The 2000 Washington lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 2000.

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

Candidates

Democratic Party Advanced to general Brad Owen, incumbent lieutenant governor (1997–2017)

Eliminated in primary Lonnie Williams Sr., Mountlake Terrace city councilor

Republican Party Advanced to general Mike Elliott, mayor of Rainier

Eliminated in primary Joe Mitschelen, Army reservist and engineer

Libertarian Party Advanced to general Ruth Bennett, travel agent

Primary election The blanket primary was held on September 19.

Results

By county +CountyBrad Owen DemocraticMike Elliott RepublicanJoe Mitschelen RepublicanLonnie William Sr. DemocraticRuth Bennett LibertarianMarginTotal votes#%#%#%#%#%#%Adams94132.57%98734.16%57519.90%2408.31%1465.05%-46-1.59%2,889Asotin1,07025.31%1,19228.20%65815.57%93422.10%3738.82%-122-2.89%4,227Benton8,83933.48%8,34331.61%5,20719.73%2,4699.35%1,5395.83%4961.88%26,397Chelan4,58030.99%4,18028.29%4,09127.68%1,0797.30%8475.73%4002.71%14,777Clallam8,42646.10%4,31723.62%2,69814.76%1,5108.26%1,3287.27%4,10922.48%18,279Clark19,85237.65%15,53529.46%7,75514.71%5,96311.31%3,6276.88%4,3178.19%52,732Columbia40031.77%45436.06%22617.95%1138.98%665.24%-54-4.29%1,259Cowlitz8,13743.91%3,94721.30%2,58913.97%2,50913.54%1,3487.27%4,19022.61%18,530Douglas2,11329.88%2,22131.41%1,74424.66%6098.61%3845.43%-108-1.53%7,071Ferry62931.43%57828.89%45022.49%1909.50%1547.70%512.55%2,001Franklin2,32332.64%2,42434.05%1,20716.96%74110.41%4235.94%-101-1.42%7,118Garfield30236.21%28033.57%12715.23%779.23%485.76%222.64%834Grant3,36229.23%3,56430.99%2,80424.38%1,0018.70%7706.70%-202-1.76%11,501Grays Harbor9,30562.74%1,94813.13%1,4239.59%1,3489.09%8085.45%7,35749.60%14,832Island6,49937.21%5,13129.38%2,71415.54%1,93611.09%1,1846.78%1,3687.83%17,464Jefferson4,91750.02%1,78218.13%1,31313.36%9429.58%8778.92%3,13531.89%9,831King161,99349.56%62,51119.13%40,37812.35%35,06610.73%26,8998.23%99,48230.44%326,847Kitsap26,96546.98%12,76722.25%7,64113.31%6,24110.87%3,7776.58%14,19824.74%57,391Kittitas2,40539.28%1,56025.48%1,17119.12%5348.72%4537.40%84513.80%6,123Klickitat1,16837.62%81526.25%64720.84%2738.79%2026.51%35311.37%3,105Lewis5,68436.95%5,12633.33%2,34415.24%1,2237.95%1,0046.53%5583.63%15,381Lincoln1,06934.46%1,06534.33%57018.38%2618.41%1374.42%40.13%3,102Mason8,19761.88%2,34317.69%9617.25%9767.37%7705.81%5,85444.19%13,247Okanogan2,10325.05%1,73920.71%3,15537.58%7198.56%6798.09%-1,052-12.53%8,395Pacific2,50848.08%1,18222.66%4909.39%67312.90%3636.96%1,32625.42%5,216Pend Oreille1,22036.41%93627.93%53616.00%38311.43%2768.24%2848.48%3,351Pierce56,67342.18%34,76225.87%16,03211.93%17,63413.12%9,2746.90%21,91116.31%134,375San Juan1,90346.16%91322.14%51912.59%3438.32%44510.79%99024.01%4,123Skagit8,54240.34%5,74427.13%3,30815.62%1,9289.11%1,6537.81%2,79813.21%21,175Skamania72334.88%54626.34%33416.11%23411.29%23611.38%1778.54%2,073Snohomish44,67440.16%26,58623.90%17,05715.33%15,30013.75%7,6326.86%18,08816.26%111,249Spokane31,59338.19%24,62229.76%10,26512.41%11,33513.70%4,9175.94%6,9718.43%82,732Stevens2,62227.53%3,26734.30%1,70917.94%1,03110.83%8959.40%-645-6.77%9,524Thurston29,48155.67%10,65320.12%4,9379.32%4,6408.76%3,2486.13%18,82835.55%52,959Wahkiakum42735.76%30625.63%19716.50%15212.73%1129.38%12110.13%1,194Walla Walla3,88538.58%3,10930.87%1,66016.48%8488.42%5695.65%7767.71%10,071Whatcom11,68940.14%8,52829.29%3,57112.26%3,37811.60%1,9536.71%3,16110.86%29,119Whitman2,67835.61%2,61634.78%1,00313.34%76910.22%4556.05%620.82%7,521Yakima12,62634.89%10,91530.16%6,12016.91%4,36412.06%2,1645.98%1,7114.73%36,189Totals502,52343.54%279,49424.22%160,18613.88%129,96611.26%82,0357.11%223,02919.32%1,154,204

General election

Results

By county CountyBrad OwenDemocraticMike ElliottRepublicanRuth BennettLibertarianMarginTotal#%#%#%#% Adams 1,934 41.79% 2,489 53.78% 205 4.43% -555 -11.99% 4,628 Asotin 3,346 45.49% 3,473 47.21% 537 7.30% -127 -1.73% 7,356 Benton 23,921 42.92% 28,450 51.04% 3,365 6.04% -4,529 -8.13% 55,736 Chelan 9,334 38.30% 13,311 54.62% 1,727 7.09% -3,977 -16.32% 24,372 Clallam 15,642 52.05% 12,011 39.97% 2,396 7.97% 3,631 12.08% 30,049 Clark 62,412 48.98% 56,765 44.54% 8,256 6.48% 5,647 4.43% 127,433 Columbia 753 38.46% 1,079 55.11% 126 6.44% -326 -16.65% 1,958 Cowlitz 18,849 54.18% 13,305 38.24% 2,636 7.58% 5,544 15.94% 34,790 Douglas 4,508 37.40% 6,786 56.31% 758 6.29% -2,278 -18.90% 12,052 Ferry 1,160 40.87% 1,416 49.89% 262 9.23% -256 -9.02% 2,838 Franklin 5,814 43.78% 6,727 50.66% 739 5.56% -913 -6.88% 13,280 Garfield 493 40.68% 640 52.81% 79 6.52% -147 -12.13% 1,212 Grant 8,347 37.13% 12,552 55.83% 1,584 7.05% -4,205 -18.70% 22,483 Grays Harbor 16,528 66.66% 6,551 26.42% 1,717 6.92% 9,977 40.24% 24,796 Island 14,760 48.25% 13,562 44.34% 2,267 7.41% 1,198 3.92% 30,589 Jefferson 8,989 60.01% 4,737 31.62% 1,254 8.37% 4,252 28.38% 14,980 King 433,564 60.73% 213,323 29.88% 66,982 9.38% 220,241 30.85% 713,869 Kitsap 54,800 56.16% 36,122 37.02% 6,654 6.82% 18,678 19.14% 97,576 Kittitas 6,142 46.72% 5,952 45.28% 1,052 8.00% 190 1.45% 13,146 Klickitat 3,511 46.67% 3,404 45.25% 608 8.08% 107 1.42% 7,523 Lewis 12,232 43.43% 13,948 49.52% 1,985 7.05% -1,716 -6.09% 28,165 Lincoln 2,002 41.60% 2,580 53.62% 230 4.78% -578 -12.01% 4,812 Mason 13,859 64.13% 6,207 28.72% 1,545 7.15% 7,652 35.41% 21,611 Okanogan 5,201 37.84% 7,273 52.91% 1,272 9.25% -2,072 -15.07% 13,746 Pacific 5,139 58.68% 2,966 33.87% 652 7.45% 2,173 24.81% 8,757 Pend Oreille 2,303 45.56% 2,279 45.08% 473 9.36% 24 0.47% 5,055 Pierce 136,108 54.03% 98,016 38.91% 17,767 7.05% 38,092 15.12% 251,891 San Juan 4,348 55.86% 2,610 33.53% 826 10.61% 1,738 22.33% 7,784 Skagit 21,242 50.56% 17,482 41.61% 3,287 7.82% 3,760 8.95% 42,011 Skamania 1,834 46.08% 1,689 42.44% 457 11.48% 145 3.64% 3,980 Snohomish 125,643 53.52% 91,891 39.14% 17,233 7.34% 33,752 14.38% 234,767 Spokane 80,441 50.27% 69,352 43.34% 10,228 6.39% 11,089 6.93% 160,021 Stevens 6,485 39.18% 8,607 52.00% 1,459 8.82% -2,122 -12.82% 16,551 Thurston 55,648 60.87% 28,822 31.53% 6,951 7.60% 26,826 29.34% 91,421 Wahkiakum 876 49.08% 763 42.75% 146 8.18% 113 6.33% 1,785 Walla Walla 8,824 44.49% 9,815 49.49% 1,193 6.02% -991 -5.00% 19,832 Whatcom 33,862 50.94% 27,219 40.95% 5,390 8.11% 6,643 9.99% 66,471 Whitman 6,914 46.86% 6,771 45.89% 1,070 7.25% 143 0.97% 14,755 Yakima 30,070 45.44% 31,908 48.22% 4,199 6.35% -1,838 -2.78% 66,177Totals1,247,83854.25%872,85337.95%179,5677.81%374,98516.30%2,300,258

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Asotin (largest city: Clarkston)

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

Clallam (largest city: Port Angeles) Clark (largest city: Vancouver) Island (largest city: Oak Harbor) Kittitas (largest city: Ellensburg) Klickitat (largest city: Goldendale) Pend Oreille (largest city: Newport) Skagit (largest city: Mount Vernon) Skamania (largest city: Carson) Snohomish (largest city: Everett) Spokane (largest city: Spokane) Whatcom (largest city: Bellingham) Whitman (largest city: Pullman)

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