The 2012 United States Senate election in Washington took place on November 6, 2012, concurrently with the 2012 U.S. presidential election as well as other elections to the United States Senate and House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell won re-election to a third term by a significant margin, outperforming President Barack Obama's margin in the concurrent presidential election by 6%.
Background
Maria Cantwell won re-election to serve a second term with 56.81% of the vote against Mike McGavick in the 2006 Washingtonian U.S. senatorial election.
Top-two primary election
Candidates
Democratic
Maria Cantwell, incumbent U.S. Senator
Timothy Wilson
Republican
Michael Baumgartner, state senator
Art Coday, physician
Chuck Jackson, merchant mariner
Glen R. Stockwell, president of Washington State Economic Development Corporation Mike the Mover, perennial candidate
Declined
Bill Bryant, Port of Seattle Commission President
Clint Didier, former NFL football player (endorsed Coday) Doc Hastings, U.S. Representative Jaime Herrera Beutler, U.S. Representative John Koster, Snohomish County Councilman and candidate for the 2nd congressional district in 2010 (running for the U.S. House) Cathy McMorris Rodgers, U.S. Representative Dave Reichert, U.S. Representative Phillip Yin, Hong Kong-based anchor for Bloomberg Television
Others
Will Baker (Reform Party)
Results
General election
Candidates
Maria Cantwell (Democratic), incumbent U.S. Senator
Michael Baumgartner (Republican), state senator
Debates
Complete video of debate, October 12, 2012 - C-SPAN
Fundraising
Top contributors
Top industries
Predictions
Polling
Aggregate polls
Endorsements
Results
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
Yakima (Largest city: Yakima)
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
Asotin (Largest city: Clarkston) Spokane (Largest city: Spokane) Whitman (Largest city: Pullman)
By congressional district
Cantwell won 8 of 10 congressional districts, including two that elected Republicans.
See also
2012 United States Senate elections
2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Washington
2012 United States presidential election in Washington
2012 Washington gubernatorial election
Notes
References
External links
Elections & Voting at the Washington Secretary of State office
Campaign contributions at OpenSecrets.org
Outside spending at Sunlight Foundation
Candidate issue positions at On the Issues
Official campaign websites (Archived) Maria Cantwell Michael Baumgartner Art Coday