The 2004 Washington State Auditor election was held on November 2, 2004, to elect the Washington State Auditor, 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.

Three-term incumbent Democratic State Auditor Brian Sonntag was re-elected to his fourth term in office, defeating Republican perennial candidate Will Baker with 64% of the vote.

Democratic primary Candidates Nominee Brian Sonntag, incumbent state auditor (1993–2013)

Results

Republican primary Candidates Nominee Will Baker, perennial candidate

Results

Libertarian primary Candidates Nominee Jason G. Bush

Results

General election Endorsements

Results

By county CountyBrian SonntagDemocraticWill BakerRepublicanJason G. BushLibertarianMarginTotal votes cast#%#%#%#%Adams2,10245.17%2,37951.12%1733.72%-277-5.95%4,654Asotin4,01649.99%3,69946.04%3193.97%3173.95%8,034Benton28,17046.63%29,78549.31%2,4534.06%-1,615-2.67%60,408Chelan13,86551.41%12,16945.12%9383.48%1,6966.29%26,972Clallam18,91458.02%12,21837.48%1,4654.49%6,69620.54%32,597Clark86,79455.97%61,99939.98%6,2794.05%24,79515.99%155,072Columbia96050.05%87845.78%804.17%824.28%1,918Cowlitz24,68562.81%13,09833.33%1,5153.86%11,58729.48%39,298Douglas6,09949.11%5,89747.48%4233.41%2021.63%12,419Ferry1,51950.30%1,34544.54%1565.17%1745.76%3,020Franklin7,14947.18%7,40848.89%5953.93%-259-1.71%15,152Garfield55447.76%55547.84%514.40%-1-0.09%1,160Grant10,73844.77%12,26451.13%9834.10%-1,526-6.36%23,985Grays Harbor17,45967.46%7,42428.68%9993.86%10,03538.77%25,882Island20,14157.87%13,44438.63%1,2173.50%6,69719.24%34,802Jefferson12,00769.34%4,60026.56%7104.10%7,40742.77%17,317King585,91673.01%186,96023.30%29,5843.69%398,95649.72%802,460Kitsap69,49662.89%36,77433.28%4,2303.83%32,72229.61%110,500Kittitas8,28656.33%5,84939.76%5743.90%2,43716.57%14,709Klickitat4,44653.33%3,45841.48%4335.19%98811.85%8,337Lewis14,83951.02%13,00844.73%1,2354.25%1,8316.30%29,082Lincoln2,42546.85%2,53849.03%2134.12%-113-2.18%5,176Mason14,82263.78%7,40331.85%1,0164.37%7,41931.92%23,241Okanogan7,80853.10%6,16941.95%7274.94%1,63911.15%14,704Pacific6,40067.11%2,79529.31%3423.59%3,60537.80%9,537Pend Oreille2,97552.10%2,42942.54%3065.36%5469.56%5,710Pierce196,76166.63%88,12929.84%10,4173.53%108,63236.79%295,307San Juan6,30369.22%2,33425.63%4695.15%3,96943.59%9,106Skagit29,03359.87%17,60736.31%1,8553.83%11,42623.56%48,495Skamania2,66056.97%1,72536.95%2846.08%93520.03%4,669Snohomish171,86763.33%89,15232.85%10,3593.82%82,71530.48%271,378Spokane103,38255.39%75,48640.44%7,7804.17%27,89614.95%186,648Stevens8,38945.97%8,86648.59%9935.44%-477-2.61%18,248Thurston71,37468.72%28,26727.21%4,2284.07%43,10741.50%103,869Wahkiakum1,19759.88%70435.22%984.90%49324.66%1,999Walla Walla10,83651.82%9,25844.27%8173.91%1,5787.55%20,911Whatcom48,45160.44%28,46235.51%3,2504.05%19,98924.94%80,163Whitman9,12956.36%6,35539.24%7134.40%2,77417.13%16,197Yakima36,60853.54%28,88242.24%2,8824.22%7,72611.30%68,372Totals1,668,57563.89%841,77232.23%101,1613.87%826,80331.66%2,611,508

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

Chelan (largest city: Wenatchee) Columbia (largest city: Dayton) Douglas (largest city: East Wenatchee) Ferry (largest city: Republic) Lewis (largest city: Centralia) Okanogan (largest city: Omak) Yakima (largest city: Yakima)

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