2024 Washington State Auditor election

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2024 Washington State Auditor election
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  2020 November 5, 20242028 
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Nominee Pat McCarthy Matt Hawkins
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote2,170,3061,568,750
Percentage57.99%41.92%

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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.

Contents

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

Republican Party

Advanced to general

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

Results

Blanket primary results by county
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McCarthy
50-60%
60-70%
70-80%
Hawkins
50-60%
60-70%
70-80% 2024 Washington State Auditor election primary.svg
Blanket primary results by county
  McCarthy
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  Hawkins
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
Blanket primary results [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Pat McCarthy (incumbent) 1,125,904 58.82%
Republican Matt Hawkins 786,529 41.09%
Write-in 1,6480.09%
Total votes1,914,081 100.0%

General election

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size [a]
Margin
of error
Pat
McCarthy (D)
Matt
Hawkins (R)
Undecided
Public Policy Polling (D) [A] July 24–25, 2024581 (LV)± 4.0%43%33%24%

Results

2024 Washington State Auditor election [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Pat McCarthy (incumbent) 2,170,306 57.99% –0.01%
Republican Matt Hawkins1,568,75041.92%
Write-in 3,2620.09%
Total votes3,742,318 100.00% N/A
Democratic hold

By county

County results
County [7] Pat McCarthy

Democratic

Matt Hawkins

Republican

Write-in

Various

MarginTotal votes
#%#%#%#%
Adams 1,39627.12%3,74272.69%100.19%-2,346-45.57%5,148
Asotin 4,02836.76%6,91863.13%120.11%-2,890-26.37%10,958
Benton 36,91638.18%59,70661.75%740.08%-22,790-23.57%96,696
Chelan 17,09942.56%23,04357.35%370.09%-5,944-14.79%40,179
Clallam 24,85053.22%21,80546.70%390.08%3,0456.52%46,694
Clark 138,98153.05%122,71346.84%3110.12%16,2686.21%262,005
Columbia 64327.10%1,72772.78%30.13%-1,084-45.68%2,373
Cowlitz 22,73339.94%34,14159.99%400.07%-11,408-20.04%56,914
Douglas 7,02234.51%13,31065.42%150.07%-6,288-30.90%20,347
Ferry 1,28232.31%2,68567.67%10.03%-1,403-35.36%3,968
Franklin 11,84738.51%18,90161.43%190.06%-7,054-22.93%30,767
Garfield 30723.44%1,00376.56%00.00%-696-53.13%1,310
Grant 10,49330.22%24,21769.74%170.05%-13,724-39.52%34,727
Grays Harbor 16,87846.70%19,22853.21%330.09%-2,350-6.50%36,139
Island 28,36256.32%21,93843.56%600.12%6,42412.76%50,360
Jefferson 17,28671.91%6,74228.05%100.04%10,54443.86%24,038
King 798,89474.44%273,37025.47%8980.08%525,52448.97%1,073,162
Kitsap 88,51258.82%61,84841.10%1240.08%26,66417.72%150,484
Kittitas 10,20440.64%14,87759.25%270.11%-4,673-18.61%25,108
Klickitat 5,77744.39%7,22655.52%110.08%-1,448-11.13%13,014
Lewis 14,11532.46%29,33567.46%350.08%-15,220-35.00%43,485
Lincoln 1,59523.03%5,32176.84%90.13%-3,726-53.81%6,925
Mason 16,84847.78%18,37452.10%430.12%-1,526-4.33%35,265
Okanogan 8,38242.01%11,55657.91%160.08%-3,174-15.91%19,954
Pacific 6,74449.35%6,91050.56%130.10%-166-1.21%13,667
Pend Oreille 2,47929.98%5,77669.84%150.18%-3,297-39.87%8,270
Pierce 231,14354.89%189,54945.01%3880.09%41,5949.88%421,080
San Juan 9,14274.45%3,12125.42%170.14%6,02149.03%12,280
Skagit 35,34453.00%31,30146.93%460.07%4,0436.06%66,691
Skamania 3,08844.13%3,90655.82%40.06%-818-11.69%6,998
Snohomish 228,28957.85%165,97542.06%3260.08%62,31415.79%394,590
Spokane 126,97946.17%147,90253.77%1660.06%-20,923-7.61%275,047
Stevens 7,41227.02%19,99872.89%250.09%-12,586-45.88%27,435
Thurston 93,95859.56%63,65840.35%1420.09%30,30019.21%157,758
Wahkiakum 1,19140.82%1,72459.08%30.10%-533-18.27%2,918
Walla Walla 12,70544.47%15,85055.48%130.05%-3,145-11.01%28,568
Whatcom 81,19961.42%50,92438.52%750.06%30,27522.90%132,198
Whitman 10,11352.54%9,12147.38%160.08%9925.15%19,250
Yakima 36,07042.16%49,30957.64%1690.20%-13,239-15.48%85,548
Totals2,170,30657.99%1,568,75041.92%3,2620.09%601,55616.07%3,742,318

By congressional district

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

DistrictMcCarthyHawkinsRepresentative
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.