| Election Name: | 1992 Washington gubernatorial election |
| Country: | Washington |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1988 Washington gubernatorial election |
| Previous Year: | 1988 |
| Next Election: | 1996 Washington gubernatorial election |
| Next Year: | 1996 |
| Election Date: | November 3, 1992 |
| Image1: | File:Michael E. Lowry.jpg |
| Nominee1: | Mike Lowry |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote1: | 1,184,315 |
| Percentage1: | 52.16% |
| Nominee2: | Ken Eikenberry |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote2: | 1,086,216 |
| Percentage2: | 47.84% |
| Governor | |
| Map Size: | 275px |
| Before Election: | Booth Gardner |
| Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Mike Lowry |
| After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
The 1992 Washington gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1992. Incumbent Democratic Governor Booth Gardner chose not to run for a third term. This resulted in an open race for Governor of Washington in which Democrat Mike Lowry narrowly defeated Republican Ken Eikenberry. This is the last time that a gubernatorial nominee and a lieutenant gubernatorial nominee of different political parties were elected governor and lieutenant governor of Washington.
Ken Eikenberry is the last Republican to have carried Whatcom County in a gubernatorial election; this election is the only one since 1960 in which Whatcom County has backed the losing candidate.
| County | Mike Lowry Democratic | Ken Eikenberry Republican | Margin | Total votes cast | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | |||||||||||||
| Adams | 1,750 | 38.40% | 2,807 | 61.60% | -1,057 | -23.20% | 4,557 | ||||||||
| Asotin | 3,436 | 45.99% | 4,035 | 54.01% | -599 | -8.02% | 7,471 | ||||||||
| Benton | 21,872 | 42.48% | 29,614 | 57.52% | -7,742 | -15.04% | 51,486 | ||||||||
| Chelan | 8,666 | 37.60% | 14,379 | 62.40% | -5,713 | -24.79% | 23,045 | ||||||||
| Clallam | 12,049 | 42.46% | 16,330 | 57.54% | -4,281 | -15.09% | 28,379 | ||||||||
| Clark | 48,292 | 46.40% | 55,780 | 53.60% | -7,488 | -7.20% | 104,072 | ||||||||
| Columbia | 599 | 31.33% | 1,313 | 68.67% | -714 | -37.34% | 1,912 | ||||||||
| Cowlitz | 16,677 | 48.97% | 17,381 | 51.03% | -704 | -2.07% | 34,058 | ||||||||
| Douglas | 4,139 | 37.89% | 6,785 | 62.11% | -2,646 | -24.22% | 10,924 | ||||||||
| Ferry | 1,062 | 42.13% | 1,459 | 57.87% | -397 | -15.75% | 2,521 | ||||||||
| Franklin | 5,474 | 45.60% | 6,531 | 54.40% | -1,057 | -8.80% | 12,005 | ||||||||
| Garfield | 426 | 32.67% | 878 | 67.33% | -452 | -34.66% | 1,304 | ||||||||
| Grant | 7,991 | 36.86% | 13,688 | 63.14% | -5,697 | -26.28% | 21,679 | ||||||||
| Grays Harbor | 14,986 | 55.41% | 12,060 | 44.59% | 2,926 | 10.82% | 27,046 | ||||||||
| Island | 12,429 | 45.81% | 14,704 | 54.19% | -2,275 | -8.38% | 27,133 | ||||||||
| Jefferson | 7,047 | 54.77% | 5,820 | 45.23% | 1,227 | 9.54% | 12,867 | ||||||||
| King | 466,506 | 60.44% | 305,326 | 39.56% | 161,180 | 20.88% | 771,832 | ||||||||
| Kitsap | 42,562 | 48.69% | 44,852 | 51.31% | -2,290 | -2.62% | 87,414 | ||||||||
| Kittitas | 6,232 | 51.04% | 5,978 | 48.96% | 254 | 2.08% | 12,210 | ||||||||
| Klickitat | 2,883 | 43.45% | 3,752 | 56.55% | 869 | 13.10% | 6,635 | ||||||||
| Lewis | 7,938 | 29.46% | 19,003 | 70.54% | -11,065 | -41.07% | 26,941 | ||||||||
| Lincoln | 1,717 | 34.76% | 3,223 | 65.24% | -1,506 | -30.49% | 4,940 | ||||||||
| Mason | 9,548 | 48.57% | 10,111 | 51.43% | -563 | -2.86% | 19,659 | ||||||||
| Okanogan | 5,139 | 39.99% | 7,712 | 60.01% | -2,573 | -20.02% | 12,851 | ||||||||
| Pacific | 4,933 | 53.70% | 4,254 | 46.30% | 679 | 7.39% | 9,187 | ||||||||
| Pend Oreille | 1,919 | 41.31% | 2,726 | 58.69% | -807 | -17.37% | 4,645 | ||||||||
| Pierce | 120,968 | 50.70% | 117,623 | 49.30% | 3,345 | 1.40% | 238,591 | ||||||||
| San Juan | 3,758 | 54.61% | 3,123 | 45.39% | 635 | 9.23% | 6,881 | ||||||||
| Skagit | 18,784 | 46.56% | 21,560 | 53.44% | -2,776 | -6.88% | 40,344 | ||||||||
| Skamania | 1,657 | 46.81% | 1,883 | 53.19% | -226 | -6.38% | 3,540 | ||||||||
| Snohomish | 117,000 | 52.42% | 106,196 | 47.58% | 10,804 | 4.84% | 223,196 | ||||||||
| Spokane | 74,262 | 44.33% | 93,269 | 55.67% | -19,007 | -11.35% | 167,531 | ||||||||
| Stevens | 5,447 | 37.15% | 9,217 | 62.85% | -3,770 | -25.71% | 14,664 | ||||||||
| Thurston | 46,666 | 55.75% | 37,038 | 44.25% | 9,628 | 11.50% | 83,704 | ||||||||
| Wahkiakum | 775 | 44.51% | 966 | 55.49% | -191 | -10.97% | 1,741 | ||||||||
| Walla Walla | 8,330 | 42.36% | 11,333 | 57.64% | -3,003 | -15.27% | 19,663 | ||||||||
| Whatcom | 31,113 | 49.49% | 31,756 | 50.51% | -643 | -1.02% | 62,869 | ||||||||
| Whitman | 8,459 | 48.78% | 8,883 | 51.22% | -424 | -2.44% | 17,342 | ||||||||
| Yakima | 30,824 | 48.40% | 32,868 | 51.60% | -2,044 | -3.21% | 63,692 | ||||||||
| Totals | 1,184,315 | 52.16% | 1,086,216 | 47.84% | 98,099 | 4.32% | 2,270,531 | ||||||||