| Election Name: | 2000 Washington gubernatorial election |
| Country: | Washington |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1996 Washington gubernatorial election |
| Previous Year: | 1996 |
| Next Election: | 2004 Washington gubernatorial election |
| Next Year: | 2004 |
| Election Date: | November 7, 2000 |
| Image1: | File:Gary Locke.jpg |
| Nominee1: | Gary Locke |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote1: | 1,441,973 |
| Percentage1: | 58.38% |
| Nominee2: | John Carlson |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote2: | 980,060 |
| Percentage2: | 39.68% |
| Governor | |
| Map Size: | 275px |
| Before Election: | Gary Locke |
| Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Gary Locke |
| After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
The 2000 Washington gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 2000. Incumbent Democratic governor Gary Locke defeated the Republican candidate John Carlson for his second term in a landslide.
, this was the earliest gubernatorial election in Washington in which both candidates are currently still living. This is the last time a Democratic nominee for governor outperformed the Democratic nominee for president in Washington.
This would also be the last gubernatorial election in Washington in which the margin of victory was in double digits and in which any counties in Eastern Washington voted for a Democrat until Jay Inslee's 2020 landslide victory. This is the last and the most recent Washington gubernatorial election in which the winning candidate carried a majority of Washington's counties.
Kittitas County voted for the losing candidate for the first time since 1948. Locke is the most recent Democrat to win the following the counties: Asotin, Clallam, Klickitat, Mason, Pend Oreille, Skamania, Spokane, Wahkiakum, and Walla Walla. Whitman County would not vote Democratic again until 2020.
| County | Gary Locke Democratic | John Carlson Republican | Steve W. LePage Libertarian | Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Adams | 2,250 | 45.49% | 2,629 | 53.15% | 67 | 1.35% | -379 | -7.66% | 4,946 | ||||||||||
| Asotin | 4,718 | 59.64% | 3,070 | 38.81% | 123 | 1.55% | 1,648 | 20.83% | 7,911 | ||||||||||
| Benton | 28,892 | 48.72% | 29,245 | 49.32% | 1,165 | 1.96% | -353 | -0.60% | 59,302 | ||||||||||
| Chelan | 10,984 | 41.69% | 14,970 | 56.82% | 391 | 1.48% | -3,986 | -15.13% | 26,345 | ||||||||||
| Clallam | 17,128 | 53.93% | 13,795 | 43.43% | 839 | 2.64% | 3,333 | 10.49% | 31,762 | ||||||||||
| Clark | 71,998 | 54.20% | 57,464 | 43.26% | 3,382 | 2.55% | 14,534 | 10.94% | 132,844 | ||||||||||
| Columbia | 950 | 45.28% | 1,116 | 53.19% | 32 | 1.53% | -166 | -7.91% | 2,098 | ||||||||||
| Cowlitz | 20,919 | 57.28% | 14,589 | 39.95% | 1,010 | 2.77% | 6,330 | 17.33% | 36,518 | ||||||||||
| Douglas | 5,149 | 40.12% | 7,454 | 58.08% | 232 | 1.81% | -2,305 | -17.96% | 12,835 | ||||||||||
| Ferry | 1,254 | 41.62% | 1,624 | 53.90% | 135 | 4.48% | -370 | -12.28% | 3,013 | ||||||||||
| Franklin | 6,757 | 48.53% | 6,832 | 49.07% | 333 | 2.39% | -75 | -0.54% | 13,922 | ||||||||||
| Garfield | 644 | 48.42% | 646 | 48.57% | 30 | 3.01% | -2 | -0.15% | 1,330 | ||||||||||
| Grant | 9,491 | 40.05% | 13,673 | 57.70% | 531 | 2.24% | -4,182 | -17.65% | 23,695 | ||||||||||
| Grays Harbor | 15,817 | 60.93% | 9,566 | 36.85% | 578 | 2.23% | 6,251 | 24.08% | 25,961 | ||||||||||
| Island | 17,736 | 54.31% | 14,381 | 44.04% | 541 | 1.66% | 3,355 | 10.27% | 32,658 | ||||||||||
| Jefferson | 9,712 | 61.71% | 5,628 | 35.76% | 398 | 2.53% | 4,084 | 25.95% | 15,735 | ||||||||||
| King | 522,229 | 66.46% | 250,103 | 31.83% | 13,475 | 1.71% | 272,126 | 34.63% | 785,807 | ||||||||||
| Kitsap | 58,603 | 56.94% | 42,358 | 41.15% | 1,966 | 1.91% | 16,245 | 15.78% | 102,927 | ||||||||||
| Kittitas | 6,423 | 45.88% | 7,262 | 51.87% | 315 | 2.25% | -839 | -5.99% | 14,000 | ||||||||||
| Klickitat | 4,278 | 53.48% | 3,468 | 43.36% | 253 | 3.16% | 810 | 10.13% | 7,999 | ||||||||||
| Lewis | 12,545 | 42.18% | 16,422 | 55.21% | 777 | 2.61% | -3,877 | -13.03% | 29,744 | ||||||||||
| Lincoln | 2,083 | 40.20% | 2,984 | 57.58% | 115 | 2.22% | -901 | -17.39% | 5,182 | ||||||||||
| Mason | 12,319 | 55.27% | 9,473 | 42.50% | 497 | 2.23% | 2,846 | 12.77% | 22,289 | ||||||||||
| Okanogan | 5,626 | 38.36% | 8,559 | 58.36% | 481 | 3.28% | -2,933 | -20.00% | 14,666 | ||||||||||
| Pacific | 5,519 | 58.68% | 3,643 | 38.73% | 244 | 2.59% | 1,876 | 19.94% | 9,406 | ||||||||||
| Pend Oreille | 2,621 | 48.76% | 2,590 | 48.19% | 164 | 3.05% | 31 | 0.58% | 5,375 | ||||||||||
| Pierce | 148,450 | 55.60% | 113,633 | 42.56% | 4,900 | 1.84% | 34,817 | 13.04% | 266,983 | ||||||||||
| San Juan | 5,385 | 64.83% | 2,684 | 32.31% | 237 | 2.85% | 2,701 | 32.52% | 8,306 | ||||||||||
| Skagit | 24,191 | 53.70% | 19,990 | 44.37% | 871 | 1.93% | 4,201 | 9.32% | 45,052 | ||||||||||
| Skamania | 2,148 | 53.25% | 1,656 | 41.05% | 230 | 5.70% | 492 | 12.20% | 4,034 | ||||||||||
| Snohomish | 142,196 | 56.89% | 102,993 | 41.21% | 4,756 | 1.90% | 39,203 | 15.68% | 249,945 | ||||||||||
| Spokane | 99,492 | 57.85% | 69,848 | 40.61% | 2,652 | 1.54% | 29,644 | 17.24% | 171,992 | ||||||||||
| Stevens | 7,426 | 41.64% | 9,871 | 55.35% | 536 | 3.01% | -2,445 | -13.71% | 17,833 | ||||||||||
| Thurston | 58,915 | 61.07% | 35,404 | 36.70% | 2,147 | 2.23% | 23,511 | 24.38% | 96,466 | ||||||||||
| Wahkiakum | 1,112 | 57.00% | 770 | 39.47% | 69 | 3.54% | 342 | 17.53% | 1,951 | ||||||||||
| Walla Walla | 10,869 | 51.31% | 9,936 | 46.90% | 380 | 1.79% | 933 | 4.40% | 21,185 | ||||||||||
| Whatcom | 42,313 | 58.22% | 28,861 | 39.71% | 1,500 | 2.06% | 13,452 | 18.51% | 72,674 | ||||||||||
| Whitman | 9,113 | 56.75% | 6,676 | 41.57% | 269 | 1.68% | 2,437 | 15.18% | 16,058 | ||||||||||
| Yakima | 33,718 | 48.80% | 34,194 | 49.48% | 1,188 | 1.72% | -476 | -0.69% | 69,100 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 1,441.973 | 58.38% | 980,060 | 39.68% | 47,819 | 1.94% | 461,913 | 18.70% | 2,469,852 | ||||||||||