2024 Washington State Auditor election

For related races, see 2024 United States state auditor elections.

2024 Washington State Auditor election

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Nominee Pat McCarthy Matt Hawkins Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 2,170,306 1,568,750 Percentage 57.99% 41.92%

County results Congressional district results Precinct results McCarthy:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90% Hawkins:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90% Tie:     40–50%     50%     No votes

State Auditor before election Pat McCarthy Democratic Elected State Auditor Pat McCarthy Democratic

The 2024 Washington State Auditor election was held on November 5, 2024, to elect the Washington State Auditor, concurrently with the 2024 U.S. presidential election, as well as elections to the U.S. Senate and various state and local elections, including for U.S. House and governor of Washington. Washington is one of two states that holds a top-two primary, meaning that all candidates are listed on the same ballot regardless of party affiliation, and the top two move on to the general election.

Incumbent Democratic State Auditor Pat McCarthy was re-elected to a third term. ^[1]

Primary elections took place on August 6, 2024. ^[2]

Primary election

Democratic Party

Advanced to general

• Pat McCarthy, incumbent state auditor (2017–present) ^[3]

Republican Party

Advanced to general

• Matt Hawkins, business consultant and candidate for U.S. Senate in 2018 ^[4]

Results

Blanket primary results by county

  McCarthy

•   50–60%
•   60–70%
•   70–80%

  Hawkins

•   50–60%
•   60–70%
•   70–80%

Blanket primary results ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Pat McCarthy (incumbent)	1,125,904	58.82%
	Republican	Matt Hawkins	786,529	41.09%
	Write-in		1,648	0.09%
Total votes			1,914,081	100.0%

General election

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size [a]	Margin of error	Pat McCarthy (D)	Matt Hawkins (R)	Undecided
Public Policy Polling (D) [A]	July 24–25, 2024	581 (LV)	± 4.0%	43%	33%	24%

Results

2024 Washington State Auditor election ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Pat McCarthy (incumbent)	2,170,306	57.99%	–0.01%
	Republican	Matt Hawkins	1,568,750	41.92%	–
	Write-in		3,262	0.09%	–
Total votes			3,742,318	100.00%	N/A
	Democratic hold

By county

County results

County [7]	Pat McCarthy Democratic		Matt Hawkins Republican		Write-in Various		Margin		Total votes
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
Adams	1,396	27.12%	3,742	72.69%	10	0.19%	-2,346	-45.57%	5,148
Asotin	4,028	36.76%	6,918	63.13%	12	0.11%	-2,890	-26.37%	10,958
Benton	36,916	38.18%	59,706	61.75%	74	0.08%	-22,790	-23.57%	96,696
Chelan	17,099	42.56%	23,043	57.35%	37	0.09%	-5,944	-14.79%	40,179
Clallam	24,850	53.22%	21,805	46.70%	39	0.08%	3,045	6.52%	46,694
Clark	138,981	53.05%	122,713	46.84%	311	0.12%	16,268	6.21%	262,005
Columbia	643	27.10%	1,727	72.78%	3	0.13%	-1,084	-45.68%	2,373
Cowlitz	22,733	39.94%	34,141	59.99%	40	0.07%	-11,408	-20.04%	56,914
Douglas	7,022	34.51%	13,310	65.42%	15	0.07%	-6,288	-30.90%	20,347
Ferry	1,282	32.31%	2,685	67.67%	1	0.03%	-1,403	-35.36%	3,968
Franklin	11,847	38.51%	18,901	61.43%	19	0.06%	-7,054	-22.93%	30,767
Garfield	307	23.44%	1,003	76.56%	0	0.00%	-696	-53.13%	1,310
Grant	10,493	30.22%	24,217	69.74%	17	0.05%	-13,724	-39.52%	34,727
Grays Harbor	16,878	46.70%	19,228	53.21%	33	0.09%	-2,350	-6.50%	36,139
Island	28,362	56.32%	21,938	43.56%	60	0.12%	6,424	12.76%	50,360
Jefferson	17,286	71.91%	6,742	28.05%	10	0.04%	10,544	43.86%	24,038
King	798,894	74.44%	273,370	25.47%	898	0.08%	525,524	48.97%	1,073,162
Kitsap	88,512	58.82%	61,848	41.10%	124	0.08%	26,664	17.72%	150,484
Kittitas	10,204	40.64%	14,877	59.25%	27	0.11%	-4,673	-18.61%	25,108
Klickitat	5,777	44.39%	7,226	55.52%	11	0.08%	-1,448	-11.13%	13,014
Lewis	14,115	32.46%	29,335	67.46%	35	0.08%	-15,220	-35.00%	43,485
Lincoln	1,595	23.03%	5,321	76.84%	9	0.13%	-3,726	-53.81%	6,925
Mason	16,848	47.78%	18,374	52.10%	43	0.12%	-1,526	-4.33%	35,265
Okanogan	8,382	42.01%	11,556	57.91%	16	0.08%	-3,174	-15.91%	19,954
Pacific	6,744	49.35%	6,910	50.56%	13	0.10%	-166	-1.21%	13,667
Pend Oreille	2,479	29.98%	5,776	69.84%	15	0.18%	-3,297	-39.87%	8,270
Pierce	231,143	54.89%	189,549	45.01%	388	0.09%	41,594	9.88%	421,080
San Juan	9,142	74.45%	3,121	25.42%	17	0.14%	6,021	49.03%	12,280
Skagit	35,344	53.00%	31,301	46.93%	46	0.07%	4,043	6.06%	66,691
Skamania	3,088	44.13%	3,906	55.82%	4	0.06%	-818	-11.69%	6,998
Snohomish	228,289	57.85%	165,975	42.06%	326	0.08%	62,314	15.79%	394,590
Spokane	126,979	46.17%	147,902	53.77%	166	0.06%	-20,923	-7.61%	275,047
Stevens	7,412	27.02%	19,998	72.89%	25	0.09%	-12,586	-45.88%	27,435
Thurston	93,958	59.56%	63,658	40.35%	142	0.09%	30,300	19.21%	157,758
Wahkiakum	1,191	40.82%	1,724	59.08%	3	0.10%	-533	-18.27%	2,918
Walla Walla	12,705	44.47%	15,850	55.48%	13	0.05%	-3,145	-11.01%	28,568
Whatcom	81,199	61.42%	50,924	38.52%	75	0.06%	30,275	22.90%	132,198
Whitman	10,113	52.54%	9,121	47.38%	16	0.08%	992	5.15%	19,250
Yakima	36,070	42.16%	49,309	57.64%	169	0.20%	-13,239	-15.48%	85,548
Totals	2,170,306	57.99%	1,568,750	41.92%	3,262	0.09%	601,556	16.07%	3,742,318

Swing by county

Legend

•   Democratic — +2.5–5%
•   Democratic — +0–2.5%
•   Republican — +0–2.5%
•   Republican — +2.5–5%
•   Republican — +5–7.5%
•   Republican — +10-12.5%

Trend relative to the state by county

Legend

•   Democratic — +2.5–5%
•   Democratic — +0–2.5%
•   Republican — +0–2.5%
•   Republican — +2.5–5%
•   Republican — +5–7.5%
•   Republican — +10-12.5%

By congressional district

McCarthy won seven of ten congressional districts, with the remaining three going to Hawkins, including one that elected a Democrat. ^[8]

District	McCarthy	Hawkins	Representative
1st	62%	38%	Suzan DelBene
2nd	60%	39%	Rick Larsen
3rd	48%	52%	Marie Gluesenkamp Perez
4th	39%	61%	Dan Newhouse
5th	43%	57%	Cathy McMorris Rodgers (118th Congress)
			Michael Baumgartner (119th Congress)
6th	59%	41%	Derek Kilmer (118th Congress)
			Emily Randall (119th Congress)
7th	86%	13%	Pramila Jayapal
8th	51%	49%	Kim Schrier
9th	70%	30%	Adam Smith
10th	59%	41%	Marilyn Strickland

Notes

1. Key:
   A – all adults
   RV – registered voters
   LV – likely voters
   V – unclear

Partisan clients

1. Poll sponsored by the Northwest Progressive Institute

References

1. Deng, Grace (November 6, 2024). "Democratic incumbents sweep Washington's down ballot races". Washington State Standard. Retrieved November 7, 2024.
2. "2024 State Primary Election Dates". www.ncsl.org. Retrieved May 10, 2024.
3. Villeneuve, Andrew (July 10, 2023). "Here's who's running for statewide executive office so far in Washington next year". NPI's Cascadia Advocate. Retrieved May 10, 2024.
4. "PRIMARY 2024 Candidate List". voter.votewa.gov. Retrieved May 9, 2024.
5. Hobbs, Steve (August 22, 2024). "Canvass of the Returns of the Primary Held on August 6, 2024" (PDF). Secretary of State of Washington . Archived (PDF) from the original on July 6, 2025. Retrieved July 15, 2025.
6. Hobbs, Steve (December 4, 2024). "Canvass of the Returns of the General Election Held on November 5, 2024" (PDF). Secretary of State of Washington . Archived (PDF) from the original on July 4, 2025. Retrieved July 14, 2025.
7. Hobbs, Steve (November 5, 2024). "State Auditor - County Results". Secretary of State of Washington . Archived from the original on May 29, 2025. Retrieved July 23, 2025.
8. "2024Gen Results by Congressional District" (PDF). sos.wa.gov. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 28, 2024.