2004 Washington Insurance Commissioner election

The 2004 Washington Insurance Commissioner election was held on November 2, 2004, to elect the insurance commissioner 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. Primary elections took place on September 14.https://columbiabasinherald.com/news/2004/sep/08/reed-asks-voters-to-participate-in-state-primaries/

Incumbent Democratic Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler was re-elected to a second term in a landslide.https://www.businessinsurance.com/incumbent-regulators-re-elected-in-four-states/

Background Incumbent Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler, first elected in 2000, ran for re-election to a second term in office.

Democratic primary Candidates Nominee Mike Kreidler, incumbent insurance commissioner (2001–2025)

Results

Republican primary Candidates Nominee John Adams, insurance broker

Eliminated in primary Earl C. Dennishttps://dailyastorian.com/2004/09/12/democrat-challenges-incumbent-for-pacific-county-commission/ Curtis Fackler, chairman of the Spokane County Republican Partyhttps://www.spokesman.com/stories/2004/aug/03/accuracy-watch/

Results

By county +CountyJohn AdamsEarl C. DennisCurtis FacklerMarginTotal votes#%#%#%#%Adams89562.85%30321.28%22615.87%59241.57%1,424Asotin84556.33%39226.13%26317.53%45330.20%1,500Benton8,32762.10%2,87121.41%2,21016.48%5,45640.69%13,408Chelan2,63557.50%1,20126.21%74716.30%1,43431.29%4,583Clallam3,61761.56%1,53526.12%72412.32%2,08235.43%5,876Clark11,02254.32%4,47522.05%4,79423.63%6,22830.69%20,291Columbia35264.00%13324.18%6511.82%21939.82%550Cowlitz2,26454.44%1,30531.38%59014.19%95923.06%4,159Douglas1,75458.78%76625.67%46415.55%98833.11%2,984Ferry50159.57%22126.28%11914.15%28033.29%841Franklin1,99160.61%79424.17%50015.22%1,19736.44%3,285Garfield20059.00%6820.06%7120.94%12938.05%339Grant3,17356.56%1,51727.04%92016.40%1,65629.52%5,610Grays Harbor1,81566.61%57921.25%33112.15%1,23645.36%2,725Island3,96658.65%1,76526.10%1,03115.25%2,20132.55%6,762Jefferson1,36059.26%60926.54%32614.20%75132.72%2,295King51,09051.29%25,82725.93%22,69022.78%25,26325.36%99,607Kitsap10,06952.34%4,81225.01%4,35722.65%5,25727.33%19,238Kittitas1,80058.33%66521.55%62120.12%1,13536.78%3,086Klickitat68461.07%26924.02%16714.91%41537.05%1,120Lewis3,74064.21%1,23421.18%85114.61%2,50643.02%5,825Lincoln88857.81%38725.20%26116.99%50132.62%1,536Mason2,18161.78%76221.59%58716.63%1,41940.20%3,530Okanogan2,41566.20%76621.00%46712.80%1,64945.20%3,648Pacific76261.01%32626.10%16112.89%43634.91%1,249Pend Oreille85455.60%42827.86%25416.54%42627.73%1,536Pierce24,46752.00%11,35224.13%11,23123.87%13,11527.87%47,050San Juan60024.39%1,47760.04%38315.57%-877-35.65%2,460Skagit4,46656.28%2,06926.07%1,40017.64%2,39730.21%7,935Skamania45956.95%19524.19%15218.86%26432.75%806Snohomish20,46152.45%11,33929.07%7,20718.48%9,12223.39%39,007Spokane22,64458.60%8,00520.72%7,99020.68%14,63937.89%38,639Stevens2,69662.57%96922.49%64414.95%1,72740.08%4,309Thurston8,27160.66%3,12022.88%2,24316.45%5,15137.78%13,634Wahkiakum13659.39%7131.00%229.61%6528.38%229Walla Walla3,09661.14%1,21924.07%74914.79%1,87737.07%5,064Whatcom6,66860.67%2,45922.37%1,86416.96%4,20938.29%10,991Whitman1,81957.93%78825.10%53316.97%1,03132.83%3,140Yakima8,36258.56%3,73926.18%2,17915.26%4,62332.37%14,280Totals223,34555.21%100,81224.92%80,39419.87%122,53330.29%404,551

Libertarian primary Candidates Nominee Stephen D. Steele

Results

General election Endorsements

Results

By county CountyMike KreidlerDemocraticJohn AdamsRepublicanStephen D. SteeleLibertarianMarginTotal#%#%#%#% Adams 1,494 32.78% 2,944 64.59% 120 2.63% -1,450 -31.81% 4,558 Asotin 3,377 42.90% 4,145 52.65% 350 4.45% -768 -9.76% 7,872 Benton 21,625 36.57% 35,226 59.57% 2,285 3.86% -13,601 -23.00% 59,136 Chelan 10,140 38.47% 15,148 57.47% 1,069 4.06% -5,008 -19.00% 26,357 Clallam 15,916 50.34% 14,084 44.55% 1,614 5.11% 1,832 5.79% 31,614 Clark 73,022 48.49% 70,711 46.96% 6,860 4.56% 2,311 1.53% 150,593 Columbia 623 34.03% 1,134 61.93% 74 4.04% -511 -27.91% 1,831 Cowlitz 21,030 54.76% 15,507 40.38% 1,864 4.85% 5,523 14.38% 38,401 Douglas 4,404 36.55% 7,224 59.95% 422 3.50% -2,820 -23.40% 12,050 Ferry 1,204 41.04% 1,563 53.27% 167 5.69% -359 -12.24% 2,934 Franklin 5,393 37.15% 8,554 58.93% 568 3.91% -3,161 -21.78% 14,515 Garfield 356 31.87% 719 64.37% 42 3.76% -363 -32.50% 1,117 Grant 8,009 34.05% 14,508 61.67% 1,007 4.28% -6,499 -27.63% 23,524 Grays Harbor 14,431 57.00% 9,753 38.52% 1,135 4.48% 4,678 18.48% 25,319 Island 16,629 49.03% 15,961 47.06% 1,325 3.91% 668 1.97% 33,915 Jefferson 10,437 61.56% 5,681 33.51% 836 4.93% 4,756 28.05% 16,954 King 505,918 64.37% 248,662 31.64% 31,360 3.99% 257,256 32.73% 785,940 Kitsap 57,996 53.24% 46,221 42.43% 4,717 4.33% 11,775 10.81% 108,934 Kittitas 6,444 44.90% 7,258 50.57% 649 4.52% -814 -5.67% 14,351 Klickitat 3,688 45.38% 3,984 49.02% 455 5.60% -296 -3.64% 8,127 Lewis 11,368 40.28% 15,534 55.04% 1,320 4.68% -4,166 -14.76% 28,222 Lincoln 1,736 35.07% 2,983 60.26% 231 4.67% -1,247 -25.19% 4,950 Mason 12,170 53.47% 9,498 41.73% 1,094 4.81% 2,672 11.74% 22,762 Okanogan 5,781 40.73% 7,580 53.41% 832 5.86% -1,799 -12.68% 14,193 Pacific 5,083 56.00% 3,542 39.02% 452 4.98% 1,541 16.98% 9,077 Pend Oreille 2,334 41.97% 2,882 51.83% 345 6.20% -548 -9.85% 5,561 Pierce 153,367 53.31% 123,520 42.94% 10,803 3.76% 29,847 10.37% 287,690 San Juan 5,534 62.05% 2,828 31.71% 556 6.23% 2,706 30.34% 8,918 Skagit 24,066 50.82% 21,174 44.71% 2,118 4.47% 2,892 6.11% 47,358 Skamania 2,215 48.78% 2,032 44.75% 294 6.47% 183 4.03% 4,541 Snohomish 146,910 54.42% 112,157 41.55% 10,868 4.03% 34,753 12.87% 269,935 Spokane 84,058 45.86% 91,085 49.69% 8,162 4.45% -7,027 -3.83% 183,305 Stevens 6,542 36.54% 10,369 57.92% 991 5.54% -3,827 -21.38% 17,902 Thurston 62,758 61.13% 35,877 34.94% 4,036 3.93% 26,881 26.18% 102,671 Wahkiakum 916 48.52% 852 45.13% 120 6.36% 64 3.39% 1,888 Walla Walla 8,127 40.18% 11,361 56.17% 737 3.64% -3,234 -15.99% 20,225 Whatcom 42,093 53.24% 33,103 41.87% 3,869 4.89% 8,990 11.37% 79,065 Whitman 7,234 46.09% 7,724 49.21% 738 4.70% -490 -3.12% 15,696 Yakima 29,336 43.37% 35,495 52.48% 2,810 4.15% -6,159 -9.11% 67,641Totals1,393,76454.45%1,058,58341.36%107,2954.19%335,18113.09%2,559,642

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

Clark (largest city: Vancouver) Island (largest city: Oak Harbor) Skamania (largest city: Carson)

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