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1988 Washington gubernatorial election

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Field	Value
election_name	1988 Washington gubernatorial election
country	Washington
type	presidential
ongoing	no
previous_election	1984 Washington gubernatorial election
previous_year	1984
next_election	1992 Washington gubernatorial election
next_year	1992
election_date	November 8, 1988
image1	File:Booth Gardner.jpg
image_size	150x150px
nominee1	Booth Gardner
party1	Democratic Party (United States)
popular_vote1	1,166,448
percentage1	62.21%
image2	File:Bob Williams.jpg
nominee2	Bob Williams
party2	Republican Party (United States)
popular_vote2	708,481
percentage2	37.79%
title	Governor
map_image	1988 Washington gubernatorial election results map by county.svg
map_size	275px
map_caption	County results
Gardner:
Williams:
before_election	Booth Gardner
before_party	Democratic Party (United States)
after_election	Booth Gardner
after_party	Democratic Party (United States)

Gardner:
Williams:

The 1988 Washington gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1988. Incumbent Democratic governor Booth Gardner won a second term, defeating Republican state representative Bob Williams in a landslide. This election was the first time since 1960 that an incumbent Democratic governor of Washington was re-elected.

Gardner won the highest share of the vote since Clarence Martin in 1936. Gardner's 62.21% of the vote is third-highest of any gubernatorial candidate in Washington's history.

Primary election

Candidates

Democratic

Jeanne Dixon
Ted Parker Fix
Booth Gardner, incumbent governor of Washington
Richard "Onery Dick" Short

Republican

Norm Maleng, King County prosecutor
Paul Dean Santos
Bob Williams, state representative

Independent

Baba Jeanne "BJ" Mangaoang, party leader

Results

Blanket primary results by county:

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General election

Candidates

Booth Gardner (D), incumbent governor of Washington
Bob Williams (R), state representative

Debates

Complete video of debate, October 30, 1988 - C-SPAN

Results

Results by county

Gardner's landslide win made him the first Democrat since Clarence Martin in 1936 to carry Chelan County, Garfield County, Lincoln County, San Juan County, Walla Walla County, and Whitman County. However, since this election, no Democrat has won Chelan County, Douglas County, Ferry County, Garfield County, Grant County, Lincoln County, and Okanogan County.

County	Booth Gardner
Democratic	Bob Williams
Republican	Margin	Total votes cast	#	%	#	%	#	%	Totals	1,166,448	62.21%	708,481	37.79%	457,967	24.43%	1,874,929
	Adams		2,228		49.83%		2,243		50.17%		-15		-0.34%		4,471
	Asotin		4,345		65.74%		2,264		34.26%		2,081		31.49%		6,609
	Benton		15,407		34.44%		29,333		65.56%		-13,926		-31.13%		44,740
	Chelan		11,037		58.10%		7,961		41.90%		3,076		16.19%		18,998
	Clallam		13,776		59.43%		9,406		40.57%		4,370		18.85%		23,182
	Clark		45,072		57.67%		33,086		42.33%		11,986		15.34%		78,158
	Columbia		918		46.55%		1,054		53.45%		-136		-6.90%		1,972
	Cowlitz		14,154		49.25%		14,584		50.75%		-430		-1.50%		28,738
	Douglas		5,208		54.80%		4,296		45.20%		912		9.60%		9,504
	Ferry		1,161		57.16%		870		42.84%		291		14.33%		2,031
	Franklin		4,438		40.25%		6,587		59.75%		-2,149		-19.49%		11,025
	Garfield		783		58.26%		561		41.74%		222		16.52%		1,344
	Grant		9,383		51.52%		8,830		48.48%		553		3.04%		18,213
	Grays Harbor		16,951		69.79%		7,336		30.21%		9,615		39.59%		24,287
	Island		12,369		57.14%		9,277		42.86%		3,092		14.28%		21,646
	Jefferson		6,378		65.90%		3,300		34.10%		3,078		31.80%		9,678
	King		453,572		69.89%		195,378		30.11%		258,194		39.79%		648,950
	Kitsap		42,616		60.62%		27,683		39.38%		14,933		21.24%		70,299
	Kittitas		6,723		63.37%		3,886		36.63%		2,837		26.74%		10,609
	Klickitat		3,482		57.09%		2,617		42.91%		865		14.18%		6,099
	Lewis		10,256		43.39%		13,380		56.61%		-3,124		-13.22%		23,636
	Lincoln		2,423		51.12%		2,317		48.88%		106		2.24%		4,740
	Mason		9,699		60.94%		6,217		39.06%		3,482		21.88%		15,916
	Okanogan		6,824		57.33%		5,078		42.67%		1,746		14.67%		11,902
	Pacific		5,513		67.39%		2,668		32.61%		2,845		34.78%		8,181
	Pend Oreille		2,317		60.43%		1,517		39.57%		800		20.87%		3,834
	Pierce		119,459		63.28%		69,307		36.72%		50,152		26.57%		188,766
	San Juan		3,814		65.87%		1,976		34.13%		1,838		31.74%		5,790
	Skagit		19,902		60.33%		13,089		39.67%		6,813		20.65%		32,991
	Skamania		1,653		52.36%		1,504		47.64%		149		4.72%		3,157
	Snohomish		105,357		62.53%		63,123		37.47%		42,234		25.07%		168,480
	Spokane		80,678		56.72%		61,571		43.28%		19,107		13.43%		142,249
	Stevens		5,880		48.48%		6,249		51.52%		-369		-3.04%		12,129
	Thurston		42,583		62.74%		25,292		37.26%		17,291		25.47%		67,875
	Wahkiakum		820		52.06%		755		47.94%		65		4.13%		1,575
	Walla Walla		8,916		50.36%		8,789		49.64%		127		0.72%		17,705
	Whatcom		31,321		62.32%		18,934		37.68%		12,387		24.65%		50,255
	Whitman		9,337		60.78%		6,026		39.22%		3,311		21.55%		15,363
	Yakima		29,695		49.63%		30,137		50.37%		-442		-0.74%		59,832

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

Chelan
Douglas
Garfield
Grant
Island
Lincoln
Okanogan
San Juan
Spokane
Walla Walla
Whitman

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Cowlitz
Lewis
Stevens

Notes

References

"Elections Search Results September 1988 Primary". Washington Secretary of State.
"Elections Search Results November 1988 General". Washington Secretary of State.

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