u 2012 Washington Primary

State Representative, Pos. 1, Legislative District 03

About this race

This is an open race for the seat being vacated by state Rep. Andy Billig, who decided to seek retiring Senate Majority Leader Lisa Brown’s seat rather than run for another term in the state House.

Legislators are paid $42,106 annually, plus healthcare benefits. House terms are two years.

Last updated: Aug. 10, midnight Election results

Candidate	Votes	Pct
Marcus Riccelli (D)	5,891	27.70%
Tim Benn (R)	4,512	21.21%
Jon Snyder (D)	4,086	19.21%
Bob Apple (D)	3,947	18.56%
Morgan Oyler (R)	2,834	13.32%

About the results: Primary elections in the state of Washington utilize a “Top 2” election system. The two candidates who receive the most votes in the Primary advance to the General Election, regardless of their party preference. Both “winning” candidates (and uncontested candidates) for a given race are denoted with green checkmark

in the Spokesman-Review Election Center results. (Judicial races are an exception to this rule; see below.)

Supreme Court races: As per Washington election law, a judicial candidate who receives more than half of the votes in a primary election wins the seat and does not have to run in the November general election. A judicial race between only two candidates will therefore decide that race. If a candidate in a race of three or more people wins with over 50% of the vote, they will win the seat; otherwise, the top two candidates will advance to the November general election.