Editing Rob McKenna (section)

==2012 gubernatorial election and aftermath==
{{Main|2012 Washington gubernatorial election}}

In June 2011, McKenna announced that he would run for [[Governor of Washington]]. When announcing his gubernatorial campaign, he said "We deserve a governor who will bring us a leaner, better-run state government that doesn't demand endless tax increases before it delivers results to its bosses, you the taxpayers."<ref>{{cite news| url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2015268960_mckenna09m.html | work=The Seattle Times | first=Jim | last=Brunner | title=McKenna launches campaign for governor | date=June 8, 2011}}</ref>

McKenna faced [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] nominee [[Jay Inslee]], a U.S. Representative. Polls showed a close race. Inslee defeated McKenna, winning 51% of the vote.  McKenna won 31 of 39 counties, with many of his greatest margins in Washington's most rural areas.<ref>{{cite web|last=Reed |first=Sam |title=Governor - County Results |url=http://vote.wa.gov/results/current/Governor_ByCounty.html |work=2012 Election Results |publisher=WA STATE SEC OF STATE |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120819005931/http://vote.wa.gov/results/current/Governor_ByCounty.html |archivedate=August 19, 2012 }}</ref> Inslee won 62% of the vote in King County, [[Washington (state)|Washington's]] largest, which proved decisive.<ref>{{cite news|last=Brunner|first=Jim|title=Huge Seattle advantage powered Inslee victory in governor's race|url=http://blogs.seattletimes.com/politicsnorthwest/2012/12/03/seattle-powered-inslee-victory/|newspaper=The Seattle Times|date=2012-12-03}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Reed |first=Sam |title=WA STATE GUB. ELECTION |url=http://vote.wa.gov/results/current/Governor.html |work=2012 Election Results |publisher=WA STATE SEC OF STATE |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121112204038/http://vote.wa.gov/RESULTS/CURRENT/Governor.html |archivedate=November 12, 2012 }}</ref>

=== Activities since 2012 ===
During the [[2016 United States presidential election]], McKenna criticized [[Donald Trump]] and stated in July 2016 that he would not vote for Trump.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Radil |first=Amy |date=2018-10-24 |title=WA Republican: 'My party may not always be right' |url=https://www.kuow.org/stories/wa-republican-my-party-may-not-always-be-right |access-date=2023-04-27 |website=www.kuow.org |language=en}}</ref> In 2021, McKenna joined a lawsuit seeking to invalidate the state's capital gains tax.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-05-20 |title=Former Washington attorney general sues, arguing new capital gains tax is an illegal income tax |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/former-attorney-general-rob-mckenna-joins-lawsuit-seeking-to-invalidate-capital-gains-tax/ |access-date=2023-04-27 |website=The Seattle Times |language=en-US}}</ref>