2000 Washington Congressional and Statewide Primary Results
September 19, 2000 |
| Governor |
| Gary Locke (D) 54.3%, Meta Heller (D) 2.5%, |
radio talk show host John Carlson (R) 33.9%, St. Sen. Harold Hochstatter (R) 7.5%, |
real estate broker / planning commissioner Steve LePage (L) 1.8%, transit worker Chris Rayson (SW, WI), |
| Lt. Governor |
| Brad Owen (D) 42.4%, city councilman Lonnie W. Williams, Sr. (D) 12.0%, |
Rainier Mayor William "Mike" Elliott (R) 25.0%, teacher Joe Mitschelen (R) 13.8%, |
travel agent Ruth E. Bennett (L) 6.8%, |
| Secretary of State |
| ex-U.S. Rep. / '88 U.S. Senate candidate Don L. Bonker (D) 21.9%, Co. Auditor Bob Terwilliger (D) 12.3%, Allen Norman (D) 4.3%, ex-state party chair Charles Rolland (D) 7.3%, ex-state employee Rand Daley (D) 4.3%, |
Co. Auditor Sam Reed (R) 20.3%, St. Rep. Mike Wensman (R) 9.4%, community activist William A. Baker (R) 5.5%, James Findley (R) 9.1%, |
attorney J. Bradley "Brad" Gibson (L) 3.3%, County United Way executive director Gregory Christopher "Chris" Loftis (Rfm) 2.2%, |
| Attorney General |
| Christine O. Gregoire (D) 54.5% |
attorney Richard Pope (R) 38.6%, |
attorney Richard Shepard (L) 4.2%, Luanne Coachman (NL) 1.4%, physicist / '98 Reform Party Congressional candidate Stan Lippmann (NM) 1.3%, |
| Treasurer |
| Michael J. "Mike" Murphy (D) 45.7%, anti-Kiwanis Club activist Louis Bloom (D) 7.6%, |
accountant Diane Rhoades (R) 41.9%, |
Tim Perman (L) 4.8%, |
| Auditor |
| Brian Sonntag (D) 56.1%, |
consultant / ex-city councilman Richard McEntee (R) 38.1%, |
computer entrepreneur Chris Caputo (L) 5.8%, |
| Insurance Commissioner |
| ex-U.S. Rep. Mike Kreidler (D) 33.5%, deputy insurance commissioner John Conniff (D) 20.6%, |
ex-Bellevue Mayor Don Davidson (R) 30.1%, businessman Curtis Fackler (R) 11.6%, |
management consultant / water commissioner Mike Hihn (L) 4.3%, |
| Public Lands Commissioner |
| ex-Gov. / ex-U.S. Rep. Mike Lowry (D) 29.0%, St. Sen. Georgia Gardner (D) 12.1%, enviornmental planner Bob Penhale (D) 1.3%, ex-GOPer / ex-Reform Party member Mike The Mover (D) 3.0%, biologist Jim O'Donnell (D) 5.7%, businessman Tim Reid (D) 4.6%, |
ex-Tacoma Mayor / Pierce County Executive Doug Sutherland (R) 32.5%, Patrick A. Parrish (R) 8.4%, |
zoologist Steve Layman (L) 3.3%, |
| School Superintendent, Non-partisan election, Next election in 2000 |
| Dr. Terry Bergeson (R) 56.7%, school administrator David Blomstrom (D) 8.5%, software designer Arthur Hu (L) 13.0%, professor Don Crawford (L) 15.8%, Neil T. B. Helgeland (I) 6.0%, |
| Senator |
| ex-U.S. Rep. Maria Cantwell (D) 36.5%, Insurance Commissioner Deborah Senn (D) 12.1%, retired nurse's aide Barbara Lampert (D) 1.5%, realtor Robert Tilden Medley (D) 1.3%, |
Slade Gorton (R) 43.9%, retiree June Riggs (R) 0.9%, fisherman Warren E. Hanson (R) 1.5%, Ken McCandless (R) 1.1%, |
attorney Jeff Jared (L) 1.3%, aircraft worker Steve Breen (SW, WI), realtor Kevin McKeigue (I), |
| 1st Congressional District |
| Jay Inslee (D) 56.6% |
St. Sen. Dan McDonald (R) 40.6% |
engineer Bruce Newman (L) 2.8% |
| 2nd Congressional District |
| Snohomish Co. Councilmember Richard Ray "Rick" Larson (D) 47.4% |
St. Rep. John Koster (R) 47.9% |
Dr. Stuart Andrews (L) 3.0%, farmer Glen S. Johnson (NL) 1.7%, |
| 3rd Congressional District |
| Brian Baird (D) 57.1% |
tax analyst Trent R. Matson (R) 39.3% |
businessman / architect Erne Lewis (L) 3.6% |
| 4th Congressional District |
| farmer Jim Davis (D) 32.8% |
Richard "Doc" Hastings (R) 59.7%, Gordon Allen Pross (R) 4.3%, |
investment advisor / ex-school superintendent Fred D. Krauss (L) 3.2%, |
| 5th Congressional District |
| attorney Tom Keefe (D) 21.6%, union executive Thomas "Tommy" Flynn (D) 11.2%, |
George R. Nethercutt, Jr. (R) 45.1%, radio talk show host Richard Clear (R) 20.0%, |
town councilman / businessman Greg Holmes (L) 2.2%, |
| 6th Congressional District |
| Norman D. Dicks (D) 67.0% |
'98 nominee / retired Air Force Colonel Bob Lawrence (R) 23.9%, historian William Edward Chovil (R) 5.1%, |
Dr. John Bennett (L) 4.0%, |
| 7th Congressional District |
| Jim McDermott (D) 79.3% |
No Republican |
corporate finance executive Joel Grus (L) 8.3%, teacher / ex-City Councilman Joe Szwaja (G) 12.4%, Peter M. Orange (NL)?, |
| 8th Congressional District |
| interior designer / '98 nominee Heidi Behrens-Benedict (D) 38.1% |
Jennifer Dunn (R) 59.5% |
software engineer Bernard McIlroy (L) 2.3% |
| 9th Congressional District |
| Adam Smith (D) 60.9% |
King Co. Councilman / ex-St. Rep. Chris Vance (R) 27.4%, physicians union organizer Gary Snell (R) 8.6%, |
health clinic director Jonathan V. Wright (L) 3.1%, |
