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1992 Washington gubernatorial election

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1992 Washington gubernatorial election

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Nominee Mike Lowry Ken Eikenberry
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 1,184,315 1,086,216
Percentage 52.16% 47.84%

County results
Lowry:      50–60%      60–70%
Eikenberry:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%

Governor before election

Booth Gardner
Democratic

Elected Governor

Mike Lowry
Democratic

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.

Primary election

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Candidates

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Democratic

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Republican

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Results

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Blanket primary results by county:
  Lowry
  •   20–30%
  •   30–40%
  Eikenberry
  •   20–30%
  •   30–40%
  Morrison
  •   20–30%
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  King
  •   20–30%
Blanket primary results[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Mike Lowry 337,783 29.23%
Republican Ken Eikenberry 258,553 22.37%
Republican Sid Morrison 250,418 21.67%
Republican Dan McDonald 144,050 12.47%
Democratic Joseph E. King 96,480 8.35%
Democratic Sally McQuown 31,175 2.70%
Democratic Richard "Onery Dick" Short 8,470 0.73%
Republican Bob Tharp 8,103 0.70%
Democratic Wayne Madsen 7,860 0.68%
Independent Mike The Mover 6,645 0.58%
Socialist Workers Kathleen Wheeler 6,068 0.53%
Total votes 1,155,605 100.00%

General election

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Candidates

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Debates

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Polling

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Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin
of error
Mike
Lowry (D)
Ken
Eikenberry (R)
Undecided
Tacoma News Tribune[3] October 1992 47% 43% 10%

Endorsements

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Mike Lowry (D)

Results

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1992 Washington gubernatorial election[5][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Mike Lowry 1,184,315 52.16% −10.05%
Republican Ken Eikenberry 1,086,216 47.84% +10.05%
Majority 98,099 4.32%
Total votes 2,270,531 100.00%
Democratic hold Swing -20.11%

Results by county

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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[6] 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

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

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References

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  1. ^ "Elections Search Results September 1992 Primary". Washington Secretary of State. Retrieved August 12, 2024.
  2. ^ Washington Secretary of State. "Governor". Official Abstract for the 1992 Primary Election. Olympia, Washington.
  3. ^ Tacoma News Tribune
  4. ^ "'92'S Odd Governor's Race -- While Eikenberry Sounds Populist, Lowry's Wooing Rotary Clubbers". October 26, 1992.
  5. ^ "Elections Search Results November 1992 General". Washington Secretary of State. Retrieved August 12, 2024.
  6. ^ a b Washington Secretary of State. "Governor". Official Returns of the State General Election November 3, 1992. Olympia, Washington.








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