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Spellman was elected governor in 1980 amid large gains for Republicans across the country. During his tenure, the Washington State economy suffered due to the early 1980s recession. Spellman was defeated in his reelection campaign in 1984. To date, he is the last Republican to have held the office of Governor of Washington. [2]
There have been 41 governors of the state; one, Rudy Perpich, served non-consecutive terms. Minnesota Territory had three governors appointed by the president of the United States; the first, Alexander Ramsey, would later be state governor. The current governor is Tim Walz, a member of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, who took office on ...
To date, this is the most recent gubernatorial election in which Hennepin and Ramsey counties voted for the Republican candidate. This was the first time since 1950 that an incumbent Republican Governor of Minnesota was re-elected or won re-election. It is also the most recent time that a Republican has been elected with a majority of the votes.
In 1962 the governor's term increased to 4 years. 1857 Minnesota gubernatorial election; 1859 Minnesota gubernatorial election; 1861 Minnesota gubernatorial election; 1863 Minnesota gubernatorial election; 1865 Minnesota gubernatorial election; 1867 Minnesota gubernatorial election; 1869 Minnesota gubernatorial election; 1871 Minnesota ...
McDermott was defeated in the general election by Republican candidate John Spellman, the King County Executive. As of 2024, this is the last time a Republican was elected Governor of Washington, thus beginning the longest Democratuc streak in any of the 50 state governorships once Spellman left office.
The Republican party had a net gain of four seats in this election, coinciding with the Senate, House elections and presidential election. As of 2025, this was the last election in which a Democrat won the gubernatorial election in Utah and also the last election in which a Republican won the gubernatorial race in the state of Washington.
Despite Republican President Ronald Reagan carrying the state by 13 points in the concurrent 1984 Election. This is the last time that the Washington Governor's office changed partisan control or that an incumbent Governor of Washington lost a general election.
This was the last year in which Arkansas held a gubernatorial election in the same year as the presidential election. The length of gubernatorial terms for Arkansas' governor would be extended from two years to four years with elections taking place in midterm election years following the passage of the Sixty-third Amendment to the Arkansas ...