1920 Washington gubernatorial election

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The 1920 Washington gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1920. Incumbent Republican Louis F. Hart defeated Farmer–Labor nominee Robert Bridges with 52.74% of the vote.

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1920 Washington gubernatorial election
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November 2, 1920
1924 â†’
 
Nominee Louis F. Hart Robert Bridges William Wilson Black
Party Republican Farmer–Labor Democratic
Popular vote 210,662 121,371 66,079
Percentage 52.74% 30.39% 16.54%
County results
Hart:      30–40%      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%
Bridges:      40–50%
Governor before election

Louis F. Hart
Republican

 Elected Governor

Louis F. Hart
Republican

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Primary election

Primary elections were held on September 9, 1920.[1] Washington abandoned its form of ranked choice voting in primary elections after 1916, switching to the traditional first-past-the-post voting for primaries starting in 1918.

Democratic party

Candidates

  • William Wilson Black
  • Edward T. Mathes
  • A. E. Judd
  • I. G. O'Harra

Results

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Democratic primary results[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic William Wilson Black 9,735 42.79%
Democratic Edward T. Mathes 6,061 26.64%
Democratic A. E. Judd 4,542 19.96%
Democratic I. G. O'Harra 2,414 10.61%
Total votes 22,752 100.00%
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Republican party

Candidates

Results

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Republican primary results[1][2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Louis F. Hart (incumbent) 64,751 31.60%
Republican Roland H. Hartley 56,219 27.44%
Republican George B. Lamping 35,857 17.50%
Republican Edwin T. Coman 20,438 9.97%
Republican John A. Gellatly 19,612 9.57&
Republican John Stringer 4,688 2.29%
Republican Anna MacEachern 3,332 1.63%
Total votes 204,897 100.00%
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General election

Candidates

Major party candidates

  • Louis F. Hart, Republican
  • William Wilson Black, Democratic

Other candidates

  • Robert Bridges, Farmer–Labor
  • David Burgess, Socialist Labor

Results

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1920 Washington gubernatorial election[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Louis F. Hart (incumbent) 210,662 52.74% +8.30%
Farmer–Labor Robert Bridges 121,371 30.39%
Democratic William Wilson Black 66,079 16.54% −31.56%
Socialist Labor David Burgess 1,296 0.32% +0.16%
Majority 89,291 22.36%
Total votes 399,408 100.00%
Republican hold Swing +26.02%
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Results by county

More information County, Louis F. Hart Republican ...
County[4] Louis F. Hart
Republican		 Robert Bridges
Farmer-Labor		 W. W. Black
Democratic		 David Burgess
Socialist Labor		 Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # %
Adams 1,418 63.22% 403 17.97% 413 18.41% 9 0.40% 1,005[a] 44.81% 2,243
Asotin 1.283 69.28% 139 7.51% 421 22.73% 9 0.49% 862[a] 46.54% 1,852
Benton 1,956 50.82% 1,395 36.24% 493 12.81% 5 0.13% 561 14.58% 3,849
Chelan 3,736 56.39% 1,508 22.76% 1,369 20.66% 12 0.18% 2,228 33.63% 6,625
Clallam 1,648 47.48% 1,380 39.76% 429 12.36% 14 0.40% 268 7.72% 3,471
Clark 4,591 50.81% 2,650 29.33% 1,768 19.57% 27 0.30% 1,941 21.48% 9,036
Columbia 1,501 69.49% 226 10.46% 428 19.81% 5 0.23% 1,073[a] 49.68% 2,160
Cowlitz 2,239 61.36% 865 23.71% 538 14.74% 7 0.19% 1,374 37.65% 3,649
Douglas 1,492 54.99% 328 12.09% 886 32.66% 7 0.26% 606[a] 22.34% 2,713
Ferry 511 37.68% 402 29.65% 437 32.23% 6 0.44% 74[a] 5.46% 1,356
Franklin 771 40.37% 784 41.05% 350 18.32% 5 0.26% -13 -0.68% 1,910
Garfield 845 64.60% 186 14.22% 274 20.95% 3 0.23% 571[a] 43.65% 1,308
Grant 1,234 51.83% 454 19.07% 689 28.94% 4 0.17% 545[a] 22.89% 2,381
Grays Harbor 6,475 54.65% 3,619 30.55% 1,735 14.64% 19 0.16% 2,856 24.11% 11,848
Island 824 47.30% 663 38.06% 254 14.58% 1 0.06% 161 9.24% 1,742
Jefferson 1,063 57.65% 498 27.01% 278 15.08% 5 0.27% 565 30.64% 1,844
King 53,081 49.19% 39,034 36.17% 15,292 14.17% 500 0.46% 14,047 13.02% 107,907
Kitsap 4,287 42.35% 4,838 47.79% 981 9.69% 17 0.17% -551 -5.44% 10,123
Kittitas 2,820 52.27% 1,846 34.22% 716 13.27% 13 0.24% 974 18.05% 5,395
Klickitat 1,633 58.36% 672 24.02% 487 17.41% 6 0.21% 961 34.35% 2,798
Lewis 6,342 56.28% 3,670 32.57% 1,245 11.05% 12 0.11% 2,672 23.71% 11,269
Lincoln 2,787 60.21% 325 7.02% 1,507 32.56% 10 0.22% 1,280[a] 27.65% 4,629
Mason 926 52.17% 550 30.99% 294 16.56% 5 0.28% 376 21.18% 1,775
Okanogan 2,789 55.08% 1,263 24.94% 990 19.55% 22 0.43% 1,526 30.13% 5,064
Pacific 2,647 67.29% 710 18.05% 562 14.29% 15 0.38% 1,937 49.24% 3,934
Pend Oreille 1,065 54.36% 361 18.43% 523 26.70% 10 0.51% 542[a] 27.67% 1,959
Pierce 21,440 50.39% 15,442 36.29% 5,528 12.99% 142 0.33% 5,998 14.10% 42,552
San Juan 800 64.78% 285 23.08% 145 11.74% 5 0.40% 515 41.70% 1,235
Skagit 4,925 46.70% 4,124 39.10% 1,476 13.99% 22 0.21% 801 7.59% 10,547
Skamania 421 55.39% 193 25.39% 141 18.55% 5 0.66% 228 30.00% 760
Snohomish 9,383 45.37% 7,915 38.27% 3,353 16.21% 31 0.15% 1,468 7.10% 20,682
Spokane 24,328 56.86% 6,890 16.10% 11,391 26.62% 176 0.41% 12,937[a] 30.24% 42,785
Stevens 2,985 51.02% 1,490 25.47% 1,353 23.12% 23 0.39% 1,495 25.55% 5,851
Thurston 3,994 53.37% 2,617 34.97% 851 11.37% 22 0.29% 1,377 18.40% 7,484
Wahkiakum 492 60.82% 192 23.73% 108 13.35% 17 2.10% 300 37.08% 809
Walla Walla 5,986 68.74% 881 10.12% 1,818 20.88% 23 0.26% 4,168[a] 47.86% 8,708
Whatcom 8,209 51.73% 6,022 37.95% 1,609 10.14% 30 0.19% 2,187 13.78% 15,870
Whitman 6,499 66.55% 899 9.21% 2,352 24.08% 16 0.16% 4,147[a] 42.46% 9,766
Yakima 11,236 57.56% 5,652 28.96% 2,595 13.29% 36 0.18% 5,584 28.61% 19,519
Totals210,66252.74%121,37130.39%66,07916.54%1,2960.32%89,29122.39%399,408
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Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Farmer-Labor

Counties that flipped from Republican to Farmer-Labor

Notes

  1. [a]
    Hart's margin over Black

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