1908 Washington gubernatorial election

None related races 1908 United States gubernatorial elections January 2025 September 2023 1908 Washington gubernatorial election Washington Presidential no 1904 Washington gubernatorial election 1904 1912 Washington gubernatorial election 1912 November 3, 1908 x150px Samuel G. Cosgrove Republican Party (United States) 110,190 62.56% x110px John Pattison Democratic Party (United States) 58,126 33.00% File:1908 Washington gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 275px County resultsCosgrove: #ffb2b2 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80% Governor Albert E. Mead Republican Party (United States) Samuel G. Cosgrove Republican Party (United States) The 1908 Washington gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1908. Republican nominee Samuel G. Cosgrove defeated Democratic nominee John Pattison with 62.56% of the vote. Primary election Primary elections were held on September 8, 1908.Elections Search Results: September 1908 Primary https://www.sos.wa.gov/elections/results_report.aspx?e=128&c=&c2=&t=&t2=&p=&p2=&y= Washington Secretary of State August 14, 2020 When Washington began using primary elections to nominate candidates, it used a form of ranked-choice voting although the original method was quite different from the modern understanding of RCV. If four or more candidates registered for a party's nomination for a particular office, voters in the primary were to make a first choice and second choice among the candidates. If a candidate received more than 40% of the first choice votes, he was declared the winner. Otherwise, the second choice votes were added to the first choice votes for all candidates and whoever had the highest number of combined votes was declared the winner, even if that was not a majority.August 7, 1908 Primary Election Law of Washington 1 Washington Standard https://washingtondigitalnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=WASHSTD19080807.1.1&srpos=8&e=01-08-1908-30-09-1908--en-20--1--txt-txIN-ballot------ August 6, 2024 Republican party Candidates Samuel G. Cosgrove, attorney Albert E. Mead, incumbent Governor Henry McBride, former Governor John D. Atkinson William M. Ridpath Robert B. Brown Oscar H. Neil J.W. Robinson Results Republican primary results, first choice Henry McBride Republican Party (United States) 33,509 32.85% Albert E. Mead (incumbent) Republican Party (United States) 32.357 31.72% Samuel G. Cosgrove Republican Party (United States) 25,519 25.02% John D. Atkinson Republican Party (United States) 4,084 4.00% William M. Ridpath Republican Party (United States) 3,298 3.23% J.W. Robinson Republican Party (United States) 1,488 1.46% Oscar H. Neil Republican Party (United States) 1,136 1.11% Robert B. Brown Republican Party (United States) 604 0.59% 101,995 100.00% Since no candidate received more than 40% of the first choice votes, the second choice votes were counted. Republican primary results, combined Samuel G. Cosgrove Republican Party (United States) 57,667 28.30% Albert E. Mead (incumbent) Republican Party (United States) 49,402 24.24% Henry McBride Republican Party (United States) 47,594 23.35% John D. Atkinson Republican Party (United States) 21,527 10.56% William M. Ridpath Republican Party (United States) 10,702 5.25% Robert B. Brown Republican Party (United States) 5,973 2.93% Oscar H. Neil Republican Party (United States) 5,830 2.86% J.W. Robinson Republican Party (United States) 5,108 2.51% 203,803 100.00% Democratic party Candidates John Pattison, Mayor of Colfax A.J. Splawn William Blackman Jimmie Durkin Patrick S. Byrne Results Democratic primary results, first choiceAbstract of Votes Polled in the State of Washington at the Primary Election Held September 8, 1908 Governor Washington Secretary of State 4–5 & 12–13 Olympia, Washington John Pattison Democratic Party (United States) 4,179 32.35% A.J. Splawn Democratic Party (United States) 3,479 26.93% Jimmie Durkin Democratic Party (United States) 2,240 17.34% William Blackman Democratic Party (United States) 1,907 14.76% Patrick S. Byrne Democratic Party (United States) 1,115 8.63% 12,920 100.00% Since no candidate received more than 40% of the first choice votes, the second choice votes were counted. Democratic primary results, combined John Pattison Democratic Party (United States) 6,268 24.30% A.J. Splawn Democratic Party (United States) 6,050 23.46% William Blackman Democratic Party (United States) 5,844 22.66% Jimmie Durkin Democratic Party (United States) 4,398 17.05% Patrick S. Byrne Democratic Party (United States) 3,230 12.52% 25,790 100.00% General election Candidates Major party candidates Samuel G. Cosgrove, Republican John Pattison, Democratic Other candidates George Boomer, Socialist Arthur S. Caton, Prohibition Results 1908 Washington gubernatorial electionElections Search Results: November 1908 General https://www.sos.wa.gov/elections/results_report.aspx?e=129,128&c=&c2=&t=&t2=&p=&p2=&y= Washington Secretary of State August 14, 2020Abstract of Votes Polled in the State of Washington at the General Election Held November 3, 1908 For Governor Washington Secretary of State 22 Olympia, Washington Republican Party (United States) Samuel G. Cosgrove 110,190 62.56% +11.21% Democratic Party (United States) John Pattison 58,126 33.00% -7.87% Socialist Party of America George Boomer 4,311 2.45% -2.68% Prohibition Party Arthur S. Caton 3,514 1.99% +0.07% 52,064 29.56% 176,141 100.00% Republican Party (United States) +19.08% Results by county CountySamuel G. CosgroveRepublicanJohn PattisonDemocraticGeorge BoomerSocialistArthur S. CatonProhibitionMarginTotal votes cast#%#%#%#%#%Adams1,03356.98%75041.37%00.00%301.65%28315.61%1,813Asotin69365.07%33831.74%121.13%222.07%35533.33%1,065Benton91360.54%47931.76%946.23%221.46%43428.78%1,508Chehalis3,42269.54%1,18624.10%2665.41%470.96%2,23645.44%4,921Chelan1,77666.57%85131.90%00.00%411.54%92534.67%2,668Clallam98767.70%45931.48%00.00%120.82%52836.21%1,458Clark2,55565.00%1,13628.90%1694.30%711.81%1,41936.10%3,931Columbia87256.92%63241.25%00.00%281.83%24015.67%1,532Cowlitz1,61970.15%62326.99%371.60%291.26%99643.15%2,308Douglas2,01756.04%1,55943.32%00.00%230.64%45812.73%3,599Ferry51255.77%40243.79%00.00%40.44%11011.98%918Franklin68858.21%47039.76%70.59%171.44%21818.44%1,182Garfield60161.20%35436.05%171.73%101.02%24725.15%982Island50567.88%15721.10%679.01%152.02%34846.77%744Jefferson88567.87%39230.06%191.46%80.61%49337.81%1,304King23,63261.95%13,93936.54%00.00%5741.50%9,69325.41%38,145Kitsap1,98764.33%75124.31%2979.61%541.75%1,23640.01%3,089Kittitas1,77262.73%1,00235.47%00.00%511.81%77027.26%2,825Klickitat1,32869.42%54928.70%00.00%361.88%77940.72%1,913Lewis3,21463.59%1,47229.13%2985.90%701.39%1,74234.47%5,054Lincoln2,10758.28%1,45340.19%210.58%340.94%65418.09%3,615Mason58763.67%32234.92%00.00%131.41%26528.74%922Okanogan1,53057.98%1,02838.95%682.58%130.49%50219.02%2,639Pacific1,47070.13%53725.62%803.82%90.43%93344.51%2,096Pierce11,58667.10%4,70127.23%6493.76%3311.92%6,88539.87%17,267San Juan62174.11%14317.06%728.59%20.24%47857.04%838Skagit3,11063.97%1,36728.12%3216.60%641.32%1,74335.85%4,862Skamania35073.53%11925.00%00.00%71.47%23148.53%476Snohomish5,91360.45%2,70027.60%5735.86%5956.08%3,21332.85%9,781Spokane11,70059.82%6,86935.12%5973.05%3932.01%4,83124.70%19,559Stevens2,61357.48%1,55434.18%2926.42%871.91%1,05923.30%4,546Thurston2,00164.22%98531.61%00.00%1304.17%1,01632.61%3,116Wahkiakum49578.95%13221.05%00.00%00.00%36357.89%627Walla Walla2,67057.85%1,88140.76%300.65%340.74%78917.10%4,615Whatcom5,34166.88%2,27328.46%1642.05%2082.60%3,06838.42%7,986Whitman3,05349.34%2,94647.61%00.00%1893.05%1071.73%6,188Yakima4,03266.66%1,61526.70%1612.66%2413.98%2,41739.96%6,049Totals110,19062.56%58,12633.00%4,3112.45%3,5141.99%52,06429.56%176,141 Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Adams Columbia Douglas Ferry Franklin Garfield Lincoln Okanogan Spokane Stevens Walla Walla Whitman References 1908 Washington Gubernatorial