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1972 Washington gubernatorial election

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Field	Value
election_name	1972 Washington gubernatorial election
country	Washington
type	presidential
ongoing	no
previous_election	1968 Washington gubernatorial election
previous_year	1968
next_election	1976 Washington gubernatorial election
next_year	1976
election_date	November 7, 1972
image1	File:Daniel J. Evans.jpg
image_size	150x150px
nominee1	Daniel J. Evans
party1	Republican Party (United States)
popular_vote1	747,825
percentage1	50.78%
image2	File:Albert D. Rosellini (cropped).jpg
nominee2	Albert Rosellini
party2	Democratic Party (United States)
popular_vote2	630,613
percentage2	42.82%
image3	[[File:No image.svg	x100px]]
nominee3	Vick Gould
party3	Taxpayers
color3	009966
popular_vote3	86,843
percentage3	5.90%
title	Governor
map_image	1972 Washington gubernatorial election results map by county.svg
map_size	275px
map_caption	County results
Evans:
Rosellini:
before_election	Daniel J. Evans
before_party	Republican Party (United States)
after_election	Daniel J. Evans
after_party	Republican Party (United States)

Evans:
Rosellini:
The 1972 Washington gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 1972. Incumbent Governor of Washington Daniel J. Evans, who was first elected eight years earlier, and then re-elected in 1968, was eligible for re-election, as Washington does not have gubernatorial term limits.

On election day, Evans defeated former governor Albert D. Rosellini by a comfortable margin of 117,212 votes, in a rematch of the 1964 contest. Businessman Vick Gould, who ran with the Taxpayers Party, a third party of Gould's own creation, also received 5.9% of the vote. Evans was the first governor of Washington to be elected to a third consecutive term.

Primary election

A total of nine candidates filed for the blanket primary on September 19, 1972. Evans and Rosellini won their party's nominations, receiving 24.66% and 30.27% of the votes in the primary, respectively.

Candidates

Republican Party

Daniel J. Evans, incumbent Governor
L. R. Kemore, candidate for governor in 1948
Earl Monaghan
John "Hugo Frye" Patric, perennial candidate
Perry B. Woodall, State Senator

Democratic Party

Martin J. Durkan, State Senator
James A. McDermott, psychiatrist and State Representative
Albert D. Rosellini, former governor
Rudolfo Valdez

Results

General election

Candidates

Robin David (SWP)
Daniel J. Evans (R), incumbent Governor
Vick Gould (Taxpayers), businessman
Albert D. Rosellini (D), former governor
Henry Killman (SLP), perennial candidate

Results

Results by county

County	Daniel J. Evans
Republican	Albert D. Rosellini
Democratic	Vick Gould
Taxpayers	Robin David
Socialist Workers	Henry Killman
Socialist Labor	Margin	Total votes cast	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	Totals	747,825	50.78%	630,613	42.82%	86,843	5.90%	4,552	0.31%	2,709	0.18%	117,212	7.96%	1,472,542
	Adams		2,583		57.17%		1,727		38.22%	204	4.52%		1		0.02%		3		0.07%		856		18.95%		4,518
	Asotin		2,851		49.78%		2,750		48.02%	122	2.13%		2		0.03%		2		0.03%		101		1.76%		5,727
	Benton		17,010		55.50%		12,540		40.91%	1,003	3.27%		68		0.22%		28		0.09%		4,470		14.58%		30,649
	Chelan		9,145		52.66%		7,143		41.13%	1,015	5.84%		40		0.23%		23		0.13%		2,002		11.53%		17,366
	Clallam		8,153		50.12%		7,196		44.23%	888	5.46%		18		0.11%		13		0.08%		957		5.88%		16,268
	Clark		30,557		51.93%		24,733		42.03%	3,257	5.54%		209		0.36%		87		0.15%		5,824		9.90%		58,843
	Columbia		1,094		52.29%		914		43.69%	81	3.87%		0		0.00%		3		0.14%		180		8.60%		2,092
	Cowlitz		13,797		49.17%		13,468		48.00%	684	2.44%		54		0.19%		54		0.19%		329		1.17%		28,057
	Douglas		3,578		48.23%		3,384		45.62%	451	6.08%		4		0.05%		1		0.01%		194		2.62%		7,418
	Ferry		550		36.28%		777		51.25%	187	12.34%		1		0.07%		1		0.07%		-227		-14.97%		1,516
	Franklin		5,011		47.73%		5,121		48.78%	338	3.22%		14		0.13%		14		0.13%		-110		-1.05%		10,498
	Garfield		832		53.68%		685		44.19%	32	2.06%		1		0.06%		0		0.00%		147		9.48%		1,550
	Grant		7,629		48.79%		7,156		45.77%	808	5.17%		23		0.15%		19		0.12%		473		3.03%		15,635
	Grays Harbor		9,277		38.51%		13,303		55.22%	1,369	5.68%		48		0.20%		92		0.38%		-4,026		-16.71%		24,089
	Island		6,456		58.94%		4,006		36.57%	460	4.20%		19		0.17%		12		0.11%		2,450		22.37%		10,953
	Jefferson		2,068		39.97%		2,717		52.51%	347	6.71%		23		0.44%		19		0.37%		-649		-12.54%		5,174
	King		292,616		55.41%		204,212		38.67%	27,876	5.28%		2,144		0.41%		1,272		0.24%		88,404		16.74%		528,120
	Kitsap		19,720		42.70%		23,652		51.21%	2,612	5.66%		119		0.26%		80		0.17%		-3,932		-8.51%		46,183
	Kittitas		5,488		54.04%		4,241		41.76%	382	3.76%		38		0.37%		7		0.07%		1,247		12.28%		10,156
	Klickitat		3,084		55.35%		2,267		40.69%	214	3.84%		4		0.07%		3		0.05%		817		14.66%		5,572
	Lewis		8,339		40.11%		10,955		52.69%	1,460	7.02%		25		0.12%		11		0.05%		-2,616		-12.58%		20,790
	Lincoln		2,757		52.48%		2,137		40.68%	355	6.76%		1		0.02%		3		0.06%		620		11.80%		5,253
	Mason		4,093		40.84%		5,386		53.75%	520	5.19%		12		0.12%		10		0.10%		-1,293		-12.90%		10,021
	Okanogan		4,197		40.22%		5,141		49.27%	1,070	10.25%		14		0.13%		13		0.12%		-944		-9.05%		10,435
	Pacific		2,674		37.32%		4,310		60.15%	161	2.25%		10		0.14%		10		0.14%		-1,636		-22.83%		7,165
	Pend Oreille		1,197		40.76%		1,540		52.43%	195	6.64%		3		0.10%		2		0.07%		-343		-11.68%		2,937
	Pierce		63,497		42.99%		75,723		51.27%	7,986	5.41%		274		0.19%		214		0.14%		12,226		8.28%		147,694
	San Juan		1,828		66.79%		699		25.54%	181	6.61%		18		0.66%		11		0.40%		1,129		41.25%		2,737
	Skagit		11,963		47.82%		11,977		47.88%	997	3.99%		56		0.22%		23		0.09%		-14		-0.06%		25,016
	Skamania		1,011		36.92%		1,154		42.15%	565	20.64%		5		0.18%		3		0.11%		-143		-5.22%		2,738
	Snohomish		50,877		47.88%		46,608		43.86%	8,255	7.77%		328		0.31%		194		0.18%		4,269		4.02%		106,262
	Spokane		60,789		48.34%		50,706		40.33%	13,607	10.82%		422		0.34%		218		0.17%		10,083		8.02%		125,742
	Stevens		3,232		40.99%		3,568		45.26%	1,060	13.44%		10		0.13%		14		0.18%		-336		-4.26%		7,884
	Thurston		18,673		47.71%		17,869		45.66%	2,429	6.21%		114		0.29%		53		0.14%		804		2.05%		39,138
	Wahkiakum		793		46.67%		817		48.09%	78	4.59%		3		0.18%		8		0.47%		-24		-1.41%		1,699
	Walla Walla		10,042		54.54%		8,004		43.47%	337	1.83%		18		0.10%		11		0.06%		2,038		11.07%		18,412
	Whatcom		22,776		59.47%		12,741		33.27%	2,388	6.24%		268		0.70%		124		0.32%		10,035		26.20%		38,297
	Whitman		10,915		67.99%		4,428		27.58%	605	3.77%		83		0.52%		24		0.15%		6,487		40.40%		16,055
	Yakima		26,673		49.50%		24,858		46.13%	2,264	4.20%		58		0.11%		30		0.06%		1,815		3.37%		53,883

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Clark
Cowlitz

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

Ferry
Kitsap
Lewis
Okanogan
Skagit
Stevens
Wahkiakum

Notes

References

(January 22, 1972). "Candidacy Set". Spokane Daily Chronicle.
(March 2, 1972). "Vick Gould For Governor?". Jack Britten.
"Elections Search Results - September 1972 Primary".
Washington Secretary of State. "Abstract of Votes Primary Election Held on September 19, 1972".
"Election Search Results November 1972 General". Washington Secretary of State.
Washington Secretary of State. "Abstract of Votes Presidential and State General Election Held on November 7, 1972".

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