Breaking down the results
The highest-profile of the three races in the 14th Legislative District was the Senate race, where longtime incumbent Sen. Curtis King, R-Yakima, faced Democratic challenger Maria Beltran, a Yakima native who came to the race with considerable backing from party leaders and experience campaigning in state and national races.
In King’s 17-year tenure in the Senate, most of his races for reelection were uncontested. In King’s first election in 2007, months after being appointed to the seat, he easily beat his Democrat challenger with 81% of the vote. His only contested race was in 2016, when King beat his general election challenger Amanda Richards, listed as
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