Washington state has 123 legislative seats up for election in November 2022. Of those, there is a Republican-Democratic contest in only 71 races. In the remaining 52 races, either there is only one person on the ballot, or there are two candidates from the same party, or (in six races) there is a major party nominee and an independent candidate.

By contrast, in 2020, when there were also 123 seats up, there were only 33 races without a Democratic-Republican contest. The main difference between the two years is that Democrats are in so many fewer races this year than in 2020. Among the 2020 House races this year, there is no Democrat in 23 races, out of a total of 98 House races.