2020 Washington gubernatorial election

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2020 Washington gubernatorial election
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Nominee Jay Inslee Loren Culp
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 2,294,243 1,749,066
Percentage 56.56% 43.12%
Inslee:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Culp:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Tie:      40–50%      50%      No data
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Jay Inslee
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Jay Inslee
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The 2020 Washington gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 2020. It followed a top-two primary held on August 4. Incumbent governor Jay Inslee, the Democratic candidate, defeated Loren Culp, the Republican candidate by a wide margin. Inslee, who was eligible to run for a third term due to the lack of gubernatorial term limits,[1] initially launched a campaign for president of the United States in the 2020 election. When he dropped out of that race in August 2019 due to extremely low polling numbers,[2] he announced he would seek a third term as governor.[3] Several other Democratic political figures considered entering the race if Inslee did not run, including Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson; no other major Democratic candidates entered the race.[4] Republican Loren Culp, the police chief of Republic, Washington, placed second in the top-two primary and advanced to the general election alongside Inslee.

The election was clear and decisive, with incumbent Jay Inslee winning re-election over Loren Culp by over 13 points. This marked the largest margin of victory in a Washington gubernatorial race since Gary Locke won reelection in 2000. Inslee's landslide victory included over 74% of the vote in King County, the highest ever for a Democrat in the county's history. King County, home to Seattle, has about a third of the state's voters.[5][6] In addition, this was the first time since 2000 that a Democrat won a county in Eastern Washington with Inslee winning Whitman County.[7] Culp still ran ahead of the top-ticket presidential candidate, Donald Trump, by about 4 points.

Despite the margin of victory, Culp refused to concede and filed a lawsuit against Republican Washington Secretary of State Kim Wyman five weeks after the election.[8] He did not give a concession speech, while making claims of irregularities which Wyman characterized as "unsubstantiated".[9] Culp's actions drew criticism and were compared to Donald Trump's refusal to concede the 2020 U.S. presidential election.[10]

This election marked the 10th consecutive election victory of the Democratic candidate for governor of Washington.

Background

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Washington had not had a Republican governor since John Spellman left office in 1985, 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 had not had a Democratic governor since Harvey L. Wollman left office in 1979) and Utah (which had not had a Democratic governor since Scott M. Matheson left office nine days prior to Spellman in 1985).[11][12][13] Incumbent Governor Jay Inslee, who previously served in the U.S. House, was first elected to the governorship in the 2012 election and won reelection in 2016.

When Inslee announced his candidacy for president, several political figures expressed interest in running for Governor if Inslee won the Democratic primaries. These included Attorney General Bob Ferguson, Commissioner of Public Lands Hilary Franz and King County executive Dow Constantine.[14] They stated they would only run if Inslee did not, avoiding a primary challenge.[15][16]

Several Republican politicians announced their own campaigns to challenge Inslee, including businessman Anton Sakharov, Republic police chief Loren Culp, and state senator Phil Fortunato.[17][18][19] However, speculated candidates such as former U.S. Representative Dave Reichert, former Seattle Port Commissioner and 2016 gubernatorial nominee Bill Bryant, Pierce County Executive and former state senator Bruce Dammeier, and state House Minority Leader J. T. Wilcox, all declined to be candidates, leaving no prominent Republicans to challenge Inslee, which was seen as a necessary prerequisite to mount a formidable challenge to him.

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 move on to the general election. Most states have party primaries.

Democratic candidates

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Advanced to the general election

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Declined

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Republican candidates

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Advanced to the general election

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Eliminated in the primary

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Declined

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Green Party

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Eliminated in the primary

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Independents

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Eliminated in the primary

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  • Cregan Newhouse, City of Seattle Consumer Protection Division acting manager and former public television director[36]

Withdrew

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  • Asa Palagi, U.S. Army officer and businessman[37]

Polling

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Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[a] 		Margin
of error 		Jay
Inslee (D) 		Loren
Culp (R) 		Tim
Eyman (R) 		Phil
Fortunato (R) 		Joshua
Freed (R) 		Raul
Garcia (R) 		Anton
Sakharov (R) 		Other /
Undecided
SurveyUSA[38] July 22–27, 2020 513 (LV) ± 5.4% 55% 9% 8% 3% – 6% 4% 16%[b]
Crosscut/Elway[39] July 11–15, 2020 402 (RV) ± 5.0% 46% 14% 4% 2% – 5% 6% 25%[c]
SurveyUSA[40] May 16–19, 2020 650 (LV) ± 5.6% 50% 4% 8% 6% 6% 2% 1% 23%[d]
SurveyUSA[41] January 26–28, 2020 1,103 (RV) ± 3.9% 39% 5% 11% 4% 4% – 3% 34%[e]
Crosscut/Elway[42] December 26–29, 2019 405 (RV) ± 5% 46% 4% 7%[f] 4% 5% – – 34%[g]
Hypothetical polling

with Bryant, Constantine, Ferguson, and Franz

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[h] 		Margin
of error 		Bill
Bryant (R) 		Dow
Constantine (D) 		Bob
Ferguson (D) 		Hilary
Franz (D) 		Undecided
Chism Strategies (D)[43] March 8–10, 2019 400 (LV) ± 4.9% 46% 6% 25% 2% 21%

Results

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Results by county:
  Inslee
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  Culp
  •   Culp—30–40%
  •   Culp—40–50%
  •   Culp—50–60%
  Garcia
  •   30–40%
Top-two primary election results[44]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jay Inslee (incumbent) 1,247,916 50.14%
Republican Loren Culp 433,238 17.41%
Republican Joshua Freed 222,553 8.94%
Republican Tim Eyman 159,495 6.41%
Republican Raul Garcia 135,045 5.43%
Republican Phil Fortunato 99,265 3.99%
Democratic Don L. Rivers 25,601 1.03%
Trump Republican Party Leon Lawson 23,073 0.93%
Green Liz Hallock 21,537 0.87%
Democratic Cairo D'Almeida 14,657 0.59%
Trump Republican Party Anton Sakharov 13,935 0.56%
Pre2016 Republican Party Nate Herzog 11,303 0.45%
Democratic Gene Hart 10,605 0.43%
Democratic Omari Tahir Garrett 8,751 0.35%
Unaffiliated Party Ryan Ryals 6,264 0.25%
Socialist Workers Henry Clay Dennison 5,970 0.24%
Trump Republican Party Goodspaceguy 5,646 0.23%
Republican Richard L. Carpenter 4,962 0.2%
Independent Elaina J. Gonzales 4,772 0.19%
Republican Matthew Murray 4,489 0.18%
Independent Thor Amundson 3,638 0.15%
Republican Bill Hirt 2,854 0.11%
Republican Martin L. Wheeler 2,686 0.11%
Republican Ian Gonzales 2,537 0.1%
New-Liberty Party Joshua Wolf 2,315 0.09%
No Party Preference Cregan M. Newhouse 2,291 0.09%
No Party Preference Brian R. Weed 2,178 0.09%
StandupAmerica Party Alex Tsimerman 1,721 0.07%
Republican Tylor Grow 1,509 0.06%
Independent Dylan B. Nails 1,470 0.06%
Independent Craig Campbell 1,178 0.05%
American Patriot Party William Miller 1,148 0.05%
No Party Preference Cameron M. Vessey 718 0.03%
Propertarianist Party Winston Wilkes 702 0.03%
Fifth Republic Party David W. Blomstrom 519 0.02%
Cascadia Labour Party David Voltz 480 0.02%
Write-in 1,938 0.08%
Total votes 2,488,959 100%

General election

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Debates

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Predictions

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Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[45] Safe D October 23, 2020
Inside Elections[46] Safe D October 28, 2020
Sabato's Crystal Ball[47] Safe D November 2, 2020
Politico[48] Safe D November 2, 2020
Daily Kos[49] Safe D October 28, 2020
RCP[50] Safe D November 2, 2020
270towin[51] Safe D November 2, 2020

Endorsements

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Jay Inslee (D)

U.S vice presidents

State legislators

Newspapers

Polling

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Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[a] 		Margin
of error 		Jay
Inslee (D) 		Loren
Culp (R) 		Undecided
Swayable[64] October 23 – November 1, 2020 474 (LV) ± 6% 59% 41% –
Public Policy Polling (D)[65][A] October 14–15, 2020 615 (LV) ± 4% 56% 40% 4%
SurveyUSA[66] October 8–10, 2020 591 (LV) ± 5.2% 54% 40% 6%
Strategies 360[67] September 8–14, 2020 501 (RV) ± 4.4% 53% 37% 9%[i]
SurveyUSA[68] July 22–27, 2020 534 (LV) ± 5.2% 61% 32% 7%
SurveyUSA[69] May 16–19, 2020 530 (LV) ± 5.4% 56% 31% 13%
Hypothetical polling

Jay Inslee vs. Tim Eyman

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[a] 		Margin
of error 		Jay
Inslee (D) 		Tim
Eyman (R) 		Undecided
SurveyUSA[68] July 22–27, 2020 534 (LV) ± 5.2% 62% 31% 7%
SurveyUSA[69] May 16–19, 2020 530 (LV) ± 5.4% 60% 31% 9%

Jay Inslee vs. Phil Fortunato

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[a] 		Margin
of error 		Jay
Inslee (D) 		Phil
Fortunato (R) 		Undecided
SurveyUSA[68] July 22–27, 2020 534 (LV) ± 5.2% 61% 32% 8%
SurveyUSA[69] May 16–19, 2020 530 (LV) ± 5.4% 56% 34% 10%

Jay Inslee vs. Joshua Freed

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[a] 		Margin
of error 		Jay
Inslee (D) 		Joshua
Freed (R) 		Undecided
SurveyUSA[68] July 22–27, 2020 534 (LV) ± 5.2% 60% 31% 9%
SurveyUSA[69] May 16–19, 2020 530 (LV) ± 5.4% 57% 30% 13%

Jay Inslee vs. Raul Garcia

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[a] 		Margin
of error 		Jay
Inslee (D) 		Raul
Garcia (R) 		Undecided
SurveyUSA[68] July 22–27, 2020 534 (LV) ± 5.2% 60% 32% 8%

Results

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2020 Washington gubernatorial election[70]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Jay Inslee (incumbent) 2,294,243 56.56% +2.31%
Republican Loren Culp 1,749,066 43.12% −2.37%
Write-in 13,145 0.32% +0.06%
Total votes 4,056,454 100.00% N/A
Democratic hold

By county

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County results
County[71] Jay Inslee

Democratic

Loren Culp

Republican

Write-in

Various

Margin Total votes
# % # % # % # %
Adams 1,655 28.34% 4,170 71.40% 15 0.26% -2,515 -43.06% 5,840
Asotin 4,212 35.49% 7,627 64.26% 30 0.25% -3,415 -28.77% 11,869
Benton 36,939 36.03% 65,170 63.57% 410 0.40% -28,231 -27.54% 102,519
Chelan 17,922 41.63% 24,936 57.93% 188 0.44% -7,014 -16.30% 43,046
Clallam 24,366 49.64% 24,640 50.20% 82 0.17% -274 -0.56% 49,088
Clark 138,196 50.83% 132,964 48.91% 715 0.26% 5,232 1.92% 271,895
Columbia 652 26.34% 1,819 73.49% 4 0.16% -1,167 -47.15% 2,475
Cowlitz 22,213 37.11% 37,453 62.57% 193 0.32% -15,240 -25.46% 59,859
Douglas 7,176 33.81% 13,958 65.77% 90 0.42% -6,782 -31.96% 21,224
Ferry 1,345 30.79% 3,000 68.68% 23 0.53% -1,655 -37.89% 4,368
Franklin 12,803 39.53% 19,488 60.17% 96 0.30% -6,685 -20.64% 32,387
Garfield 349 23.61% 1,118 75.64% 11 0.74% -789 -52.03% 1,478
Grant 10,772 28.71% 26,645 71.00% 109 0.29% -15,873 -42.29% 37,526
Grays Harbor 16,502 43.08% 21,686 56.61% 119 0.31% -5,184 -13.53% 38,307
Island 28,239 52.75% 25,145 46.97% 153 0.29% 3,094 5.78% 53,537
Jefferson 16,992 68.79% 7,651 30.97% 59 0.24% 9,341 37.82% 24,702
King 887,374 74.07% 307,022 25.63% 3,653 0.30% 580,352 48.44% 1,198,049
Kitsap 87,766 55.69% 69,288 43.97% 530 0.34% 18,478 11.72% 157,584
Kittitas 10,529 40.21% 15,567 59.45% 87 0.33% -5,038 -19.24% 26,183
Klickitat 5,693 42.31% 7,735 57.49% 27 0.2% -2,042 -15.18% 13,455
Lewis 13,821 30.54% 31,306 69.19% 122 0.27% -17,485 -38.65% 45,249
Lincoln 1,526 21.79% 5,450 77.83% 26 0.37% -3,924 -56.04% 7,002
Mason 16,502 44.40% 20,562 55.32% 104 0.28% -4,060 -10.92% 37,168
Okanogan 8,298 39.15% 12,843 60.59% 54 0.25% -4,545 -21.44% 21,195
Pacific 6,514 46.47% 7,463 53.24% 41 0.29% -949 -6.77% 14,018
Pend Oreille 2,513 29.55% 5,959 70.08% 31 0.36% -3,446 -40.53% 8,503
Pierce 238,097 51.68% 220,904 47.95% 1,730 0.38% 17,193 3.73% 460,731
San Juan 9,621 73.39% 3,465 26.43% 23 0.18% 6,156 46.96% 13,109
Skagit 36,444 49.87% 36,404 49.81% 231 0.32% 40 0.06% 73,079
Skamania 3,129 43.10% 4,116 56.69% 15 0.21% -987 -13.59% 7,260
Snohomish 244,876 56.13% 189,797 43.50% 1,607 0.37% 55,079 12.63% 436,280
Spokane 131,734 44.82% 161,138 54.82% 1,053 0.36% -29,404 -10.00% 293,925
Stevens 7,393 26.06% 20,902 73.67% 76 0.27% -13,509 -47.61% 28,371
Thurston 93,723 56.19% 72,506 43.47% 571 0.34% 21,217 12.72% 166,890
Wahkiakum 1,102 37.10% 1,862 62.69% 6 0.20% -760 -25.59% 2,970
Walla Walla 13,305 42.93% 17,590 56.76% 94 0.30% -4,285 -13.83% 30,989
Whatcom 81,992 59.44% 55,544 40.27% 399 0.29% 26,448 19.17% 137,935
Whitman 10,806 51.62% 10,056 48.04% 72 0.34% 750 3.58% 20,934
Yakima 41,152 43.07% 54,097 56.62% 296 0.31% -12,945 -13.55% 95,545
Totals 2,294,243 56.56% 1,749,066 43.12% 13,145 0.32% 545,177 13.44% 4,056,454
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

By congressional district

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Inslee won six of 10 congressional districts, with the remaining four going to Culp, including one that elected a Democrat.[72]

District Inslee Culp Representative
1st 56.43% 43.2% Suzan DelBene
2nd 60.12% 39.55% Rick Larsen
3rd 45.75% 53.98% Jaime Herrera Beutler
4th 37.48% 62.18% Dan Newhouse
5th 42.54% 57.11% Cathy McMorris Rodgers
6th 55.66% 44.02% Derek Kilmer
7th 84.56% 15.16% Pramila Jayapal
8th 49.11% 50.55% Kim Schrier
9th 72.73% 26.97% Adam Smith
10th 54.25% 45.38% Denny Heck (116th Congress)
Marilyn Strickland (117th Congress)

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d e f Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  2. ^ "Some other candidate" with 4%; Undecided with 12%
  3. ^ "Other" with 1%; Undecided with 24%
  4. ^ Undecided with 23%
  5. ^ Undecided with 34%
  6. ^ Listed as an independent.
  7. ^ Undecided with 34%
  8. ^ Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  9. ^ Includes "Refused"
  1. ^ This poll was sponsored by the Northwest Progressive Institute

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Official campaign websites

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