2012 United States Senate election in Washington
The 2012 United States Senate election in Washington took place on November 6, 2012, concurrently with the 2012 U.S. presidential election as well as other elections to the United States Senate and House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell won re-election to a third term by a significant margin, outperforming President Barack Obama's margin in the concurrent presidential election by 6%.
Image: Maria Cantwell, official portrait, 110th Congress 2 (cropped)
Image: Michael Baumgartner crop (cropped)
Maria Ellen Cantwell is an American politician and former businesswoman serving as the junior United States senator from Washington since 2001. A member of the Democratic Party, she served in the Washington House of Representatives from 1987 to 1993, and in the United States House of Representatives from Washington's 1st congressional district from 1993 to 1995.
Official portrait, 2018
Cantwell (seated in the middle of the couch) with other female Senators of the 110th Congress, which served from 2007 until 2009.
Cantwell responding to a question at a press conference in 2019.
Cantwell speaks during the second day of the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado.
