2004 Washington lieutenant gubernatorial election

The 2004 Washington lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 2004. Primary elections took place on September 14.

Incumbent Democratic lieutenant governor Brad Owen, first elected to the office in 1996, was re-elected to a third term in office, defeating Republican challenger Jim Wiest in a landslide.

Democratic primary Candidates Nominee Brad Owen, incumbent lieutenant governor (1997–2017)

Results

Republican primary Candidates Nominee Jim Wiest, limousine driver

Eliminated in primary Scott Bonifield, real estate agent Jim Nobles, businessman

Results

By county +CountyJim WiestJim NoblesScott BonifieldMarginTotal votes#%#%#%#%Adams71848.58%52635.59%23415.83%19212.99%1,478Asotin62739.71%59737.81%35522.48%301.90%1,579Benton3,38725.75%6,65150.56%3,11623.69%-3,264-24.81%13,154Chelan1,72036.60%1,92640.98%1,05422.43%-206-4.38%4,700Clallam1,84431.15%2,49142.08%1,58526.77%-647-10.93%5,920Clark6,60932.14%9,60646.71%4,34921.15%-2,997-14.57%20,564Columbia23040.35%22940.18%11119.47%10.18%570Cowlitz1,68639.13%1,68839.17%93521.70%-2-0.05%4,309Douglas1,23941.58%1,08336.34%65822.08%1565.23%2,980Ferry40144.85%30033.56%19321.59%10111.30%894Franklin1,14132.38%1,62346.06%76021.57%-482-13.68%3,524Garfield15742.66%12533.97%8623.37%328.70%368Grant2,82848.73%1,82931.52%1,14619.75%99917.22%5,803Grays Harbor81429.59%1,06338.64%87431.77%-189-6.87%2,751Island2,46435.96%3,02244.10%1,36619.94%-558-8.14%6,852Jefferson91038.20%99841.90%47419.90%-88-3.69%2,382King44,02542.39%35,29133.98%24,53923.63%8,7348.41%103,855Kitsap7,68839.98%6,08631.65%5,45628.37%1,6028.33%19,230Kittitas95330.54%1,41045.18%75824.29%-457-14.64%3,121Klickitat39133.16%54045.80%24821.03%-149-12.64%1,179Lewis1,84232.34%2,51944.23%1,33423.42%-677-11.89%5,695Lincoln96059.11%42726.29%23714.59%53332.82%1,624Mason1,22534.58%1,63846.25%67919.17%-413-11.66%3,542Okanogan1,71045.33%1,26033.40%80221.26%45011.93%3,772Pacific37730.63%58547.52%26921.85%-208-16.90%1,231Pend Oreille88053.69%49230.02%26716.29%38823.67%1,639Pierce21,04244.59%13,53228.67%12,62126.74%7,51015.91%47,195San Juan53443.45%49039.87%20516.68%443.58%1,229Skagit2,66533.93%3,51944.80%1,67121.27%-854-10.87%7,855Skamania26031.71%36043.90%20024.39%-100-12.20%820Snohomish19,59247.57%12,41330.14%9,18122.29%7,17917.43%41,186Spokane20,23650.13%13,37833.14%6,75016.72%6,85816.99%40,364Stevens2,13347.85%1,62836.52%69715.63%50511.33%4,458Thurston5,60940.66%5,24738.04%2,93921.30%3622.62%13,795Wahkiakum9942.13%7833.19%5824.68%218.94%235Walla Walla1,54830.28%2,25544.10%1,31025.62%-707-13.83%5,113Whatcom3,57734.69%4,36642.34%2,36822.97%-789-7.65%10,311Whitman1,75752.87%1,05731.81%50915.32%70021.07%3,323Yakima5,50837.27%5,16734.97%4,10227.76%3412.31%14,777Totals171,38641.46%147,49535.68%94,49622.86%23,8915.78%413,377

Libertarian primary Candidates Nominee Jocelyn A. Langlois, acting chair of the Libertarian Party of Washington

Results

General election Endorsements

Results

By county CountyBrad OwenDemocraticJim WiestRepublicanVarious candidatesOther partiesMarginTotal#%#%#%#% Adams 1,784 37.42% 2,778 58.26% 206 4.32% -994 -20.85% 4,768 Asotin 3,507 42.78% 4,252 51.87% 438 5.34% -745 -9.09% 8,197 Benton 25,068 40.34% 33,413 53.76% 3,667 5.90% -8,345 -13.43% 62,148 Chelan 10,741 39.45% 14,929 54.83% 1,557 5.72% -4,188 -15.38% 27,227 Clallam 18,242 53.29% 13,773 40.24% 2,215 6.47% 4,469 13.06% 34,230 Clark 74,984 48.14% 72,280 46.41% 8,489 5.45% 2,704 1.74% 155,753 Columbia 774 40.23% 1,073 55.77% 77 4.00% -299 -15.54% 1,924 Cowlitz 21,627 54.36% 15,705 39.47% 2,456 6.17% 5,922 14.88% 39,788 Douglas 4,702 37.45% 7,267 57.88% 587 4.68% -2,565 -20.43% 12,556 Ferry 1,254 40.48% 1,619 52.26% 225 7.26% -365 -11.78% 3,098 Franklin 6,241 41.09% 8,275 54.48% 673 4.43% -2,034 -13.39% 15,189 Garfield 465 38.43% 692 57.19% 53 4.38% -227 -18.76% 1,210 Grant 8,898 36.32% 14,334 58.51% 1,266 5.17% -5,436 -22.19% 24,498 Grays Harbor 17,324 65.36% 7,774 29.33% 1,407 5.31% 9,550 36.03% 26,505 Island 17,820 49.84% 15,681 43.86% 2,254 6.30% 2,139 5.98% 35,755 Jefferson 11,015 62.05% 5,332 30.03% 1,406 7.92% 5,683 32.01% 17,753 King 502,464 61.50% 236,384 28.93% 78,126 9.56% 266,080 32.57% 816,974 Kitsap 63,476 56.63% 41,531 37.05% 7,082 6.32% 21,945 19.58% 112,089 Kittitas 7,215 48.10% 6,699 44.66% 1,086 7.24% 516 3.44% 15,000 Klickitat 3,917 46.20% 3,961 46.72% 600 7.08% -44 -0.52% 8,478 Lewis 13,294 44.03% 15,195 50.32% 1,706 5.65% -1,901 -6.30% 30,195 Lincoln 2,151 40.62% 2,923 55.19% 222 4.19% -772 -14.58% 5,296 Mason 15,518 64.09% 7,167 29.60% 1,527 6.31% 8,351 34.49% 24,212 Okanogan 6,447 42.75% 7,542 50.01% 1,092 7.24% -1,095 -7.26% 15,081 Pacific 5,626 58.53% 3,308 34.42% 678 7.05% 2,318 24.12% 9,612 Pend Oreille 2,525 43.10% 2,981 50.89% 352 6.01% -456 -7.78% 5,858 Pierce 160,752 54.60% 117,205 39.81% 16,477 5.60% 43,547 14.79% 294,434 San Juan 5,317 56.95% 2,798 29.97% 1,222 13.09% 2,519 26.98% 9,337 Skagit 25,212 51.38% 20,481 41.74% 3,372 6.87% 4,731 9.64% 49,065 Skamania 2,266 47.83% 2,077 43.84% 395 8.34% 189 3.99% 4,738 Snohomish 151,569 55.04% 107,079 38.89% 16,720 6.07% 44,490 16.16% 275,368 Spokane 88,439 46.17% 93,482 48.80% 9,650 5.04% -5,043 -2.63% 191,571 Stevens 7,223 38.04% 10,547 55.54% 1,220 6.42% -3,324 -17.50% 18,990 Thurston 63,612 60.20% 33,945 32.13% 8,106 7.67% 29,667 28.08% 105,663 Wahkiakum 1,004 49.78% 873 43.28% 140 6.94% 131 6.49% 2,017 Walla Walla 9,526 44.93% 10,540 49.71% 1,136 5.36% -1,014 -4.78% 21,202 Whatcom 41,782 50.80% 32,295 39.27% 8,168 9.93% 9,487 11.54% 82,245 Whitman 7,617 46.00% 7,800 47.10% 1,143 6.90% -183 -1.11% 16,560 Yakima 32,107 46.41% 33,800 48.85% 3,279 4.74% -1,693 -2.45% 69,186Totals1,443,50554.39%1,019,79038.43%190,4757.18%423,71515.97%2,653,770

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Klickitat (largest city: Goldendale) Pend Oreille (largest city: Newport) Spokane (largest city: Spokane) Whitman (largest city: Pullman)

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