The 2004 Washington State Treasurer election was held on November 2, 2004, to elect the Washington State Treasurer, 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. Primary elections took place on September 14.
Incumbent Democratic State Treasurer Mike Murphy, first elected back in 1996, was re-elected to a third term in office, defeating Republican Oscar S. Lewis with 60% of the vote.
Democratic primary Candidates Nominee Mike Murphy, incumbent state treasurer (1997–2009)
Results
Republican primary Candidates Nominee Oscar S. Lewis, businessman
Results
Libertarian primary Candidates Nominee John Sample, businessman
Results
General election Endorsements
Results
By county CountyMike MurphyDemocraticOscar S. LewisRepublicanJohn SampleLibertarianMarginTotal votes cast#%#%#%#%Adams2,00742.97%2,55354.66%1112.38%-546-11.69%4,671Asotin4,19051.51%3,73045.86%2142.63%4605.66%8,134Benton26,71343.76%32,13652.65%2,1893.59%-5,423-8.88%61,038Chelan12,62147.07%13,25749.44%9343.48%-636-2.37%26,812Clallam18,34455.01%13,53940.60%1,4634.39%4,80514.41%33,346Clark82,99553.62%66,16042.74%5,6403.64%16,83510.88%154,795Columbia88246.94%93049.49%673.57%-48-2.55%1,879Cowlitz24,39061.53%13,74934.69%1,4973.78%10,64126.85%39,636Douglas5,62445.48%6,40051.75%3422.77%-776-6.28%12,366Ferry1,46348.44%1,39946.32%1585.23%642.12%3,020Franklin6,93745.64%7,79451.28%4683.08%-857-5.64%15,199Garfield53445.49%60051.11%403.41%-66-5.62%1,174Grant10,39943.01%12,96253.61%8173.38%-2,563-10.60%24,178Grays Harbor17,85268.44%7,28527.93%9493.64%10,56740.51%26,086Island18,98753.89%15,06142.75%1,1863.37%3,92611.14%35,234Jefferson11,38765.74%5,18729.95%7474.31%6,20035.79%17,321King553,58468.92%220,34927.43%29,3323.65%333,23541.49%803,265Kitsap65,13259.02%40,98137.14%4,2383.84%24,15121.89%110,351Kittitas7,69052.57%6,35243.42%5864.01%1,3389.15%14,628Klickitat4,35452.29%3,57242.90%4014.82%7829.39%8,327Lewis14,01147.86%14,02847.92%1,2364.22%-17-0.06%29,275Lincoln2,29644.77%2,66451.94%1693.29%-368-7.17%5,129Mason14,18460.69%8,22935.21%9604.11%5,95525.48%23,373Okanogan7,24448.81%6,85046.15%7485.04%3942.65%14,842Pacific6,04863.79%3,04932.16%3844.05%2,99931.63%9,481Pend Oreille2,84249.89%2,56545.02%2905.09%2774.86%5,697Pierce171,63959.05%109,05937.52%9,9803.43%62,58021.53%290,678San Juan6,05466.14%2,59028.29%5105.57%3,46437.84%9,154Skagit27,41356.55%19,19039.59%1,8723.86%8,22316.96%48,475Skamania2,56454.77%1,83539.20%2826.02%72915.57%4,681Snohomish162,10159.37%100,96336.97%9,9943.66%61,13822.39%273,058Spokane102,30754.73%77,71941.58%6,8993.69%24,58813.15%186,925Stevens8,16744.83%9,18250.40%8704.78%-1,015-5.57%18,219Thurston69,99867.08%30,52529.25%3,8253.67%39,47337.83%104,348Wahkiakum1,16958.57%74137.12%864.31%42821.44%1,996Walla Walla10,54250.56%9,66946.37%6413.07%8734.19%20,852Whatcom46,88358.08%30,69338.02%3,1473.90%16,19020.06%80,723Whitman8,87454.34%6,82241.77%6353.89%2,05212.57%16,331Yakima35,07851.06%31,38545.68%2,2373.26%3,6935.38%68,700Totals1,575,49960.29%941,75436.04%96,1443.68%633,74524.25%2,613,397
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
Ferry (largest city: Republic) Klickitat (largest city: Goldendale) Okanogan (largest city: Omak) Yakima (largest city: Yakima)
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