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The 2020 Washington gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 2020. It followed a top-two primary held on August 4. Incumbent Governor Jay Inslee , the Democratic candidate, defeated Loren Culp, the Republican candidate by a wide margin.
Washington has 12 electoral votes for the presidential election, remaining unchanged from 2016. [2] A presidential primary for both parties was held on March 10, 2020, with 13 candidates for the Democrats and one candidate for the Republicans. [3]
Washington has had the longest current streak of Democratic governors in the nation, with the last Republican to hold the office being John Spellman in 1985. [8] With the re-election of Inslee in 2020, Langlie, Daniel J. Evans and Inslee are the only three Washington governors to be elected to three terms with 12 years respectively.
The state's attorney general and former congressman appear on track for a general election matchup. Ferguson and Reichert move toward November showdown in Washington governor’s race Skip to main ...
Oct. 18—Two new polls show Democrat Bob Ferguson holding a steady lead over Republican Dave Reichert in the race for Washington's next governor. The polls show Ferguson with roughly 50% of the ...
Aug. 6—Democrat Bob Ferguson and Republican Dave Reichert will advance to the November general election after placing in the top two spots of the primary race for Washington's next governor.
Two-term incumbent Democrat Jay Inslee was eligible to run for re-election in 2020, as Washington does not have gubernatorial term limits. Inslee ran for re-election to a third term after dropping out of the Democratic presidential primaries on August 21, 2019. [90] [91] He faced police chief of the city of Republic, Washington, Loren Culp. [92]
The 2020 Washington lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 2020, to elect the lieutenant governor of Washington concurrently with the 2020 Washington elections. The top-two primary was held on August 4, and Democrats Denny Heck and Marko Liias advanced to the general election, which Heck won.