2024 Washington State Auditor election

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 congressional district

McCarthy won seven of 10 congressional districts, with the remaining three going to Hawkins, including one that elected a Democrat. ^[7]

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. "Certification of Results" (PDF). Washington Secretary of State.
6. "Official Canvass of the Returns" (PDF). Secretary of State of Washington . Retrieved December 4, 2024.
7. 2024Gen Results by Congressional District (PDF). sos.wa.gov (Report). Archived (PDF) from the original on December 28, 2024.