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1988 United States Senate election in Washington

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Field	Value
election_name	1988 United States Senate election in Washington
country	Washington
type	presidential
ongoing	no
previous_election	1983 United States Senate special election in Washington
previous_year	1983 (special)
next_election	1994 United States Senate election in Washington
next_year	1994
election_date	November 8, 1988
image_size	150x150px
image1	GortonSlade (cropped).jpg
nominee1	Slade Gorton
party1	Republican Party (United States)
popular_vote1	944,359
percentage1	51.09%
image2	Michael E. Lowry.jpg
nominee2	Mike Lowry
party2	Democratic Party (United States)
popular_vote2	904,183
percentage2	48.91%
map_image	1988 United States Senate election in Washington results map by county.svg
map_size	275px
map_caption	County results
Gorton:
Lowry:
title	U.S. Senator
before_election	Daniel J. Evans
before_party	Republican Party (United States)
after_election	Slade Gorton
after_party	Republican Party (United States)

Gorton:
Lowry: The 1988 United States Senate election in Washington was held on November 8, 1988. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Daniel J. Evans decided to retire instead of running for re-election to a full term, after being appointed to the seat in 1983, and won election to a partial term that same year. Republican former U.S. Senator Slade Gorton, who had just lost a re-election bid in 1986, won the open seat. As of 2024, this is the last time Washington simultaneously voted for different parties for president and for senate, as Democrat Michael Dukakis won the state in the concurrent presidential election.

Blanket primary

Candidates

Democratic

Mike Lowry, U.S. Representative from Renton (1979–1989)
Don Bonker, U.S. Representative from Vancouver (1975–1989)

Republican

Slade Gorton, former U.S. Senator (1981–1987)
Douglas J. Smith

Third-party

William C. Goodloe (Washington Taxpayer), judge and lawyer
Daniel B. Fein (Socialist Workers Party)

Results

General election

Candidates

Mike Lowry (D), U.S. Congressman of the 7th congressional district (1979–1989)
Slade Gorton (R), former U.S. Senator (1981–1987)

Results

By county

County	Slade Gorton	Mike Lowry	Margin	Total votes	#	%	#
Adams	2,856	64.01%	1,606	35.99%	1,250	28.01%	4,462
Asotin	3,195	48.64%	3,373	51.36%	-178	-2.71%	6,568
Benton	35,986	80.81%	8,547	19.19%	27,439	61.61%	44,533
Chelan	12,083	61.04%	7,711	38.96%	4,372	22.09%	19,794
Clallam	11,738	51.09%	11,235	48.91%	503	2.19%	22,973
Clark	40,518	51.98%	37,435	48.02%	3,083	3.95%	77,953
Columbia	1,170	59.88%	784	40.12%	386	19.75%	1,954
Cowlitz	13,502	47.45%	14,955	52.55%	-1,453	-5.11%	28,457
Douglas	5,718	60.78%	3,689	39.22%	2,029	21.57%	9,407
Ferry	981	49.42%	1,004	50.58%	-23	-1.16%	1,985
Franklin	7,683	70.43%	3,225	29.57%	4,458	40.87%	10,908
Garfield	719	54.43%	602	45.57%	117	8.86%	1,321
Grant	10,897	60.00%	7,265	40.00%	3,632	20.00%	18,162
Grays Harbor	9,780	40.43%	14,409	59.57%	-4,629	-19.14%	24,189
Island	12,806	59.62%	8,675	40.38%	4,131	19.23%	21,481
Jefferson	4,298	44.37%	5,388	55.63%	-1,090	-11.25%	9,686
King	289,087	46.00%	339,402	54.00%	-50,315	-8.01%	628,489
Kitsap	36,125	54.23%	30,493	45.77%	5,632	8.45%	66,618
Kittitas	5,542	52.37%	5,041	47.63%	501	4.73%	10,583
Klickitat	3,064	50.67%	2,983	49.33%	81	1.34%	6,047
Lewis	14,254	60.55%	9,287	39.45%	4,967	21.10%	23,541
Lincoln	2,805	59.21%	1,932	40.79%	873	18.43%	4,737
Mason	7,692	48.78%	8,078	51.22%	-386	-2.45%	15,770
Okanogan	6,189	52.01%	5,711	47.99%	478	4.02%	11,900
Pacific	3,325	40.49%	4,887	59.51%	-1,562	-19.02%	8,212
Pend Oreille	1,870	50.20%	1,855	49.80%	15	0.40%	3,725
Pierce	96,122	50.74%	93,310	49.26%	2,812	1.48%	189,432
San Juan	2,811	48.95%	2,932	51.05%	-121	-2.11%	5,743
Skagit	16,747	52.07%	15,416	47.93%	1,331	4.14%	32,163
Skamania	1,299	42.26%	1,775	57.74%	-476	-15.48%	3,074
Snohomish	88,307	52.34%	80,413	47.66%	7,894	4.68%	168,720
Spokane	73,583	51.80%	68,482	48.20%	5,101	3.59%	142,065
Stevens	6,729	55.53%	5,389	44.47%	1,340	11.06%	12,118
Thurston	33,371	49.34%	34,266	50.66%	-895	-1.32%	67,637
Wahkiakum	716	47.11%	804	52.89%	-88	-5.79%	1,520
Walla Walla	10,647	60.32%	7,004	39.68%	3,643	20.64%	17,651
Whatcom	25,278	50.50%	24,779	49.50%	499	1.00%	50,057
Whitman	8,022	52.51%	7,256	47.49%	766	5.01%	15,278
Yakima	36,844	61.79%	22,785	38.21%	14,059	23.58%	59,629

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

Asotin (largest city: Clarkston)
King (largest city: Seattle)
Mason (largest city: Shelton)
San Juan (largest city: Friday Harbor)
Thurston (largest city: Lacey)

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Democratic Republican

References

Ammons, David. (1988-11-09). "Slade Gorton runs, wins as a hard-liner". Longview Daily News.
"Elections Search Results - September 1988 Primary".
Munro, Ralph. (November 8, 1988). "Elections Search Results November 1988 General U. S. Senator". [[Secretary of State of Washington]].

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