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The Bill was re-introduced in 2009, passed, and was signed into law. [5] In 2005, Toby Nixon, a Republican member of the Washington State House of Representatives, started a campaign to implement the Schulze method for the election of the governor of Washington. This campaign ended when Nixon left office after a failed 2006 campaign for the ...
The 2024 Washington gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 2024. The top-two primary was held on August 6. Incumbent Democratic Governor Jay Inslee was eligible to seek re-election to a fourth term but decided that he would not do so. [ 1 ]
Washington was the 6th-most Democratic state in the election behind Vermont, Massachusetts, Maryland, Hawaii, and California; the latter five states voted for Harris by more than 20%. This was the first election since 1956 in which Washington voted to the left of New York (which had the largest swing to the right in this election) and Rhode Island.
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[11] [12] [13] Incumbent Governor Jay Inslee, who previously served in the U.S. House, was first elected to the governorship in the 2012 election and won reelection in 2016. When Inslee announced his candidacy for president, several political figures expressed interest in running for Governor if Inslee won the Democratic primaries .
An excerpt of rules that Washington state House lawmakers approved on Jan. 24, 2025, which will block automatic access for the governor’s staff to the House chamber.
The top two finishers, incumbent Governor Jay Inslee (Democratic) [1] and Port of Seattle Commissioner Bill Bryant (Republican), moved on to the November general election, which Inslee won. As of 2025, this was the last gubernatorial election in Washington in which the margin of victory was within single digits.
Washington Republican Semi Bird speaks Friday, May 10, outside the Benton County Elections Office in Richland to a gaggle of media about his campaign for governor.