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Wash. Roundup: Heck, McMorris Rodgers, Kilmer Win Re-Election

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — The Latest on elections in Washington state (all times local):

8:42 p.m.

Democratic U.S. Rep. Denny Heck has been re-elected to the U.S. House.

Heck defeated Republican Jim Postman in the 10th Congressional District race.

The 10th District is the state's newest, created during redistricting in 2012. It encompasses most of Thurston County and part of Pierce County.

Heck was first elected in 2012.

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8:40 p.m.

Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers has won her re-election bid in eastern Washington's large 5th Congressional District.

The Republican incumbent defeated Democratic challenger Joseph Pakootas.

The 5th District stretches from Walla Walla in the southeastern portion of the state to the Canadian border.

McMorris Rodgers, who has represented the district since 2005, is the fourth highest-ranking Republican in the House of Representatives.

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8:39 p.m.

Democratic U.S. Rep. Derek Kilmer has won his re-election bid in Washington state's 6th Congressional District.

Kilmer defeated Republican challenger Todd Bloom.

The 6th District includes Tacoma, much of the Kitsap Peninsula and the Olympic Peninsula. Kilmer succeeded retiring longtime congressman Norm Dicks in 2012.

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8:36 p.m.

Republican Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler has won re-election in Washington state's 3rd Congressional District.

Herrera Beutler defeated Democratic challenger Jim Moeller, a long-time state representative.

Washington's 3rd Congressional District spans southwest Washington from north of Centralia to the Columbia River, including the city of Vancouver. The district includes all or parts of Thurston, Lewis, Pacific, Wahkiakum, Cowlitz, Clark, Skamania and Klickitat counties.

Herrera Beutler was first elected in 2010.

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8:33 p.m.

Hillary Clinton has won Washington state.

The Democratic presidential candidate defeated Republican nominee Donald Trump. Washington state has 12 electoral votes and has not gone for a Republican presidential candidate since Ronald Reagan in 1984.

Trump took two trips to Washington state during the election cycle. Clinton also visited the state.

Several high-profile Washington state Republicans disavowed Trump during the campaign for his controversial remarks, including GOP Senate candidate Chris Chris Vance, gubernatorial candidate Bill Bryant and Rep. Dave Reichert.

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8:01 p.m.

Sen. Patty Murray was elected to a fifth term in the U.S. Senate, making the Democrat one of the longest-serving senators in Washington history.

Murray defeated Republican Chris Vance, who was seeking to become the first Republican elected to the Senate from the state since 1994.

Vance, the former Washington Republican Party chairman, had hoped his message of fiscal discipline and social moderation would resonate with state voters long turned off by the GOP.

Murray, first elected in 1992, dismissed Vance's criticism that she is responsible for congressional gridlock and the failure to address deficit spending and shore up Social Security and Medicare. During the campaign she pointed to her work with Republicans on the budget and education as examples of how she can accomplish things in a tough environment.