2004 Washington elections

2004 Washington Statewide Executive Offices elections

November 2, 2004 (2004-11-02)
All 9 Statewide Executive Offices
Majority party Minority party   Party Democratic Republican Last election 7 2 Seats won 6 3 Seat change 1 1 Percentage 56.82% 39.66%

Washington has 9 Executive seats, all elected at large. In 2004, all 9 positions were up for reelection.

Governor

Main article: 2004 Washington gubernatorial election

After a machine and manual recount, Christine Gregoire won the election by 133 votes.

Washington gubernatorial election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Christine Gregoire (incumbent)	1,373,361	48.8731
	Republican	Dino Rossi	1,373,228	48.8684
	Libertarian	Ruth Bennett	63,464	2.2585
Total votes			2,810,053	100.00
Turnout

Lt. Governor

Results by county

Owen:

•   40–50%
•   50–60%
•   60–70%

Wiest:

•   40–50%
•   50–60%

Washington State Lt. Governor election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Brad Owen (incumbent)	1,443,505	54.39
	Republican	Jim Wiest	1,019,790	38.43
	Libertarian	Jocelyn A Langlois	117,147	4.41
	Green	Bern Haggerty	73,328	2.76
Total votes			2,653,770	100.00
Turnout

Secretary of State

Washington secretary of state election, 2004

November 2, 2004

Nominee Sam Reed Laura Ruderman Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 1,369,421 1,209,299 Percentage 51.5% 45.4%

County results Reed:     40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80% Ruderman:      40–50%      50–60%

Secretary of State before election Sam Reed Republican Elected Secretary of State Sam Reed Republican

Washington Secretary of State election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Sam Reed (incumbent)	1,369,421	51.47
	Democratic	Laura Ruderman	1,209,299	45.45
	Libertarian	Jacqueline Passey	82,097	3.09
Total votes			2,660,817	100.00
Turnout

State Treasurer

Results by county

Murphy:

•   40–50%
•   50–60%
•   60–70%

Lewis:

•   40–50%
•   50–60%

Washington State Treasurer election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mike Murphy (incumbent)	1,575,499	60.29
	Republican	Oscar S. Lewis	941,754	36.04
	Libertarian	John Sample	96,144	3.68
Total votes			2,613,397	100.00
Turnout

State Auditor

Results by county

Sonntag:

•   40–50%
•   50–60%
•   60–70%
•   70–80%

Baker:

•   40–50%
•   50–60%

Washington State Auditor election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Brian Sonntag (incumbent)	1,668,575	63.89
	Republican	Will Baker	841,772	32.23
	Libertarian	Jason G. Bush	101,161	3.87
Total votes			2,611,508	100.00
Turnout

Attorney General

2004 Washington elections

County results Senn:      40–50%      50–60% McKenna:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Deborah Senn (D)	Rob McKenna (R)	Other / Undecided
SurveyUSA	October 29–31, 2004	617 (LV)	± 4.0%	43%	49%	8%

Results

Washington State Attorney General election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Rob McKenna	1,425,368	52.98
	Democratic	Deborah Senn	1,163,964	43.27
	Libertarian	J. Bradley Gibson	56,792	2.11
	Green	Paul Richmond	44,020	1.64
Total votes			2,559,642	100.00
Turnout

Commissioner of Public Lands

Results by county

Sutherland:

•   40–50%
•   50–60%
•   60–70%
•   70–80%

Cooper:

•   40–50%
•   50–60%

Washington State Commissioner of Public Lands election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Doug Sutherland (incumbent)	1,309,441	49.96
	Democratic	Mike Cooper	1,223,207	46.67
	Libertarian	Steve Layman	88,171	3.36
Total votes			2,620,819	100.00
Turnout

Superintendent of Public Instruction

Results by county

Bergeson:

•   50–60%
•   60–70%

Billings:

•   50–60%

Washington State Superintendent of Public Instruction election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Washington Non Partisan	Terry Bergeson (incumbent)	1,293,560	55.51
	Washington Non Partisan	Judith Billings	1,036,912	44.49
Total votes			2,330,472	100.00
Turnout

Insurance Commissioner

Results by county

Kreidler:

•   40–50%
•   50–60%
•   60–70%

Adams:

•   40–50%
•   50–60%
•   60–70%

Washington State Insurance Commissioner election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mike Kreidler (incumbent)	1,393,764	54.45
	Republican	John Adams	1,058,583	41.36
	Libertarian	Stephen D. Steele	107,295	4.19
Total votes			2,559,642	100.00
Turnout

See also

• 2004 Washington gubernatorial election