Ballotpedia's 2012 General Election Review Articles: Washington Congressional Seats
December 4, 2012
By Ballotpedia's Congressional team
MADISON, Wisconsin: Washington had 10 U.S. House seats on the ballot in 2012. Seven total incumbents sought re-election on November 6, 2012, and all of them were successfully re-elected.
As a result of the election, Democrats gained one seat in Washington, the newly created 10th District. None of the original nine seats saw a party switch occur.
Here are the candidates who won election from Washington.
| District | General Election Candidates | Incumbent | 2012 Winner | Partisan Switch? |
| 1st |  Suzan DelBene John Koster |
Jay Inslee | Suzan DelBene |
No |
| 2nd | Rick Larsen Dan Matthews |
Rick Larsen | Rick Larsen |
No |
| 3rd | Jon T. Haugen Jaime Herrera Beutler |
Jaime Herrera Beutler | Jaime Herrera Beutler |
No |
| 4th | Mary Baechler Doc Hastings |
Doc Hastings | Doc Hastings |
No |
| 5th | Rich Cowan Cathy McMorris Rodgers |
Cathy McMorris Rodgers | Cathy McMorris Rodgers |
No |
| 6th | Derek Kilmer Bill Driscoll |
Norm Dicks | Derek Kilmer |
No |
| 7th | Jim McDermott Ron Bemis |
Jim McDermott | Jim McDermott |
No |
| 8th | Karen Porterfield Dave Reichert |
Dave Reichert | Dave Reichert |
No |
| 9th | Adam Smith James Postma |
Adam Smith | Adam Smith |
No |
| 10th | Denny Heck Richard Muri |
N/A | Denny Heck |
N/A |
| Members of the U.S. House from Washington -- Partisan Breakdown | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | As of November 2012 | After the 2012 Election | |
| Democratic Party | 5 | 6 | |
| Republican Party | 4 | 4 | |
| Total | 9 | 10 | |
National picture
Both chambers of the United States Congress remain split after the November 6, 2012 election. Democrats increased their majority in the U.S. Senate while cutting into the Republicans majority in the U.S. House. Of the 435 candidates who won election to the U.S. House, 85 of them were challengers, which represents 19.5 percent of U.S. House members. Of those 85, 50 are Democratic and 35 are Republican. A total of 27 incumbents were defeated -- 10 Democratic and 17 Republican.
| 2012 United States House General Election Results | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Total Winners | Incumbent Winners | Defeated Incumbents | Incumbent Re-Election Rate** | Non-Incumbent Winners |
| Democratic | 201 | 151 | 10 | 93.8% | 50 |
| Republican | 234 | 198 | 17 | 92.1% | 35 |
| TOTALS | 435 | 349 | 27 | 92.8% | 85 |
| **Note: The incumbent re-election rate is calculated by dividing the total incumbents winners by the total incumbents who appeared on the general election ballot. | |||||
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See also
- Ballotpedia:2012 general election preview articles
- November 6, 2012 election results
- United States Congressional election results, 2012
- United States House of Representatives elections in Washington, 2012
- Washington's 1st Congressional District elections, 2012
- Washington's 2nd Congressional District elections, 2012
- Washington's 3rd Congressional District elections, 2012
- Washington's 4th Congressional District elections, 2012
- Washington's 5th Congressional District elections, 2012
- Washington's 6th Congressional District elections, 2012
- Washington's 7th Congressional District elections, 2012
- Washington's 8th Congressional District elections, 2012
- Washington's 9th Congressional District elections, 2012
- Washington's 10th Congressional District elections, 2012
- Washington elections, 2012
- National contested primary average during the 2012 U.S. congressional elections
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