2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Washington
House elections for the 113th U.S. Congress
The 2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Washington were held on Tuesday, November 6, 2012, to elect the ten U.S. representatives from the state, one from each of the state's ten congressional districts, a gain of one seat following the 2010 United States census. The elections coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices, including a federal quadrennial presidential election, concurrent statewide gubernatorial election, quadrennial statewide lieutenant gubernatorial election, and an election to the U.S. Senate. The state certified the returns on December 6, 2012. Primary elections were held August 7, 2012.
Overview
District
District 1
Democrat Jay Inslee, who represented the 1st district starting in 1999, resigned March 20, 2012, to focus on his run for governor of Washington.
Primary election
Democratic candidates
Advanced to general
Suzan DelBene, former director at the Washington State Department of Revenue, general election candidate for the 8th district in 2010
Eliminated in primary
Darcy Burner, former manager at Microsoft and general election candidate for the 8th district in 2006 & 2008
Steve Hobbs, state senator
Darshan Rauniyar, businessman and political activist;
Laura Ruderman, former state representative
Withdrawn
Roger Goodman, state representative
Declined
Brian Baird, former U.S. Representative
Andrew Hughes, tax attorney
Dennis Kucinich, incumbent U.S. Representative for Ohio's 10th congressional district
Marko Liias, state representative
Republican candidates
Advanced to general
John Koster, former state representative, member of the Snohomish County Council and general election candidate for the 2nd district in 2010
Withdrawn
Greg Anders, the executive director of the Bellingham Heritage Flight Museum
James Watkins, unsuccessfully ran in the 1st district in 2010
Independent candidates
Eliminated in primary
Larry Ishmael, former member of the Issaquah School Board and Republican general election candidate for this seat in 2006 & 2008, ran as an independent candidate
Results
Republican John Koster and Democrat Suzan DelBene received the most votes in the nonpartisan blanket primary on August 7 for both the brief period of office remaining in the old 1st district and the redistricted 1st district, and faced each other in two separate ballot positions, with different boundaries, in the special election on November 6.
Special election
On March 20, 2012, then representative Jay Inslee resigned his seat in the House of Representatives to run for governor. A special election was held at the same time as the general election for a representative to serve out the remainder of Inslee's term in the 112th Congress. The winner of the special glection, Suzan DelBene, assumed the seat on November 13, 2012.
Results
By county
General Election
Endorsements
Polling
Predictions
Results
DelBene won and was sworn in to serve the remainder of Inslee's term on November 13, 2012.
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