- For Washington, D.C., see Political party strength in Washington, D.C.
The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state of Washington:
The table also indicates the historical party composition in the:
For years in which a presidential election was held, the table indicates which party's nominees received the state's electoral votes.
The parties are as follows: Democratic (D), Nonpartisan (NP), Populist (P), Republican (R), and a tie or coalition within a group of elected officials.
| Year |
Executive offices |
State Legislature |
United States Congress |
Electoral College votes |
| Governor |
Lt. Governor |
Sec. of State |
Attorney General |
Treasurer |
Auditor |
Comp. |
Comm. of Ins. |
Supt. of Pub. Inst. |
State Senate |
State House |
U.S. Senator (Class I) |
U.S. Senator (Class III) |
U.S. House |
| Comm. of Pub. Lands |
| 1853 |
Isaac Stevens (D)[1] |
no such offices |
no such office |
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no such offices |
| 1854 |
| 1855 |
| 1856 |
| 1857 |
LaFayette McMullen (D)[1] |
| 1858 |
| 1859 |
Richard D. Gholson (D)[1] |
| 1860 |
| 1861 |
William H. Wallace (R)[1] |
| 1862 |
William Pickering (R)[1] |
| 1863 |
| 1864 |
| 1865 |
| 1866 |
George E. Cole (D)[1] |
| 1867 |
Marshall F. Moore (R)[1] |
| 1868 |
| 1869 |
Alvan Flanders (R)[1] |
| 1870 |
Edward S. Salomon (R)[1] |
| 1871 |
| 1872 |
Elisha Peyre Ferry (R)[1] |
| 1873 |
| 1874 |
| 1875 |
| 1876 |
| 1877 |
| 1878 |
| 1879 |
| 1880 |
William Augustus Newell (R)[1] |
| 1881 |
| 1882 |
| 1883 |
| 1884 |
Watson C. Squire (R)[1] |
| 1885 |
| 1886 |
| 1887 |
Eugene Semple (D)[1] |
James B. Metcalf[1] |
| 1888 |
| 1889 |
Miles Conway Moore (R)[1] |
| Elisha Peyre Ferry (R) |
Charles E. Laughton (R) |
Allan Weir (R) |
William Carey Jones (R) |
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John B. Allen (R) |
Watson C. Squire (R) |
1R |
| 1890 |
| 1891 |
| 1892 |
| 1893 |
John McGraw (R) |
F.H. Luce (R) |
James Price (R) |
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vacant |
2R |
| 1894 |
| 1895 |
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John L. Wilson (R) |
| 1896 |
| 1897 |
John Rankin Rogers (D) |
Thurston Daniels (P) |
Will Jenkins (P) |
Patrick Henry Winston (P) |
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George Turner (D) |
1D, 1SR |
| 1898 |
| 1899 |
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Addison G. Foster (R) |
| 1900 |
| 1901 |
John Rankin Rogers (P)[2] |
Henry McBride (R) |
Samuel Nichols (R)[3] |
Wickliffe Stratton (R) |
| Henry McBride (R)[4] |
vacant |
| 1902 |
| 1903 |
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Levi Ankeny (R) |
| 1904 |
| 1905 |
Albert E. Mead (R) |
Charles E. Coon (R) |
John Atkinson (R) |
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Samuel H. Piles (R) |
| 1906 |
| 1907 |
| 1908 |
| 1909 |
Samuel G. Cosgrove (R)[2] |
Marion E. Hay (R) |
Walter Bell (R) |
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Wesley Livsey Jones (R) |
| Marion E. Hay (R)[4] |
vacant |
Ithamar Howell (R)[2][5] |
| 1910 |
| 1911 |
William V. Tanner (R) |
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Miles Poindexter (R) |
| 1912 |
| 1913 |
Ernest Lister (D)[2] |
Louis Folwell Hart (R) |
| 1914 |
| 1915 |
| 1916 |
| 1917 |
W. W. Sherman (R) |
C. W. Clausen (R) |
Clark V. Savidge (R) |
H. O. Fishback (R) |
| 1918 |
| 1919 |
Louis Folwell Hart (R)[6] |
vacant |
L. L. Thompson (R) |
| 1920 |
Jay Hinkle (R)[5] |
| 1921 |
William J. Coyle (R) |
Clifford L. Babcock (R) |
| 1922 |
| 1923 |
John H. Dunbar (R) |
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Clarence C. Dill (D) |
| 1924 |
| 1925 |
Roland H. Hartley (R) |
W. Lon Johnson (R) |
| 1926 |
| 1927 |
| 1928 |
| 1929 |
John Arthur Gellatly (R) |
Charles W. Hinton (R) |
| 1930 |
| 1931 |
| 1932 |
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Elijah S. Grammer (R) |
| 1933 |
Clarence D. Martin (D) |
Victor Aloysius Meyers (D) |
Ernest Hutchinson (D)[2] |
Garrison Hamilton (D) |
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Homer Bone (D) |
| 1934 |
| 1935 |
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Lewis B. Schwellenbach (D) |
| 1936 |
| 1937 |
| 1938 |
Belle Reeves (D)[2][5] |
| 1939 |
| 1940 |
| 1941 |
Arthur B. Langlie (R) |
Smith Troy (D) |
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Monrad Wallgren (D) |
| 1942 |
| 1943 |
| 1944 |
| 1945 |
Monrad Wallgren (D) |
Russell H. Fluent (D) |
Cliff Yelle (D) |
Otto A. Case (D) |
William A. Sullivan (D) |
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Hugh Mitchell (D) |
Warren Magnuson (D) |
| 1946 |
| 1947 |
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Harry P. Cain (R) |
| 1948 |
Earl Coe (D)[5] |
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Harry S. Truman and Alben W. Barkley (D) |
| 1949 |
Arthur Langlie (R) |
| 1950 |
| 1951 |
| 1952 |
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Dwight D. Eisenhower and Richard Nixon (R) |
| 1953 |
Emmett T. Anderson (R) |
Don Eastvold (R) |
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Henry M. "Scoop" Jackson (D) |
| 1954 |
| 1955 |
| 1956 |
| 1957 |
Albert Rosellini (D) |
John Cherberg (D) |
Victor Aloysius Meyers (D) |
John J. O'Connell (D) |
| 1958 |
| 1959 |
| 1960 |
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Richard Nixon and Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. (R) |
| 1961 |
| 1962 |
| 1963 |
| 1964 |
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Lyndon B. Johnson and Hubert Humphrey (D) |
| 1965 |
Daniel J. Evans (R) |
Lud Kramer (R)[3] |
Robert S. O'Brien (D) |
Robert V. Graham (D) |
Bert Cole (D) |
Lee I. Kueckelhan (D) |
| 1966 |
| 1967 |
| 1968 |
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Hubert Humphrey and Edmund Muskie (D) |
| 1969 |
Slade Gorton (R) |
Karl Hermann (D) |
| 1970 |
| 1971 |
| 1972 |
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Richard Nixon and Spiro Agnew (R) |
| 1973 |
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Frank Brouillet (NP) |
| 1974 |
| 1975 |
Bruce Chapman (R)[5] |
| 1976 |
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Gerald Ford and Bob Dole (R) |
| 1977 |
Dixy Lee Ray (D) |
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Richard G. Marquardt (R) |
| 1978 |
| 1979 |
| 1980 |
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Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush (R) |
| 1981 |
John Spellman (R) |
Ralph Munro (R) |
Ken Eikenberry (R) |
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Slade Gorton (R) |
| 1982 |
| 1983 |
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Daniel J. Evans (R) |
5D, 3R |
| 1984 |
| 1985 |
Booth Gardner (D) |
Brian Boyle (R) |
| 1986 |
| 1987 |
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Brock Adams (D) |
| 1988 |
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Michael Dukakis and Lloyd Bentsen (D) |
| 1989 |
Joel Pritchard (R) |
Dan Grimm (D) |
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Slade Gorton (R) |
| 1990 |
| 1991 |
| 1992 |
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Bill Clinton and Al Gore (D) |
| 1993 |
Mike Lowry (D) |
Christine Gregoire (D) |
Brian Sonntag (D) |
Jennifer Belcher (D) |
Deborah Senn (D) |
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Patty Murray (D) |
8D, 1R |
| 1994 |
| 1995 |
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7R, 2D |
| 1996 |
| 1997 |
Gary Locke (D) |
Brad Owen (D) |
Mike Murphy (D) |
Terry Bergeson (NP) |
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6R, 3D |
| 1998 |
| 1999 |
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5D, 4R |
| 2000 |
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Al Gore and Joe Lieberman (D) |
| 2001 |
Sam Reed (R) |
Doug Sutherland (R) |
Mike Kreidler (D) |
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Maria Cantwell (D) |
6D, 3R |
| 2002 |
| 2003 |
| 2004 |
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John Kerry and John Edwards (D) |
| 2005 |
Christine Gregoire (D) |
Rob McKenna (R) |
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| 2006 |
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| 2007 |
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| 2008 |
32D, 17R |
63D, 35R |
Barack Obama and Joe Biden (D) |
| 2009 |
Jim McIntire (D) |
Peter J. Goldmark (D) |
Randy Dorn (NP) |
31D, 18R |
61D, 37R |
| 2010 |
| 2011 |
27D, 22R |
56D, 42R |
5D, 4R |
| 2012 |
| 2013 |
Jay Inslee (D) |
Kim Wyman (R) |
Bob Ferguson (D) |
Troy Kelley (D) |
25 Coalition, 24D |
55D, 43R |
6D, 4R |
| Year |
Governor |
Lt. Governor |
Sec. of State |
Attorney General |
Treasurer |
Auditor |
Comp. |
Comm. of Ins. |
Supt. of Pub. Inst. |
State Senate |
State House |
U.S. Senator (Class I) |
U.S. Senator (Class III) |
U.S. House |
Electoral College votes |
| Comm. of Pub. Lands |
| Executive offices |
State Legislature |
United States Congress |
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Governor of Washington Territory.
- ^ a b c d e f Died in office.
- ^ a b Resigned.
- ^ a b As lieutenant governor, filled unexpired term.
- ^ a b c d e Initially appointed by Governor to fill vacancy; later elected in his own right.
- ^ As lieutenant governor, filled unexpired term, and was later elected in his own right.
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