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Election 2020 Results

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2020 Washington governor election

Jay Inslee (Democrat) beat Loren Culp (Republican) in Washington in 2020, 56.6% to 43.1%, a margin of 13.4 points and 545,177 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 2016, when Jay Inslee also won.

Republicans led in 27 of the 39 counties and Democrats in 12. The largest, King, cast 1,198,049 votes and went to the Democrat by 48.4 points. The closest was Skagit, where 40 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 2,294,243 56.6%
Loren Culp Republican 1,749,066 43.1%
All other candidates 13,145 0.3%
Total4,056,454

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
King 887,374 74.1% 307,022 25.6% 3,653 1,198,049 D+48.4
Pierce 238,097 51.7% 220,904 47.9% 1,730 460,731 D+3.7
Snohomish 244,876 56.1% 189,797 43.5% 1,607 436,280 D+12.6
Spokane 131,734 44.8% 161,138 54.8% 1,053 293,925 R+10.0
Clark 138,196 50.8% 132,984 48.9% 715 271,895 D+1.9
Thurston 93,723 56.2% 72,506 43.5% 571 166,800 D+12.7
Kitsap 87,766 55.7% 69,288 44.0% 530 157,584 D+11.7
Whatcom 81,992 59.4% 55,544 40.3% 399 137,935 D+19.2
Benton 36,939 36.0% 65,170 63.6% 410 102,519 R+27.5
Yakima 41,152 43.1% 54,097 56.6% 296 95,545 R+13.5
Skagit 36,444 49.9% 36,404 49.8% 231 73,079 D+0.1
Cowlitz 22,213 37.1% 37,453 62.6% 193 59,859 R+25.5
Island 28,239 52.7% 25,145 47.0% 153 53,537 D+5.8
Clallam 24,366 49.6% 24,640 50.2% 82 49,088 R+0.6
Lewis 13,821 30.5% 31,306 69.2% 122 45,249 R+38.6
Chelan 17,922 41.6% 24,936 57.9% 188 43,046 R+16.3
Grays Harbor 16,502 43.1% 21,686 56.6% 119 38,307 R+13.5
Grant 10,772 28.7% 26,645 71.0% 109 37,526 R+42.3
Mason 16,502 44.4% 20,562 55.3% 104 37,168 R+10.9
Franklin 12,803 39.5% 19,488 60.2% 96 32,387 R+20.6
Walla Walla 13,305 42.9% 17,590 56.8% 94 30,989 R+13.8
Stevens 7,393 26.1% 20,902 73.7% 76 28,371 R+47.6
Kittitas 10,529 40.2% 15,567 59.5% 87 26,183 R+19.2
Jefferson 16,992 68.8% 7,651 31.0% 59 24,702 D+37.8
Douglas 7,176 33.8% 13,958 65.8% 90 21,224 R+32.0
Okanogan 8,298 39.2% 12,843 60.6% 54 21,195 R+21.4
Whitman 10,806 51.6% 10,056 48.0% 72 20,934 D+3.6
Pacific 6,514 46.5% 7,463 53.2% 41 14,018 R+6.8
Klickitat 5,693 42.3% 7,735 57.5% 27 13,455 R+15.2
San Juan 9,621 73.4% 3,465 26.4% 23 13,109 D+47.0
Asotin 4,212 35.5% 7,627 64.3% 30 11,869 R+28.8
Pend Oreille 2,513 29.6% 5,959 70.1% 31 8,503 R+40.5
Skamania 3,129 43.1% 4,116 56.7% 15 7,260 R+13.6
Lincoln 1,526 21.8% 5,450 77.8% 26 7,002 R+56.0
Adams 1,655 28.3% 4,170 71.4% 15 5,840 R+43.1
Ferry 1,345 30.8% 3,000 68.7% 23 4,368 R+37.9
Wahkiakum 1,102 37.1% 1,862 62.7% 6 2,970 R+25.6
Columbia 652 26.3% 1,819 73.5% 4 2,475 R+47.2
Garfield 349 23.6% 1,118 75.6% 11 1,478 R+52.0

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