2004 Washington elections

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2004 Washington Statewide Executive Offices elections
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All 9 Statewide Executive Offices
 Majority partyMinority party
 
Party Democratic Republican
Last election72
Seats won63
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 1Increase2.svg 1
Percentage56.82%39.66%

Washington has 9 Executive seats, all elected at large. In 2004, all 9 positions were up for reelection.

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Governor

After a machine and manual recount, Christine Gregoire won the election by 133 votes. [1]

Washington gubernatorial election, 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Christine Gregoire (incumbent) 1,373,361 48.8731
Republican Dino Rossi 1,373,22848.8684
Libertarian Ruth Bennett63,4642.2585
Total votes2,810,053 100.00
Turnout

Lt. Governor

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Results by county
Owen:
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
Wiest:
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
Washington State Lt. Governor election, 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Brad Owen (incumbent) 1,443,505 54.39
Republican Jim Wiest1,019,79038.43
Libertarian Jocelyn A Langlois117,1474.41
Green Bern Haggerty73,3282.76
Total votes2,653,770 100.00
Turnout

Secretary of State

Washington secretary of state election, 2004
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Nominee Sam Reed Laura Ruderman
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote1,369,4211,209,299
Percentage51.5%45.4%
2004 Washington Secretary of State election results map by county.svg
County results
Reed:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%
Ruderman:     40–50%     50–60%
Secretary of State before election

Sam Reed
Republican

Elected Secretary of State

Sam Reed
Republican

Washington Secretary of State election, 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Sam Reed (incumbent) 1,369,421 51.47
Democratic Laura Ruderman 1,209,29945.45
Libertarian Jacqueline Passey82,0973.09
Total votes2,660,817 100.00
Turnout

State Treasurer

Results by county Murphy: 40-50% 50-60% 60-70% Lewis: 40-50% 50-60% 2004 Washington state treasurer election results map by county.svg
Results by county
Murphy:
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
Lewis:
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
Washington State Treasurer election, 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Mike Murphy (incumbent) 1,575,499 60.29
Republican Oscar S. Lewis941,75436.04
Libertarian John Sample96,1443.68
Total votes2,613,397 100.00
Turnout

State Auditor

Results by county Sonntag: 40-50% 50-60% 60-70% 70-80% Baker: 40-50% 50-60% 2004 Washington state auditor election results map by county.svg
Results by county
Sonntag:
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
Baker:
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
Washington State Auditor election, 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Brian Sonntag (incumbent) 1,668,575 63.89
Republican Will Baker 841,77232.23
Libertarian Jason G. Bush101,1613.87
Total votes2,611,508 100.00
Turnout

Attorney General

2004 Washington elections
2004 Washington attorney general election results map by county.svg
County results
Senn:      40–50%     50–60%
McKenna:      40–50%     50–60%     60–70%

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [a] 		Margin
of error		Deborah
Senn (D)		Rob
McKenna (R)		Other /
Undecided
SurveyUSA [2] October 29–31, 2004617 (LV)± 4.0%43%49%8%

Results

Washington State Attorney General election, 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Rob McKenna 1,425,368 52.98
Democratic Deborah Senn 1,163,96443.27
Libertarian J. Bradley Gibson56,7922.11
Green Paul Richmond44,0201.64
Total votes2,559,642 100.00
Turnout

Commissioner of Public Lands

Results by county Sutherland: 40-50% 50-60% 60-70% 70-80% Cooper: 40-50% 50-60% 2004 Washington commissioner of public lands election results map by county.svg
Results by county
Sutherland:
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
Cooper:
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
Washington State Commissioner of Public Lands election, 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Doug Sutherland (incumbent) 1,309,441 49.96
Democratic Mike Cooper1,223,20746.67
Libertarian Steve Layman88,1713.36
Total votes2,620,819 100.00
Turnout

Superintendent of Public Instruction

Results by county Bergeson: 50-60% 60-70% Billings: 50-60% 2004 Washington superintendent of public instruction election results map by county.svg
Results by county
Bergeson:
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
Billings:
  •   50–60%
Washington State Superintendent of Public Instruction election, 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%
Washington Non Partisan Terry Bergeson (incumbent) 1,293,560 55.51
Washington Non Partisan Judith Billings1,036,91244.49
Total votes2,330,472 100.00
Turnout

Insurance Commissioner

Results by county Kreidler: 40-50% 50-60% 60-70% Adams: 40-50% 50-60% 60-70% 2004 Washington insurance commissioner election results map by county.svg
Results by county
Kreidler:
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
Adams:
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
Washington State Insurance Commissioner election, 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Mike Kreidler (incumbent) 1,393,764 54.45
Republican John Adams1,058,58341.36
Libertarian Stephen D. Steele107,2954.19
Total votes2,559,642 100.00
Turnout

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear

References

  1. ↑ November 2004 General (Report).
  2. ↑ SurveyUSA
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