1988 Washington gubernatorial election

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1988 Washington gubernatorial election

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  Booth Gardner.jpg Bob Williams.jpg
Nominee Booth Gardner Bob Williams
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 1,166,448 708,481
Percentage 62.2% 37.8%

1988 Washington gubernatorial election results map by county.svg
County results
Gardner:      50–60%      60–70%
Williams:      50-60%      60-70%

Governor before election

Booth Gardner
Democratic

Elected Governor

Booth Gardner
Democratic

The 1988 Washington gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1988. Incumbent Democratic Governor Booth Gardner won his second term over Republican State Representative Bob Williams in a landslide.

Blanket primary[]

Candidates[]

Democratic[]

  • Booth Gardner, incumbent Governor of Washington
  • Jeanne Dixon
  • Richard "Onery Dick" Short
  • Ted Parker Fix

Republican[]

Independent[]

  • Baba Jeanne "BJ" Mangaoang, party leader

Results[]

Blanket primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Booth Gardner (incumbent) 539,243 57.64%
Republican Bob Williams 187,797 22.07%
Republican Norm Maleng 139,274 14.89%
Democratic Jeanne Dixon 31,917 3.41%
Democratic Richard "Onery Dick" Short 14,782 1.58%
Democratic Ted Parker Fix 9,302 0.99%
Republican Paul Dean Santos 7,370 0.79%
Independent Baba Jeanne Mangaoang 5,818 0.62%
Total votes 796,229 100.00%

General election[]

Candidates[]

  • Booth Gardner (D), incumbent Governor of Washington
  • Bob Williams (R), state representative

Debates[]

Results[]

1988 Washington gubernatorial election results[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Booth Gardner (incumbent) 1,166,448 62.21
Republican Bob Williams 708,481 37.79
Total votes 1,874,929 100.00
Democratic hold

References[]

  1. ^ "Election Search Results - Elections & Voting - WA Secretary of State". Sos.wa.gov. Retrieved 13 July 2018.


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