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Election 2004 Results

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2004 US Senate election in Washington

Patty Murray (Democrat) beat George R. Nethercutt (Republican) in Washington in 2004, 55.0% to 42.7%, a margin of 12.2 points and 345,124 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1998, when Patty Murray also won.

Republicans led in 22 of the 39 counties and Democrats in 17. The largest, King, cast 879,655 votes and went to the Democrat by 32.5 points. The closest was Wahkiakum, where 68 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
Patty Murray won Democratic 1,549,708 55.0%
George R. Nethercutt Republican 1,204,584 42.7%
All other candidates 64,359 2.3%
Total2,818,651

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
King 573,506 65.2% 287,456 32.7% 18,693 879,655 D+32.5
Pierce 167,428 54.0% 136,084 43.9% 6,615 310,127 D+10.1
Snohomish 160,402 54.9% 124,986 42.8% 6,615 292,003 D+12.1
Spokane 94,446 47.1% 101,511 50.6% 4,653 200,610 R+3.5
Clark 80,134 48.3% 81,888 49.4% 3,861 165,883 R+1.1
Kitsap 63,684 54.3% 50,574 43.1% 2,974 117,232 D+11.2
Thurston 63,364 57.1% 44,417 40.1% 3,108 110,889 D+17.1
Whatcom 48,078 54.2% 38,036 42.9% 2,580 88,694 D+11.3
Yakima 31,372 43.5% 39,315 54.5% 1,478 72,165 R+11.0
Benton 25,863 39.2% 38,690 58.6% 1,430 65,983 R+19.4
Skagit 26,162 50.6% 24,364 47.1% 1,181 51,707 D+3.5
Cowlitz 22,535 53.9% 18,301 43.8% 936 41,772 D+10.1
Island 19,181 50.6% 17,969 47.4% 770 37,920 D+3.2
Clallam 17,817 49.4% 17,298 47.9% 967 36,082 D+1.4
Lewis 11,583 36.3% 19,474 61.1% 830 31,887 R+24.7
Chelan 11,307 39.3% 16,874 58.7% 561 28,742 R+19.4
Grays Harbor 15,830 57.3% 11,220 40.6% 557 27,607 D+16.7
Grant 9,015 35.0% 16,091 62.6% 618 25,724 R+27.5
Mason 13,349 53.3% 10,998 43.9% 703 25,050 D+9.4
Walla Walla 9,972 44.0% 12,243 54.0% 454 22,669 R+10.0
Stevens 7,706 38.3% 11,804 58.7% 594 20,104 R+20.4
Jefferson 11,573 62.7% 6,415 34.8% 471 18,459 D+27.9
Whitman 8,152 46.0% 9,073 51.2% 496 17,721 R+5.2
Okanogan 6,616 41.2% 8,931 55.6% 521 16,068 R+14.4
Franklin 6,215 38.9% 9,495 59.5% 253 15,963 R+20.5
Kittitas 7,182 45.1% 8,367 52.5% 377 15,926 R+7.4
Douglas 4,893 36.9% 8,128 61.3% 230 13,251 R+24.4
Pacific 5,850 57.0% 4,149 40.4% 271 10,270 D+16.6
San Juan 6,376 64.3% 3,164 31.9% 379 9,919 D+32.4
Klickitat 4,184 46.4% 4,609 51.1% 228 9,021 R+4.7
Asotin 3,511 40.5% 4,985 57.5% 177 8,673 R+17.0
Pend Oreille 2,703 44.1% 3,241 52.8% 190 6,134 R+8.8
Lincoln 1,956 33.9% 3,703 64.2% 108 5,767 R+30.3
Adams 1,607 31.8% 3,362 66.4% 92 5,061 R+34.7
Skamania 2,550 50.8% 2,314 46.1% 160 5,024 D+4.7
Ferry 1,362 41.1% 1,847 55.8% 103 3,312 R+14.6
Wahkiakum 1,086 50.1% 1,018 47.0% 63 2,167 D+3.1
Columbia 741 35.2% 1,318 62.6% 45 2,104 R+27.4
Garfield 417 31.9% 872 66.8% 17 1,306 R+34.8

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