1912 Washington gubernatorial election
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County results Lister: 30–40% 40–50% Hay: 20–30% 30–40% 40–50% Hodge: 30–40% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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. This was the first election in Washington in which women had the right to vote.