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Election 2000 Results

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2000 US Senate election in Washington

Maria Cantwell (Democrat) beat Slade Gorton (Republican) in Washington in 2000, 48.7% to 48.6%, a margin of 0.09 points and 2,229 votes.

Washington changed party: in 1994 it went Republican, for Slade Gorton.

Republicans led in 34 of the 39 counties and Democrats in 5. The largest, King, cast 783,056 votes and went to the Democrat by 19.6 points. The closest was Kitsap, where 159 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.

Senate

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Maria Cantwell won Democratic 1,199,437 48.7%
Slade Gorton Republican 1,197,208 48.6%
All other candidates 64,734 2.6%
Total2,461,379

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
King 459,605 58.7% 306,251 39.1% 17,200 783,056 D+19.6
Pierce 127,644 48.1% 129,674 48.8% 8,192 265,510 R+0.8
Snohomish 123,111 49.4% 119,339 47.9% 6,940 249,390 D+1.5
Spokane 73,565 42.9% 93,633 54.6% 4,228 171,426 R+11.7
Clark 58,971 44.5% 69,265 52.3% 4,187 132,423 R+7.8
Kitsap 49,627 48.4% 49,786 48.5% 3,159 102,572 R+0.2
Thurston 50,436 52.3% 42,804 44.4% 3,263 96,503 D+7.9
Whatcom 33,308 46.7% 36,144 50.7% 1,896 71,348 R+4.0
Yakima 26,765 38.8% 40,807 59.1% 1,494 69,066 R+20.3
Benton 17,858 30.1% 40,314 68.0% 1,151 59,323 R+37.9
Skagit 19,628 43.7% 24,047 53.5% 1,262 44,937 R+9.8
Cowlitz 16,271 44.6% 19,191 52.6% 1,037 36,499 R+8.0
Island 14,676 44.9% 17,249 52.7% 777 32,702 R+7.9
Clallam 13,202 41.4% 17,470 54.8% 1,180 31,852 R+13.4
Lewis 8,843 29.7% 19,904 66.8% 1,031 29,778 R+37.1
Chelan 7,758 29.6% 17,958 68.5% 513 26,229 R+38.9
Grays Harbor 11,449 44.5% 13,386 52.0% 919 25,754 R+7.5
Grant 6,768 28.6% 16,361 69.2% 522 23,651 R+40.6
Mason 10,268 46.1% 11,118 50.0% 864 22,250 R+3.8
Walla Walla 7,249 34.2% 13,528 63.8% 416 21,193 R+29.6
Stevens 5,792 32.3% 11,489 64.1% 630 17,911 R+31.8
Whitman 6,516 40.5% 9,281 57.7% 300 16,097 R+17.2
Jefferson 8,647 55.0% 6,647 42.3% 428 15,722 D+12.7
Okanogan 4,253 28.9% 10,006 67.9% 468 14,727 R+39.1
Kittitas 5,598 39.9% 8,104 57.8% 324 14,026 R+17.9
Franklin 4,445 32.0% 9,190 66.2% 239 13,874 R+34.2
Douglas 3,177 26.5% 8,554 71.3% 261 11,992 R+44.8
Pacific 4,348 46.4% 4,674 49.9% 346 9,368 R+3.5
San Juan 4,729 56.9% 3,362 40.5% 219 8,310 D+16.5
Klickitat 3,214 40.3% 4,511 56.6% 251 7,976 R+16.3
Asotin 2,789 35.3% 4,917 62.3% 190 7,896 R+27.0
Pend Oreille 1,994 36.7% 3,226 59.4% 210 5,430 R+22.7
Lincoln 1,379 26.5% 3,718 71.4% 109 5,206 R+44.9
Adams 1,328 26.9% 3,542 71.7% 67 4,937 R+44.8
Skamania 1,717 42.2% 2,132 52.4% 219 4,068 R+10.2
Ferry 996 32.9% 1,918 63.4% 112 3,026 R+30.5
Columbia 467 22.3% 1,590 75.9% 39 2,096 R+53.6
Wahkiakum 762 39.4% 1,105 57.2% 65 1,932 R+17.8
Garfield 284 21.5% 1,013 76.6% 26 1,323 R+55.1

Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Washington Senate elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Maria Cantwell (D) D+18.5
2022 Patty Murray (D) D+14.6
2018 Maria Cantwell (D) D+16.9
2016 Patty Murray (D) D+18.0
2012 Maria Cantwell (D) D+20.9
2010 Patty Murray (D) D+4.7
2006 Maria Cantwell (D) D+16.9
2004 Patty Murray (D) D+12.2
2000 Maria Cantwell (D) D+0.1
1998 Patty Murray (D) D+16.8
1994 Slade Gorton (R) R+11.5
1992 Patty Murray (D) D+8.0
1988 Slade Gorton (R) R+2.2
1986 Brock Adams (D) D+2.0
1982 Henry M. Jackson (D) D+44.7
1980 Slade Gorton (R) R+8.3
1976 Henry M. Jackson (D) D+47.6
1974 Warren Magnuson (D) D+24.6
1970 Scoop Jackson (D) D+66.4
1968 Warren Magnuson (D) D+29.1
1964 Scoop Jackson (D) D+44.4
1962 Warren Magnuson (D) D+4.8
1958 Scoop Jackson (D) D+35.9
1956 Warren Magnuson (D) D+22.2
1952 Scoop Jackson (D) D+12.7
1950 Warren Magnuson (D) D+7.4
1946 Harry P. Cain (R) R+9.1
1944 Warren Magnuson (D) D+10.7
1940 Monrad C. Wallgren (D) D+8.3
1938 Homer T. Bone (D) D+25.5
1934 Lewis Schwellenbach (D) D+26.9
1932 Homer T. Bone (D) D+27.9
1928 Clarence C. Dill (D) D+7.0
1926 Wesley L. Jones (R) R+4.8
1922 Clarence C. Dill (D) D+1.3
1920 Wesley L. Jones (R) R+38.6
1916 Miles Poindexter (R) R+18.3
1914 Wesley L. Jones (R) R+11.2