The 1980 Washington gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1980. Incumbent Democratic Governor Dixy Lee Ray ran for a second term, but lost in the primary to State Representative Jim McDermott. McDermott was defeated in the general election by Republican candidate John Spellman, the King County Executive. As of 2024[update], this is the last time a Republican was elected Governor of Washington, thus beginning the longest streak for Democrats holding any of the 50 state governorships once Spellman left office.
1980, washington, gubernatorial, election, related, races, 1980, united, states, gubernatorial, elections, held, november, 1980, incumbent, democratic, governor, dixy, second, term, lost, primary, state, representative, mcdermott, mcdermott, defeated, general,. For related races see 1980 United States gubernatorial elections The 1980 Washington gubernatorial election was held on November 4 1980 Incumbent Democratic Governor Dixy Lee Ray ran for a second term but lost in the primary to State Representative Jim McDermott McDermott was defeated in the general election by Republican candidate John Spellman the King County Executive As of 2024 update this is the last time a Republican was elected Governor of Washington thus beginning the longest streak for Democrats holding any of the 50 state governorships once Spellman left office 1980 Washington gubernatorial election 1976 November 4 1980 1984 Nominee John Spellman Jim McDermott Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 981 083 749 813 Percentage 56 7 43 3 County resultsSpellman 50 60 60 70 McDermott 50 60 Governor before election Dixy Lee Ray Democratic Elected Governor John Spellman Republican Contents 1 Blanket primary 1 1 Candidates 1 1 1 Democratic 1 1 2 Republican 1 2 Results 2 General election 2 1 Candidates 2 2 Results 3 ReferencesBlanket primary editCandidates edit Democratic edit Jim McDermott psychiatrist state senator and candidate for governor in 1972 Dixy Lee Ray incumbent Governor of Washington Caroline Hope Diamond Republican edit John Spellman King County Executive Duane Berentson state speaker Bruce Chapman state secretary Patrick Sean McGowan Results edit Blanket primary results Party Candidate Votes Democratic Jim McDermott 321 256 33 04 Democratic Dixy Lee Ray incumbent 234 252 24 09 Republican John Spellman 162 426 16 70 Republican Duane Berentson 154 724 15 91 Republican Bruce Chapman 70 875 7 29 Republican Patrick Sean McGowan 7 324 0 75 Democratic Caroline Diamond 4 184 0 43 Total votes 955 041 100 00 General election editCandidates edit Jim McDermott D psychiatrist state senator and candidate for governor in 1972 John Spellman R King County Executive Results edit Governor of Washington election 1980 1 Party Candidate Votes Republican John Spellman 981 083 56 68 Democratic Jim McDermott 749 813 43 32 Total votes 1 730 896 100 00 Republican gain from DemocraticReferences edit Election Search Results Elections amp Voting WA Secretary of State Sos wa gov Retrieved July 13 2018 nbsp nbsp This Washington elections related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1980 Washington gubernatorial election amp oldid 1195487953, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
