2004 Washington Attorney General election

The 2004 Washington Attorney General election was held on Tuesday, November 2, 2004, to elect the attorney general of Washington, concurrently with the 2004 U.S. presidential election, as well as elections to the U.S. Senate and various state and local elections, including for U.S. House and governor of Washington.

Incumbent Democratic Attorney General Christine Gregoire retired to run for governor. Republican King County Councilor Rob McKenna defeated Democratic former state Insurance Commissioner Deborah Senn to succeed Gregoire.https://www.seattlepi.com/seattlenews/article/mckenna-commands-solid-lead-1158375.php Primary elections took place on September 14.https://www.seattlepi.com/seattlenews/article/attorney-general-senn-takes-slim-lead-in-race-to-1154166.php

Democratic primary Candidates Nominee Deborah Senn, former insurance commissioner of Washington (1993–2001) and candidate for U.S. Senate in 2000

Eliminated in primary Mark Sidran, former Seattle City Attorney (1990–2002) and candidate for Mayor of Seattle in 2001https://www.seattlepi.com/seattlenews/article/sidran-runs-for-attorney-general-1140395.php

Declined Christine Gregoire, incumbent attorney general (1993–2005) (ran for governor)https://www.seattlepi.com/seattlenews/article/gregoire-vs-rossi-for-governor-1154175.php

Endorsements

Polling Poll source Date(s)administered Samplesize Margin DeborahSenn MarkSidranUndecidedSurveyUSASurveyUSA September 10–12, 2004 471 (LV) ± 4.6%47%47%6%

Results

By county +CountyDeborah SennMark SidranMarginTotal votes#%#%#%Adams39560.03%26339.97%13220.06%658Asotin91361.23%57838.77%33522.47%1,491Benton5,46365.51%2,87634.49%2,58731.02%8,339Chelan2,88756.77%2,19843.23%68913.55%5,085Clallam4,76852.17%4,37247.83%3964.33%9,140Clark18,27767.88%8,64732.12%9,63035.77%26,924Columbia19464.67%10635.33%8829.33%300Cowlitz6,12963.47%3,52836.53%2,60126.93%9,657Douglas1,25059.02%86840.98%38218.04%2,118Ferry40470.02%17329.98%23140.03%577Franklin1,47463.84%83536.16%63927.67%2,309Garfield10360.23%6839.77%3520.47%171Grant2,35460.64%1,52839.36%82621.28%3,882Grays Harbor4,16946.32%4,83153.68%-662-7.36%9,000Island5,20852.28%4,75447.72%4544.56%9,962Jefferson3,33352.09%3,06547.91%2684.19%6,398King125,59145.24%152,00154.76%-26,410-9.51%277,592Kitsap16,98947.90%18,48152.10%-1,492-4.21%35,470Kittitas1,81361.52%1,13438.48%67923.04%2,947Klickitat85567.06%42032.94%43534.12%1,275Lewis2,83351.64%2,65348.36%1803.28%5,486Lincoln55365.91%28634.09%26731.82%839Mason3,34952.94%2,97747.06%3725.88%6,326Okanogan1,85365.25%98734.75%86630.49%2,840Pacific1,61855.00%1,32445.00%2949.99%2,942Pend Oreille91068.84%41231.16%49837.67%1,322Pierce39,69049.73%40,11350.27%-423-0.53%79,803San Juan1,86857.14%1,40142.86%46714.29%3,269Skagit6,83050.28%6,75549.72%750.55%13,585Skamania64366.36%32633.64%31732.71%969Snohomish35,20646.97%39,75153.03%-4,545-6.06%74,957Spokane29,49265.22%15,72634.78%13,76630.44%45,218Stevens1,96766.10%1,00933.90%95832.19%2,976Thurston12,56242.90%16,71857.10%-4,156-14.19%29,280Wahkiakum34063.67%19436.33%14627.34%534Walla Walla2,30465.83%1,19634.17%1,10831.66%3,500Whatcom11,92257.70%8,74042.30%3,18215.40%20,662Whitman1,56062.00%95638.00%60424.01%2,516Yakima7,85366.96%3,87533.04%3,97833.92%11,728Totals365,92250.68%356,12549.32%9,7971.36%722,047

Republican primary Candidates Nominee Rob McKenna, King County Councilor (1996–2005)https://columbiabasinherald.com/news/2004/jun/17/mckenna-hopes-to-become-the-peoples-attorney-2/

Eliminated in primary Mike Vaska, attorneyhttps://www.seattlepi.com/seattlenews/article/issaquah-lawyer-to-run-for-attorney-general-1131073.php

Endorsements

Results

By county +CountyRob McKennaMike VaskaMarginTotal votes#%#%#%Adams1,27872.49%48527.51%79344.98%1,763Asotin1,34585.83%22214.17%1,12371.67%1,567Benton12,83882.40%2,74217.60%10,09664.80%15,580Chelan5,11183.79%98916.21%4,12267.57%6,100Clallam5,68479.45%1,47020.55%4,21458.90%7,154Clark16,19971.20%6,55128.80%9,64842.41%22,750Columbia61590.18%679.82%54880.35%682Cowlitz3,63376.78%1,09923.22%2,53453.55%4,732Douglas2,94482.23%63617.77%2,30864.47%3,580Ferry75375.60%24324.40%51051.20%996Franklin3,22984.55%59015.45%2,63969.10%3,819Garfield33380.43%8119.57%25260.87%414Grant5,67683.84%1,09416.16%4,58267.68%6,770Grays Harbor2,43678.78%65621.22%1,78057.57%3,092Island5,75174.23%1,99725.77%3,75448.45%7,748Jefferson2,25075.99%71124.01%1,53951.98%2,961King92,67678.43%25,48821.57%67,18856.86%118,164Kitsap16,01975.87%5,09424.13%10,92551.75%21,113Kittitas3,43885.42%58714.58%2,85170.83%4,025Klickitat1,14683.65%22416.35%92267.30%1,370Lewis5,65379.51%1,45720.49%4,19659.02%7,110Lincoln1,55883.27%31316.73%1,24566.54%1,871Mason3,09576.34%95924.66%2,13652.69%4,054Okanogan3,28580.34%80419.66%2,48160.67%4,089Pacific1,03180.74%24619.26%78561.47%1,277Pend Oreille1,40280.02%35019.98%1,05260.05%1,752Pierce38,03774.70%12,88525.30%25,15249.39%50,922San Juan1,25082.29%26917.71%98164.58%1,519Skagit7,56778.80%2,03621.20%5,53157.60%9,603Skamania65970.78%27229.22%38741.57%931Snohomish33,49275.35%10,95724.65%22,53550.70%44,449Spokane35,84375.71%11,49724.29%24,34651.43%47,340Stevens4,16182.38%89017.62%3,27164.76%5,051Thurston11,98276.14%3,75523.86%8,22752.28%15,737Wahkiakum19472.66%7327.34%12145.32%267Walla Walla5,05983.13%1,02716.87%4,03266.25%6,086Whatcom12,37487.09%1,83512.91%10,53974.17%14,209Whitman3,35386.06%54313.94%2,81072.13%3,896Yakima13,55774.44%4,65425.56%8,90348.89%18,211Totals366,90677.61%105,84822.39%261,05855.22%472,754

Libertarian primary Candidates Nominee J. Bradley Gibson, attorney

Results

General election Post-primary endorsements

Polling Poll source Date(s)administered Samplesize Margin DeborahSenn (D) RobMcKenna (R) Other /UndecidedSurveyUSA October 29–31, 2004 617 (LV) ± 4.0% 43% 49% 8%

Results

By county CountyDeborah SennDemocraticRob McKennaRepublicanVarious candidatesOther partiesMarginTotal#%#%#%#% Adams 1,322 27.59% 3,340 69.71% 129 2.69% 2,018 42.12% 4,791 Asotin 3,124 38.37% 4,716 57.93% 301 3.70% 1,592 19.56% 8,141 Benton 17,716 28.49% 42,465 68.28% 2,011 3.23% 24,749 39.79% 62,192 Chelan 8,759 31.52% 18,176 65.41% 852 3.07% 9,417 33.89% 27,787 Clallam 13,938 41.34% 18,321 54.34% 1,459 4.33% 4,383 13.00% 33,718 Clark 64,613 41.53% 85,111 54.70% 5,874 3.78% 20,498 13.17% 155,598 Columbia 572 29.24% 1,331 68.05% 53 2.71% 759 38.80% 1,956 Cowlitz 19,097 48.18% 19,138 48.28% 1,405 3.54% 41 0.10% 39,640 Douglas 3,850 30.22% 8,547 67.09% 342 2.68% 4,697 36.87% 12,739 Ferry 1,114 36.19% 1,810 58.80% 154 5.00% 696 22.61% 3,078 Franklin 4,828 31.05% 10,266 66.02% 455 2.93% 5,438 34.97% 15,549 Garfield 348 28.95% 821 68.30% 33 2.75% 473 39.35% 1,202 Grant 7,252 29.46% 16,575 67.33% 789 3.21% 9,323 37.87% 24,616 Grays Harbor 11,897 44.93% 13,566 51.24% 1,014 3.83% 1,669 6.30% 26,477 Island 14,425 40.28% 20,228 56.48% 1,159 3.24% 5,803 16.20% 35,812 Jefferson 9,438 53.17% 7,503 42.27% 808 4.55% -1,935 -10.90% 17,749 King 421,843 50.39% 383,397 45.80% 31,953 3.82% -38,446 -4.59% 837,193 Kitsap 48,133 42.55% 60,644 53.61% 4,347 3.84% 12,511 11.06% 113,124 Kittitas 5,372 35.48% 9,213 60.85% 556 3.67% 3,841 25.37% 15,141 Klickitat 3,506 41.63% 4,540 53.91% 375 4.45% 1,034 12.28% 8,421 Lewis 9,209 30.20% 20,124 65.99% 1,161 3.81% 10,915 35.79% 30,494 Lincoln 1,507 27.71% 3,758 69.09% 174 3.20% 2,251 41.39% 5,439 Mason 9,770 41.08% 12,909 54.29% 1,101 4.63% 3,139 13.20% 23,780 Okanogan 5,399 36.03% 8,877 59.24% 710 4.74% 3,478 23.21% 14,986 Pacific 4,711 49.28% 4,411 46.14% 438 4.58% -300 -3.14% 9,560 Pend Oreille 2,199 37.58% 3,382 57.80% 270 4.61% 1,183 20.22% 5,851 Pierce 126,703 42.42% 161,770 54.16% 10,233 3.43% 35,067 11.74% 298,706 San Juan 5,054 53.42% 3,776 39.92% 630 6.66% -1,278 -13.51% 9,460 Skagit 20,310 40.89% 27,594 55.55% 1,767 3.56% 7,284 14.66% 49,671 Skamania 2,068 43.76% 2,363 50.00% 295 6.24% 295 6.24% 4,726 Snohomish 118,422 42.18% 152,846 54.44% 9,480 3.38% 34,424 12.26% 280,748 Spokane 73,132 38.08% 113,682 59.19% 6,254 3.26% 40,550 21.11% 193,068 Stevens 5,973 31.28% 12,280 64.30% 845 4.42% 6,307 33.02% 19,098 Thurston 43,051 40.44% 58,156 54.63% 5,254 4.94% 15,105 14.19% 106,461 Wahkiakum 850 42.78% 1,035 52.09% 102 5.13% 185 9.31% 1,987 Walla Walla 7,092 33.09% 13,665 63.76% 676 3.15% 6,573 30.67% 21,433 Whatcom 36,899 44.51% 42,061 50.74% 3,935 4.75% 5,162 6.23% 82,895 Whitman 6,612 39.83% 9,284 55.93% 704 4.24% 2,672 16.10% 16,600 Yakima 23,856 33.96% 43,687 62.18% 2,714 3.86% 19,831 28.23% 70,257Totals1,163,96443.27%1,425,36852.98%100,8123.75%261,4049.72%2,690,144

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Benton (largest city: Kennewick) Clallam (largest city: Port Angeles) Clark (largest city: Vancouver) Cowlitz (largest city: Longview) Franklin (largest city: Pasco) Grays Harbor (largest city: Abderdeen) Island (largest city: Oak Harbor) Kitsap (largest city: Bremerton) Kittitas (largest city: Ellensburg) Mason (largest city: Shelton) Pend Oreille (largest city: Newport) Pierce (largest city: Tacoma) Skagit (largest city: Mount Vernon) Skamania (largest city: Carson) Snohomish (largest city: Everett) Spokane (largest city: Spokane) Thurston (largest city: Lacey) Wahkiakum (largest city: Puget Island) Whatcom (largest city: Bellingham) Whitman (largest city: Pullman) Yakima (largest city: Yakima)

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