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The Bill was re-introduced in 2009, passed, and was signed into law. [5] In 2005, Toby Nixon, a Republican member of the Washington State House of Representatives, started a campaign to implement the Schulze method for the election of the governor of Washington. This campaign ended when Nixon left office after a failed 2006 campaign for the ...
2008 United States presidential election in Washington (state) 2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Washington; 2008 Washington gubernatorial election; Washington attorney general election, 2008; Washington secretary of state election, 2008; Washington State local elections, 2008
The Washington State Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Washington. It is a bicameral body, composed of the lower Washington House of Representatives , composed of 98 Representatives, and the upper Washington State Senate , with 49 Senators plus the Lieutenant Governor acting as president. [ 1 ]
The top two finishers, incumbent governor Jay Inslee (Democratic) [1] and Port of Seattle Commissioner Bill Bryant (Republican), moved on to the November general election, which Inslee won. As of 2024, this was the last gubernatorial election in Washington in which the margin of victory was within single digits.
2012 United States Senate election in Washington [3] [4] Primary election Party Candidate Votes % Democratic: Maria Cantwell (incumbent) 626,360 55.42 Republican: Michael Baumgartner: 344,729 30.50 Republican: Art Coday 59,255 5.24 Democratic: Timothy Wilson 26,850 2.38 Republican: Chuck Jackson 21,870 1.94 Republican: Glenn R. Stockwell 21,731 ...
[11] [12] [13] Incumbent Governor Jay Inslee, who previously served in the U.S. House, was first elected to the governorship in the 2012 election and won reelection in 2016. When Inslee announced his candidacy for president, several political figures expressed interest in running for Governor if Inslee won the Democratic primaries .
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The 2012 Washington gubernatorial election took place on November 6, 2012. [1] Candidates in the election were chosen in an August 7, 2012 [2] primary election, under the state's nonpartisan blanket primary system, which allows voters to vote for any candidate running in the race, regardless of party affiliation. The two candidates who received ...