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1976 Washington gubernatorial election

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Field	Value
election_name	1976 Washington gubernatorial election
country	Washington
type	presidential
ongoing	no
previous_election	1972 Washington gubernatorial election
previous_year	1972
next_election	1980 Washington gubernatorial election
next_year	1980
election_date	November 2, 1976
image1	File:Dixy Lee Ray (cropped).jpg
image_size	150x150px
nominee1	Dixy Lee Ray
party1	Democratic Party (United States)
popular_vote1	821,797
percentage1	53.14%
image2	File:JohnDSpellman.jpg
nominee2	John Spellman
party2	Republican Party (United States)
popular_vote2	687,039
percentage2	44.43%
title	Governor
map_image	1976 Washington gubernatorial election results map by county.svg
map_size	275px
map_caption	County results
Ray:
Spellman:
before_election	Daniel J. Evans
before_party	Republican Party (United States)
after_election	Dixy Lee Ray
after_party	Democratic Party (United States)

Ray:
Spellman:

The 1976 Washington gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1976. This election was especially significant in that Washington elected its first female governor, Dixy Lee Ray. Wesley C. Uhlman and John Patric unsuccessfully ran in the blanket primary.

Primary election

Candidates

Marvin Durning (D)
Harley Hoppe (R), King County assessor
John Patric (R), writer and perennial candidate
Dixy Lee Ray (D), former chair of United States Atomic Energy Commission
Carl D. Ricketts (R)
John D. Spellman (R), King County executive
Duke Stockton (D)
Wesley C. Uhlman (D), mayor of Seattle
Emmett Watson (R)

Results

Candidate performance by County (Blanket Primary):

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General election

Candidates

Major parties

Dixy Lee Ray (D)
John D. Spellman (R)

Minor parties

Patricia A. Bethard, Socialist Workers
Red Kelly, OWL
Henry Killman, Socialist Labor
Art Manning, American Independent
Evelyn Olafson, US Labor
Maurice Woodrow Willey, Jr., Libertarian

Results

Results by county

Dixy Lee Ray was the first Democratic gubernatorial candidate to carry Island County and Klickitat County since Clarence D. Martin in 1936. This is the most recent gubernatorial election in which a Democrat has carried Benton County and Franklin County.

County	Dixy Lee Ray
Democratic	John D. Spellman
Republican	Art Manning
AIP	Red Kelly
OWL	All Others
Various	Margin	Total votes cast	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	Totals	821,797	53.14%	687,039	44.43%	12,406	0.80%	12,400	0.80%	12,740	0.82%	134,758	8.71%	1,546,382
	Adams		2,112		44.01%		2,524		52.59%		110		2.29%	28	0.58%		25		0.52%		-412		-8.59%		4,799
	Asotin		2,493		42.63%		3,231		55.25%		66		1.13%	24	0.41%		34		0.58%		-738		-12.62%		5,848
	Benton		23,006		65.98%		11,367		32.60%		220		0.63%	133	0.38%		141		0.40%		11,639		33.38%		34,867
	Chelan		8,278		44.70%		9,926		53.60%		118		0.64%	111	0.60%		84		0.45%		-1,648		-8.90%		18,517
	Clallam		10,234		55.58%		7,514		40.81%		294		1.60%	201	1.09%		171		0.93%		2,720		14.77%		18,414
	Clark		32,038		52.64%		27,222		44.73%		678		1.11%	507	0.83%		418		0.69%		4,816		7.91%		60,863
	Columbia		965		47.68%		1,027		50.74%		24		1.19%	7	0.35%		1		0.05%		-62		-3.06%		2,024
	Cowlitz		14,930		54.70%		11.504		42.14%		534		1.96%	154	0.56%		176		0.64%		3,429		12.56%		27,295
	Douglas		4,263		50.13%		4,134		48.61%		61		0.72%	28	0.33%		18		0.21%		129		1.52%		8,504
	Ferry		805		48.85%		773		46.91%		43		2.61%	11	0.67%		16		0.97%		32		1.94%		1,648
	Franklin		6,187		60.81%		3,826		37.61%		65		0.64%	30	0.29%		66		0.65%		2,361		23.21%		10,174
	Garfield		579		37.43%		951		61.47%		13		0.84%	1	0.06%		3		0.19%		-372		-24.05%		1,547
	Grant		8,148		47.37%		8,589		49.93%		201		1.17%	92	0.53%		171		0.99%		-441		-2.56%		17,201
	Grays Harbor		13,567		55.60%		10,072		41.28%		240		0.98%	301	1.23%		220		0.90%		3,495		14.32%		24,400
	Island		7,408		53.12%		6,358		45.59%		66		0.47%	53	0.38%		62		0.44%		1,050		7.53%		13,947
	Jefferson		3,121		52.28%		2,644		44.29%		65		1.09%	67	1.12%		73		1.22%		477		7.99%		5,970
	King		277,502		50.87%		254,945		46.73%		3,117		0.57%	4,813	0.88%		5,141		0.94%		22,557		4.13%		545,518
	Kitsap		30,399		59.31%		19,626		38.29%		401		0.78%	312	0.61%		513		1.00%		10,773		21.02%		51,251
	Kittitas		4,878		49.83%		4,733		48.35%		47		0.48%	70	0.72%		62		0.63%		145		1.48%		9,790
	Klickitat		3,016		54.03%		2,411		43.19%		86		1.54%	37	0.66%		32		0.57%		605		10.84%		5,582
	Lewis		13,109		61.43%		7,633		35.77%		352		1.65%	138	0.65%		107		0.50%		5,476		25.66%		21,339
	Lincoln		2,153		41.73%		2,907		56.35%		49		0.95%	29	0.56%		21		0.41%		-754		-14.62%		5,159
	Mason		6,984		61.57%		4,052		35.72%		126		1.11%	104	0.92%		77		0.68%		2,932		25.85%		11,343
	Okanogan		5,543		48.67%		5,462		47.96%		212		1.86%	93	0.82%		79		0.69%		81		0.71%		11,389
	Pacific		4,474		60.52%		2,656		35.93%		77		1.04%	99	1.34%		86		1.16%		1,818		24.59%		7,392
	Pend Oreille		1,641		52.03%		1,438		45.59%		32		1.01%	24	0.76%		19		0.60%		203		6.44%		3,154
	Pierce		99,527		63.27%		54,543		34.67%		884		0.56%	835	0.53%		1,523		0.97%		44,984		28.60%		157,312
	San Juan		1,658		45.21%		1,907		52.00%		27		0.74%	42	1.15%		33		0.90%		-249		-6.79%		3,667
	Skagit		14,750		54.74%		11,486		42.62%		286		1.06%	224	0.83%		201		0.75%		3,264		12.11%		26,947
	Skamania		1,403		54.34%		1,126		43.61%		18		0.70%	21	0.81%		14		0.54%		277		10.73%		2,582
	Snohomish		66,369		57.26%		46,946		40.50%		1,072		0.92%	812	0.70%		715		0.62%		19,423		16.76%		115,914
	Spokane		61,494		47.67%		64,044		49.65%		1,374		1.07%	1,336	1.04%		750		0.58%		-2,550		-1.98%		128,998
	Stevens		4,177		45.50%		4,556		49.62%		276		3.01%	91	0.99%		81		0.88%		-379		-4.13%		9,181
	Thurston		23,957		54.11%		18,984		42.88%		297		0.67%	686	1.55%		348		0.79%		4,973		11.23%		44,272
	Wahkiakum		938		56.13%		692		41.41%		23		1.38%	9	0.54%		9		0.54%		246		14.72%		1,671
	Walla Walla		7,562		41.93%		10,177		56.43%		66		0.37%	92	0.51%		139		0.77%		-2,615		-14.50%		18,036
	Whatcom		21,599		53.32%		17,688		43.67%		272		0.67%	408	1.01%		539		1.33%		3,911		9.66%		40,506
	Whitman		5,875		38.99%		8,679		57.60%		163		1.08%	202	1.34%		150		1.00%		-2,804		-18.61%		15,069
	Yakima		24,655		45.41%		28,689		52.84%		351		0.65%	175	0.32%		422		0.78%		-4,034		-7.43%		54,292

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

Benton
Clallam
Clark
Cowlitz
Douglas
Island
King
Kittitas
Klickitat
Snohomish
Thurston
Whatcom

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Stevens

References

"Elections Search Results September 1976 Primary".
Washington Secretary of State. "Abstract of Votes Primary and General Elections Held on September 21, 1976 and November 2, 1976".
"Elections Search Results November 1976 General".
Washington Secretary of State. "Abstract of Votes Primary and General Elections Held on September 21, 1976 and November 2, 1976".

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