THC Science

Washington has 9 Executive seats, all elected at large. In 2004, all 9 positions were up for reelection.

Governor[edit]

After a machine and manual recount, Christine Gregoire won the election by 133 votes.^[1]

Washington gubernatorial election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Christine Gregoire (incumbent)	1,373,361	48.8731
	Republican	Dino Rossi	1,373,228	48.8684
	Libertarian	Ruth Bennett	63,464	2.2585
Total votes			2,810,053	100.00
Turnout

Washington State Lt. Governor election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Brad Owen (incumbent)	1,443,505	54.39
	Republican	Jim Wiest	1,019,790	38.43
	Libertarian	Jocelyn A Langlois	117,147	4.41
	Green	Bern Haggerty	73,328	2.76
Total votes			2,653,770	100.00
Turnout

Washington Secretary of State election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Sam Reed (incumbent)	1,369,421	51.47
	Democratic	Laura Ruderman	1,209,299	45.45
	Libertarian	Jacqueline Passey	82,097	3.09
Total votes			2,660,817	100.00
Turnout

Washington State Treasurer election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mike Murphy (incumbent)	1,575,499	60.29
	Republican	Oscar S. Lewis	941,754	36.04
	Libertarian	John Sample	96,144	3.68
Total votes			2,613,397	100.00
Turnout

Washington State Auditor election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Brian Sonntag (incumbent)	1,668,575	63.89
	Republican	Will Baker	841,772	32.23
	Libertarian	Jason G. Bush	101,161	3.87
Total votes			2,611,508	100.00
Turnout

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size^[a]	Margin of error	Deborah Senn (D)	Rob McKenna (R)	Other / Undecided
SurveyUSA	October 29–31, 2004	617 (LV)	± 4.0%	43%	49%	8%

Washington State Attorney General election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Rob McKenna	1,425,368	52.98
	Democratic	Deborah Senn	1,163,964	43.27
	Libertarian	J. Bradley Gibson	56,792	2.11
	Green	Paul Richmond	44,020	1.64
Total votes			2,559,642	100.00
Turnout

Washington State Commissioner of Public Lands election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Doug Sutherland (incumbent)	1,309,441	49.96
	Democratic	Mike Cooper	1,223,207	46.67
	Libertarian	Steve Layman	88,171	3.36
Total votes			2,620,819	100.00
Turnout

Washington State Superintendent of Public Instruction election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Washington Non Partisan	Terry Bergeson (incumbent)	1,293,560	55.51
	Washington Non Partisan	Judith Billings	1,036,912	44.49
Total votes			2,330,472	100.00
Turnout

Washington State Insurance Commissioner election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mike Kreidler (incumbent)	1,393,764	54.45
	Republican	John Adams	1,058,583	41.36
	Libertarian	Stephen D. Steele	107,295	4.19
Total votes			2,559,642	100.00
Turnout