Election Results
Recent presidential votes.
Democratic presidential vote share
1976–2024MIT Election Data and Science Lab, compiled from certified state results (Harvard Dataverse).
Republican presidential vote share
1976–2024MIT Election Data and Science Lab, compiled from certified state results (Harvard Dataverse).
| Indicator | Washington | U.S. |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 Democratic margin (points) | +19 | -1.5 |
- •Washington has voted Democratic in every presidential election since 1988 and votes entirely by mail.
Governors
State executive.
| Governor | Party | In office |
|---|---|---|
| Bob Ferguson | Democrat | 2025–present |
| Chris Gregoire | Democratic | 2005–2013 |
| Gary Locke | Democratic | 1997–2005 |
| Michael Lowry | Democratic | 1993–1997 |
| Booth Gardner | Democratic | 1985–1993 |
| John Dennis Spellman | Republican | 1981–1985 |
| Dixy Lee Ray | Democratic | 1977–1981 |
| Daniel Jackson Evans | Republican | 1965–1977 |
| Albert Dean Rosellini | Democratic | 1957–1965 |
| Monrad Charles Wallgren | Democratic | 1945–1949 |
| Clarence Daniel Martin | Democratic | 1933–1941 |
| Roland H. Hartley | Republican | 1925–1933 |
| Louis Folwell Hart | Republican | 1919–1925 |
| Ernest Lister | Democratic | 1913–1919 |
| Marion E. Hay | Republican | 1909–1913 |
| Albert E. Mead | Republican | 1905–1909 |
| Henry McBride | Republican | 1901–1905 |
| John Harte McGraw | Republican | 1893–1897 |
| Elisha Peyre Ferry | Republican | 1889–1893 |
Source: National Governors Association, current and former governors.
| Indicator | Washington | U.S. |
|---|---|---|
| Years of Democratic control | 14 | 0 |
- •Washington governors face no term limits and wield one of the strongest line-item vetoes in the country.
Senators
U.S. Senate delegation.
Democratic vote share, U.S. Senate elections
1976–2022MIT Election Data and Science Lab, compiled from certified state results (Harvard Dataverse). Regular-term races; special elections only when no regular race was held. Independents (e.g. caucusing with Democrats) are not counted as Democratic; years without a Democratic nominee are omitted.
Republican vote share, U.S. Senate elections
1976–2022MIT Election Data and Science Lab, compiled from certified state results (Harvard Dataverse).
| Indicator | Washington | U.S. |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. House seats | 10 | 435 |
- •Washington was the first state to elect two women to the U.S. Senate simultaneously and has kept that pair since 2001.
Representatives
U.S. House delegation.
U.S. House seats apportioned to Washington
1910–2020U.S. Census Bureau, decennial apportionment counts.
| Indicator | Washington | U.S. |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. House seats | 8 | 435 |
- •Washington has had eight U.S. House seats since 2003.
Voting Trends
Turnout and participation.
Total votes cast for president
1976–2024MIT Election Data and Science Lab, compiled from certified state results (Harvard Dataverse).
| Indicator | Washington | U.S. |
|---|---|---|
| Voter turnout (%) | 76 | 64 |
- •Washington regularly posts one of the highest voter turnout rates in the nation.
Party Distribution
Partisan balance.
- •New legislative maps adopted in 2024 made Washington's statehouse competitive for the first time in over a decade.