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1992 Washington gubernatorial election

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Field	Value
election_name	1992 Washington gubernatorial election
country	Washington
type	presidential
ongoing	no
previous_election	1988 Washington gubernatorial election
previous_year	1988
next_election	1996 Washington gubernatorial election
next_year	1996
election_date	November 3, 1992
image1	File:Michael E. Lowry.jpg
image_size	150x150px
nominee1	Mike Lowry
party1	Democratic Party (United States)
popular_vote1	1,184,315
percentage1	52.16%
image2	File:Ken Eikenberry.jpg
nominee2	Ken Eikenberry
party2	Republican Party (United States)
popular_vote2	1,086,216
percentage2	47.84%
title	Governor
map_image	1992 Washington gubernatorial election results map by county.svg
map_size	275px
map_caption	County results
Lowry:
Eikenberry:
before_election	Booth Gardner
before_party	Democratic Party (United States)
after_election	Mike Lowry
after_party	Democratic Party (United States)

Lowry:
Eikenberry:

The 1992 Washington gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1992. Incumbent Democratic Governor Booth Gardner chose not to run for a third term. This resulted in an open race for Governor of Washington in which Democrat Mike Lowry narrowly defeated Republican Ken Eikenberry. This is the last time that a gubernatorial nominee and a lieutenant gubernatorial nominee of different political parties were elected governor and lieutenant governor of Washington.

Primary election

Candidates

Democratic

Mike Lowry, former U.S. Representative for the 7th congressional district and unsuccessful Democratic nominee for the United States Senate in 1988
Joseph E. King, speaker state representative
Sally McQuown
Richard "Onery Dick" Short
Wayne Madsen

Republican

Ken Eikenberry, State Attorney General
Sid Morrison, U.S. Representative for the 4th congressional district
Dan McDonald, state senator
Bob Tharp

Results

Blanket primary results by county:

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General election

Candidates

Mike Lowry (D), former U.S. Representative for the 7th congressional district
Ken Eikenberry (R), State Attorney General

Debates

Complete video of debate, October 27, 1992 - C-SPAN

Polling

Poll source	Date(s)
administered	Sample
size	Margin
of error	Mike
Lowry (D)	Ken
Eikenberry (R)	Undecided
Tacoma News Tribune	October 1992	–	–	47%	43%	10%

Endorsements

Federal officials

Sid Morrison, U.S. Representative from Washington's 4th congressional district (Republican)

Results

Results by county

Ken Eikenberry is the last Republican to have carried Whatcom County in a gubernatorial election; this election is the only one since 1960 in which Whatcom County has backed the losing candidate.

County	Mike Lowry
Democratic	Ken Eikenberry
Republican	Margin	Total votes cast	#	%	#	%	#	%	Totals	1,184,315	52.16%	1,086,216	47.84%	98,099	4.32%	2,270,531
	Adams		1,750		38.40%		2,807		61.60%		-1,057		-23.20%		4,557
	Asotin		3,436		45.99%		4,035		54.01%		-599		-8.02%		7,471
	Benton		21,872		42.48%		29,614		57.52%		-7,742		-15.04%		51,486
	Chelan		8,666		37.60%		14,379		62.40%		-5,713		-24.79%		23,045
	Clallam		12,049		42.46%		16,330		57.54%		-4,281		-15.09%		28,379
	Clark		48,292		46.40%		55,780		53.60%		-7,488		-7.20%		104,072
	Columbia		599		31.33%		1,313		68.67%		-714		-37.34%		1,912
	Cowlitz		16,677		48.97%		17,381		51.03%		-704		-2.07%		34,058
	Douglas		4,139		37.89%		6,785		62.11%		-2,646		-24.22%		10,924
	Ferry		1,062		42.13%		1,459		57.87%		-397		-15.75%		2,521
	Franklin		5,474		45.60%		6,531		54.40%		-1,057		-8.80%		12,005
	Garfield		426		32.67%		878		67.33%		-452		-34.66%		1,304
	Grant		7,991		36.86%		13,688		63.14%		-5,697		-26.28%		21,679
	Grays Harbor		14,986		55.41%		12,060		44.59%		2,926		10.82%		27,046
	Island		12,429		45.81%		14,704		54.19%		-2,275		-8.38%		27,133
	Jefferson		7,047		54.77%		5,820		45.23%		1,227		9.54%		12,867
	King		466,506		60.44%		305,326		39.56%		161,180		20.88%		771,832
	Kitsap		42,562		48.69%		44,852		51.31%		-2,290		-2.62%		87,414
	Kittitas		6,232		51.04%		5,978		48.96%		254		2.08%		12,210
	Klickitat		2,883		43.45%		3,752		56.55%		869		13.10%		6,635
	Lewis		7,938		29.46%		19,003		70.54%		-11,065		-41.07%		26,941
	Lincoln		1,717		34.76%		3,223		65.24%		-1,506		-30.49%		4,940
	Mason		9,548		48.57%		10,111		51.43%		-563		-2.86%		19,659
	Okanogan		5,139		39.99%		7,712		60.01%		-2,573		-20.02%		12,851
	Pacific		4,933		53.70%		4,254		46.30%		679		7.39%		9,187
	Pend Oreille		1,919		41.31%		2,726		58.69%		-807		-17.37%		4,645
	Pierce		120,968		50.70%		117,623		49.30%		3,345		1.40%		238,591
	San Juan		3,758		54.61%		3,123		45.39%		635		9.23%		6,881
	Skagit		18,784		46.56%		21,560		53.44%		-2,776		-6.88%		40,344
	Skamania		1,657		46.81%		1,883		53.19%		-226		-6.38%		3,540
	Snohomish		117,000		52.42%		106,196		47.58%		10,804		4.84%		223,196
	Spokane		74,262		44.33%		93,269		55.67%		-19,007		-11.35%		167,531
	Stevens		5,447		37.15%		9,217		62.85%		-3,770		-25.71%		14,664
	Thurston		46,666		55.75%		37,038		44.25%		9,628		11.50%		83,704
	Wahkiakum		775		44.51%		966		55.49%		-191		-10.97%		1,741
	Walla Walla		8,330		42.36%		11,333		57.64%		-3,003		-15.27%		19,663
	Whatcom		31,113		49.49%		31,756		50.51%		-643		-1.02%		62,869
	Whitman		8,459		48.78%		8,883		51.22%		-424		-2.44%		17,342
	Yakima		30,824		48.40%		32,868		51.60%		-2,044		-3.21%		63,692

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Asotin
Chelan
Clallam
Clark
Douglas
Ferry
Garfield
Grant
Island
Kitsap
Klickitat
Lincoln
Mason
Okanogan
Pend Oreille
Skagit
Skamania
Spokane
Wahkiakum
Walla Walla
Whatcom
Whitman

References

"Elections Search Results September 1992 Primary". Washington Secretary of State.
Washington Secretary of State. "Official Abstract for the 1992 Primary Election".
[https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1992/10/25/democrat-gets-some-gop-help-in-washington-governors-race/5f8e78b3-b27d-4572-a556-3cb27dcbc2a1/ Tacoma News Tribune]
(26 October 1992). "'92'S Odd Governor's Race -- While Eikenberry Sounds Populist, Lowry's Wooing Rotary Clubbers".
"Elections Search Results November 1992 General". Washington Secretary of State.
Washington Secretary of State. "Official Returns of the State General Election November 3, 1992".

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