2000 Washington gubernatorial election

Summary

The 2000 Washington gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 2000. Incumbent Democratic governor Gary Locke defeated the Republican candidate John Carlson for his second term in a landslide.

2000 Washington gubernatorial election

← 1996 November 7, 2000 2004 →
 
Nominee Gary Locke John Carlson
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 1,441,973 980,060
Percentage 58.38% 39.68%

County results

Locke:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%

Carlson:      40–50%      50–60%

Governor before election

Gary Locke
Democratic

Elected Governor

Gary Locke
Democratic

As of 2022, this was the earliest gubernatorial election in Washington in which both candidates are currently still living. This is the last time a Democratic nominee for governor outperformed the Democratic nominee for president in Washington.

This would also be the last gubernatorial election in Washington in which the margin of victory was in double digits and in which any counties in Eastern Washington voted for a Democrat until Jay Inslee's 2020 landslide victory. This is the last and the most recent Washington gubernatorial election in which the winning candidate carried a majority of Washington's counties.

Primary election edit

Candidates edit

Democratic edit

Republican edit

Libertarian edit

  • Steve W. LePage

Results edit

2000 Washington gubernatorial jungle primary[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Gary Locke 701,929 54.32%
Republican John Carlson 446,142 34.52%
Republican Harold Hochstatter 93,467 7.23%
Democratic Meta Heller 28,578 2.21%
Libertarian Steve W. LePage 22,186 1.72%
Total votes 1,292,302 100.00%

General election edit

Candidates edit

Debates edit

  • Complete video of debate, September 28, 2000 - C-SPAN
  • Complete video of debate, October 11, 2000 - C-SPAN
  • Complete video of debate, October 23, 2000 - C-SPAN

Results edit

Governor of Washington election, 2000[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Gary Locke (incumbent) 1,441,973 58.38
Republican John Carlson 980,060 39.68
Libertarian Steve LePage 47,819 1.94
Total votes 2,469,852 100.00
Democratic hold

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic edit

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Election Search Results - Elections & Voting - WA Secretary of State". www.sos.wa.gov. Retrieved March 15, 2021.
  2. ^ "Election Search Results - Elections & Voting - WA Secretary of State".