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2012 Washington Attorney General election
	Ferguson: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90%; Dunn: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90%; Tie: 50% No votes
Attorney General before election; Rob McKenna; Republican	Elected Attorney General ; Bob Ferguson; Democratic

The 2012 Washington Attorney General election was held on November 6, 2012, concurrently with the other statewide elections and the gubernatorial election. Incumbent Republican State Attorney General Rob McKenna retired to run for governor. Democratic King County Councilmember Bob Ferguson won the general election over Republican King County Councilmember Reagan Dunn.

Primary election

Primary election results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bob Ferguson	685,346	51.68
	Republican	Reagan Dunn	506,524	38.20
	Republican	Stephen Pidgeon	134,185	10.12
Total votes			1,326,055	100.00

Graphical summary

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Reagan Dunn (R)	Bob Ferguson (D)	Undecided
Washington Poll^[4]	October 18–31, 2012	632 (LV)	± 3.9%	34%	45%	21%
Elway Research^[5]	October 18–21, 2012	451 (RV)	± 4.5%	36%	38%	25%
Elway Research^[6]	September 9–12, 2012	405 (RV)	± 5.0%	27%	40%	33%
SurveyUSA^[7]	September 7–9, 2012	524 (RV)	± 4.4%	33%	42%	24%
Elway Research^[8]	June 13–16, 2012	408 (RV)	± 5.0%	28%	26%	46%
Public Policy Polling (D)^[9]	February 22, 2012	1,264 (RV)	± 2.8%	34%	32%	34%
SurveyUSA^[10]	September 26, 2011	529 (RV)	± 4.3%	34%	39%	26%

General election results^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bob Ferguson	1,564,443	53.48
	Republican	Reagan Dunn	1,361,010	46.52
Total votes			2,925,453	100.00
	Democratic gain from Republican

Ferguson won 6 of 10 congressional districts.^[12]

District	Dunn	Ferguson	Representative
1st	49%	51%	Suzan DelBene
2nd	43%	57%	Rick Larsen
3rd	53%	47%	Jaime Herrera Beutler
4th	65%	35%	Doc Hastings
5th	58%	42%	Cathy McMorris Rodgers
6th	45%	55%	Norm Dicks
6th	45%	55%	Derek Kilmer
7th	23%	77%	Jim McDermott
8th	54%	46%	Dave Reichert
9th	36%	64%	Adam Smith
10th	46%	54%	Denny Heck

^ Rosenthal, Brian M. (August 7, 2012). "AG hopeful Bob Ferguson: Primary a "dream start"". The Seattle Times. Retrieved November 27, 2012.
^ Young, Bob (October 11, 2012). "Attorney general's race: Republican Dunn carves his own path". The Seattle Times. Retrieved January 9, 2020.
^ "Snub claim a sign of discord among gay-marriage foes". February 20, 2012.
^ Washington Poll
^ Elway Research
^ Elway Research
^ SurveyUSA
^ Elway Research
^ Public Policy Polling (D)
^ SurveyUSA
^ "November 06, 2012 General Election Results: Attorney General". Washington State Secretary of State. November 27, 2012. Archived from the original on August 31, 2021. Retrieved August 25, 2016.
^ Results. sos.wa.gov (Report).