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Election 1976 Results

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1976 Washington governor election

Dixy Lee Ray (Democrat) beat John D. Spellman (Republican) in Washington in 1976, 53.1% to 44.4%, a margin of 8.7 points and 134,758 votes.

Washington changed party: in 1972 it went Republican, for Daniel J. Evans.

Democrats led in 26 of the 39 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 13. The largest, King, cast 545,518 votes and went to the Democrat by 4.1 points. The closest was Ferry, where 32 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
Dixy Lee Ray won Democratic 821,797 53.1%
John D. Spellman Republican 687,039 44.4%
All other candidates 37,544 2.4%
Total1,546,380

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
King 277,502 50.9% 254,945 46.7% 13,071 545,518 D+4.1
Pierce 99,527 63.3% 54,543 34.7% 3,242 157,312 D+28.6
Spokane 61,494 47.7% 64,044 49.6% 3,460 128,998 R+2.0
Snohomish 66,369 57.3% 46,946 40.5% 2,599 115,914 D+16.8
Clark 32,038 52.6% 27,222 44.7% 1,603 60,863 D+7.9
Yakima 24,655 45.4% 28,689 52.8% 946 54,290 R+7.4
Kitsap 30,399 59.3% 19,626 38.3% 1,226 51,251 D+21.0
Thurston 23,957 54.1% 18,984 42.9% 1,331 44,272 D+11.2
Whatcom 21,599 53.3% 17,688 43.7% 1,219 40,506 D+9.7
Benton 23,006 66.0% 11,367 32.6% 494 34,867 D+33.4
Cowlitz 14,930 54.7% 11,501 42.1% 864 27,295 D+12.6
Skagit 14,750 54.7% 11,486 42.6% 711 26,947 D+12.1
Grays Harbor 13,567 55.6% 10,072 41.3% 761 24,400 D+14.3
Lewis 13,109 61.4% 7,633 35.8% 597 21,339 D+25.7
Chelan 8,278 44.7% 9,926 53.6% 313 18,517 R+8.9
Clallam 10,234 55.6% 7,514 40.8% 666 18,414 D+14.8
Walla Walla 7,562 41.9% 10,177 56.4% 297 18,036 R+14.5
Grant 8,148 47.4% 8,589 49.9% 464 17,201 R+2.6
Whitman 5,875 39.0% 8,679 57.6% 515 15,069 R+18.6
Island 7,408 53.1% 6,358 45.6% 181 13,947 D+7.5
Okanogan 5,543 48.7% 5,462 48.0% 384 11,389 D+0.7
Mason 6,984 61.6% 4,052 35.7% 307 11,343 D+25.8
Franklin 6,187 60.8% 3,826 37.6% 161 10,174 D+23.2
Kittitas 4,878 49.8% 4,733 48.3% 179 9,790 D+1.5
Stevens 4,177 45.5% 4,556 49.6% 448 9,181 R+4.1
Douglas 4,263 50.1% 4,134 48.6% 107 8,504 D+1.5
Pacific 4,474 60.5% 2,656 35.9% 262 7,392 D+24.6
Jefferson 3,121 52.3% 2,644 44.3% 205 5,970 D+8.0
Asotin 2,493 42.6% 3,231 55.2% 124 5,848 R+12.6
Klickitat 3,016 54.0% 2,411 43.2% 155 5,582 D+10.8
Lincoln 2,153 41.7% 2,907 56.3% 99 5,159 R+14.6
Adams 2,112 44.0% 2,524 52.6% 163 4,799 R+8.6
San Juan 1,658 45.2% 1,907 52.0% 102 3,667 R+6.8
Pend Oreille 1,641 52.0% 1,438 45.6% 75 3,154 D+6.4
Skamania 1,403 54.3% 1,126 43.6% 53 2,582 D+10.7
Columbia 965 47.7% 1,027 50.7% 32 2,024 R+3.1
Wahkiakum 938 56.1% 692 41.4% 41 1,671 D+14.7
Ferry 805 48.8% 773 46.9% 70 1,648 D+1.9
Garfield 579 37.4% 951 61.5% 17 1,547 R+24.0

Counties as they stood in 1976; 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