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The 1924 Washington gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1924. Republican nominee Roland H. Hartley defeated Democratic nominee Ben F. Hill with 56.41% of the vote. This was the last gubernatorial election until 2016 in which Grays Harbor County voted for a Republican candidate.
Primary elections were held on September 9, 1924. [1]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Ben F. Hill | 7,753 | 34.59% | |
| Democratic | Walter J. Robinson | 6,568 | 29.30% | |
| Democratic | Edward T. Mathes | 4,951 | 22.09% | |
| Democratic | E. F. Blaine | 3,143 | 14.02% | |
| Total votes | 22,415 | 100.00% | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Roland H. Hartley | 58,705 | 25.11% | |
| Republican | E. L. French | 56,936 | 24.36% | |
| Republican | Edward Clifford | 33,140 | 14.18% | |
| Republican | W. H. Paulhamus | 26,508 | 11.34% | |
| Republican | George B. Lamping | 21,535 | 9.21% | |
| Republican | William J. Coyle | 20,983 | 8.98% | |
| Republican | Thomas P. Revelle | 8,809 | 3.77% | |
| Republican | Peter Iverson | 3,055 | 1.31% | |
| Republican | Frank Pierce | 2,213 | 0.95% | |
| Republican | James Townsend Fullerton | 1,879 | 0.80% | |
| Total votes | 233,763 | 100.00% | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Farmer–Labor | J. R. Oman | 7,186 | 100.00% | |
| Total votes | 7,186 | 100.00% | ||
Major party candidates
Other candidates
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Roland H. Hartley | 220,162 | 56.41% | +3.66% | |
| Democratic | Ben F. Hill | 126,447 | 32.40% | +15.85% | |
| Farmer–Labor | J. R. Oman | 40,073 | 10.27% | −20.12% | |
| State | William A. Gilmore | 1,954 | 0.50% | ||
| Socialist | Emil Herman | 898 | 0.23% | ||
| Socialist Labor | David Burgess | 770 | 0.20% | −0.13% | |
| Majority | 93,715 | 24.01% | |||
| Total votes | 390,304 | 100.00% | |||
| Republican hold | Swing | +1.65% | |||
| County [6] | Roland H. Hartley Republican | Ben F. Hill Democratic | J. R. Oman Farmer-Labor | William A. Gilmore State | Emil Herman Socialist | David Burgess Socialist Labor | Margin | Total votes cast | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 844 | 43.87% | 953 | 49.53% | 119 | 6.19% | 6 | 0.31% | 1 | 0.05% | 1 | 0.05% | -109 | -5.67% | 1,924 |
| Asotin | 1,111 | 52.11% | 858 | 40.24% | 154 | 7.22% | 2 | 0.09% | 2 | 0.09% | 5 | 0.23% | 253 | 11.87% | 2,132 |
| Benton | 1,920 | 49.77% | 1,189 | 30.82% | 737 | 19.10% | 11 | 0.29% | 1 | 0.03% | 0 | 0.00% | 731 | 18.95% | 3,858 |
| Chelan | 4,403 | 55.44% | 3,359 | 42.29% | 159 | 2.00% | 7 | 0.09% | 6 | 0.08% | 8 | 0.10% | 1,044 | 13.15% | 7,942 |
| Clallam | 2,588 | 65.90% | 846 | 21.54% | 460 | 11.71% | 7 | 0.18% | 16 | 0.41% | 10 | 0.25% | 1,742 | 44.36% | 3,927 |
| Clark | 6,539 | 63.62% | 2,418 | 23.53% | 1,025 | 9.97% | 217 | 2.11% | 50 | 0.49% | 29 | 0.28% | 4,121 | 40.10% | 10,278 |
| Columbia | 1,107 | 51.70% | 914 | 42.69% | 110 | 5.14% | 2 | 0.09% | 2 | 0.09% | 6 | 0.28% | 193 | 9.01% | 2,141 |
| Cowlitz | 3,189 | 56.97% | 2,060 | 36.80% | 290 | 5.18% | 20 | 0.36% | 23 | 0.41% | 16 | 0.29% | 1,129 | 20.17% | 5,598 |
| Douglas | 1,043 | 42.61% | 1,291 | 52.74% | 91 | 3.72% | 10 | 0.41% | 7 | 0.29% | 6 | 0.25% | -248 | -10.13% | 2,448 |
| Ferry | 529 | 37.33% | 782 | 55.19% | 87 | 6.14% | 10 | 0.71% | 6 | 0.42% | 3 | 0.21% | -253 | -17.85% | 1,417 |
| Franklin | 753 | 34.81% | 884 | 40.87% | 521 | 24.09% | 1 | 0.05% | 1 | 0.05% | 3 | 0.14% | -131 | -6.06% | 2,163 |
| Garfield | 866 | 65.41% | 447 | 33.76% | 11 | 0.83% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 419 | 31.65% | 1,324 |
| Grant | 870 | 46.28% | 821 | 43.67% | 151 | 8.03% | 29 | 1.54% | 8 | 0.43% | 1 | 0.05% | 49 | 2.61% | 1,880 |
| Grays Harbor | 7,778 | 59.90% | 3,619 | 27.87% | 1,463 | 11.27% | 58 | 0.45% | 29 | 0.22% | 37 | 0.28% | 4,159 | 32.03% | 12,984 |
| Island | 880 | 52.26% | 489 | 29.04% | 291 | 17.28% | 6 | 0.36% | 13 | 0.77% | 5 | 0.30% | 391 | 23.22% | 1,684 |
| Jefferson | 994 | 60.83% | 418 | 25.58% | 207 | 12.67% | 11 | 0.67% | 2 | 0.12% | 2 | 0.12% | 576 | 35.25% | 1,634 |
| King | 59,165 | 60.74% | 27,936 | 28.68% | 9,187 | 9.43% | 681 | 0.70% | 178 | 0.18% | 254 | 0.26% | 31,229 | 32.06% | 97,401 |
| Kitsap | 3,708 | 46.19% | 2,852 | 35.53% | 1,345 | 16.75% | 73 | 0.91% | 26 | 0.32% | 24 | 0.30% | 856 | 10.66% | 8,028 |
| Kittitas | 2,572 | 53.13% | 1,585 | 32.74% | 604 | 12.48% | 17 | 0.35% | 51 | 1.05% | 12 | 0.25% | 987 | 20.39% | 4,841 |
| Klickitat | 1,696 | 65.46% | 661 | 25.51% | 182 | 7.02% | 32 | 1.24% | 15 | 0.58% | 5 | 0.19% | 1,035 | 39.95% | 2,591 |
| Lewis | 6,053 | 51.65% | 4,403 | 37.57% | 1,165 | 9.94% | 51 | 0.44% | 21 | 0.18% | 26 | 0.22% | 1,650 | 14.08% | 11,719 |
| Lincoln | 2,136 | 50.68% | 1,938 | 45.98% | 122 | 2.89% | 14 | 0.33% | 2 | 0.05% | 3 | 0.07% | 198 | 4.70% | 4,215 |
| Mason | 971 | 55.61% | 567 | 32.47% | 174 | 9.97% | 16 | 0.92% | 11 | 0.63% | 7 | 0.40% | 404 | 23.14% | 1,746 |
| Okanogan | 2,708 | 56.32% | 1,795 | 37.33% | 282 | 5.87% | 9 | 0.19% | 6 | 0.12% | 8 | 0.17% | 913 | 18.99% | 4,808 |
| Pacific | 2,708 | 69.06% | 1,023 | 26.09% | 178 | 4.54% | 3 | 0.08% | 9 | 0.23% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,685 | 42.97% | 3,921 |
| Pend Oreille | 1,049 | 55.56% | 598 | 31.67% | 237 | 12.55% | 0 | 0.00% | 3 | 0.16% | 1 | 0.05% | 451 | 23.89% | 1,888 |
| Pierce | 20,962 | 50.19% | 9,461 | 22.65% | 11,048 | 26.45% | 145 | 0.35% | 60 | 0.14% | 90 | 0.22% | 9,914 [b] | 23.74% | 41,766 |
| San Juan | 751 | 70.38% | 287 | 26.90% | 21 | 1.97% | 3 | 0.28% | 4 | 0.37% | 1 | 0.09% | 464 | 43.49% | 1,067 |
| Skagit | 4,719 | 46.80% | 3,587 | 35.57% | 1,688 | 16.74% | 66 | 0.65% | 16 | 0.16% | 7 | 0.07% | 1,132 | 11.23% | 10,083 |
| Skamania | 692 | 72.54% | 204 | 21.38% | 38 | 3.98% | 9 | 0.94% | 7 | 0.73% | 4 | 0.42% | 488 | 51.15% | 954 |
| Snohomish | 9,417 | 46.31% | 8,466 | 41.63% | 2,190 | 10.77% | 90 | 0.44% | 139 | 0.68% | 33 | 0.16% | 951 | 4.68% | 20,335 |
| Spokane | 24,187 | 53.26% | 19,688 | 43.35% | 1,463 | 3.22% | 16 | 0.04% | 16 | 0.04% | 45 | 0.10% | 4,499 | 9.91% | 45,415 |
| Stevens | 2,998 | 53.35% | 2,113 | 37.60% | 436 | 7.76% | 24 | 0.43% | 26 | 0.46% | 23 | 0.41% | 885 | 15.75% | 5,620 |
| Thurston | 5,043 | 57.22% | 2,763 | 31.35% | 926 | 10.51% | 41 | 0.47% | 21 | 0.24% | 20 | 0.23% | 2,280 | 25.87% | 8,814 |
| Wahkiakum | 547 | 73.82% | 124 | 16.73% | 50 | 6.75% | 9 | 1.21% | 7 | 0.94% | 4 | 0.54% | 423 | 57.09% | 741 |
| Walla Walla | 5,252 | 56.61% | 3,598 | 38.78% | 406 | 4.38% | 17 | 0.18% | 3 | 0.03% | 2 | 0.02% | 1,654 | 17.83% | 9,278 |
| Whatcom | 8,773 | 61.42% | 4,432 | 31.03% | 770 | 5.39% | 172 | 1.20% | 87 | 0.61% | 49 | 0.64% | 4,341 | 30.39% | 14,283 |
| Whitman | 5,517 | 59.95% | 3,481 | 37.83% | 185 | 2.01% | 14 | 0.15% | 3 | 0.03% | 2 | 0.02% | 2,036 | 22.13% | 9,202 |
| Yakima | 13,124 | 71.90% | 3,537 | 19.38% | 1,500 | 8.22% | 55 | 0.30% | 20 | 0.11% | 18 | 0.10% | 9,587 | 52.52% | 18,254 |
| Totals | 220,162 | 56.41% | 126,447 | 32.40% | 40,073 | 10.27% | 1,954 | 0.50% | 898 | 0.23% | 770 | 0.20% | 93,715 | 24.01% | 390,304 |
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The 1980 Washington gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1980. Incumbent Democratic governor Dixy Lee Ray ran for a second term, but lost in the primary to State Representative Jim McDermott. McDermott was defeated in the general election by Republican candidate John Spellman, the King County Executive. As of 2024, this is the last time a Republican was elected Governor of Washington, thus beginning the longest Democratic streak in any of the 50 state governorships once Spellman left office.
The 2000 Washington gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 2000. Incumbent Democratic governor Gary Locke defeated the Republican candidate John Carlson for his second term in a landslide.
The 1964 Washington gubernatorial election took place on November 3, 1964, between incumbent Democratic governor Albert Rosellini and Republican nominee Daniel J. Evans.
The 1968 Washington gubernatorial election took place on November 5, 1968, and resulted in the re-election of Republican incumbent Daniel J. Evans over state Attorney General John J. O'Connell. Martin Durkan, Albert F. Canwell, and John Patric unsuccessfully ran in the blanket primary.
The 1960 Washington gubernatorial election took place on November 8, 1960, between incumbent Democratic governor Albert Rosellini and State Superintendent of Public Instruction Lloyd J. Andrews, nominated by the Republican Party.
The 1968 United States presidential election in Washington took place on November 5, 1968, as part of the 1968 United States presidential election. State voters chose nine representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
The 1948 Washington gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1948. Republican nominee Arthur B. Langlie defeated incumbent Democrat Monrad Wallgren with 50.50% of the vote in a rematch of the 1944 contest.
The 1916 United States presidential election in Washington took place on November 7, 1916, as part of the 1916 United States presidential election in which all contemporary 48 states participated. Voters chose seven electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote pitting Democratic incumbents Woodrow Wilson Thomas R. Marshall, against Republican challengers Associate Justice Charles Evans Hughes and his running mate, former Vice-President Charles W. Fairbanks.
The 1944 Washington gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 1944. Democratic nominee Monrad Wallgren defeated incumbent Republican Arthur B. Langlie with 51.51% of the vote.
The 1940 Washington gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 1940. Republican nominee Arthur B. Langlie narrowly defeated Democratic nominee Clarence Dill with 50.24% of the vote. Langlie's 0.74% margin of victory is the third-closest in state history. This is the only gubernatorial election in Washington in which King County has voted for the losing candidate.
The 1936 Washington gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1936. Incumbent Democrat Clarence D. Martin defeated Republican nominee Roland H. Hartley with 69.36% of the vote.
The 1932 Washington gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1932. Democratic nominee Clarence D. Martin defeated Republican nominee John Arthur Gellatly with 57.29% of the vote.
The 1928 Washington gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1928. Incumbent Republican Roland H. Hartley defeated Democratic nominee A. Scott Bullitt with 56.22% of the vote. This was the last gubernatorial election until 1980 in which a Republican carried Franklin County, Mason County, and Pierce County.
The 1920 Washington gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1920. Incumbent Republican Louis F. Hart defeated Farmer–Labor nominee Robert Bridges with 52.74% of the vote.
The 1916 Washington gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 1916. Incumbent Democrat Ernest Lister defeated Republican nominee Henry McBride with 48.10% of the vote.
The 1912 Washington gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 1912. Democratic nominee Ernest Lister defeated Republican incumbent Marion E. Hay with 30.55% of the vote. Lister was voted in with the smallest percentage of the vote in a gubernatorial election in the 1900s. This was the first election in Washington in which women had the right to vote.
The 1908 Washington gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1908. Republican nominee Samuel G. Cosgrove defeated Democratic nominee John Pattison with 62.56% of the vote.
The 1904 Washington gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1904.
The 1900 Washington gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1900.
