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As of the 2024 presidential election, this is the last time Washington has voted for a Republican in a presidential election, as well as the last time that King County, Pierce County, Thurston County, and San Juan County voted Republican. [1] One of the electors, Fred Nimmo, was unable to attend the meeting and was replaced by Bob Bristow.
Washington has 12 electoral votes in the Electoral College. [3] Prior to the election, most news organizations forecasted Washington as a state that Biden would win, or a safe blue state. Biden won the state by 19.2%, the largest margin for a presidential candidate of any party since 1964. He also flipped the swing county of Clallam.
The general election was won by Republican Thurston County auditor Kim Wyman, who defeated Democratic state senator Kathleen Drew by under one percentage point, resulting in the smallest statewide margin in 2012.
[2] [3] It has had twelve electoral votes since 2012, when it gained a tenth congressional district during reapportionment based on the results of the 2010 U.S. census. [4] [5] Washington has conducted its presidential elections through mail-in voting since 2012 for general elections and 2016 for party primaries. [6]
See live updates of Washington election results from the 2024 election, including Senate, House and Gubernatorial races and ballot initiatives.
The Washington State Democratic Party sent a total of 97 delegates to the 2008 Democratic National Convention. Of those delegates, 78 were pledged and 19 were unpledged. The 78 pledged delegates were allocated (pledged) to vote for a particular candidate at the national convention according to the results of Washington's four-step caucus process.
The reporting system is one of the final steps before county officials upload their results to the Washington Secretary of State’s website. ... Six Thurston County election officials are coming ...
State representatives are elected to two-year terms, and two from each of 49 legislative districts in separate elections. While the U.S. state of Washington is considered a solidly Democratic state, it mainly elected Republican candidates during its first forty years of statehood. It currently holds the longest streak of Democratic governors in ...