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1984 Washington gubernatorial election

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Field	Value
election_name	1984 Washington gubernatorial election
country	Washington
type	presidential
ongoing	no
previous_election	1980 Washington gubernatorial election
previous_year	1980
next_election	1988 Washington gubernatorial election
next_year	1988
election_date	November 6, 1984
image1	File:Booth Gardner.jpg
image_size	150x150px
nominee1	Booth Gardner
party1	Democratic Party (United States)
popular_vote1	1,006,993
percentage1	53.31%
image2	File:JohnDSpellman.jpg
nominee2	John Spellman
party2	Republican Party (United States)
popular_vote2	881,994
percentage2	46.69%
title	Governor
map_image	1984 Washington gubernatorial election results map by county.svg
map_size	275px
map_caption	County results
Gardner:
Spellman:
before_election	John Spellman
before_party	Republican Party (United States)
after_election	Booth Gardner
after_party	Democratic Party (United States)

Gardner:
Spellman:

The 1984 Washington gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1984. Incumbent Republican John Spellman ran for re-election to a second term but was defeated by Democrat Booth Gardner despite Republican President Ronald Reagan carrying the state by 13 points in the concurrent 1984 Election. This is the last time that the Washington Governor's office changed partisan control or that an incumbent Governor of Washington lost a general election.

Primary election

Candidates

Democratic

Booth Gardner, Pierce County Executive
Jim McDermott, psychiatrist, state senator, candidate for governor in 1972, and nominee for governor 1980
John Jovanovich, state representative

Republican

John Spellman, incumbent governor of Washington
Ted Parker Fix

Third-party

Mark A. Calney (Independent), author
Bob LeRoy (Populist)
Cheryll Y. Hidalgo (Socialist Workers)

Results

General election

Candidates

John Spellman (R), incumbent governor of Washington
Booth Gardner (D), Pierce County Executive

Results

Results by county

Booth Gardner is the most recent Democrat to carry Lewis County and Stevens County in a gubernatorial election. Conversely, John Spellman is the last Republican to have won San Juan County.

County	Booth Gardner
Democratic	John Spellman
Republican	Margin	Total votes cast	#	%	#	%	#	%	Totals	1,006,993	53.31%	881,994	46.69%	124,999	6.62%	1,888,987
	Adams		2,070		42.43%		2,809		57.57%		-739		-15.15%		4,879
	Asotin		3,833		53.68%		3,308		46.32%		525		7.35%		7,141
	Benton		20,982		44.44%		26,236		55.56%		-5,254		-11.13%		47,218
	Chelan		8,843		42.51%		11,960		57.49%		-3,117		-14.98%		20,803
	Clallam		12,156		50.70%		11,820		49.30%		336		1.40%		23,976
	Clark		46,144		59.33%		31,629		40.67%		14,515		18.66%		77,773
	Columbia		935		44.69%		1,157		55.31%		-222		-10.61%		2,092
	Cowlitz		18,770		61.90%		11,553		38.10%		7,217		23.80%		30,323
	Douglas		4,398		45.07%		5,361		54.93%		-963		-9.87%		9,759
	Ferry		1,194		56.08%		935		43.92%		259		12.17%		2,129
	Franklin		5,761		47.96%		6,250		52.04%		-489		-4.07%		12,011
	Garfield		685		48.21%		736		51.79%		-51		-3.59%		1,421
	Grant		8,917		46.55%		10,238		53.45%		-1,321		6.90%		19,155
	Grays Harbor		18,752		70.73%		7,761		29.27%		10,991		41.46%		26,513
	Island		9,160		43.99%		11,664		56.01%		-2,504		-12.02%		20,824
	Jefferson		4,904		53.72%		4,224		46.28%		680		7.45%		9,128
	King		336,878		52.35%		306,605		47.65%		30,273		4.70%		643,483
	Kitsap		37,460		55.67%		29,835		44.33%		7,625		11.33%		67,295
	Kittitas		6,577		59.35%		4,504		40.65%		2,073		18.71%		11,081
	Klickitat		3,797		56.61%		2,910		43.39%		887		13.22%		6,707
	Lewis		13,811		58.08%		9,969		41.92%		3,842		16.16%		23,780
	Lincoln		2,345		44.81%		2,888		55.19%		-543		-10.38%		5,233
	Mason		9,316		58.80%		6,528		41.20%		2,788		17.60%		15,844
	Okanogan		6,357		48.31%		6,802		51.69%		-445		-3.38%		13,159
	Pacific		5,473		64.94%		2,955		35.06%		2,518		29.88%		8,428
	Pend Oreille		2,298		56.55%		1,766		43.45%		532		13.09%		4,064
	Pierce		112,796		58.74%		79,246		41.26%		33,550		17.47%		192,042
	San Juan		2,634		48.48%		2,799		51.52%		-165		-3.04%		5,433
	Skagit		18,457		54.95%		15,130		45.05%		3,327		9.91%		33,587
	Skamania		1,934		58.43%		1,376		41.57%		558		16.86%		3,310
	Snohomish		84,328		52.66%		75,823		47.34%		8,505		5.31%		160,151
	Spokane		74,244		49.25%		76,502		50.75%		-2,258		-1.50%		150,746
	Stevens		6,433		50.02%		6,428		49.98%		5		0.04%		12,861
	Thurston		35,501		56.85%		26,950		43.15%		8,551		13.69%		62,451
	Wahkiakum		1,078		63.52%		619		36.48%		459		27.05%		1,697
	Walla Walla		8,473		43.28%		11,106		56.72%		-2,633		-13.45%		19,579
	Whatcom		30,525		60.11%		20,255		39.89%		10,270		20.22%		50,780
	Whitman		7,512		44.83%		9,246		55.17%		-1,734		-10.35%		16,758
	Yakima		31,262		47.82%		34,111		52.18%		-2,849		-4.36%		65,373

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

Asotin
Clallam
Clark
Cowlitz
King
Kitsap
Kittitas
Lewis
Mason
Pend Oreille
Pierce
Skagit
Snohomish
Stevens
Thurston
Whatcom

References

"Elections Search Results September 1984 Primary". Washington Secretary of State.
Washington Secretary of State. "Official Abstract of the Results of the September 18, 1984 Washington State Primary".
"Elections Search Results November 1984 General". Washington Secretary of State.

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