1912 Washington gubernatorial election

1912 Washington gubernatorial election

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Nominee Ernest Lister Marion E. Hay
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 97,251 96,629
Percentage 30.55% 30.35%

 
Nominee Robert T. Hodge Anna A. Maley
Party Progressive Socialist
Popular vote 77,792 37,155
Percentage 24.44% 11.67%

County results
Lister:      30–40%      40–50%
Hay:      20–30%      30–40%      40–50%
Hodge:      30–40%

Governor before election

Marion E. Hay
Republican

Elected Governor

Ernest Lister
Democratic

The 1912 Washington gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 1912. Democratic nominee Ernest Lister defeated Republican incumbent Marion E. Hay with 30.55% of the vote. Lister was voted in with the smallest percentage of the vote in a gubernatorial election in the 1900s.[1] This was the first election in Washington in which women had the right to vote.

  1. ^ Skelley, Geoffrey (September 13, 2021). "Everything You Need To Know About The California Recall Election". FiveThirtyEight. Retrieved September 24, 2021.