Heritage Flight Museum, and James Watkins, who unsuccessfully ran in the 1st district in 2010, had planned to run as Republicans, but ended their campaigns in January 2012. Larry Ishmael, a former member of the Issaquah School Board who unsuccessfully challenged Inslee as the Republican nominee in 2006 and as a Republican in 2008, ran as an independent candidate. General Election Polling Results Special Election Results On 20 March 2012, then Representative Jay Inslee resigned his seat in the House of Representatives to run for Governor. A Special Election was held at the same time as the General Election for a Representative to serve out the remainder of Inslee's term in the 112th Congress. The winner of the Special Election, Suzan DelBene, assumed the seat on 13 November 2012. External links Darcy Burner campaign website Suzan DelBene campaign website Steve Hobbs campaign website Larry Ishmael campaign website John Koster campaign website Darshan Rauniyar campaign website Laura Ruderman campaign website District 2 Democrat Rick Larsen, who represented the 2nd district since 2001, ran for re-election. John C. W. Shoop, a United States Marine, combat veteran and survival instructor; Eli Olson; and Dan Matthews, an Air Force veteran and pilot ran as Republicans. Republicans Greg Anders, the director of the Bellingham Heritage Flight Museum; and John Koster, a member of the Snohomish County Council and unsuccessful candidate for the 2nd district in 2010, had both planned to run in the 2nd district; however, as a result of redistricting, both instead ran in the 1st district. Other candidates included independent Glen S. Johnson and Mike Lapointe of the 99% Party. In the December 2011 redistricting proposal, the 2nd district was made more favorable to Democrats. General Election Results External links Mike LaPointe campaign website Rick Larsen campaign website Dan Matthews campaign website John C.W. Shoop campaign website Eli Olson campaign website District 3 Republican Jaime Herrera Beutler, who represented the 3rd district since January 2011, ran for re-election and won. Jon Haugen, a commercial pilot for Delta Air Lines, ran as a Democrat to challenge Herrera Beutler. Elizabeth Uelmen, a middle school associate principal, had also planned to run as a Democrat but dropped out of the race in April 2012. Tim Leavitt, the mayor of Vancouver, and Steve Stuart, a Clark County Commissioner; both of whom had considered running as Democrats, did not run. General Election Results External links Jaime Herrera Beutler