Washington 1980 Governor Election

Name: Washington 1980 Governor Election Results
Creator: Akashic Edge

James A. McDermott vs. John D. Spellman

John D. Spellman won the Washington 1980 governor election with 981,083 votes (56.7%), a margin of R+13.4.

Statewide Results

43.3%

56.7%

749,813

James A. McDermott (43.3%)

981,083

John D. Spellman (56.7%)

Total Votes: 1,730,896|Margin: R+13.4

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County	Margin	1980 Pres	1984 Pres	Total Votes	Swing
PACIFIC	D+15.8	D+7.4	D+12.7	8,029	R+8.8%
WAHKIAKUM	D+9.4	R+4.3	D+8.9	1,693	R+5.3%
SKAMANIA	D+8.2	R+1.4	R+5.5	2,964	R+2.6%
FERRY	D+5.5	R+14.6	R+13.4	2,023	D+3.5%
KLICKITAT	D+3.4	R+8.2	R+17.7	6,096	R+7.4%
JEFFERSON	D+1.8	R+4.5	D+0.6	8,066	R+6.2%
GRAYS HARBOR	D+0.5	D+4.2	D+10.8	26,069	R+13.8%
COWLITZ	R+0.9	R+2.1	D+1.6	28,070	R+13.5%
WHATCOM	R+3.3	R+6.4	R+9.0	45,937	R+12.9%
SAN JUAN	R+5.5	R+13.9	R+7.0	4,902	D+1.2%
MASON	R+7.7	R+10.9	R+9.0	13,771	R+33.5%
OKANOGAN	R+7.8	R+14.6	R+16.4	12,451	R+8.5%
KITTITAS	R+9.1	R+11.9	R+15.2	10,605	R+10.5%
PEND OREILLE	R+9.6	R+19.2	R+17.6	3,733	R+16.0%
CLARK	R+9.6	R+3.7	R+7.1	71,589	R+17.5%
KING	R+10.2	R+6.3	R+5.4	595,159	R+14.3%
SNOHOMISH	R+10.8	R+10.4	R+14.9	135,790	R+27.5%
SKAGIT	R+10.8	R+13.8	R+14.7	30,686	R+22.9%
PIERCE	R+13.2	R+14.6	R+17.1	173,594	R+41.8%
CLALLAM	R+14.2	R+15.6	R+16.4	22,296	R+29.0%
ASOTIN	R+14.3	R+8.3	R+11.9	6,676	R+1.7%
WHITMAN	R+15.2	R+17.1	R+20.2	16,968	D+3.4%
THURSTON	R+15.8	R+10.7	R+12.3	54,925	R+27.0%
SPOKANE	R+19.5	R+20.5	R+19.0	141,227	R+17.5%
KITSAP	R+20.2	R+14.1	R+9.6	60,522	R+41.2%
DOUGLAS	R+20.5	R+26.8	R+34.2	8,710	R+22.0%
CHELAN	R+20.9	R+24.3	R+31.9	19,404	R+12.0%
YAKIMA	R+21.1	R+19.5	R+24.1	59,858	R+13.7%
GRANT	R+21.6	R+30.1	R+33.6	17,828	R+19.0%
ISLAND	R+23.4	R+29.7	R+32.5	18,283	R+31.0%
FRANKLIN	R+23.9	R+30.2	R+27.7	11,703	R+47.1%
LEWIS	R+24.8	R+29.3	R+34.3	22,810	R+50.4%
STEVENS	R+24.8	R+30.4	R+30.6	11,500	R+20.7%
WALLA WALLA	R+26.6	R+28.4	R+28.6	18,947	R+12.1%
LINCOLN	R+29.0	R+32.4	R+34.7	5,380	R+14.4%
GARFIELD	R+32.0	R+24.1	R+29.4	1,476	R+7.9%
COLUMBIA	R+33.7	R+36.5	R+34.9	2,022	R+30.7%
ADAMS	R+36.2	R+42.4	R+44.5	4,787	R+27.6%
BENTON	R+38.5	R+38.7	R+39.7	44,347	R+71.9%