1984 Washington gubernatorial election

Summary

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. 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.

1984 Washington gubernatorial election

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Nominee Booth Gardner John Spellman
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 1,006,993 881,994
Percentage 53.3% 46.7%

County results
Gardner:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Spellman:      50–60%

Governor before election

John Spellman
Republican

Elected Governor

Booth Gardner
Democratic

Blanket primary edit

Candidates edit

Democratic edit

Republican edit

Third-party edit

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

Results edit

Blanket primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Booth Gardner 421,087 46.07%
Republican John Spellman (incumbent) 239,463 26.20%
Democratic Jim McDermott 209,435 22.91%
Democratic John Jovanovich 23,699 2.59%
Republican Ted Parker Fix 11,193 1.23%
Populist Bob LeRoy 3,601 0.39%
Independent Mark A. Calney 2,851 0.31%
Socialist Workers Cheryll Y. Hidalgo 2,672 0.29%
Total votes 914,001 100.00%

General election edit

Candidates edit

Results edit

1984 Washington gubernatorial election results[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Booth Gardner 1,006,993 53.31
Republican John Spellman (incumbent) 881,994 46.69
Total votes 1,888,987 100.00
Democratic gain from Republican

References edit

  1. ^ "Election Search Results - Elections & Voting - WA Secretary of State". Sos.wa.gov. Retrieved July 13, 2018.