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Date Type Results
Nov 05, 2024 General Election
 Runoff Place 1 Winner
0
0.00%
 Runoff Place 2 Winner
0
0.00%
Aug 06, 2024 Primary Election
 A. L. Brown
0
0.00%
 Rosetta Marshall-Williams
0
0.00%
 Jennifer Hoover
0
0.00%
 Alex Tsimerman
0
0.00%
 Bill Hirt
0
0.00%
 Brad Mjelde
0
0.00%
 Frank Dare
0
0.00%
  Brian Bogen
0
0.00%
 Jeff Curry
0
0.00%
 Ricardo "Ricky" Anthony
0
0.00%
 Fred Grant
0
0.00%
 Michael DePaula
0
0.00%
 Cassondra Magdalene Hanson
0
0.00%
  Martin L. "Iceman" Wheeler
0
0.00%
 Bob Ferguson
0
0.00%
 Donovan L. "Don" Rivers
0
0.00%
 Alan Makayev
0
0.00%
 Jim Clark
0
0.00%
 Leon Aaron Lawson
0
0.00%
  EL'ona Kearney
0
0.00%
 Chaytan Inman
0
0.00%
 Andre Stackhouse
0
0.00%
 James C. Daniel
0
0.00%
 Edward Cale IV
0
0.00%
 William Combs
0
0.00%
  Dave Reichert
0
0.00%
 Semi Bird
0
0.00%
 Mark Mullet
0
0.00%
Nov 03, 2020 General Election
 Jay Inslee(I)
2,294,243
56.56%
 Loren Culp
1,749,066
43.12%
  Write-In (W)
13,145
0.32%
Aug 04, 2020 Primary Election
 Jay Inslee(I)
1,247,916
50.14%
 Loren Culp
433,238
17.41%
 Joshua Daniel Freed
222,553
8.94%
 Tim Eyman
159,495
6.41%
 Raul Garcia
135,045
5.43%
 Phil Fortunato
99,265
3.99%
 Donovan L. "Don" Rivers
25,601
1.03%
  Leon Aaron Lawson
23,073
0.93%
 Liz Hallock
21,537
0.87%
 Cairo M. D'Almeida
14,657
0.59%
 Anton Sakharov
13,935
0.56%
 Nate Herzog
11,303
0.45%
 Gene D. Hart
10,605
0.43%
  Omari Tahir-Garrett
8,751
0.35%
 Ryan Ryals
6,264
0.25%
 Henry Clay Dennison
5,970
0.24%
  Goodspaceguy
5,646
0.23%
 Richard L. Carpenter
4,962
0.20%
 Elaina J. Gonzalez
4,772
0.19%
  Matthew Murray
4,489
0.18%
 Thor Amundson
3,638
0.15%
 Bill Hirt
2,854
0.11%
 Martin L. "Iceman" Wheeler
2,686
0.11%
 Ian Gonzales
2,537
0.10%
 Joshua Wolf
2,315
0.09%
  Cregan M. Newhouse
2,291
0.09%
 Brian R. Weed
2,178
0.09%
  Write-In (W)
1,938
0.08%
 Alex Tsimerman
1,721
0.07%
 Tylor Grow
1,509
0.06%
 Dylan B. Nails
1,470
0.06%
  Craig Campbell
1,178
0.05%
 William Miller
1,148
0.05%
 Cameron M. Vessey
718
0.03%
 Winston Wilkes
702
0.03%
 David Blomstrom
519
0.02%
 David Voltz
480
0.02%
Nov 08, 2016 General Election
 Jay Inslee(I)
1,760,520
54.39%
 Bill Bryant
1,476,346
45.61%
Aug 02, 2016 Primary Election
 Jay Inslee(I)
687,412
49.30%
 Bill Bryant
534,519
38.33%
 Bill Hirt
48,382
3.47%
 Patrick O'Rourke
40,572
2.91%
 Steve Rubenstein
22,582
1.62%
 James Robert "Jimmy" Deal
14,623
1.05%
 Johnathan Dodds
14,152
1.01%
   Goodspaceguy
13,191
0.95%
 Mary Martin
10,374
0.74%
 David Blomstrom
4,512
0.32%
 Christian Pierre Joubert
4,103
0.29%
Nov 06, 2012 General Election
 Jay Inslee
1,582,802
51.54%
 Rob McKenna
1,488,245
48.46%
Aug 07, 2012 Primary Election
 Jay Inslee
664,534
47.13%
 Rob McKenna
604,872
42.90%
 Shahram Hadian
46,169
3.27%
 Robert K. Hill
45,453
3.22%
 James A. White
13,764
0.98%
 Christian Pierre Joubert
10,457
0.74%
 L. Dale Sorgen
9,734
0.69%
  Max Sampson
8,753
0.62%
 Javier Lopez
6,131
0.43%
Nov 04, 2008 General Election
 Christine Gregoire(I)
1,598,738
53.24%
 Dino Rossi
1,404,124
46.76%
Aug 19, 2008 Primary Election
 Christine Gregoire(I)
696,306
48.27%
 Dino Rossi
668,571
46.35%
 John Aiken
21,564
1.49%
 Christian Pierre Joubert
16,646
1.15%
 James A. White
10,884
0.75%
 Duff Badgley
9,702
0.67%
 Christopher Tudor
5,600
0.39%
  Will Baker
5,201
0.36%
 Javier Lopez
4,981
0.35%
 Mohammad H. Said
3,002
0.21%
Nov 02, 2004 General Election
 Christine Gregoire
1,373,361
48.87%
 Dino Rossi
1,373,232
48.87%
 Ruth E. Bennett
63,439
2.26%
Sep 14, 2004 Primary Election
 Christine Gregoire
504,018
65.62%
 Ron Sims
228,306
29.72%
 Mike the Mover
15,118
1.97%
 Donald Hansler
8,636
1.12%
 Scott Headland
6,983
0.91%
 Eugen Buculei
5,005
0.65%
Sep 14, 2004 Primary Election
 Dino Rossi
444,337
85.14%
 Bill Meyer
44,448
8.52%
 John Aiken
33,104
6.34%
Sep 14, 2004 Primary Election
 Ruth E. Bennett
7,382
56.48%
 Michael Nelson
5,687
43.52%
Nov 07, 2000 General Election
 Gary Locke(I)
1,441,973
58.38%
 John Carlson
980,060
39.68%
 Steve W. LePage
47,819
1.94%
Sep 19, 2000 Primary Election
 Gary Locke(I)
701,929
54.32%
 John Carlson
446,142
34.52%
 Steve W. LePage
22,186
1.72%
 Harold J. Hochstatter
93,467
7.23%
 Meta Heller
28,578
2.21%
Nov 05, 1996 General Election
 Gary Locke
1,296,492
57.96%
 Ellen Craswell
940,538
42.04%
Sep 17, 1996 Primary Election
 Gary Locke
287,762
23.65%
 Ellen Craswell
185,680
15.26%
 Norm Rice
212,888
17.50%
 Dale Foreman
162,615
13.37%
 Jay Inslee
118,571
9.75%
 Norm Maleng
109,088
8.97%
 Jim Waldo
63,854
5.25%
  Pam Roach
29,533
2.43%
 Nona Brazier
21,237
1.75%
 Brian Zetlen
6,152
0.51%
 Warren E. Hanson
4,886
0.40%
 Bob Tharp
4,825
0.40%
 Jeff Powers
3,742
0.31%
  Mohammad H. Said
3,007
0.25%
 Max Englerius
2,837
0.23%
Nov 03, 1992 General Election
 Michael E. "Mike" Lowry
1,184,315
52.16%
 Kenneth O. Eikenberry
1,086,216
47.84%
Sep 15, 1992 Primary Election
 Michael E. "Mike" Lowry
337,783
29.23%
 Kenneth O. Eikenberry
258,553
22.37%
 Sid Morrison
250,418
21.67%
 Dan McDonald
144,050
12.47%
 Joseph E. King
96,480
8.35%
 Sally McQuown
31,175
2.70%
 Richard "Onery Dick" Short
8,470
0.73%
  Bob Tharp
8,103
0.70%
 Wayne Madsen
7,860
0.68%
 Mike the Mover
6,645
0.58%
 Kathy Wheeler
6,068
0.53%
Nov 08, 1988 General Election
 Booth Gardner(I)
1,166,448
62.21%
 Bob Williams
708,481
37.79%
Sep 20, 1988 Primary Election
 Booth Gardner(I)
539,243
57.64%
 Bob Williams
187,797
20.07%
 Norm Maleng
139,274
14.89%
 Jeanne Dixon
31,917
3.41%
 Richard "Onery Dick" Short
14,782
1.58%
 Ted Parker Fix
9,302
0.99%
 Paul Dean Santos
7,370
0.79%
  Baba Jeanne "BJ" Mangaoang
5,818
0.62%
Nov 06, 1984 General Election
 Booth Gardner
1,006,993
53.31%
 John D. Spellman(I)
881,994
46.69%
Sep 18, 1984 Primary Election
 Booth Gardner
421,087
46.07%
 John D. Spellman(I)
239,463
26.20%
 Jim McDermott
209,435
22.91%
 John Jovanovich
23,699
2.59%
 Ted Parker Fix
11,193
1.22%
 Bob LeRoy
3,601
0.39%
 Mark A. Calney
2,851
0.31%
  Cheryll Y. Hidalgo
2,672
0.29%
Nov 04, 1980 General Election
 John D. Spellman
981,083
56.68%
 Jim McDermott
749,813
43.32%
Sep 16, 1980 Primary Election
 Jim McDermott
321,256
33.04%
 John D. Spellman
162,426
16.70%
 Dixy Lee Ray(I)
234,252
24.09%
 Duane L. Berentson
154,724
15.91%
 Bruce K. Chapman
70,875
7.29%
 Patrick Sean McGowan
7,324
0.75%
 Caroline "Hope" Diamond
4,184
0.43%
  Robert L. Baldwin
3,578
0.37%
 Mary Nell Bockman
2,833
0.29%
 Lloyd G. Isley
2,723
0.28%
 Louise A. Saluteen
2,622
0.27%
 Douglas P. Bestle
2,481
0.26%
 Rabbine Matthew Sutich
1,606
0.17%
  Jef Jaisun
1,476
0.15%
Nov 02, 1976 General Election
 Dixy Lee Ray
821,797
53.14%
 John D. Spellman
687,039
44.43%
 Art Manning
12,406
0.80%
 Thomas R. "Red" Kelly
12,400
0.80%
 Henry M. Killman
4,137
0.27%
 Maurice Willey
4,133
0.27%
 Patricia A. Bethard
3,106
0.20%
  Evelyn K. Olafson
1,364
0.09%
Sep 21, 1976 Primary Election
 Dixy Lee Ray
205,232
24.09%
 John D. Spellman
185,439
21.77%
 Wes Uhlman
198,336
23.28%
 Marvin Durning
136,290
16.00%
 Harley H. Hoppe
111,957
13.14%
 Duke Stockton
5,588
0.66%
 Emmett Watson
4,798
0.56%
  Carl D. Ricketts
2,636
0.31%
 John "Hugo N. Frye" Patric
1,654
0.19%
Nov 07, 1972 General Election
 Daniel J. Evans(I)
747,825
50.78%
 Albert Dean Rosellini
630,613
42.82%
 Vick Gould
86,843
5.90%
 Robin David
4,552
0.31%
 Henry M. Killman
2,709
0.18%
Sep 19, 1972 Primary Election
 Albert Dean Rosellini
276,121
30.27%
 Daniel J. Evans(I)
224,953
24.66%
 Martin J. Durkan, Sr.
195,931
21.48%
 Perry B. Woodall
100,372
11.00%
 Jim McDermott
99,155
10.87%
 Earl Monaghan
5,201
0.57%
 Rudolfo Valdez
4,440
0.49%
  John "Hugo N. Frye" Patric
3,343
0.37%
 Laurel Russell "Lal" Kemoe
2,567
0.28%
Nov 05, 1968 General Election
 Daniel J. Evans(I)
692,378
54.72%
 John J. O'Connell
560,262
44.28%
 Ken Chriswell
11,502
0.91%
 Henry M. Killman
1,113
0.09%
Sep 17, 1968 Primary Election
 Daniel J. Evans(I)
305,897
43.41%
 John J. O'Connell
182,969
25.96%
 Martin J. Durkan, Sr.
162,382
23.04%
 Jack E. Tanner
17,155
2.43%
 Albert Franklyn Canwell
15,982
2.27%
 Ernest T. Rhodefer
8,870
1.26%
 Allen J. Courter
6,135
0.87%
  John "Hugo N. Frye" Patric
5,328
0.76%
Nov 03, 1964 General Election
 Daniel J. Evans
697,256
55.77%
 Albert Dean Rosellini(I)
548,692
43.89%
 Henry M. Killman
4,326
0.35%
Sep 15, 1964 Primary Election
 Daniel J. Evans
323,152
39.11%
 Albert Dean Rosellini(I)
243,220
29.44%
 Richard G. Christensen
213,217
25.81%
 Jessop "Jay" McDonnell
17,262
2.09%
 Stewart W. Petersen
12,489
1.51%
 John "Hugo N. Frye" Patric
9,710
1.18%
 John Abretske
3,913
0.47%
  Lou Kessler
3,296
0.40%
Nov 08, 1960 General Election
 Albert Dean Rosellini(I)
611,987
50.34%
 Lloyd J. Andrews
594,122
48.87%
 Henry M. Killman
8,647
0.71%
 Jack W. Wright
992
0.08%
Sep 13, 1960 Primary Election
 Lloyd J. Andrews
263,897
37.38%
 Albert Dean Rosellini
244,579
34.65%
 Newman (Zeke) Clark
144,440
20.46%
 John "Hugo N. Frye" Patric
28,970
4.10%
 Bruce M. Sigman
24,031
3.40%
Nov 06, 1956 General Election
 Albert Dean Rosellini
616,773
54.63%
 Emmett T. Anderson
508,041
45.00%
 Henry M. Killman
4,163
0.37%
Sep 10, 1956 Primary Election
 Albert Dean Rosellini
236,291
31.63%
 Emmett T. Anderson
192,500
25.76%
 Earl S. Coe
140,882
18.86%
 Don Eastvold
99,020
13.25%
 Roderick Lindsay
39,072
5.23%
 Thomas C. Hall
12,304
1.65%
 Roy DeGrief
11,592
1.55%
  John C. Edwards
8,030
1.07%
 John E. Lydon
3,933
0.53%
 Ralph E. Bohnke
3,514
0.47%
Nov 04, 1952 General Election
 Arthur B. Langlie(I)
567,822
52.65%
 Hugh B. Mitchell
510,675
47.35%
Sep 09, 1952 Primary Election
 Arthur B. Langlie(I)
245,560
34.91%
 Hugh B. Mitchell
168,844
24.01%
 Albert Dean Rosellini
137,889
19.60%
 Charles W. Hodde
59,688
8.49%
 Tom Martin
48,327
6.87%
 Charles Ralls
22,221
3.16%
 John E. Lydon
20,830
2.96%
Nov 02, 1948 General Election
 Arthur B. Langlie
445,958
50.50%
 Monrad C. Wallgren(I)
417,035
47.22%
 Russell H. Fluent
19,224
2.18%
 Henry M. Killman
780
0.09%
 Daniel Roberts
144
0.02%
Sep 14, 1948 Primary Election
 Arthur B. Langlie
206,851
38.29%
 Monrad C. Wallgren(I)
165,775
30.68%
 Clarence D. Martin
89,890
16.64%
 John T. McCutcheon
28,130
5.21%
 Robert F. Waldron
16,300
3.02%
 James M. Greene
12,346
2.29%
 George J. Smith
11,730
2.17%
  Marius Rasmussen
3,068
0.57%
 Clark R. Belknap
2,925
0.54%
 Richard C. Beam
1,822
0.34%
 Laurel Russell "Lal" Kemoe
1,429
0.26%
Nov 07, 1944 General Election
 Monrad C. Wallgren
428,834
51.51%
 Arthur B. Langlie(I)
400,604
48.12%
 Allen Emerson
1,676
0.20%
 Henry E.O. Gusey
1,369
0.16%
Jul 11, 1944 Primary Election
 Arthur B. Langlie(I)
197,817
56.11%
 Monrad C. Wallgren
98,192
27.85%
 Louis A. Wasmer
47,727
13.54%
 Marius Rasmussen
5,686
1.61%
 Charles A. DeBolt
3,125
0.89%
Nov 05, 1940 General Election
 Arthur B. Langlie
392,522
50.24%
 Clarence C. Dill
386,706
49.49%
 John Brockway
1,674
0.21%
 P.J. Ater
426
0.05%
Sep 10, 1940 Primary Election
 Clarence C. Dill
186,008
34.63%
 Arthur B. Langlie
160,551
29.89%
 Clarence D. Martin(I)
114,484
21.31%
 Tom Smith
26,572
4.95%
 George H. Gannon
24,299
4.52%
 Frank Burns
12,967
2.41%
 J. Warren Kinney
6,134
1.14%
  Alexander Gabrielson
2,647
0.49%
 Marius Rasmussen
1,932
0.36%
 George Dana Linn
1,597
0.30%
Nov 03, 1936 General Election
 Clarence D. Martin(I)
466,550
69.36%
 Roland Hill Hartley
189,141
28.12%
 Ove M. Nelson
6,349
0.94%
 John F. McKay
4,221
0.63%
 William Morley Bouck
1,994
0.30%
 Malcolm M. Moore
1,947
0.29%
 Harold P. Brockway
1,939
0.29%
  Eugene V. Solie
466
0.07%
Sep 08, 1936 Primary Election
 Clarence D. Martin(I)
166,313
33.05%
 Roland Hill Hartley
59,371
11.80%
 John C. Stevenson
129,388
25.71%
 Otto A. Case
86,752
17.24%
 Walter F. Meier
23,892
4.75%
 H. G. Stevenson
13,556
2.69%
 Ralph Ashley Horr
13,023
2.59%
  A. E. Judd
3,582
0.71%
 Eugene J. A. Lord
2,356
0.47%
 John Calvin Richards
1,588
0.32%
 Erle J. Barnes
1,052
0.21%
 Frank W. Harris
888
0.18%
 Roscoe A. Seeds
752
0.15%
  James W. Bryan
684
0.14%
Nov 08, 1932 General Election
 Clarence D. Martin
352,215
57.29%
 John Arthur Gellatly
207,497
33.75%
 Luvern Clyde Hicks
41,710
6.78%
 John F. McKay
9,987
1.62%
 Fred E. Walker
2,532
0.41%
 Edward Kriz
449
0.07%
 Maslen Meade
378
0.06%
Sep 13, 1932 Primary Election
 Clarence D. Martin
67,168
36.32%
 William Harrison Pemberton
57,124
30.89%
 Lewis B. Schwellenbach
55,094
29.79%
 Frank R. Nicholas
5,557
3.00%
Sep 13, 1932 Primary Election
 John Arthur Gellatly
119,015
54.52%
 Roland Hill Hartley(I)
68,718
31.48%
 M.G. Tennent
18,393
8.43%
 Dell W. Thomas
7,439
3.41%
 Glen S. Corkery
4,723
2.16%
Nov 06, 1928 General Election
 Roland Hill Hartley(I)
281,991
56.22%
 A. Scott Bullitt
214,334
42.73%
 James F. Stark
3,343
0.67%
 Walter Price
1,262
0.25%
 Aaron Fislerman (Fyslerman)
698
0.14%
Sep 11, 1928 Primary Election
 A. Scott Bullitt
20,239
51.76%
 Stephen James Chadwick
13,804
35.30%
 C. L. McKenzie
2,967
7.59%
 George F. Cotterill
2,092
5.35%
Sep 11, 1928 Primary Election
 Roland Hill Hartley(I)
143,505
51.04%
 E. L. French
124,312
44.21%
 Claude G. Bannick
13,346
4.75%
Nov 04, 1924 General Election
 Roland Hill Hartley
220,162
56.41%
 Ben F. Hill
126,447
32.40%
 J.R. (Bob) Oman
40,073
10.27%
 William A. Gilmore
1,954
0.50%
 Emil Herman
898
0.23%
 David D. Burgess
770
0.20%
Nov 02, 1920 General Election
 Louis Folwell Hart(I)
210,662
52.25%
 Robert Bridges
121,371
30.10%
 William Wilson Black
66,079
16.39%
 David D. Burgess
5,086
1.26%
Jun 14, 1919 Appointment
 Louis Folwell Hart
1
100.00%
Nov 07, 1916 General Election
 Ernest Lister(I)
181,645
48.10%
 Henry McBride
167,809
44.43%
 Ludwig E. Katterfeld
21,167
5.60%
 August B.L. Gellerman
3,514
0.93%
 James Bradford
2,894
0.77%
 James E. Riordan
623
0.16%
Nov 05, 1912 General Election
 Ernest Lister
97,251
30.55%
 Marion E. Hay(I)
96,629
30.35%
 Robert T. Hodge
77,792
24.44%
 Anna Agnes Maley
37,155
11.67%
 George F. Stivers
8,163
2.56%
 Abraham Lincoln Brearcliff
1,369
0.43%
Mar 28, 1909 Appointment
 Marion E. Hay
1
100.00%
Nov 03, 1908 General Election
 Samuel Goodlove Cosgrove
110,190
62.38%
 John Pattison
58,126
32.91%
 George Ellsworth Boomer
4,811
2.72%
 Arthur S. Caton
3,514
1.99%
Nov 08, 1904 General Election
 Albert Edward Mead
74,278
51.34%
 George Turner
59,119
40.87%
 David D. Burgess
7,420
5.13%
 Ambrose H. Sherwood
2,782
1.92%
 William McCormick
1,070
0.74%
Dec 26, 1901 Appointment
 Henry McBride
1
100.00%
Nov 06, 1900 General Election
 John Rankin Rogers(I)
52,048
48.86%
 John M. Frink
49,860
46.81%
 Robert E. Dunlap
2,103
1.97%
 William C.B. Randolph
1,670
1.57%
 William McCormick
843
0.79%
Nov 03, 1896 General Election
 John Rankin Rogers
50,849
55.55%
 Potter C. (Charley) Sullivan
38,154
41.68%
 Robert E. Dunlap
2,542
2.78%
Nov 08, 1892 General Election
 John Harte McGraw
33,281
37.01%
 Henry J. Snively
28,960
32.20%
 Cyrus W. Young
23,750
26.41%
 Roger S. Greene
3,937
4.38%
Oct 01, 1889 General Election
 Elisha Peyre Ferry
33,711
57.68%
 Eugene Semple
24,732
42.32%

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