Washington gubernatorial election, 2016

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Washington gubernatorial election, 2016
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Incumbent Governor

Jay Inslee
Democratic


Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The 2016 Washington gubernatorial election will take place on November 8, 2016, to elect the Governor of Washington, concurrently with the 2016 U.S. presidential election, as well as elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.

Under Washington's nonpartisan blanket primary law, all candidates appear on the same ballot, regardless of party. In the primary, which will be held on August 2, 2016, voters may vote for any candidate, regardless of their party affiliation. The top two finishers — regardless of party — advance to the general election in November, even if a candidate manages to receive a majority of the votes cast in the primary election. California is the only other state with this system, a so-called "top two primary" (Louisiana has a similar "jungle primary").

Incumbent Democratic Governor Jay Inslee is running for re-election to a second term in office. [1]

Background

Democratic Governor Christine Gregoire declined to seek a third term in 2012 and Democratic former U.S. Representative Jay Inslee was elected to succeed her, defeating Republican Rob McKenna, the outgoing Attorney General of Washington, by 51.5% to 48.5%. The last Republican to hold the office of Governor was John Spellman in 1985, meaning that Washington has the second longest period (South Dakota has not had a Democratic Governor since 1979) of one-party statehouse rule in America.[2]

Candidates

Democratic Party

Declared

Republican Party

Declared

Declined

Third Party and Independent Candidates

Declared

Declined

  • Randy Dorn, State Superintendent of Public Instruction[10]

General election

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size		 Margin of
error		 Jay
Inslee (D)		 Bill
Bryant (R)		 Undecided
Moore Information May 16–18, 2016 500 ± 4.0% 43% 36% 18%
Elway Poll April 14–17, 2016 503 ± 3.5% 48% 36% 16%
Elway Poll December 28–30, 2015 500 ± 4.5% 39% 30% 31%
Public Policy Polling May 14–17, 2015 879 ± 3.3% 46% 34% 21%
Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size		 Margin of
error		 Jay
Inslee (D)		 Bill
Bryant (R)		 Randy
Dorn (I)		 Undecided
Elway Poll April 14–17, 2016 503 ± 3.5% 41% 26% 7% 25%

References

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External links

Official campaign websites
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