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2024 Washington gubernatorial election

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2024 Washington gubernatorial election
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The 2024 Washington gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 2024. The top-two primary was held on August 6. Incumbent Democratic Governor Jay Inslee was eligible to seek re-election to a fourth term but decided that he would not do so.[1] The Democratic candidate, state Attorney General Bob Ferguson, defeated the Republican candidate, former Congressman Dave Reichert, who conceded defeat on November 19. Ferguson defeated Reichert with 55.51% of the vote in the general election.[2] He also became the first Democrat to win Clallam County since 2000.

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This election marked the 11th consecutive election victory of the Democratic candidate for governor of Washington. Washington has not had a Republican governor since John Spellman left office in 1985,[3] the longest streak of Democratic leadership of any state in the country and the third-longest streak of one-party leadership after South Dakota (which has not had a Democratic governor since Harvey Wollman left office in 1979) and Utah (which has not had a Democratic governor since Scott Matheson left office nine days prior to Spellman in 1985).[4][5][6]

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Primary election

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Washington is one of two states that holds a top-two primary, meaning that all candidates are listed on the same ballot regardless of party affiliation, and the top two advance to the general election.

The filing deadline was May 10, 2024. On that day, two candidates named Bob Ferguson entered the race at the behest of a conservative activist who sought people with the same surname as Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson, who was considered the Democratic frontrunner.[7] The two new candidates—a retired state employee and a U.S. Army veteran—resigned from the race on May 13, the deadline to withdraw, after questions about the legality of their campaigns arose. Washington's state statutes prohibit a new candidate with the same surname as an already-filed candidate from running with the intent to confuse or mislead voters.[8]

Democratic candidates

Advanced to general

Eliminated in primary

  • Ricky Anthony, retiree[10]
  • Edward Cale IV, postal worker[11]
  • Fred Grant, communications professional[3]
  • Cassondra Hanson, retail worker[11]
  • Chaytan Inman, artificial intelligence engineer[11]
  • EL'ona Kearney, forgiveness coach[12]
  • Mark Mullet, state senator[13]
  • Don Rivers, retired King County Metro worker and perennial candidate[11]

Withdrawn

Declined

Republican candidates

Advanced to general

Eliminated in primary

  • Semi Bird, former P.C.O. and chair for the Benton County Republican Party (2022–2024) and former Richland school board member (2021–2023)[21]
  • A.L. Brown[10]
  • Jim Daniel, former Klickitat Hospital Board commissioner[10]
  • Bill Hirt, retired aircraft engineer and perennial candidate[10]
  • Jennifer Hoover, pastor[10]
  • Martin Wheeler, farmer and candidate for governor in 2020[10]

Withdrawn

Declined

Third-party and independent candidates

Eliminated in primary

  • Brian Bogen (Independent), businessman[10]
  • Jim Clark (Independent), computer programmer[10]
  • William Combs (Independent), U.S. Navy veteran[11]
  • Jeff Curry (Independent), school bus driver[10]
  • Frank Dare (Independent), retiree[10]
  • Michael DePaula (Libertarian), enterprise engineer[10]
  • Leon Lawson (Trump Republican[a]), used car dealer, proponent of the QAnon conspiracy theory, candidate for governor in 2020, and candidate for U.S. Senate in 2022[11]
  • Alan Makayev (Nonsense Busters[a]), property manager[10]
  • Rosetta Marshall-Williams (Independence[a])[10]
  • Brad Mjelde (Independent), retired businessman[10]
  • Andre Stackhouse (Green), nonprofit executive[10]
  • Alex Tsimerman (Standup-America[a]), business consultant and perennial candidate[10]

Endorsements

Semi Bird (R)

County officials

  • 6 County sheriffs[28]

Local officials

Individuals

Political parties

Party chapters

Bob Ferguson (D)

U.S. senators

U.S. representatives

Statewide officials

State legislators

  • 25 state senators[40]
  • 31 state representatives[40]

County officials

Local officials

Tribal officials

Individuals

Newspapers

Organizations

Labor unions

Tribes

Mark Mullet (D)

Statewide officials

State legislators

Local officials

Organizations

Dave Reichert (R)

U.S. representatives

Statewide officials

State legislators

  • 10 state senators[57]
  • 31 state representatives[57]

Local officials

County officials

Organizations

Labor unions

  • Seattle Police Officers Guild[62]
  • Tacoma Police Union Local 6 [57]

Party chapters

Hilary Franz (D) (withdrawn)

Organizations

Polling

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with Bird, Ferguson, Franz, Garcia, and Mullet

with Constantine, Dammeier, Ferguson, and Franz

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Results

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Results by county:
  Ferguson
  •   20–30%
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
  •   60–70%
  Reichert
  •   20–30%
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
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General election

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Fundraising

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Debates

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Polling

Aggregate polls

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Bob Ferguson vs. Semi Bird

Results

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By county

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Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

By congressional district

Ferguson won six of ten congressional districts, with the remaining four going to Reichert, including two that elected Democrats.[100]

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Notes

  1. Not an actual political party. In Washington, independent candidates are allowed to choose a ballot label
  2. Locals 6, 775, 925, Healthcare 1199NW, and Committee of Interns and Residents
  3. Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  4. Calculated by taking the difference of 100% and all other candidates combined.
  5. "Someone else" with 1%
  6. "Some other candidate" with 3%
  7. "No answer" with 2%; "I may not vote in this race" with 1%
  8. "Someone else" with 10%

Partisan clients

  1. Poll sponsored by the Northwest Progressive Institute
  2. Poll sponsored by The Seattle Times, KING 5, and the University of Washington Center for an Informed Public
  3. Poll sponsored by Concerned Taxpayers of Washington State PAC
  4. Poll sponsored by Future 42, a conservative group
  5. Poll sponsored by the Napolitan Institute and Future 42, a conservative group

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