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Election 1964 Results

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1964 Washington governor election

Daniel J. Evans (Republican) beat Albert D. Rosellini (Democrat) in Washington in 1964, 55.8% to 43.9%, a margin of 11.9 points and 148,564 votes.

Washington changed party: in 1960 it went Democratic, for Albert D. Rosellini.

Republicans led in 33 of the 39 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 6. The largest, King, cast 447,343 votes and went to the Republican by 14.4 points. The closest was Pacific, where 77 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Governor

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Daniel J. Evans won Republican 697,256 55.8%
Albert D. Rosellini Democratic 548,692 43.9%
All other candidates 4,326 0.3%
Total1,250,274

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
King 190,384 42.6% 254,630 56.9% 2,329 447,343 R+14.4
Pierce 63,400 50.6% 61,274 48.9% 644 125,318 D+1.7
Spokane 42,674 38.4% 68,442 61.5% 92 111,208 R+23.2
Snohomish 38,453 47.6% 42,157 52.1% 244 80,854 R+4.6
Yakima 23,441 44.8% 28,678 54.8% 226 52,345 R+10.0
Clark 17,560 42.5% 23,631 57.2% 92 41,283 R+14.7
Kitsap 18,420 48.9% 19,161 50.9% 55 37,636 R+2.0
Whatcom 13,318 42.6% 17,846 57.0% 132 31,296 R+14.5
Benton 12,876 45.5% 15,441 54.5% 3 28,320 R+9.1
Thurston 13,670 50.6% 13,282 49.2% 40 26,992 D+1.4
Cowlitz 10,304 42.5% 13,840 57.1% 105 24,249 R+14.6
Grays Harbor 12,294 53.8% 10,435 45.7% 121 22,850 D+8.1
Skagit 9,812 44.2% 12,362 55.7% 19 22,193 R+11.5
Lewis 8,256 43.7% 10,636 56.3% 13 18,905 R+12.6
Chelan 7,463 42.1% 10,183 57.5% 60 17,706 R+15.4
Walla Walla 6,291 35.8% 11,302 64.2% 2 17,595 R+28.5
Grant 5,574 38.9% 8,756 61.1% 8 14,338 R+22.2
Whitman 4,071 30.4% 9,338 69.6% 4 13,413 R+39.3
Clallam 6,314 47.1% 7,063 52.7% 16 13,393 R+5.6
Okanogan 4,385 42.6% 5,893 57.3% 11 10,289 R+14.7
Franklin 5,094 50.8% 4,887 48.7% 45 10,026 D+2.1
Kittitas 3,865 45.4% 4,632 54.5% 8 8,505 R+9.0
Mason 4,125 51.3% 3,899 48.5% 10 8,034 D+2.8
Stevens 2,984 39.9% 4,493 60.0% 11 7,488 R+20.2
Island 2,575 37.0% 4,373 62.9% 8 6,956 R+25.8
Pacific 3,346 49.4% 3,423 50.5% 6 6,775 R+1.1
Douglas 2,677 42.4% 3,627 57.5% 5 6,309 R+15.1
Klickitat 2,112 37.8% 3,465 62.1% 5 5,582 R+24.2
Asotin 2,572 47.6% 2,823 52.3% 3 5,398 R+4.6
Lincoln 1,413 27.4% 3,749 72.6% 2 5,164 R+45.2
Jefferson 2,286 51.5% 2,150 48.5% 1 4,437 D+3.1
Adams 1,232 28.8% 3,043 71.2% 1 4,276 R+42.4
Pend Oreille 1,363 46.4% 1,573 53.6% 2,936 R+7.2
Skamania 1,126 47.0% 1,268 52.9% 1 2,395 R+5.9
Columbia 679 31.1% 1,507 68.9% 2,186 R+37.9
San Juan 534 31.0% 1,186 68.8% 3 1,723 R+37.8
Wahkiakum 635 39.5% 971 60.4% 1 1,607 R+20.9
Garfield 452 29.7% 1,068 70.3% 1,520 R+40.5
Ferry 662 46.3% 769 53.7% 1,431 R+7.5

Counties as they stood in 1964; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Washington governor elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Bob Ferguson (D) D+11.3
2020 Jay Inslee (D) D+13.4
2016 Jay Inslee (D) D+8.8
2012 Jay Inslee (D) D+3.1
2008 Christine Gregoire (D) D+6.5
2004 Christine Gregoire (D) level
2000 Gary Locke (D) D+18.7
1996 Gary Locke (D) D+15.9
1992 Mike Lowry (D) D+4.3
1988 Booth Gardner (D) D+24.4
1984 Booth Gardner (D) D+6.6
1980 John D. Spellman (R) R+13.4
1976 Dixy Lee Ray (D) D+8.7
1972 Daniel J. Evans (R) R+8.0
1968 Daniel J. Evans (R) R+10.4
1964 Daniel J. Evans (R) R+11.9
1960 Albert D. Rosellini (D) D+1.5
1956 Albert D. Rosellini (D) D+9.6
1952 Arthur B. Langlie (R) R+5.3
1948 Arthur B. Langlie (R) R+3.3
1944 Monrad C. Wallgren (D) D+3.4
1940 Arthur B. Langlie (R) R+0.7
1936 Clarence D. Martin (D) D+41.2
1932 Clarence D. Martin (D) D+23.5
1928 Roland H. Hartley (R) R+13.5
1924 Roland H. Hartley (R) R+24.0
1920 Louis F. Hart (R) R+36.2
1916 Ernest Lister (D) D+3.7
1912 Ernest Lister (D) D+0.2
1908 Samuel G. Cosgrove (R) R+29.6
1904 Albert E. Mead (R) R+10.5
1900 John Rankin Rogers (D) D+2.1
1896 John Rankin Rogers (other)
1892 John H. McGraw (R) R+4.8
1889 Elisha P. Ferry (R) R+15.4