Ferguson leads Dunn for attorney general


August 7, 2012 · Updated 9:14 PM 

In the race for Washington state attorney general, Democrat Bob Ferguson has an 8-point lead on his Republican opponent Reagan Dunn.

With 248,710 votes counted in the race so far, Ferguson has taken 48.9 percent of the vote.

Dunn is following behind with 40.1 percent, or 204,067 votes.

The only other candidate in the race, Republican Stephen Pidgeon, has 10.8 percent with 55,175 votes.

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