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Election 2012 Results

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2012 Washington governor election

Jay Inslee (Democrat) beat Rob McKenna (Republican) in Washington in 2012, 51.5% to 48.5%, a margin of 3.1 points and 94,557 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 2008, when Christine Gregoire won.

Republicans led in 31 of the 39 counties and Democrats in 8. The largest, King, cast 947,592 votes and went to the Democrat by 24.7 points. The closest was Wahkiakum, where 323 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
Jay Inslee won Democratic 1,582,802 51.5%
Rob McKenna Republican 1,488,245 48.5%
Total3,071,047

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
King 590,879 62.4% 356,713 37.6% 947,592 D+24.7
Pierce 164,211 48.5% 174,078 51.5% 338,289 R+2.9
Snohomish 166,452 51.2% 158,440 48.8% 324,892 D+2.5
Spokane 95,354 43.5% 123,894 56.5% 219,248 R+13.0
Clark 86,732 46.9% 98,131 53.1% 184,863 R+6.2
Thurston 67,353 53.8% 57,948 46.2% 125,301 D+7.5
Kitsap 60,578 49.7% 61,261 50.3% 121,839 R+0.6
Whatcom 53,599 53.1% 47,340 46.9% 100,939 D+6.2
Benton 27,291 35.0% 50,757 65.0% 78,048 R+30.1
Yakima 31,791 41.7% 44,507 58.3% 76,298 R+16.7
Skagit 25,878 47.3% 28,803 52.7% 54,681 R+5.3
Cowlitz 21,051 48.2% 22,612 51.8% 43,663 R+3.6
Island 19,324 46.7% 22,082 53.3% 41,406 R+6.7
Clallam 17,516 46.7% 20,021 53.3% 37,537 R+6.7
Lewis 11,865 35.0% 22,002 65.0% 33,867 R+29.9
Chelan 11,616 36.4% 20,291 63.6% 31,907 R+27.2
Grays Harbor 14,491 50.9% 13,978 49.1% 28,469 D+1.8
Mason 13,175 47.3% 14,708 52.7% 27,883 R+5.5
Grant 8,654 31.6% 18,742 68.4% 27,396 R+36.8
Walla Walla 9,353 38.0% 15,238 62.0% 24,591 R+23.9
Franklin 8,181 36.5% 14,232 63.5% 22,413 R+27.0
Stevens 7,426 33.8% 14,554 66.2% 21,980 R+32.4
Jefferson 12,176 62.3% 7,370 37.7% 19,546 D+24.6
Kittitas 7,137 39.9% 10,752 60.1% 17,889 R+20.2
Whitman 7,351 43.8% 9,421 56.2% 16,772 R+12.3
Okanogan 6,759 40.6% 9,909 59.4% 16,668 R+18.9
Douglas 4,746 31.9% 10,139 68.1% 14,885 R+36.2
San Juan 6,763 64.8% 3,671 35.2% 10,434 D+29.6
Pacific 5,379 51.7% 5,020 48.3% 10,399 D+3.5
Klickitat 4,442 44.1% 5,638 55.9% 10,080 R+11.9
Asotin 4,027 41.5% 5,677 58.5% 9,704 R+17.0
Pend Oreille 2,442 37.1% 4,148 62.9% 6,590 R+25.9
Lincoln 1,716 29.6% 4,088 70.4% 5,804 R+40.9
Skamania 2,434 45.9% 2,867 54.1% 5,301 R+8.2
Adams 1,408 29.8% 3,320 70.2% 4,728 R+40.4
Ferry 1,299 38.0% 2,121 62.0% 3,420 R+24.0
Wahkiakum 964 42.8% 1,287 57.2% 2,251 R+14.3
Columbia 656 29.5% 1,565 70.5% 2,221 R+40.9
Garfield 333 26.6% 920 73.4% 1,253 R+46.8

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