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Election 2000 Results

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2000 Washington governor election

Gary Locke (Democrat) beat John Carlson (Republican) in Washington in 2000, 58.4% to 39.7%, a margin of 18.7 points and 461,913 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1996, when Gary Locke also won.

Democrats led in 24 of the 39 counties and Republicans in 15. The largest, King, cast 785,807 votes and went to the Democrat by 34.6 points. The closest was Garfield, where 2 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
Gary Locke won Democratic 1,441,973 58.4%
John Carlson Republican 980,060 39.7%
All other candidates 47,819 1.9%
Total2,469,852

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
King 522,229 66.5% 250,103 31.8% 13,475 785,807 D+34.6
Pierce 148,450 55.6% 113,633 42.6% 4,900 266,983 D+13.0
Snohomish 142,196 56.9% 102,993 41.2% 4,756 249,945 D+15.7
Spokane 99,492 57.8% 69,848 40.6% 2,652 171,992 D+17.2
Clark 71,998 54.2% 57,464 43.3% 3,382 132,844 D+10.9
Kitsap 58,603 56.9% 42,358 41.2% 1,966 102,927 D+15.8
Thurston 58,915 61.1% 35,404 36.7% 2,147 96,466 D+24.4
Whatcom 42,313 58.2% 28,861 39.7% 1,500 72,674 D+18.5
Yakima 33,718 48.8% 34,194 49.5% 1,188 69,100 R+0.7
Benton 28,892 48.7% 29,245 49.3% 1,165 59,302 R+0.6
Skagit 24,191 53.7% 19,990 44.4% 871 45,052 D+9.3
Cowlitz 20,919 57.3% 14,589 40.0% 1,010 36,518 D+17.3
Island 17,736 54.3% 14,381 44.0% 541 32,658 D+10.3
Clallam 17,128 53.9% 13,795 43.4% 839 31,762 D+10.5
Lewis 12,545 42.2% 16,422 55.2% 777 29,744 R+13.0
Chelan 10,984 41.7% 14,970 56.8% 391 26,345 R+15.1
Grays Harbor 15,817 60.9% 9,566 36.8% 578 25,961 D+24.1
Grant 9,491 40.1% 13,673 57.7% 531 23,695 R+17.6
Mason 12,319 55.3% 9,473 42.5% 497 22,289 D+12.8
Walla Walla 10,869 51.3% 9,936 46.9% 380 21,185 D+4.4
Stevens 7,426 41.6% 9,871 55.4% 536 17,833 R+13.7
Whitman 9,113 56.8% 6,676 41.6% 269 16,058 D+15.2
Jefferson 9,712 61.7% 5,628 35.8% 398 15,738 D+25.9
Okanogan 5,626 38.4% 8,559 58.4% 481 14,666 R+20.0
Kittitas 6,423 45.9% 7,262 51.9% 315 14,000 R+6.0
Franklin 6,757 48.5% 6,832 49.1% 333 13,922 R+0.5
Douglas 5,149 40.1% 7,454 58.1% 232 12,835 R+18.0
Pacific 5,519 58.7% 3,643 38.7% 244 9,406 D+19.9
San Juan 5,385 64.8% 2,684 32.3% 237 8,306 D+32.5
Klickitat 4,278 53.5% 3,468 43.4% 253 7,999 D+10.1
Asotin 4,718 59.6% 3,070 38.8% 123 7,911 D+20.8
Pend Oreille 2,621 48.8% 2,590 48.2% 164 5,375 D+0.6
Lincoln 2,083 40.2% 2,984 57.6% 115 5,182 R+17.4
Adams 2,250 45.5% 2,629 53.2% 67 4,946 R+7.7
Skamania 2,148 53.2% 1,656 41.1% 230 4,034 D+12.2
Ferry 1,254 41.6% 1,624 53.9% 135 3,013 R+12.3
Columbia 950 45.3% 1,116 53.2% 32 2,098 R+7.9
Wahkiakum 1,112 57.0% 770 39.5% 69 1,951 D+17.5
Garfield 644 48.4% 646 48.6% 40 1,330 R+0.2

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