The 1984 Washington gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1984. Incumbent Republican John Spellman ran for re-election to a second term but was defeated by Democrat Booth Gardner. This is the last time that the Washington Governor's office changed partisan control or that an incumbent Governor of Washington lost a general election.
1984, washington, gubernatorial, election, related, races, 1984, united, states, gubernatorial, elections, held, november, 1984, incumbent, republican, john, spellman, election, second, term, defeated, democrat, booth, gardner, this, last, time, that, washingt. For related races see 1984 United States gubernatorial elections The 1984 Washington gubernatorial election was held on November 6 1984 Incumbent Republican John Spellman ran for re election to a second term but was defeated by Democrat Booth Gardner This is the last time that the Washington Governor s office changed partisan control or that an incumbent Governor of Washington lost a general election 1984 Washington gubernatorial election 1980 November 6 1984 1988 Nominee Booth Gardner John Spellman Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 1 006 993 881 994 Percentage 53 3 46 7 County resultsGardner 50 60 60 70 70 80 Spellman 50 60 Governor before election John Spellman Republican Elected Governor Booth Gardner Democratic Contents 1 Blanket primary 1 1 Candidates 1 1 1 Democratic 1 1 2 Republican 1 1 3 Third party 1 2 Results 2 General election 2 1 Candidates 2 2 Results 3 ReferencesBlanket primary editCandidates edit Democratic edit Booth Gardner Pierce County Executive Jim McDermott psychiatrist state senator candidate for governor in 1972 and nominee for governor 1980 John Jovanovich state representative Republican edit John Spellman incumbent governor of Washington Ted Parker Fix Third party edit Mark A Calney independent author Bob LeRoy Populist Cheryll Y Hidalgo Socialist Workers Results edit Blanket primary results Party Candidate Votes Democratic Booth Gardner 421 087 46 07 Republican John Spellman incumbent 239 463 26 20 Democratic Jim McDermott 209 435 22 91 Democratic John Jovanovich 23 699 2 59 Republican Ted Parker Fix 11 193 1 23 Populist Bob LeRoy 3 601 0 39 Independent Mark A Calney 2 851 0 31 Socialist Workers Cheryll Y Hidalgo 2 672 0 29 Total votes 914 001 100 00 General election editCandidates edit John Spellman R incumbent governor of Washington Booth Gardner D Pierce County Executive Results edit 1984 Washington gubernatorial election results 1 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Booth Gardner 1 006 993 53 31 Republican John Spellman incumbent 881 994 46 69 Total votes 1 888 987 100 00 Democratic gain from RepublicanReferences 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 1984 Washington gubernatorial election amp oldid 1195488847, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
