2016 Washington Superintendent of Public Instruction election

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2016 Washington Superintendent of Public Instruction election

 2012
November 8, 2016 (2016-11-08)
2020 
 
Nominee Chris Reykdal Erin Jones
Party Independent Independent
Popular vote 1,337,547 1,309,896
Percentage 50.52% 49.48%

Reykdal:      50–60%
Jones:      50–60%

Superintendent of Public Instruction before election

Randy Dorn
Independent

Elected Superintendent of Public Instruction

Chris Reykdal
Independent

The 2016 Washington Superintendent of Public Instruction election was held on November 8, 2016, to elect the superintendent of public instruction of Washington, concurrently with the 2016 U.S. presidential election, as well as elections to the U.S. Senate and various state and local elections, including for U.S. House and governor of Washington. Incumbent Superintendent of Public Instruction Randy Dorn retired.[1] State Representative Chris Reykdal defeated educator Erin Jones to succeed Dorn.[2] While the race was officially non-partisan, both Reykdal and Jones identified as Democrats.[3]

Incumbent Superintendent of Public Instruction Randy Dorn, first elected in 2008 with 52% of the vote and re-elected in 2012 unopposed, retired.[1]

Primary election

Washington is one of two states that holds a top-two primary, meaning all candidates are listed on the same ballot regardless of party affiliation, and the top two advance to the general election.

Candidates

Advanced to general

Eliminated in primary

  • John Patterson Blair, perennial candidate and former high school teacher[6]
  • Robin Fleming, educator[7]
  • Ron Higgins, substitute teacher and retired engineer[7]
  • KumRoon Maksirisombat, educator[8]
  • Grazyna Prouty[6]
  • Al Runte[6]
  • David Spring, educator[9]

Declined

Endorsements

Erin Jones

Results

County results
  Jones
  •   20–30%
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
  Reykdal
  •   20–30%
  •   40–50%
  Higgins
  •   20–30%
  •   30–40%
  Fleming
  •   20–30%
Congressional district results
  Jones
  •   30–40%
  •   50–60%
  Reykdal
  •   20–30%
  •   30–40%
  Higgins
  •   20–30%
  •   30–40%
Blanket primary election results[11]
Party Candidate Votes %
Nonpartisan Erin Jones 295,330 25.76
Nonpartisan Chris Reykdal 240,194 20.95
Nonpartisan Ron Higgins 190,886 16.65
Nonpartisan Robin Fleming 154,991 13.52
Nonpartisan David Spring 97,702 8.52
Nonpartisan John Patterson Blair 64,064 5.59
Nonpartisan KumRoon Maksirisombat 43,491 3.79
Nonpartisan Al Runte 37,386 3.26
Nonpartisan Grazyna Prouty 22,265 1.94
Total votes 1,146,309 100.00

General election

References

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