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Election 1984 Results

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1984 Washington governor election

Booth Gardner (Democrat) beat John D. Spellman (Republican) in Washington in 1984, 53.3% to 46.7%, a margin of 6.6 points and 124,999 votes.

Washington changed party: in 1980 it went Republican, for John D. Spellman.

Democrats led in 23 of the 39 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 16. The largest, King, cast 643,483 votes and went to the Democrat by 4.7 points. The closest was Stevens, where 5 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
Booth Gardner won Democratic 1,006,993 53.3%
John D. Spellman Republican 881,994 46.7%
Total1,888,987

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
King 336,878 52.4% 306,605 47.6% 643,483 D+4.7
Pierce 112,796 58.7% 79,246 41.3% 192,042 D+17.5
Snohomish 84,328 52.7% 75,823 47.3% 160,151 D+5.3
Spokane 74,244 49.3% 76,502 50.7% 150,746 R+1.5
Clark 46,144 59.3% 31,629 40.7% 77,773 D+18.7
Kitsap 37,460 55.7% 29,835 44.3% 67,295 D+11.3
Yakima 31,262 47.8% 34,111 52.2% 65,373 R+4.4
Thurston 35,501 56.8% 26,950 43.2% 62,451 D+13.7
Whatcom 30,525 60.1% 20,255 39.9% 50,780 D+20.2
Benton 20,982 44.4% 26,236 55.6% 47,218 R+11.1
Skagit 18,457 55.0% 15,130 45.0% 33,587 D+9.9
Cowlitz 18,770 61.9% 11,553 38.1% 30,323 D+23.8
Grays Harbor 18,752 70.7% 7,761 29.3% 26,513 D+41.5
Clallam 12,156 50.7% 11,820 49.3% 23,976 D+1.4
Lewis 13,811 58.1% 9,969 41.9% 23,780 D+16.2
Island 9,160 44.0% 11,664 56.0% 20,824 R+12.0
Chelan 8,843 42.5% 11,960 57.5% 20,803 R+15.0
Walla Walla 8,473 43.3% 11,106 56.7% 19,579 R+13.4
Grant 8,917 46.6% 10,238 53.4% 19,155 R+6.9
Whitman 7,512 44.8% 9,246 55.2% 16,758 R+10.3
Mason 9,316 58.8% 6,528 41.2% 15,844 D+17.6
Okanogan 6,357 48.3% 6,802 51.7% 13,159 R+3.4
Stevens 6,433 50.0% 6,428 50.0% 12,861 level
Franklin 5,761 48.0% 6,250 52.0% 12,011 R+4.1
Kittitas 6,577 59.4% 4,504 40.6% 11,081 D+18.7
Douglas 4,398 45.1% 5,361 54.9% 9,759 R+9.9
Jefferson 4,904 53.7% 4,224 46.3% 9,128 D+7.4
Pacific 5,473 64.9% 2,955 35.1% 8,428 D+29.9
Asotin 3,833 53.7% 3,308 46.3% 7,141 D+7.4
Klickitat 3,797 56.6% 2,910 43.4% 6,707 D+13.2
San Juan 2,634 48.5% 2,799 51.5% 5,433 R+3.0
Lincoln 2,345 44.8% 2,888 55.2% 5,233 R+10.4
Adams 2,070 42.4% 2,809 57.6% 4,879 R+15.1
Pend Oreille 2,298 56.5% 1,766 43.5% 4,064 D+13.1
Skamania 1,934 58.4% 1,376 41.6% 3,310 D+16.9
Ferry 1,194 56.1% 935 43.9% 2,129 D+12.2
Columbia 935 44.7% 1,157 55.3% 2,092 R+10.6
Wahkiakum 1,078 63.5% 619 36.5% 1,697 D+27.0
Garfield 685 48.2% 736 51.8% 1,421 R+3.6

Counties as they stood in 1984; 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