2008 Washington gubernatorial election

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2008 Washington gubernatorial election

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Nominee  | Christine Gregoire | Dino Rossi |
Party  | Democratic | Republican
Popular vote  | 1,598,738 | 1,404,124
Percentage  | 53.0% | 46.6%

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County results
Gregoire:  50–60% 60–70%
Rossi:  50–60% 60–70%

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The 2008 gubernatorial election in Washington was held on November 4, 2008. Republican Dino Rossi and incumbent Democratic Governor Christine Gregoire emerged from the August 19 primary. This made the 2008 election a rematch between the candidates from the 2004 election, the closest gubernatorial election in the state's history. In contrast to the recounts and months of legal challenges in their previous contest, Gregoire was the clear winner on November 5, earning 53 percent of the vote. With a margin of 6.45%, this election was the second-closest race of the 2008 gubernatorial election cycle, behind only the election in North Carolina.

## Timeline[edit]

Date  | Year  | Event  | Reference  | Notes

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June 6  | 2008  | Filing deadline  | [1] |
August 19  | 2008  | State primary  | [2] | Same date as general primaries for other offices
November 4 | 2008 | General election | [2] | Same date as presidential election and other offices
November 26  | 2008  | General election  | [2] | Last day for counties to deliver results to the state
December 4  | 2008  | General election  | [2] | Results certified

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## Primary election[edit]

Candidates for office  Candidate  | Stated party preference  | Website  | Notes

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Christine Gregoire | Prefers Democratic Party | cw | Incumbent governor
Dino Rossi | Prefers G.O.P. Party | cw | Ex-state senator, 2004 gubernatorial nominee
Will Baker | Prefers Reform Party | cw | Out; lost primary
Duff Badgley | Prefers Green Party | cw | Out; lost primary
John W. Aiken Jr. | Prefers Republican Party | cw | Out; lost primary
Christian Pierre Joubert | Prefers Democratic Party | cw | Out; lost primary
Chris Tudor | States No Party Preference | cw | Out; lost primary
Javier O. Lopez | Prefers Republican Party | cw | Out; lost primary
Mohammad Hasan Said | States No Party Preference | cw | Out; lost primary
James White | Prefers Independent Party | cw | Out; lost primary
Source: Secretary of State

The Washington primary election was held August 19, 2008. For the first time, Washington ran a top-two primary, eliminating the "pick a party" primary used since 2004. Unlike traditional primaries, wherein each party with more than one candidate is reduced to a single person to appear on the general election ballot, the system simply reduces the entire crop of candidates from all parties down to the top two candidates, resulting in no more than two candidates appearing on the general election ballot for a given position. As a result, candidates from all parties were essentially running against each other. To allow for ideological identification, each candidate in a partisan race was allowed to indicate an arbitrary party preference.[4]

### Controversy over Rossi's party preference[edit]

Under the changes to election law made by the passage of Initiative 872, partisan contests are no longer tied to registered parties, but candidates are allowed to indicate an arbitrary "party preference" to appear next to their name on the primary and general election ballots.[5] An extreme example of this occurred in the 40th District race for state senator, where candidate Timothy Stoddard indicated a preference for the "Salmon Yoga" party.[6]

Republican candidate Dino Rossi listed his party preference as "G.O.P." instead of the traditional party name "Republican". Critics of Rossi contended that the choice of party name was an attempt to distance himself from any negative opinions associated with the Republican Party.[7] Rossi's campaign argued that the difference was insignificant, saying voters are already aware that the terms refer to the same party.[8] However, an Elway Research poll taken in August 2008 found that over 25% of registered voters were not aware that the term "GOP" meant the Republican Party.[9]

On September 23, the Washington State Democrats, alleging that the latter is a misrepresentation of his true party affiliation, filed a lawsuit against the Secretary of State to force the state to list Rossi to on the general election ballot as a Republican instead of with the "GOP Party" label.[10] A King County Superior Court judge dismissed the suit, saying nothing in state law made the choice of party name illegal, but he acknowledged the potential confusion. Had the lawsuit succeeded, many counties would have had to reprint their ballots, and the already-cast absentee votes of military personnel may have become invalid.[11]

### Primary results[edit]

While the primary was officially held on August 19, 2008, some counties such as King County allow absentee ballots to be postmarked by that date in order to be valid. As a result, the primary vote tally may not be officially certified until as late as September 9, to allow time for mailed-in ballots to arrive and be counted by the counties. As an increasing number of counties allow, encourage, or mandate mail-in ballots for voters within the county, the number of such ballots can be significant.[12]

The vote tally as of October 10 is as follows:[13]

Candidate  | Home city  | Stated party preference  | Total votes  | Percentage

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Dino Rossi | Sammamish[14] | Prefers G.O.P. Party |  668,571  |  46.35%
Will Baker  | Tacoma | Prefers Reform Party | 5,201  | 0.36%
Christine Gregoire | Auburn |  Prefers Democratic Party |  696,306 | 48.27 %
Duff Badgley  | Seattle | Prefers Green Party | 9,702  | 0.67%
John W. Aiken Jr.  | Medical Lake | Prefers Republican Party | 21,564  | 1.49%
Christian Pierre Joubert  | Edmonds | Prefers Democratic Party | 16,646  | 1.15%
Christopher A. Tudor  | Indianola | States No Party Preference  | 5,600  | 0.39%
Javier O. Lopez  | Lacey | Prefers Republican Party | 4,981  | 0.35%
Mohammad Hasan Said  | Ephrata | States No Party Preference  | 3,002  | 0.21%
James White  | Marysville | Prefers Independent Party | 10,884  | 0.75%
Total | 1,441,753  | 100.00 %

## General election[edit]

Christine Gregoire and Dino Rossi were declared the winners of the primary and placed on the ballot for the November 4 election, which coincided with the national election. However, with all Washington counties either exclusively or (in the case of Pierce and King counties) predominantly voting via mail-in ballot,[15] many votes were cast prior to that date. King County, the largest county in the state, and the one which carried Gregoire to victory in 2004, sent out overseas absentee ballots on October 5, and resident mail-in ballots on October 17.[16]

In Washington state, mail-in ballots only need to be postmarked, not received, by November 4, meaning that valid ballots will continue to be received and counted after that date.[17] For the 2008 election, counties had until November 26 to send results to the state, and the Secretary of State had until December 4 to certify all state results.[2]

### Predictions[edit]

Source  | Ranking  | As of

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The Cook Political Report[18] | Tossup  | October 16, 2008
Rothenberg Political Report[19] | Tossup  | November 2, 2008
Sabato's Crystal Ball[20] | Lean D  | November 3, 2008
Real Clear Politics[21] | Tossup  | November 4, 2008

### Polling[edit]

Aggregate polls
Source of poll
aggregation  | Dates
administered  | Dates
updated  | Christine
Gregoire (D)  | Dino
Rossi (R)  | Other/Undecided
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Real Clear Politics | October 22 – November 2, 2008  | November 2, 2008  | 50.7% | 47.3%  | 2.0%  | Gregoire +3.4%

Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org.

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Poll source  | Date(s)
administered  | Sample
size  | Margin of
error | Christine
Gregoire (D)  | Dino
Rossi (R)  | Undecided

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Survey USA | October 30-November 2, 2008  | –  | –  | 52% | 46%  | 2%
Survey USA | October 26–27, 2008  | –  | –  | 50% | 48%  | 2%
Rasmussen Reports | October 22, 2008  | –  | –  | 50% | 48%  | 2%
Survey USA | October 12–13, 2008  | –  | –  | 48% | 47%  | 5%
Rasmussen Reports | October 2, 2008  | –  | –  | 48% | 48% | 4%
Survey USA | September 21–22, 2008  | –  | –  | 50% | 48%  | 2%
Strategic Vision | September 14–16, 2008  | 800  | ± 3.0%  | 46%  | 48% | 6%
Rasmussen Reports | September 10, 2008  | –  | –  | 46%  | 52% | 2%
Survey USA | September 5–7, 2008  | –  | –  | 47%  | 48% | 5%
SurveyUSA | August 11–12, 2008  | 718  | ± 3.7%  | 50% | 48%  | 2%
Rasmussen Reports | August 6, 2008  | –  | –  | 47% | 43%  | 10%
Strategic Vision | July 25–27, 2008  | 800  | ± 3.0%  | 47% | 45%  | 8%
SurveyUSA | July 13–15, 2008  | 666  | ± 3.9%  | 49% | 46%  | 5%
Moore Information | July 9–10, 2008  | 400  | ± 5.0%  | 45% | 45% | 11%
Rasmussen Reports | July 9, 2008  | –  | –  | 49% | 43%  | 8%
Elway Poll | June 18–22, 2008  | 405  | ± 5.0%  | 47% | 39%  | 14%
Rasmussen Reports | June 9, 2008  | –  | –  | 50% | 43%  | 7%
SurveyUSA | June 9, 2008  | 637  | ± 4.0%  | 50% | 47%  | 3%
Rasmussen Reports | May 12, 2008  | –  | –  | 52% | 41%  | 7%
Elway Poll | April 21–22, 2008  | 405  | ± 5.0%  | 43% | 38%  | 19%
SurveyUSA | April 14–16, 2008  | 634  | ± 4.0%  | 50% | 46%  | 4%
SurveyUSA | April 7, 2008  | 607  | ± 4.1%  | 48% | 47%  | 5%
Rasmussen Reports[permanent dead link] | March 27, 2008  | –  | –  | 47% | 46%  | 7%
Rasmussen Reports | February 28, 2008  | –  | –  | 46%  | 47% | 7%
Washington Poll | February 7–18, 2008  | 300  | ± 5.6%  | 54% | 42%  | 4%
Elway Poll | January 3–6, 2008  | 405  | –  | 48% | 35%  | 17%
Washington Poll | October 22–29, 2007  | 601  | ± 4.0%  | 47% | 42%  | 11%
Strategic Vision | October 5–7, 2007  | 800  | ± 3.0%  | 47% | 45%  | 8%
Strategic Vision | March 24–26, 2006  | 800  | ± 3.0%  | 38%  | 51% | 11%

### Police Guild press conference incident[edit]

At an August 7 press conference held by the Seattle Police Officers Guild to declare its endorsement of Rossi, the Guild forcibly removed Kelly Akers, a Gregoire campaign staffer who was filming the event, from the premises. The Rossi campaign reiterated a standing policy to prevent opposing campaigns from filming Rossi's appearances, to deny them the ability to take "attack footage." Rossi's campaign staff includes a cameraman tasked with filming Gregoire appearances.[22]

### Debates[edit]

Five debates were held[23] between Gregoire and Rossi, the candidates in the general election.

Date | Time | Location | Sponsors

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2008-09-20 | 9:00 PM | Fisher Plaza (Seattle) | Fisher Communications, League of Women Voters, Seattle Post-Intelligencer
2008-09-25 | 7:30 PM | Semiahmoo Resort (Blaine) | Association of Washington Business Complete video of debate \- C-SPAN
2008-10-01 | 7:00 PM | Capitol Theatre (Yakima) | KCTS 9, Yakima Herald-Republic
2008-10-09 | 7:00 PM*[24] | KSPS-TV Studios (Spokane) | KSPS-TV, Spokane Spokesman-Review[25]
2008-10-15 | 8:00 PM[26] | TBD | KING-TV, Seattle Times, NPR

*The Spokane debate was taped in the morning to be aired at the indicated time. All other debates were held and aired live.

The Gregoire campaign had sought a sixth debate in Tacoma, sponsored by the Tacoma News-Tribune. The Rossi campaign instead sought a sixth debate in Vancouver, Washington, sponsored by The Columbian. The local Camas-Washougal Rotary Club went so far as to reserve a venue for October 8. The campaigns could not agree on either event.[27][28][29][30]

The Gregoire campaign had set aside August 15 for a pre-primary radio debate with Rossi on Seattle NPR station KUOW-FM.[31] Rossi declined to appear, giving Gregoire solo airtime.[32]

## Results[edit]

These are the gubernatorial election results as of 11/25/2008 10:45 PM PST.[33] Gregoire declared victory after late evening returns were posted, with 42% of the statewide vote counted, showing her with a 52% lead over Rossi.[34] By 10:30 PM PST (1:30 AM EST) all five major television networks had called the race for Gregoire.[35] The Rossi campaign called the networks' declarations "premature" and did not concede defeat that evening. Rossi held out hope that late ballots would carry him, as late returns had reversed an early Gregoire lead in 2004. Rossi conceded the next morning.

Rossi conceded defeat in the gubernatorial election on November 5. In his concession speech, he indicated that he was not planning a return to politics.[36]

2008 Washington gubernatorial election  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %

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| Democratic | Christine Gregoire (incumbent)  | 1,598,738  | 53.00
| Republican | Dino Rossi | 1,404,124  | 46.55
| Write-in | 13,502  | 0.45
Total votes  | 3,016,364  | 100.00
| Democratic hold

### Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican[edit]

* Cowlitz (largest city: Longview)

### Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic[edit]

* Island (largest city: Oak Harbor)
* Kitsap (largest city: Bremerton)
* Pierce (largest city: Tacoma)
* Skagit (largest city: Mount Vernon)

### By congressional district[edit]

Gregoire won 5 of 9 congressional districts with the remaining 4 going to Rossi, including one that elected a Democrat.[37]

District  | Gregoire  | Rossi  | Representative

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1st | 56% | 44%  | Jay Inslee
2nd | 52% | 48%  | Rick Larsen
3rd | 49.6%  | 50.4% | Brian Baird
4th | 35%  | 65% | Doc Hastings
5th | 45%  | 55% | Cathy McMorris Rodgers
6th | 54% | 46%  | Norm Dicks
7th | 79% | 21%  | Jim McDermott
8th | 49%  | 51% | Dave Reichert
9th | 54% | 46%  | Adam Smith

## Notes[edit]

1. ^ Calculated by taking the difference of 100% and all other candidates combined.

## References[edit]

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4. ^ "Announcing Washington State's NEW Top 2 Primary" (PDF). Washington Office of the Secretary of State. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 10, 2008. Retrieved August 20, 2008.
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37. ^ Results. sos.wa.gov (Report).

## External links[edit]

* Elections from the Washington Secretary of State
* Washington Governor candidates at Project Vote Smart
* Washington Governor race from 2008 Race Tracker
* Campaign contributions[permanent dead link] from Follow the Money
* Rossi (R) vs Gregoire (D-i) graph of collected poll results from Pollster.com
* Official campaign websites (Archived)
* Christine Gregoire, Democratic incumbent candidate
* Dino Rossi, Republican candidate

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* 1st sp
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Gubernatorial|

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State
legislature|

| State Senate|

* 2004
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* 2010
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* 2013 (26th)
* 2014
* 2016
* 2017 (45th)
* 2018
* 2020
* 2022
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State House|

* 2006
* 2008
* 2010
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* 2014
* 2016
* 2018
* 2020
* 2022
* 2024

Supreme Court|

* 2004
* 2006
* 2008
* 2012

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U.S.
President|

* Alabama
* Alaska
* Arizona
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* Florida
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* South Dakota
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* Texas
* Utah
* Vermont
* Virginia
* Washington
* West Virginia
* Wisconsin
* Wyoming
* Guam (straw poll)

U.S. Senate|

* Alabama
* Alaska
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* District of Columbia (shadow)
* Georgia
* Idaho
* Illinois
* Iowa
* Kansas
* Kentucky
* Louisiana
* Maine
* Massachusetts
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* Mississippi
* Mississippi (special)
* Montana
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* New Hampshire
* New Jersey
* New Mexico
* North Carolina
* Oklahoma
* Oregon
* Rhode Island
* South Carolina
* South Dakota
* Tennessee
* Texas
* Virginia
* West Virginia
* Wyoming
* Wyoming (special)

U.S. House
(election
ratings)|

* Alabama
* Alaska
* American Samoa
* Arizona
* Arkansas
* California
* 12th sp
* Colorado
* Connecticut
* Delaware
* District of Columbia
* delegate
* shadow
* Florida
* Georgia
* Guam
* Hawaii
* Idaho
* Illinois
* 14th sp
* Indiana
* 7th sp
* Iowa
* Kansas
* Kentucky
* Louisiana
* 1st sp
* 6th sp
* Maine
* Maryland
* 4th sp
* Massachusetts
* Michigan
* Minnesota
* Mississippi
* 1st sp
* Missouri
* Montana
* Nebraska
* Nevada
* New Hampshire
* New Jersey
* New Mexico
* New York
* North Carolina
* North Dakota
* Northern Mariana Islands
* Ohio
* 11th sp
* Oklahoma
* Oregon
* Pennsylvania
* Puerto Rico
* Rhode Island
* South Carolina
* South Dakota
* Tennessee
* Texas
* U.S. Virgin Islands
* Utah
* Vermont
* Virginia
* Washington
* West Virginia
* Wisconsin
* Wyoming

Governors|

* American Samoa
* Delaware
* Lt. Gov
* Indiana
* Missouri
* Lt. Gov
* Montana
* New Hampshire
* North Carolina
* Lt. Gov
* North Dakota
* Puerto Rico
* Utah
* Vermont
* Washington
* West Virginia

Attorneys
General|

* North Carolina
* Pennsylvania
* Washington
* Ohio (special)

Other
statewide
elections|

* Pennsylvania
* Auditor General
* Treasurer
* Washington
* Secretary of State
* Wisconsin
* Supreme Court

State
legislatures|

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* Assembly
* Senate
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* House
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* House
* Senate
* New York Assembly
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* House
* Senate
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* House
* Senate
* Senate
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* House
* Senate
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* House
* Senate
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* Wisconsin
* Assembly
* Senate

Mayors|

* Augusta, GA
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* Milwaukee, WI
* Orlando, FL
* Portland, OR
* Sacramento, CA
* San Diego, CA
* San Juan, PR
* Santa Ana, CA
* Stockton, CA
* Virginia Beach, VA

States|

* Alabama
* Alaska
* American Samoa
* Arizona
* Arkansas
* California
* Colorado
* Connecticut
* Delaware
* Florida
* Georgia
* Guam
* Hawaii
* Idaho
* Illinois
* Indiana
* Iowa
* Kansas
* Kentucky
* Louisiana
* Maine
* Maryland
* Massachusetts
* Michigan
* Minnesota
* Mississippi
* Missouri
* Montana
* Nebraska
* Nevada
* New Hampshire
* New Jersey
* New Mexico
* New York
* North Carolina
* North Dakota
* Ohio
* Oklahoma
* Oregon
* Pennsylvania
* Puerto Rico
* Rhode Island
* South Carolina
* South Dakota
* Tennessee
* Texas
* U.S. Virgin Islands
* Utah
* Vermont
* Virginia
* Washington
* West Virginia
* Wisconsin
* Wyoming

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*[GA]: Georgia
*[CA]: California
*[LA]: Louisiana
*[HI]: Hawaii
*[AZ]: Arizona
*[WI]: Wisconsin
*[FL]: Florida
*[OR]: Oregon
*[PR]: Puerto Rico
*[VA]: Virginia