2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Washington
Summary
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 quadrennial presidential election, and a U.S. Senate election. The state certified the returns on December 6, 2012.[1]Primary elections were held August 7, 2012.[2]
2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Washington
James Watkins, who unsuccessfully ran in the 1st district in 2010,[18]
Independent Candidatesedit
Eliminated in primaryedit
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.[19]
Resultsedit
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,[20] and faced each other in two separate ballot positions, with different boundaries, in the special election on November 6.
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.
Resultsedit
Special Election - Washington 1st Congressional District - November 6, 2012 [3]
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External linksedit
Elections & Voting at the Washington Secretary of State
United States House of Representatives elections in Washington, 2012 at Ballotpedia
Campaign contributions for U.S. Congressional races in Washington from OpenSecrets