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Election 1992 Results

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1992 Washington governor election

Mike Lowry (Democrat) beat Ken Eikenberry (Republican) in Washington in 1992, 52.2% to 47.8%, a margin of 4.3 points and 98,099 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1988, when Booth Gardner won.

Republicans led in 30 of the 39 counties and Democrats in 9. The largest, King, cast 771,832 votes and went to the Democrat by 20.9 points. The closest was Wahkiakum, where 191 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
Mike Lowry won Democratic 1,184,315 52.2%
Ken Eikenberry Republican 1,086,216 47.8%
Total2,270,531

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
King 466,506 60.4% 305,326 39.6% 771,832 D+20.9
Pierce 120,968 50.7% 117,623 49.3% 238,591 D+1.4
Snohomish 117,000 52.4% 106,196 47.6% 223,196 D+4.8
Spokane 74,262 44.3% 93,269 55.7% 167,531 R+11.3
Clark 48,292 46.4% 55,780 53.6% 104,072 R+7.2
Kitsap 42,562 48.7% 44,852 51.3% 87,414 R+2.6
Thurston 46,666 55.8% 37,038 44.2% 83,704 D+11.5
Yakima 30,824 48.4% 32,868 51.6% 63,692 R+3.2
Whatcom 31,113 49.5% 31,756 50.5% 62,869 R+1.0
Benton 21,872 42.5% 29,614 57.5% 51,486 R+15.0
Skagit 18,784 46.6% 21,560 53.4% 40,344 R+6.9
Cowlitz 16,677 49.0% 17,381 51.0% 34,058 R+2.1
Clallam 12,049 42.5% 16,330 57.5% 28,379 R+15.1
Island 12,429 45.8% 14,704 54.2% 27,133 R+8.4
Grays Harbor 14,986 55.4% 12,060 44.6% 27,046 D+10.8
Lewis 7,938 29.5% 19,003 70.5% 26,941 R+41.1
Chelan 8,666 37.6% 14,379 62.4% 23,045 R+24.8
Grant 7,991 36.9% 13,688 63.1% 21,679 R+26.3
Walla Walla 8,330 42.4% 11,333 57.6% 19,663 R+15.3
Mason 9,548 48.6% 10,111 51.4% 19,659 R+2.9
Whitman 8,459 48.8% 8,883 51.2% 17,342 R+2.4
Stevens 5,447 37.1% 9,217 62.9% 14,664 R+25.7
Jefferson 7,047 54.8% 5,820 45.2% 12,867 D+9.5
Okanogan 5,139 40.0% 7,712 60.0% 12,851 R+20.0
Kittitas 6,232 51.0% 5,978 49.0% 12,210 D+2.1
Franklin 5,474 45.6% 6,531 54.4% 12,005 R+8.8
Douglas 4,139 37.9% 6,785 62.1% 10,924 R+24.2
Pacific 4,933 53.7% 4,254 46.3% 9,187 D+7.4
Asotin 3,436 46.0% 4,035 54.0% 7,471 R+8.0
San Juan 3,758 54.6% 3,123 45.4% 6,881 D+9.2
Klickitat 2,883 43.5% 3,752 56.5% 6,635 R+13.1
Lincoln 1,717 34.8% 3,223 65.2% 4,940 R+30.5
Pend Oreille 1,919 41.3% 2,726 58.7% 4,645 R+17.4
Adams 1,750 38.4% 2,807 61.6% 4,557 R+23.2
Skamania 1,657 46.8% 1,883 53.2% 3,540 R+6.4
Ferry 1,062 42.1% 1,459 57.9% 2,521 R+15.7
Columbia 599 31.3% 1,313 68.7% 1,912 R+37.3
Wahkiakum 775 44.5% 966 55.5% 1,741 R+11.0
Garfield 426 32.7% 878 67.3% 1,304 R+34.7

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