Electoral history of Jay Inslee

This is the electoral history of Jay Inslee, the 23rd Governor of Washington since 2013. He previously served in the Washington House of Representatives from 1989 to 1993. He was also a member of the United States House of Representatives from Washington's 4th congressional district from 1993 to 1995 and from Washington's 1st congressional district from 1999 to 2012. Inslee sought the 2020 Democratic nomination for President and centered his candidacy around climate change, but ended his campaign before voting began.

Official portrait of Washington state governor Jay Inslee.

Washington House of Representatives elections

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1988

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Washington House of Representatives District 14 Position #2, 1988 Jungle Primary[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Lynn Charmichael 9,210 42.83%
Democratic Jay Inslee 8,624 40.11%
Republican Glen W. Blomgren 3,668 17.06%
Total votes 21,502 100%
Washington House of Representatives District 14 Position #2, 1988 General Election[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jay Inslee 17,114 51.64%
Republican Lynn Charmichael 16,028 48.36%
Total votes 33,142 100%
Democratic gain from Republican

1990

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Washington House of Representatives District 14 Position #2, 1990 Jungle Primary[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jay Inslee (incumbent) 10,358 58.94%
Republican Ted Mellotte 7,216 41.06%
Total votes 17,574 100%
Washington House of Representatives District 14 Position #2, 1990 General Election[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jay Inslee (incumbent) 16,395 61.82%
Republican Ted Mellotte 10,125 38.18%
Total votes 26,520 100%
Democratic hold

U.S. House of Representatives elections

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1992

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Washington's 4th congressional district, 1992 Jungle Primary[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Doc Hastings 28,952 23.86%
Democratic Jay Inslee 27,429 22.61%
Democratic Jim Jesernig 26,320 21.69%
Republican Alex McLean 13,605 11.21%
Republican Jeffrey C. Sullivan 12,074 9.95%
Republican Bill Almon 9,168 7.56%
Democratic Joe Walkenhauer 3,774 3.11%
Total votes 121,322 100%
Washington's 4th congressional district, 1992 General Election[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jay Inslee 106,556 50.84%
Republican Doc Hastings 103,028 49.16%
Total votes 209,584 100%
Democratic gain from Republican

1994

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Washington's 4th congressional district, 1994 Jungle Primary[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Doc Hastings 50,343 49.51%
Democratic Jay Inslee (incumbent) 41,917 41.22%
Democratic Craig L. Williams 9,431 9.27%
Total votes 101,691 100%
Washington's 4th congressional district, 1994 General Election[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Doc Hastings 92,828 53.34%
Democratic Jay Inslee (incumbent) 81,198 46.66%
Total votes 174,026 100%
Republican gain from Democratic

1998

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Washington's 1st congressional district, 1998 Jungle Primary[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Rick White (incumbent) 59,636 49.58%
Democratic Jay Inslee 52,602 43.73%
American Heritage Bruce Craswell 8,051 6.69%
Total votes 120,289 100%
Washington's 1st congressional district, 1998 General Election[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jay Inslee 112,726 49.77%
Republican Rick White (incumbent) 99,910 44.12%
American Heritage Bruce Craswell 13,837 6.11%
Total votes 226,473 100%
Democratic gain from Republican

2000

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Washington's 1st congressional district, 2000 Jungle Primary[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jay Inslee (incumbent) 80,362 55.57%
Republican Dan McDonald 60,303 41.70%
Libertarian Bruce Newman 3,950 2.73%
Total votes 144,615 100%
Washington's 1st congressional district, 2000 General Election[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jay Inslee (incumbent) 155,820 54.55%
Republican Dan McDonald 121,823 42.65%
Libertarian Bruce Newman 7,993 2.80%
Total votes 285,636 100%
Democratic hold

2002

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Washington's 1st congressional district, 2002 Jungle Primary[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jay Inslee (incumbent) 65,368 56.28%
Republican Joseph Marine 42,473 36.57%
Democratic Mike The Mover 5,291 4.56%
Libertarian Mark B. Wilson 3,025 2.60%
Total votes 144,615 100%
Washington's 1st congressional district, 2002 General Election[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jay Inslee (incumbent) 114,087 55.64%
Republican Joseph Marine 84,696 41.31%
Libertarian Mark B. Wilson 6,251 3.05%
Total votes 205,034 100%
Democratic hold

2004

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Washington's 1st congressional district, 2004 Jungle Primary[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jay Inslee (incumbent) 89,168 63.23%
Republican Randy Eastwood 50,050 35.49%
Libertarian Charles Moore 1,803 1.28%
Total votes 141,021 100%
Washington's 1st congressional district, 2004 General Election[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jay Inslee (incumbent) 204,121 62.28%
Republican Randy Eastwood 117,850 35.96%
Libertarian Charles Moore 5,798 1.77%
Total votes 327,769 100%
Democratic hold

2006

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Washington's 1st congressional district, 2006 Jungle Primary[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jay Inslee (incumbent) 75,644 65.54%
Republican Larry W. Ishmael 39,592 34.36%
Total votes 115,236 100%
Washington's 1st congressional district, 2006 General Election[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jay Inslee (incumbent) 163,832 67.72%
Republican Larry Ishmael 78,105 32.28%
Total votes 241,937 100%
Democratic hold

2008

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Washington's 1st congressional district, 2008 Jungle Primary[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jay Inslee (incumbent) 104,342 66.44%
Republican Larry Ishmael 52,700 33.56%
Total votes 157,042 100%
Washington's 1st congressional district, 2008 General Election[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jay Inslee (incumbent) 233,780 67.76%
Republican Larry Ishmael 111,240 32.24%
Total votes 345,020 100%
Democratic hold

2010

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Washington's 1st congressional district, 2010 Jungle Primary[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jay Inslee (incumbent) 90,208 55.85%
Republican James Watkins 44,269 27.41%
Republican Matthew Burke 20,185 12.50%
Independent David D. Schirle 6,864 4.25%
Total votes 161,526 100%
Washington's 1st congressional district, 2010 General Election[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jay Inslee (incumbent) 172,642 57.67%
Republican James Watkins 126,737 42.33%
Total votes 299,379 100%
Democratic hold

Washington gubernatorial elections

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1996

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1996 Washington gubernatorial jungle primary[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Gary Locke 287,762 23.65%
Democratic Norm Rice 212,888 17.50%
Republican Ellen Craswell 185,680 15.26%
Republican Dale Foreman 162,615 13.37%
Democratic Jay Inslee 118,571 9.75%
Republican Norm Maleng 109,088 8.97%
Republican Jim Waldo 63,584 5.25%
Republican Pam Roach 29,533 2.43%
Republican Nona Brazier 21,237 1.75%
Democratic Brian Zetlen 6,152 0.51%
Republican Warren E. Hanson 4,886 0.40%
Republican Bob Tharp 4,825 0.40%
Socialist Workers Jeff Powers 3,742 0.31%
Democratic Mohammad H. Said 3,007 0.25%
Democratic Max Englerius 2,837 0.23%
Total votes 1,216,407 100%

2012

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2012 Washington gubernatorial jungle primary[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jay Inslee 664,534 47.13%
Republican Rob McKenna 604,872 42.90%
Republican Shahram Hadian 46,169 3.27%
Democratic Rob Hill 45,453 3.22%
Independent James White 13,764 0.98%
Independent Christian Joubert 10,457 0.74%
Independent L. Dale Sorgen 9,734 0.69%
Republican Max Sampson 8,753 0.62%
Republican Javier O. Lopez 6,131 0.43%
Total votes 1,409,867 100%
2012 Washington gubernatorial general election[7]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jay Inslee 1,582,802 51.40%
Republican Rob McKenna 1,488,245 48.33%
Write-in 8,592 0.28%
Total votes 3,079,639 100.0%
Democratic hold

2016

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2016 Washington gubernatorial jungle primary[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jay Inslee (incumbent) 687,412 49.30%
Republican Bill Bryant 534,519 38.33%
Republican Bill Hirt 48,382 3.47%
Democratic Patrick O'Rourke 40,572 2.91%
Independent Steve Rubenstein 22,582 1.62%
Democratic James Robert Deal 14,623 1.05%
Democratic Johnathan Dodds 14,152 1.01%
Republican Goodspaceguy 13,191 0.95%
Socialist Workers Mary Martin 10,374 0.74%
Independent David Blomstrom 4,512 0.32%
Independent Christian Joubert 4,103 0.29%
Total votes 1,394,422 100%
2016 Washington gubernatorial general election[9]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jay Inslee (incumbent) 1,760,520 54.25%
Republican Bill Bryant 1,476,346 45.49%
Write-in 8,416 0.26%
Total votes 3,245,282 100.00%
Democratic hold

2020

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2020 Washington gubernatorial jungle primary[10]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jay Inslee (incumbent) 1,247,916 50.14%
Republican Loren Culp 433,238 17.41%
Republican Joshua Freed 222,553 8.94%
Republican Tim Eyman 159,495 6.41%
Republican Raul Garcia 135,045 5.43%
Republican Phil Fortunato 99,265 3.99%
Democratic Don L. Rivers 25,601 1.03%
Trump Republican Party Leon Aaron Lawson 23,073 0.93%
Green Liz Hallock 21,537 0.87%
Democratic Cairo D'Almeida 14,657 0.59%
Trump Republican Party Anton Sakharov 13,935 0.56%
Pre2016 Republican Party Nate Herzog 11,303 0.45%
Democratic Gene Hart 10,605 0.43%
Democratic Omari Tahir Garrett 8,751 0.35%
Unaffiliated Party Ryan Ryals 6,264 0.25%
Socialist Workers Henry Clay Dennison 5,970 0.24%
Trump Republican Party Goodspaceguy 5,646 0.23%
Republican Richard L. Carpenter 4,962 0.2%
Independent Elaina J. Gonzales 4,772 0.19%
Republican Matthew Murray 4,489 0.18%
Independent Thor Amundson 3,638 0.15%
Republican Bill Hirt 2,854 0.11%
Republican Martin L. Wheeler 2,686 0.11%
Republican Ian Gonzales 2,537 0.1%
New-Liberty Party Joshua Wolf 2,315 0.09%
No Party Preference Cregan M. Newhouse 2,291 0.09%
No Party Preference Brian R. Weed 2,178 0.09%
StandupAmerica Party Alex Tsimerman 1,721 0.07%
Republican Tylor Grow 1,509 0.06%
Independent Dylan B. Nails 1,470 0.06%
Independent Craig Campbell 1,178 0.05%
American Patriot Party William Miller 1,148 0.05%
No Party Preference Cameron M. Vessey 718 0.03%
Propertarianist Party Winston Wilkes 702 0.03%
Fifth Republic Party David W. Blomstrom 519 0.02%
Cascadia Labour Party David Voltz 480 0.02%
Write-in 1,938 0.08%
Total votes 2,488,959 100%
2020 Washington gubernatorial general election[11]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jay Inslee (incumbent) 2,294,243 56.56%
Republican Loren Culp 1,749,066 43.12%
Write-in 13,145 0.32%
Total votes 4,056,454 100.00%
Democratic hold

References

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