2024 Washington lieutenant gubernatorial election

See also: 2024 United States lieutenant gubernatorial elections

The 2024 Washington lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 2024. The top-two primary was held on August 6. 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 move on to the general election.

2024 Washington lieutenant gubernatorial election

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Nominee Denny Heck Dan Matthews Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 2,112,132 1,674,025 Percentage 55.72% 44.16%

County results Congressional district results Precinct results Heck:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Matthews:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Tie:      40–50%      50%      No votes

Lieutenant Governor before election Denny Heck Democratic Elected Lieutenant Governor Denny Heck Democratic

Incumbent Democratic Lieutenant Governor Denny Heck was re-elected to a second term in office, defeating Republican retired pilot Dan Matthews.^[1]

Candidates

Democratic Party

Advanced to general

• Denny Heck, incumbent lieutenant governor^[2]

Eliminated in primary

• David Griffin, businessman^[3]

Republican Party

Advanced to general

• Dan Matthews, retired pilot and perennial candidate^[3]

Eliminated in primary

• Bob Hagglund, IT professional and candidate for secretary of state in 2022 and 2024^[3]

Independents

Eliminated in primary

• Patrick Harman (Liberal Republican^[a]), retired National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration official^[3]

Primary election

Endorsements

Denny Heck (D)

Newspapers

• The Stranger^[4]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[b]	Margin of error	Denny Heck (D)	David Griffin (D)	Bob Hagglund (R)	Patrick Harman (R)	Dan Matthews (R)	Undecided
Public Policy Polling (D)[5][A]	July 24–25, 2024	581 (LV)	± 4.0%	24%	8%	9%	3%	13%	43%

Results

Blanket primary results by county

  Heck

•   30–40%
•   40–50%
•   50–60%
•   60–70%

  Matthews

•   30–40%
•   40–50%

  Hagglund

•   30–40%

Blanket primary election results^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Denny Heck (incumbent)	927,395	48.62%
	Republican	Dan Matthews	438,537	22.99%
	Republican	Bob Hagglund	319,071	16.73%
	Democratic	David Griffin	169,759	8.90%
	Liberal Republican[a]	Patrick Harman	50,330	2.64%
	Write-in		2,538	0.13%
Total votes			1,907,630	100.0%

General election

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[b]	Margin of error	Denny Heck (D)	Dan Matthews (R)	Undecided
ActiVote[7]	October 3–29, 2024	400 (LV)	± 4.9%	61%	39%	–
Public Policy Polling (D)[8][A]	October 14–15, 2024	610 (LV)	± 4%	47%	35%	18%

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Sabato's Crystal Ball[9]	Safe D	July 25, 2024

Results

2024 Washington lieutenant gubernatorial election^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Denny Heck (incumbent)	2,112,132	55.72%	+10.11%
	Republican	Dan Matthews	1,674,025	44.16%	N/A
	Write-in		4,376	0.12%	–20.76%
Total votes			3,790,533	100.00%	N/A
	Democratic hold

By county

County results

County[11]	Denny Heck Democratic		Dan Matthews Republican		Write-in Various		Margin		Total votes
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
Adams	1,281	24.62%	3,913	75.19%	10	0.19%	-2,632	-50.58%	5,204
Asotin	3,735	33.71%	7,327	66.12%	19	0.17%	-3,592	-32.42%	11,081
Benton	34,049	34.93%	63,309	64.96%	107	0.11%	-29,260	-30.02%	97,465
Chelan	16,731	40.88%	24,144	58.99%	55	0.13%	-7,413	-18.11%	40,930
Clallam	23,930	50.85%	23,095	49.07%	39	0.08%	835	1.77%	47,064
Clark	134,213	50.63%	130,541	49.24%	339	0.13%	3,672	1.39%	265,093
Columbia	588	24.58%	1,801	75.29%	3	0.13%	-1,213	-50.71%	2,392
Cowlitz	21,753	37.79%	35,757	62.11%	58	0.10%	-14,004	-24.33%	57,568
Douglas	6,769	32.90%	13,769	66.92%	36	0.17%	-7,000	-34.02%	20,574
Ferry	1,201	29.93%	2,810	70.02%	2	0.05%	-1,609	-40.09%	4,013
Franklin	10,997	35.74%	19,756	64.20%	20	0.06%	-8,759	-28.46%	30,773
Garfield	288	21.54%	1,049	78.46%	0	0.00%	-761	-56.92%	1,337
Grant	9,763	27.79%	25,347	72.14%	24	0.07%	-15,584	-44.36%	35,134
Grays Harbor	16,629	45.13%	20,162	54.72%	57	0.15%	-3,533	-9.59%	36,848
Island	27,581	54.18%	23,266	45.71%	57	0.11%	4,315	8.48%	50,904
Jefferson	17,082	70.21%	7,224	29.69%	24	0.10%	9,858	40.52%	24,330
King	788,503	72.34%	299,989	27.52%	1,496	0.14%	488,514	44.82%	1,089,988
Kitsap	85,961	56.33%	66,454	43.55%	180	0.12%	19,507	12.78%	152,595
Kittitas	9,731	38.11%	15,774	61.78%	29	0.11%	-6,043	-23.67%	25,534
Klickitat	5,489	41.66%	7,679	58.28%	7	0.05%	-2,190	-16.62%	13,175
Lewis	14,050	31.87%	30,002	68.05%	35	0.08%	-15,952	-36.18%	44,087
Lincoln	1,483	21.16%	5,512	78.64%	14	0.20%	-4,029	-57.48%	7,009
Mason	16,490	46.30%	19,078	53.56%	51	0.14%	-2,588	-7.27%	35,619
Okanogan	7,921	39.34%	12,197	60.58%	16	0.08%	-4,276	-21.24%	20,134
Pacific	6,609	47.80%	7,193	52.03%	24	0.17%	-584	-4.22%	13,826
Pend Oreille	2,293	27.51%	6,025	72.29%	16	0.19%	-3,732	-44.78%	8,334
Pierce	222,716	52.36%	202,187	47.53%	446	0.10%	20,529	4.83%	425,349
San Juan	9,041	72.72%	3,372	27.12%	20	0.16%	5,669	45.60%	12,433
Skagit	34,191	50.56%	33,389	49.37%	48	0.07%	802	1.19%	67,628
Skamania	2,980	42.09%	4,096	57.85%	4	0.06%	-1,116	-15.76%	7,080
Snohomish	220,692	55.17%	178,918	44.73%	415	0.10%	41,774	10.44%	400,025
Spokane	119,911	43.26%	157,066	56.67%	192	0.07%	-37,155	-13.41%	277,169
Stevens	6,813	24.67%	20,764	75.18%	42	0.15%	-13,951	-50.51%	27,619
Thurston	94,036	58.59%	66,302	41.31%	154	0.10%	27,734	17.28%	160,492
Wahkiakum	1,137	38.52%	1,811	61.35%	4	0.14%	-674	-22.83%	2,952
Walla Walla	12,018	41.76%	16,753	58.21%	9	0.03%	-4,735	-16.45%	28,780
Whatcom	79,713	59.35%	54,457	40.55%	134	0.10%	25,256	18.81%	134,304
Whitman	9,618	49.55%	9,772	50.35%	20	0.10%	-154	-0.79%	19,410
Yakima	34,146	39.58%	51,965	60.23%	170	0.20%	-17,819	-20.65%	86,281
Totals	2,112,132	55.72%	1,674,025	44.16%	4,376	0.12%	438,107	11.56%	3,790,533

By congressional district

Heck won six of ten congressional districts, with the remaining four going to Matthews, including two that elected Democrats.^[12]

District	Heck	Matthews	Representative
1st	60%	40%	Suzan DelBene
2nd	58%	42%	Rick Larsen
3rd	46%	54%	Marie Gluesenkamp Perez
4th	36%	64%	Dan Newhouse
5th	40%	59%	Cathy McMorris Rodgers (118th Congress)
			Michael Baumgartner (119th Congress)
6th	56%	44%	Derek Kilmer (118th Congress)
			Emily Randall (119th Congress)
7th	85%	15%	Pramila Jayapal
8th	48%	52%	Kim Schrier
9th	68%	32%	Adam Smith
10th	57%	43%	Marilyn Strickland

Notes

1. Not an actual political party. In Washington, independent candidates are allowed to choose a ballot label
2. Key:
   A – all adults
   RV – registered voters
   LV – likely voters
   V – unclear

Partisan clients

1. Poll sponsored by the Northwest Progressive Institute