United States Senate election in Washington, 2012

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1,855,493 1,213,924 Start date November 6, 2012		60.5% 39.6%

Turnout 64.1% (voting eligible) Cantwell 40-50% 50-60% 60-70% 70-80% Baumgartner 40-50% 50-60% 60-70% Winner Maria Cantwell

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 in a landslide.

Background

Maria Cantwell won re-election to serve a second term with 56.85% of the vote against Mike McGavick in the 2006 Washingtonian U.S. senatorial election.

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)

Candidates

Maria Cantwell (Democratic), incumbent U.S. Senator

Michael Baumgartner (Republican), State Senator

Debates

Complete video of debate, C-SPAN, October 12, 2012

References

United States Senate election in Washington, 2012 Wikipedia

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