The 2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Washington were held on Tuesday, 6 November 2012, to elect the ten U.S. representatives from the state, one from each of the state's ten congressional districts, a gain of one seat following the 2010 United States census. The elections coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices, including a quadrennial presidential election, and a U.S. Senate election. The state certified the returns on 6 December 2012. Primary elections were held on 7 August 2012. Overview Summary of Votes Cast in the General Election District 1 Democrat Jay Inslee, who represented the 1st district starting in 1999, resigned 20 March 2012, to focus on his run for Governor of Washington. Republican John Koster and Democrat Suzan DelBene received the most votes in the nonpartisan blanket primary on 7 August for both the brief period of office remaining in the old 1st district and the redistricted 1st district, and faced each other in two separate ballot positions, with different boundaries, in the special election on 6 November. DelBene won both races and was sworn in to serve the remainder of Inslee's term on 13 November 2012. Running as Democrats in the primary were Darcy Burner, a former manager at Microsoft and unsuccessful candidate for the 8th district in 2006 and 2008; DelBene, a former director at the Washington State Department of Revenue, who unsuccessfully ran in the 8th district in 2010; state Senator Steve Hobbs; Darshan Rauniyar, a businessman and political activist; and former state Representative Laura Ruderman,. Democratic state Representative Roger Goodman had also planned to run, but dropped out of the race in April 2012. Dennis Kucinich, a Democrat who represented Ohio's 10th congressional district since 1997, had considered running in this district; however, he decided to seek re-election in Ohio following the passage of the redistricting plan in that state in September 2011. Tax attorney Andrew Hughes and state representative Marko Liias had planned to run in the 1st district; however, both ended their campaigns due to redistricting. Brian Baird, who represented Washington's 3rd congressional district from 1999 until 2011, said in June 2011 he had no plans to run in the 1st district. The only Republican candidate in the two primaries was Koster, a member of the Snohomish County Council who unsuccessfully ran in the 2nd district in 2010. Greg Anders, the executive director of the Bellingham