Representative |
| 61% | 39% | Suzan DelBene | |
| 59% | 40% | Rick Larsen | |
| 47% | 53% | Marie Gluesenkamp Perez | |
| 38% | 62% | Dan Newhouse | |
| 42% | 58% | Cathy McMorris Rodgers | |
| 42% | 58% | Michael Baumgartner | |
| 57% | 43% | Derek Kilmer | |
| 57% | 43% | Emily Randall | |
| 85% | 15% | Pramila Jayapal | |
| 49% | 51% | Kim Schrier | |
| 68% | 31% | Adam Smith | |
| 57% | 43% | Marilyn Strickland |