Here are tonight's election results in local races; keep in mind, though, that these are very preliminary, based on the earliest returns: (Federal returns so far; state and local returns momentarily).

US Senate

Patty Murray (D) 44%

Dino Rossi (R)
38%

Clint Didier (R) 13%

Paul Akers (R) 2%

Norma Gruber (R) 1%

Charles Allen (D) 1%
Bob Burr (D) 1%

Mohammad Said (I) 0%

William Chovil (R) 0%

Mike Latimer (R) 0%

Skip Mercer (I) 0%

Schalk Leonard (I) 0%

Will Baker (Ref) 0%

Goodspaceguy (D) 0%

Mike the Mover (D) 0%

Congressional District 1, US Rep:

Matthew Burke (R): 15.17 %

James Watkins (R) 26.12 %

David D. Schirle (I) 4.4 %

Jay Inslee (D) 54.32 %

Congressional District 2, US Rep.

Rick Larsen (D) 43.56%

Diana McGinness 5.60 %

John Carmack 5.99 %

Larry Kalb 2.53 %

John Koster 42.32 %

Congressional District 3, US Rep

Jaime Herrera (R) 27.58 %

Denny Heck (D) 25.08 %

David W. Hedrick (R) 12.87 %

David Castillo (R) 16.89 %

Cheryl Crist (D) 11.88 %

Norma Jean Stevens (I) 5.7 %

Congressional District 6, US Rep.

Jesse Young (R) 13.43 %

Doug Cloud (R) 26.02 %

Norm Dicks (D) 60.56 %

Congressional District 8, US Rep.

Dave Reichert (R) 50.08 %

Tom Cramer (D) 10.97%