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1912 Washington gubernatorial election Washington Presidential no 1908 Washington gubernatorial election 1908 1916 Washington gubernatorial election 1916 November 5, 1912 File:Ernest Lister LCCN2014687323 retouched.jpg 150x150px Ernest Lister Democratic Party (United States) 97,251 30.55% File:Marion E. Hay (1912).jpg Marion E. Hay Republican Party (United States) 96,629 30.35% 3x4.svg Robert T. Hodge Progressive 77,792 24.44% File:AnnaAMaley.jpg Anna A. Maley Socialist Party USA 37,155 11.67% File:1912 Washington gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 275px County resultsLister: #bdd3ff 30–40% #a5b0ff 40–50%Hay: #ffe0ea 20–30% #ffc8cd 30–40% #ffb2b2 40–50%Hodge: #c7ffaf 30–40% Governor Marion E. Hay Republican Party (United States) Ernest Lister Democratic Party (United States)
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.Skelley Geoffrey 2021-09-13 Everything You Need To Know About The California Recall Election https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-california-recall-election/ https://web.archive.org/web/20210913134424/https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-california-recall-election/ dead September 13, 2021 2021-09-24 FiveThirtyEight en-US This was the first election in Washington in which women had the right to vote.
Primary election
Primary elections were held on September 10, 1912.Elections Search Results: September 1912 Primary https://www.sos.wa.gov/elections/results_report.aspx?e=124&c=&c2=&t=&t2=&p=&p2=&y= Washington Secretary of State July 31, 2020
Republican party
Candidates
Marion E. Hay, incumbent Governor
Orville Billings
Results
Republican primary results
Marion E. Hay (incumbent) Republican Party (United States) 69,005 76.93%
Orville Billings Republican Party (United States) 20,689 23.07%
89,694 100.00%
Democratic party
Candidates
W. W. Black
Ernest Lister, former member of the Tacoma City Council
Hugh C. Todd
E. C. Million
M. M. Godman
William Henry Dunphy
L. F. Chester
Results
Democratic primary results, first choiceAbstract of Votes Polled in the State of Washington at the Primary Election Held September 10, 1912 For Governor Washington Secretary of State 9–11 Olympia, Washington
W. W. Black Democratic Party (United States) 4,451 20.01%
Ernest Lister Democratic Party (United States) 4,420 19.87%
Hugh C. Todd Democratic Party (United States) 3,448 15.50%
William Henry Dunphy Democratic Party (United States) 2,966 13.33%
E. C. Million Democratic Party (United States) 2,788 12.53%
M. M. Godman Democratic Party (United States) 2,649 11.91%
L. F. Chester Democratic Party (United States) 1,521 6.84%
22,243 100.00%
Since no candidate received more than 40% of the first choice votes, the second choice votes were counted. W. W. Black was disqualified for being a sitting judge, so the second-placed Ernest Lister was ultimately the Democratic nominee.
Democratic primary results, combinedThese are the stated combined totals; for all candidates the sum of first and second choice votes does not equal the stated combined total
W. W. Black Democratic Party (United States) 8,166 18.68%
Ernest Lister Democratic Party (United States) 7,629 17.45%
Hugh C. Todd Democratic Party (United States) 7,322 16.75%
E. C. Million Democratic Party (United States) 5,739 13.13%
M. M. Godman Democratic Party (United States) 5,517 12.62%
William Henry Dunphy Democratic Party (United States) 5,357 12.26%
L. F. Chester Democratic Party (United States) 3,980 9.11%
43,710 100.00%
General election
Candidates
Major party candidates
Ernest Lister, Democratic
Marion E. Hay, Republican
Other candidates
Robert T. Hodge, Progressive
Anna A. Maley, Socialist
George F. Stivers, Prohibition
Abraham Lincoln Brearcliff, Socialist Labor
Results
1912 Washington gubernatorial electionElections Search Results: November 1912 General https://www.sos.wa.gov/elections/results_report.aspx?e=125&c=&c2=&t=&t2=&p=&p2=&y= Washington Secretary of State July 31, 2020Abstract of Votes Polled in the State of Washington at the General Election Held November 5, 1912 For Governor Washington Secretary of State 10 Olympia, Washington
Democratic Party (United States) Ernest Lister 97,251 30.55% -2.45%
Republican Party (United States) Marion E. Hay (incumbent) 96,629 30.35% -32.21%
Bull Moose Party Progressive Robert T. Hodge 77,792 24.44%
Socialist Party of America Anna A. Maley 37,155 11.67% +9.23%
Prohibition Party George F. Stivers 8,163 2.56% +0.57%
Socialist Labor Party of America Abraham Lincoln Brearcliff 1,369 0.43%
622 0.20%
318,359 100.00%
Democratic Party (United States) Republican Party (United States) +29.75%
Results by county
CountyErnest ListerDemocraticMarion E. HayRepublicanRobert T. HodgeProgressiveAnna A. MaleySocialistGeorge F. StiversProhibitionAbraham L. BrearcliffSocialist LaborMarginTotal votes cast#%#%#%#%#%#%#%Adams97042.34%84736.97%28612.48%1386.02%431.88%70.31%1235.37%2,291Asotin50125.47%80245.57%25014.20%1277.22%764.32%40.23%-301-17.10%1,760Benton1,19932.34%1,48640.06%62316.81%3208.63%581.56%210.57%-287-7.74%3,707Chehalis1,90721.69%3,64441.44%1,33615.19%1,73519.73%1411.60%310.35%-1,737-19.75%8,794Chelan1,03720.28%1,80235.24%1,48028.94%63412.40%1402.74%210.41%-322"HayHodge" Hay's margin over Hodge-6.30%5,114Clallam42216.78%78131.05%67026.64%61724.53%170.68%80.32%-111"HayHodge"-4.41%2,515Clark2,43431.48%2,53232.74%1,32617.15%95112.30%4666.03%240.31%-98-1.27%7,733Columbia98639.05%83032.87%51320.32%1485.86%461.82%20.08%1566.18%2,525Cowlitz80321.04%1,35235.42%1,10328.90%50113.13%531.39%50.13%-249"HayHodge"-6.52%3,817Douglas1,35243.66%83727.03%55017.76%2909.36%611.97%70.23%51516.63%3,097Ferry53832.20%57734.53%25115.02%26916.10%100.60%261.56%-39-2.33%1,671Franklin50829.18%71741.18%20611.83%27015.51%321.84%80.46%-209-12.00%1,741Garfield47330.92%36924.12%58538.24%714.64%312.03%10.07%-112"HodgeLister" Hodge's margin over Lister-7.32%1,530Grant72027.94%90635.16%53320.68%37214.44%381.47%80.31%-186-7.22%2,577Island27217.63%44328.71%43528.19%32621.13%664.28%10.06%-8"HayHodge"-0.52%1,543Jefferson60226.57%89339.41%48521.40%27312.05%60.26%70.31%-291-12.84%2,266King26,24337.07%18,92726.74%18,72726.45%5,5947.90%8251.17%4760.67%7,31610.33%70,792Kitsap1,03117.39%1,82030.70%1,57226.51%1,39123.46%761.28%390.66%-248"HayHodge"-4.19%5,929Kittitas1,58031.29%1,42228.16%1,50529.80%4118.14%1142.26%180.36%75"ListerHodge" Lister's margin over Hodge1.49%5,050Klickitat91727.49%1,56546.91%42412.71%33410.01%852.55%110.33%-648-19.42%3,336Lewis2,87929.69%3,12732.25%1,68317.36%1,66717.19%3173.27%240.25%-248-2.56%9,697Lincoln1,73336.72%1,70436.10%96320.40%2294.85%771.63%140.30%290.61%4,720Mason57031.77%48326.92%34919.45%37420.85%130.72%50.28%874.85%1,794Okanogan1,19628.42%1,57737.48%51612.26%87420.77%280.67%170.40%-381-9.05%4,208Pacific90422.56%1,75543.80%91622.86%3478.66%781.95%70.17%-839"HayHodge"-20.94%4,007Pend Oreille64131.48%77838.21%28614.05%30214.83%261.28%30.15%-137-6.73%2,036Pierce10,72434.00%6,97222.10%9,51430.16%3,50611.11%7112.25%1180.37%1,210"ListerHodge"3.84%31,545San Juan26922.32%41434.36%28523.65%21718.01%151.24%50.41%-129"HayHodge"-10.71%1,205Skagit2.09022.91%2,57928.27%2,38926.19%1,64218.00%3694.05%530.58%-190"HayHodge"-2.08%9,122Skamania23028.29%34342.19%14718.08%8310.21%70.86%30.37%-113-13.90%813Snohomish3,59719.09%3,67719.52%6,93036.79%3,84720.42%7003.72%880.47%-3,083Hodge's margin over Maley; Maley ran ahead of both Lister and Hay in this county-16.37%18,839Spokane10,57630.54%11,79234.05%9,38727.11%2,0475.91%7042.03%1220.35%-1,216-3.51%34,628Stevens1,87331.82%1,54726.28%1,22720.85%97116.50%2454.16%230.39%3265.54%5,886Thurston1,63425.88%1,97431.26%1,39722.13%1,13818.02%1602.53%110.17%-340-5.38%6,314Wahkiakum13415.65%37443.69%22826.64%10712.50%101.17%30.35%-146"HayHodge"-17.05%856Walla Walla3,38645.21%2,35531.44%1,30917.48%3134.18%1151.54%120.16%1,03113.77%7,490Whatcom2,78518.83%4,57630.93%4,01427.13%2,92419.76%4202.84%750.51%-562"HayHodge"-3.80%14,794Whitman3,51936.19%3,48135.80%1,03410.63%5745.90%1,09911.30%160.16%380.39%9,723Yakima4,01631.29%4,56935.60%2,29717.90%1,2219.51%6855.34%450.35%-553-4.31%12,833Totals97,25130.55%96,62930.35%77,792The county figures add up to 77,73124.44%37,15511.67%8,1632.56%1,3690.43%6220.20%318,359
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
Adams
Columbia
Douglas
King
Kittitas
Lincoln
Mason
Pierce
Stevens
Walla Walla
Whitman
Counties that flipped from Republican to Progressive
Garfield
Snohomish
Notes
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