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Election 1968 Results

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1968 Washington governor election

Daniel J. Evans (Republican) beat John J. O'Connell (Democrat) in Washington in 1968, 54.7% to 44.3%, a margin of 10.4 points and 132,116 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1964, when Daniel J. Evans also won.

Republicans led in 29 of the 39 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 10. The largest, King, cast 456,667 votes and went to the Republican by 20.3 points. The closest was Wahkiakum, where 19 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 692,378 54.7%
John J. O'Connell Democratic 560,262 44.3%
All other candidates 12,715 1.0%
Total1,265,355

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
King 179,117 39.2% 271,954 59.6% 5,596 456,667 R+20.3
Pierce 74,843 56.4% 56,454 42.6% 1,325 132,622 D+13.9
Spokane 46,869 43.4% 59,982 55.6% 1,088 107,939 R+12.1
Snohomish 40,461 47.5% 43,929 51.6% 824 85,214 R+4.1
Yakima 22,361 45.1% 26,566 53.6% 632 49,559 R+8.5
Clark 22,310 51.2% 20,987 48.1% 312 43,609 D+3.0
Kitsap 19,170 49.2% 19,555 50.2% 221 38,946 R+1.0
Whatcom 12,481 41.1% 17,612 58.0% 281 30,374 R+16.9
Thurston 13,511 44.9% 16,383 54.5% 167 30,061 R+9.6
Benton 12,175 43.7% 15,470 55.6% 201 27,846 R+11.8
Cowlitz 12,559 50.5% 12,160 48.9% 157 24,876 D+1.6
Skagit 10,443 47.0% 11,627 52.3% 144 22,214 R+5.3
Grays Harbor 12,260 55.4% 9,734 44.0% 119 22,113 D+11.4
Lewis 8,808 48.0% 9,462 51.5% 89 18,359 R+3.6
Chelan 5,938 35.3% 10,735 63.9% 126 16,799 R+28.6
Walla Walla 6,441 39.2% 9,909 60.3% 89 16,439 R+21.1
Grant 5,467 39.2% 8,334 59.7% 161 13,962 R+20.5
Clallam 6,703 48.4% 7,035 50.8% 123 13,861 R+2.4
Whitman 3,572 26.9% 9,581 72.3% 107 13,260 R+45.3
Okanogan 3,978 41.5% 5,458 57.0% 143 9,579 R+15.5
Franklin 4,839 51.5% 4,451 47.3% 113 9,403 D+4.1
Kittitas 3,488 41.0% 4,996 58.7% 32 8,516 R+17.7
Mason 4,324 51.0% 4,130 48.7% 31 8,485 D+2.3
Island 2,994 38.3% 4,767 61.0% 51 7,812 R+22.7
Stevens 3,185 45.0% 3,682 52.1% 203 7,070 R+7.0
Douglas 2,554 39.2% 3,930 60.3% 30 6,514 R+21.1
Pacific 3,534 55.5% 2,812 44.2% 22 6,368 D+11.3
Asotin 2,347 45.0% 2,818 54.1% 48 5,213 R+9.0
Klickitat 2,248 45.6% 2,671 54.1% 16 4,935 R+8.6
Lincoln 1,600 32.6% 3,271 66.6% 37 4,908 R+34.0
Jefferson 2,361 53.8% 1,972 44.9% 58 4,391 D+8.9
Adams 1,277 31.4% 2,749 67.7% 36 4,062 R+36.2
Pend Oreille 1,340 50.9% 1,263 47.9% 31 2,634 D+2.9
Skamania 1,185 52.2% 1,066 46.9% 21 2,272 D+5.2
Columbia 910 43.4% 1,183 56.4% 4 2,097 R+13.0
San Juan 531 28.1% 1,346 71.3% 12 1,889 R+43.1
Wahkiakum 793 49.2% 812 50.4% 7 1,612 R+1.2
Garfield 668 43.3% 862 55.8% 14 1,544 R+12.6
Ferry 617 46.4% 670 50.3% 44 1,331 R+4.0

Counties as they stood in 1968; 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