2000 Washington gubernatorial election

none related races 2000 United States gubernatorial elections January 2025 September 2023 2000 Washington gubernatorial election Washington presidential no 1996 Washington gubernatorial election 1996 2004 Washington gubernatorial election 2004 November 7, 2000 File:Gary Locke (cropped).jpg 150x150px Gary Locke Democratic Party (United States) 1,441,973 58.38% 3x4.svg John Carlson Republican Party (United States) 980,060 39.68% Governor 2000 Washington gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 275px County resultsLocke: #a5b0ff 40–50% #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70%Carlson: #ffb2b2 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% Gary Locke Democratic Party (United States) Gary Locke 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. 2024, 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 is also the last time that the counties of Asotin, Klickitat, Mason, Pend Oreille, Skamania, Spokane, Wahkiakum and Walla Walla voted for the Democratic candidate in a gubernatorial election. This was also 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. Primary election Candidates Democratic Meta Heller Gary Locke, incumbent governor of Washington Republican John Carlson, talk radio host on KVI-AM Harold Hochstatter, state senator Libertarian Steve W. LePage Results thumb|275px|Results by county #7996e2 Locke #a5b0ff 40–50% #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #E27F7F Carlson #ffb2b2 40–50% #FF9A50 Hochstatter #FFB580 40–50% Blanket primary resultshttps://www.sos.wa.gov/elections/results_report.aspx?e=18&c=&c2=&t=440&t2=&p=&p2=&y= Elections Search Results September 2000 Primary 2024-08-12 Washington Secretary of StateOfficial Returns of the Washington State Primary September 19, 2000 Governor Washington Secretary of State Olympia, Washington 7 Gary Locke Democratic Party (United States) 701,929 54.32% John Carlson Republican Party (United States) 446,142 34.52% Harold Hochstatter Republican Party (United States) 93,467 7.23% Meta Heller Democratic Party (United States) 28,578 2.21% Steve W. LePage Libertarian Party (United States) 22,186 1.72% 1,292,302 100.00% General election Candidates John Carlson (R), talk radio host on KVI-AM Gary Locke (D), incumbent governor of Washington Steve W. LePage (L) Debates Complete video of debate, September 28, 2000 - C-SPAN Complete video of debate, October 11, 2000 - C-SPAN Complete video of debate, October 23, 2000 - C-SPAN Results 2000 Washington gubernatorial electionhttps://www.sos.wa.gov/elections/results_report.aspx?e=20&c=&c2=&t=440&t2=&p=&p2=&y= https://web.archive.org/web/20240813025514/https://www.sos.wa.gov/elections/results_report.aspx?e=20&c=&c2=&t=440&t2=&p=&p2=&y= 2024-08-13 live Elections Search Results November 2000 General Governor Munro Ralph Ralph Munro November 7, 2000 Secretary of State of Washington January 22, 2026 Democratic Party (United States) Gary Locke (incumbent) 1,441,973 58.38% +0.42% Republican Party (United States) John Carlson 980,060 39.68% -2.36% Libertarian Party (United States) Steve W. LePage 47,819 1.94% N/A 2,469,852 100.00% N/A Democratic Party (United States) By county Kittitas County voted for the losing candidate for the first time since 1948. Locke is the most recent Democrat to win the following counties: Asotin, Klickitat, Mason, Pend Oreille, Skamania, Spokane, Wahkiakum, and Walla Walla. Whitman County would not vote Democratic again until 2020. Clallam County would not vote Democratic again until 2024. CountyGary LockeDemocraticJohn CarlsonRepublicanSteve W. LePageLibertarianMarginTotal votes cast#%#%#%#%Adams2,25045.49%2,62953.15%671.35%-379-7.66%4,946Asotin4,71859.64%3,07038.81%1231.55%1,64820.83%7,911Benton28,89248.72%29,24549.32%1,1651.96%-353-0.60%59,302Chelan10,98441.69%14,97056.82%3911.48%-3,986-15.13%26,345Clallam17,12853.93%13,79543.43%8392.64%3,33310.49%31,762Clark71,99854.20%57,46443.26%3,3822.55%14,53410.94%132,844Columbia95045.28%1,11653.19%321.53%-166-7.91%2,098Cowlitz20,91957.28%14,58939.95%1,0102.77%6,33017.33%36,518Douglas5,14940.12%7,45458.08%2321.81%-2,305-17.96%12,835Ferry1,25441.62%1,62453.90%1354.48%-370-12.28%3,013Franklin6,75748.53%6,83249.07%3332.39%-75-0.54%13,922Garfield64448.42%64648.57%403.01%-2-0.15%1,330Grant9,49140.05%13,67357.70%5312.24%-4,182-17.65%23,695Grays Harbor15,81760.93%9,56636.85%5782.23%6,25124.08%25,961Island17,73654.31%14,38144.04%5411.66%3,35510.27%32,658Jefferson9,71261.71%5,62835.76%3982.53%4,08425.95%15,738King522,22966.46%250,10331.83%13,4751.71%272,12634.63%785,807Kitsap58,60356.94%42,35841.15%1,9661.91%16,24515.78%102,927Kittitas6,42345.88%7,26251.87%3152.25%-839-5.99%14,000Klickitat4,27853.48%3,46843.36%2533.16%81010.13%7,999Lewis12,54542.18%16,42255.21%7772.61%-3,877-13.03%29,744Lincoln2,08340.20%2,98457.58%1152.22%-901-17.39%5,182Mason12,31955.27%9,47342.50%4972.23%2,84612.77%22,289Okanogan5,62638.36%8,55958.36%4813.28%-2,933-20.00%14,666Pacific5,51958.68%3,64338.73%2442.59%1,87619.94%9,406Pend Oreille2,62148.76%2,59048.19%1643.05%310.58%5,375Pierce148,45055.60%113,63342.56%4,9001.84%34,81713.04%266,983San Juan5,38564.83%2,68432.31%2372.85%2,70132.52%8,306Skagit24,19153.70%19,99044.37%8711.93%4,2019.32%45,052Skamania2,14853.25%1,65641.05%2305.70%49212.20%4,034Snohomish142,19656.89%102,99341.21%4,7561.90%39,20315.68%249,945Spokane99,49257.85%69,84840.61%2,6521.54%29,64417.24%171,992Stevens7,42641.64%9,87155.35%5363.01%-2,445-13.71%17,833Thurston58,91561.07%35,40436.70%2,1472.23%23,51124.37%96,466Wahkiakum1,11257.00%77039.47%693.54%34217.53%1,951Walla Walla10,86951.31%9,93646.90%3801.79%9334.40%21,185Whatcom42,31358.22%28,86139.71%1,5002.06%13,45218.51%72,674Whitman9,11356.75%6,67641.57%2691.68%2,43715.18%16,058Yakima33,71848.80%34,19449.48%1,1881.72%-476-0.69%69,100Totals1,441,97358.38%980,06039.68%47,8191.94%461,91318.70%2,469,852 Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic Clallam (largest city: Port Angeles) Klickitat (largest city: Goldendale) Pend Oreille (largest city: Newport) Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Kittitas (largest city: Ellensburg) right 275px Swing by county Legend #00a1c8 Democratic — +>15% #09ceff Democratic — +10-12.5% #4bdbff Democratic — +7.5-10% #77e3ff Democratic — +5-7.5% #aaeeff Democratic — +2.5-5% #d5f6ff Democratic — +0-2.5% #ffd5d5 Republican — +0-2.5% #ffaaaa Republican — +2.5-5% #ff8080 Republican — +5-7.5% #ff2a2a Republican — +10-12.5% 275px Trend relative to the state by county Legend #00a1c8 Democratic — +>15% #4bdbff Democratic — +7.5-10% #77e3ff Democratic — +5-7.5% #aaeeff Democratic — +2.5-5% #d5f6ff Democratic — +0-2.5% #ffd5d5 Republican — +0-2.5% #ffaaaa Republican — +2.5-5% #ff5555 Republican — +7.5-10% #d40000 Republican — +>15% 275px County flips Legend Democratic #92c5de Hold #0671b0 Flip Republican #f48882 Hold #ca0120 Flip References External links Official campaign websites (archived) Gary Locke (D) for Governor John Carlson (R) for Governor 2000 Category:2000 United States gubernatorial elections Gubernatorial