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Election 1972 Results

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1972 Washington governor election

Daniel J. Evans (Republican) beat Albert D. Rosellini (Democrat) in Washington in 1972, 50.8% to 42.8%, a margin of 8.0 points and 117,212 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1968, when Daniel J. Evans also won.

Republicans led in 24 of the 39 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 15. The largest, King, cast 528,120 votes and went to the Republican by 16.7 points. The closest was Skagit, where 14 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 747,825 50.8%
Albert D. Rosellini Democratic 630,613 42.8%
Vick Gould Taxpayers 86,843 5.9%
All other candidates 7,261 0.5%
Total1,472,542

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
King 204,212 38.7% 292,616 55.4% 31,292 528,120 R+16.7
Pierce 75,723 51.3% 63,497 43.0% 8,474 147,694 D+8.3
Spokane 50,706 40.3% 60,789 48.3% 14,247 125,742 R+8.0
Snohomish 46,608 43.9% 50,877 47.9% 8,777 106,262 R+4.0
Clark 24,733 42.0% 30,557 51.9% 3,553 58,843 R+9.9
Yakima 24,858 46.1% 26,673 49.5% 2,352 53,883 R+3.4
Kitsap 23,652 51.2% 19,720 42.7% 2,811 46,183 D+8.5
Thurston 17,869 45.7% 18,673 47.7% 2,596 39,138 R+2.1
Whatcom 12,741 33.3% 22,776 59.5% 2,780 38,297 R+26.2
Benton 12,540 40.9% 17,010 55.5% 1,099 30,649 R+14.6
Cowlitz 13,468 48.0% 13,797 49.2% 792 28,057 R+1.2
Skagit 11,977 47.9% 11,963 47.8% 1,076 25,016 D+0.1
Grays Harbor 13,303 55.2% 9,277 38.5% 1,509 24,089 D+16.7
Lewis 10,955 52.7% 8,339 40.1% 1,496 20,790 D+12.6
Walla Walla 8,004 43.5% 10,042 54.5% 366 18,412 R+11.1
Chelan 7,143 41.1% 9,145 52.7% 1,078 17,366 R+11.5
Clallam 7,196 44.2% 8,153 50.1% 919 16,268 R+5.9
Whitman 4,428 27.6% 10,915 68.0% 712 16,055 R+40.4
Grant 7,156 45.8% 7,629 48.8% 850 15,635 R+3.0
Island 4,006 36.6% 6,456 58.9% 491 10,953 R+22.4
Franklin 5,121 48.8% 5,011 47.7% 366 10,498 D+1.0
Okanogan 5,141 49.3% 4,197 40.2% 1,097 10,435 D+9.0
Kittitas 4,241 41.8% 5,488 54.0% 427 10,156 R+12.3
Mason 5,386 53.7% 4,093 40.8% 542 10,021 D+12.9
Stevens 3,568 45.3% 3,232 41.0% 1,084 7,884 D+4.3
Douglas 3,384 45.6% 3,578 48.2% 456 7,418 R+2.6
Pacific 4,310 60.2% 2,674 37.3% 181 7,165 D+22.8
Asotin 2,750 48.0% 2,851 49.8% 126 5,727 R+1.8
Klickitat 2,267 40.7% 3,084 55.3% 221 5,572 R+14.7
Lincoln 2,137 40.7% 2,757 52.5% 359 5,253 R+11.8
Jefferson 2,717 52.5% 2,068 40.0% 389 5,174 D+12.5
Adams 1,727 38.2% 2,583 57.2% 208 4,518 R+18.9
Pend Oreille 1,540 52.4% 1,197 40.8% 200 2,937 D+11.7
Skamania 1,154 42.1% 1,011 36.9% 573 2,738 D+5.2
San Juan 699 25.5% 1,828 66.8% 210 2,737 R+41.2
Columbia 914 43.7% 1,094 52.3% 84 2,092 R+8.6
Wahkiakum 817 48.1% 793 46.7% 89 1,699 D+1.4
Garfield 685 44.2% 832 53.7% 33 1,550 R+9.5
Ferry 777 51.3% 550 36.3% 189 1,516 D+15.0

Counties as they stood in 1972; 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