2020 Washington gubernatorial election explained

Election Name:	2020 Washington gubernatorial election
Country:	Washington
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	2016 Washington gubernatorial election
Previous Year:	2016
Next Election:	2024 Washington gubernatorial election
Next Year:	2024
Election Date:	November 3, 2020
Image1:	File:U.S. Department of the Interior, Columbia River Salmon Agreement Ceremonial Event, Washington DC on 23 February 2024 - 62 (cropped).jpg
Nominee1:	Jay Inslee
Party1:	Democratic Party (United States)
Popular Vote1:	2,294,243
Percentage1:	56.56%
Nominee2:	Loren Culp
Party2:	Republican Party (United States)
Popular Vote2:	1,749,066
Percentage2:	43.12%
Map Size:	275px
Governor
Before Election:	Jay Inslee
Before Party:	Democratic Party (United States)
After Election:	Jay Inslee
After Party:	Democratic Party (United States)

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

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

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

Advanced to the general election

Jay Inslee, incumbent governor of Washington and candidate for president of the United States in 2020^[20]

Declined

Dow Constantine, King County Executive^[21] ^[22]
Bob Ferguson, Washington Attorney General (running for reelection)^[16]
Hilary Franz, Washington Commissioner of Public Lands (running for reelection)^[15]

Republican candidates

Advanced to the general election

Loren Culp, police chief of Republic, U.S. Army veteran^[18]

Eliminated in the primary

Tim Eyman, activist, initiative promoter^[23]
Phil Fortunato, state senator^[19]
Joshua Freed, former mayor of Bothell^[24]
Raul Garcia, emergency room physician^[25]
Nate Herzog, former Lake Forest Park city councilman^[26]
Anton Sakharov, program manager^[27]

Declined

Bill Bryant, former Seattle Port Commissioner and nominee for Governor of Washington in 2016^[28]
Bruce Dammeier, Pierce County Executive (running for reelection)
Doug Ericksen, state senator^[29]
Drew MacEwen, state representative (running for reelection)^[30]
Dori Monson, radio personality^[31]
Dave Reichert, former U.S. Representative for Washington's 8th congressional district^[32]
Drew Stokesbary, state representative (running for reelection)^[33]
J. T. Wilcox, minority leader of the Washington House of Representatives (running for reelection)

Green Party

Eliminated in the primary

Liz Hallock, attorney^[34] ^[35]

Independents

Eliminated in the primary

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

Withdrew

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

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin	Loren Culp (R)	Tim Eyman (R)	Phil Fortunato (R)	Joshua Freed (R)	Raul Garcia (R)	Anton Sakharov (R)	Other / Undecided
SurveyUSA	July 22–27, 2020	513 (LV)	± 5.4%	55%		9%	8%	3%	–	6%	4%	16%
Crosscut/Elway	July 11–15, 2020	402 (RV)	± 5.0%	46%		14%	4%	2%	–	5%	6%	25%
SurveyUSA	May 16–19, 2020	650 (LV)	± 5.6%	50%	4%		8%	6%	6%	2%	1%	23%
SurveyUSA	January 26–28, 2020	1,103 (RV)	± 3.9%	39%	5%		11%	4%	4%	–	3%	34%
Crosscut/Elway	December 26–29, 2019	405 (RV)	± 5%	46%	4%		7%	4%	5%	–	–	34%

with Bryant, Constantine, Ferguson, and Franz

Results

General election

Debates

Complete video of debate, October 7, 2020 - C-SPAN

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report^[38]		October 23, 2020
Inside Elections^[39]		October 28, 2020
Sabato's Crystal Ball^[40]		November 2, 2020
Politico^[41]		November 2, 2020
Daily Kos^[42]		October 28, 2020
RCP^[43]		November 2, 2020
270towin^[44]		November 2, 2020

Polling

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

Jay Inslee vs. Tim Eyman

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

Jay Inslee vs. Phil Fortunato

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

Jay Inslee vs. Joshua Freed

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

Jay Inslee vs. Raul Garcia

Results

Results by county

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

Clark (largest city: Vancouver)
Skagit (largest city: Mount Vernon)
Whitman (largest city: Pullman)

Results by congressional district

Inslee won six of 10 congressional districts, with the remaining four going to Culp, including one that elected a Democrat.^[46]

Inslee	Culp	Representative
	56.43%	43.2%		Suzan DelBene
	60.12%	39.55%		Rick Larsen
	45.75%	53.98%		Jaime Herrera Beutler
	37.48%	62.18%		Dan Newhouse
	42.54%	57.11%		Cathy McMorris Rodgers
	55.66%	44.02%		Derek Kilmer
	84.56%	15.16%		Pramila Jayapal
	49.11%	50.55%		Kim Schrier
	72.73%	26.97%		Adam Smith
54.25%	45.38%		Denny Heck (116th Congress)
54.25%	45.38%	Marilyn Strickland (117th Congress)

External links

- - Web site: League of Women Voters of Washington . (state affiliate of the U.S. League of Women Voters)

Official campaign websites

Notes and References

News: Merica . Dan . Washington Gov. Jay Inslee announces 2020 presidential bid . March 1, 2019 . March 1, 2019.
Web site: 2019-10-21. Was Jay Inslee's presidential campaign a failure?. 2020-10-20. The Aggie. en-US.
News: Dan Merica and Paul LeBlanc . Washington Gov. Jay Inslee drops out of presidential race . August 22, 2019 . CNN . August 22, 2019.
News: Gutman . David . August 22, 2019 . With Inslee running again for governor, leading Washington state Democrats put their ambitions on hold . The Seattle Times . August 22, 2019.
News: Brunner. Jim. November 10, 2020. Republican Loren Culp lost King County by the worst margin in at least four decades in Washington governor's race. The Seattle Times. November 21, 2020.
News: Election Results and Voters' Pamphlets. Washington Secretary of State. November 21, 2020.
News: Leadingham. Scott. November 19, 2020. Incumbent's Advantage: Why Whitman County Votes For Biden And Inslee, But GOP For Congress. Northwest Public Broadcasting. December 12, 2020.
Web site: Refusing to concede lost election, Washington gubernatorial candidate Loren Culp sues Sec. of State . Seattle Post-Intelligencer . December 19, 2020 . December 11, 2020. Callie. Craighead.
News: Loren Culp, refusing to concede Washington gubernatorial race, turns on top Republicans . November 21, 2020. Jim. Brunner. The Seattle Times.
Web site: Bowman . Nick . Opinion: Loren Culp, Trump show a refusal to accept reality in both Washingtons . MyNorthwest.com . Bonneville International . 10 November 2020 . 9 November 2020.
News: Wood . Benjamin . Zachary Moses, a Democratic candidate for governor, wants to break up Republican control of Utah and build a space port . August 29, 2019 . Salt Lake Tribune . July 19, 2019.
News: Scott . Dylan . Kristi Noem elected first woman governor of South Dakota . August 26, 2019 . Vox . November 7, 2018.
News: Camden . Jim . John Spellman, Washington's last Republican governor, dies . August 23, 2019 . The Spokesman-Review . January 16, 2018.
Web site: King County Executive Dow Constantine not ruling out run for governor . February 22, 2019 . KING 5 News . February 25, 2019.
News: Axelrod . Tal . Inslee to announce bid for third term as Washington governor: report . The Hill . August 22, 2019 . August 22, 2019.
News: Smay . Ian . Bob Ferguson announces decision to run for another term as Washington Attorney General . KING 5 News . August 22, 2019 . August 22, 2019.
Web site: Inslee, Culp advance to general election in Washington governor's race . November 26, 2020. July 30, 2020 .
Web site: Robinson . Erin . Republic police chief announces run for governor . KXLY . August 2, 2019 . July 26, 2019 . August 2, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190802180545/https://www.kxly.com/news/republic-police-chief-announces-run-for-governor/1100205481 . dead .
Web site: GOP State Senator Phil Fortunato gears up for governor run . August 5, 2019 . The Seattle Times . en-US. August 6, 2019.
1164573405753958400 . JayInslee . That's why, today, I'm announcing my intention to run for a third term as Washington's governor. Join me. . August 22, 2019.
Web site: King County Executive Dow Constantine not ruling out run for governor . KING. February 22, 2019 . February 25, 2019.
News: Gutman . David . With Inslee running again for governor, leading Washington state Democrats put their ambitions on hold . August 23, 2019 . The Seattle Times . August 22, 2019.
News: Brunner . Jim . Tim Eyman says he'll run for governor as Republican, not independent . February 15, 2020 . The Seattle Times . February 13, 2020.
News: Brunner . Jim . September 6, 2019 . Former Bothell Mayor Joshua Freed to run for governor, citing homelessness crisis . The Seattle Times . September 6, 2019.
News: Garcia . Raul . Raul Garcia for WA State Governor . May 15, 2020 . Raul Garcia . May 15, 2020 .
Web site: Here's who's running statewide in the Aug. 4 primary election (and in a hot congressional race) . James. Drew. 2020-05-15. 2020-05-19. The News Tribune.
Web site: Brunner . Jim . As Washington state Republicans struggle to field 2020 candidates, Reichert eyes run for governor . Seattle Times . September 3, 2019 . September 1, 2019.
News: Brunner . Jim . Who will Washington's next governor be? Uncertainty over Inslee creates pileup of politicians, domino effects down ballot . The Seattle Times . June 24, 2019 . June 25, 2019.
Web site: As Governor Inslee eyes White House, who could take his place in 2020? . March 1, 2019 . Q13 FOX News . en. March 1, 2019.
Web site: 2018 CANDIDATE CONVERSATION - DREW MacEWEN . Radio . iFiberone News . iFIBER ONE News Radio . en . October 21, 2018 . October 13, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181013022419/http://www.ifiberonenewsradio.com/candidate-conversation---drew-macewen/youtube_813dcfb6-b85e-11e8-8f8c-13aa0b6fd249.html . dead .
Web site: Dori: Why I might just run for governor after all. 1 October 2019.
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