2012 Washington Attorney General election

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2012 Washington Attorney General election
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  2008 November 6, 2012 (2012-11-06) 2016  
  Bob Ferguson 03 crop.jpg Reagan Dunn Portrait.jpg
Nominee Bob Ferguson Reagan Dunn
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote1,564,4431,361,010
Percentage53.5%46.5%

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Ferguson:      50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Dunn:      50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Tie:      50%     No votes

Attorney General before election

Rob McKenna
Republican

Elected Attorney General

Bob Ferguson
Democratic

The 2012 Washington Attorney General election was held on November 6, 2012, concurrently with the other statewide elections and the gubernatorial election. Incumbent Republican State Attorney General Rob McKenna retired to run for governor. Democratic King County Councilmember Bob Ferguson won the general election over Republican King County Councilmember Reagan Dunn.

Contents

Primary election

Blanket primary results by county
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Ferguson
40-50%
50-60%
60-70%
Dunn
40-50%
50-60% 2012 Washington Attorney General primary results map by county.svg
Blanket primary results by county
  Ferguson
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  Dunn
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%

Democratic candidates

Republican candidates

Results

Primary election results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Bob Ferguson 685,346 51.68
Republican Reagan Dunn 506,524 38.20
Republican Stephen Pidgeon134,18510.12
Total votes1,326,055 100.00

General election

Polling

Graphical summary

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin
of error
Reagan
Dunn (R)
Bob
Ferguson (D)
Undecided
Washington Poll [4] October 18–31, 2012632 (LV)± 3.9%34%45%21%
Elway Research [5] October 18–21, 2012451 (RV)± 4.5%36%38%25%
Elway Research [6] September 9–12, 2012405 (RV)± 5.0%27%40%33%
SurveyUSA [7] September 7–9, 2012524 (RV)± 4.4%33%42%24%
Elway Research [8] June 13–16, 2012408 (RV)± 5.0%28%26%46%
Public Policy Polling (D) [9] February 22, 20121,264 (RV)± 2.8%34%32%34%
SurveyUSA [10] September 26, 2011529 (RV)± 4.3%34%39%26%

Results

General election results [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Bob Ferguson 1,564,443 53.48
Republican Reagan Dunn 1,361,01046.52
Total votes2,925,453 100.00
Democratic gain from Republican

By congressional district

Ferguson won 6 of 10 congressional districts. [12]

DistrictDunnFergusonRepresentative
1st 49%51% Suzan DelBene
2nd 43%57% Rick Larsen
3rd 53%47% Jaime Herrera Beutler
4th 65%35% Doc Hastings
5th 58%42% Cathy McMorris Rodgers
6th 45%55% Norm Dicks
Derek Kilmer
7th 23%77% Jim McDermott
8th 54%46% Dave Reichert
9th 36%64% Adam Smith
10th 46%54% Denny Heck

References

  1. Rosenthal, Brian M. (August 7, 2012). "AG hopeful Bob Ferguson: Primary a "dream start"". The Seattle Times. Retrieved November 27, 2012.
  2. Young, Bob (October 11, 2012). "Attorney general's race: Republican Dunn carves his own path". The Seattle Times. Retrieved January 9, 2020.
  3. "Snub claim a sign of discord among gay-marriage foes". February 20, 2012.
  4. Washington Poll
  5. Elway Research
  6. Elway Research
  7. SurveyUSA
  8. Elway Research
  9. Public Policy Polling (D)
  10. SurveyUSA
  11. "November 06, 2012 General Election Results: Attorney General". Washington State Secretary of State. November 27, 2012. Archived from the original on August 31, 2021. Retrieved August 25, 2016.
  12. "2012 General Data". sos.wa.gov. Archived from the original on September 10, 2024.