1920 Washington gubernatorial election

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1920 Washington gubernatorial election

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Nominee Louis F. Hart Robert Bridges William Wilson Black Party Republican Farmer–Labor Democratic Popular vote 210,662 121,371 66,079 Percentage 52.74% 30.39% 16.54%

County results Hart:      30–40%      40–50%      50–60%      60–70% Bridges:      40–50%

Governor before election Louis F. Hart Republican Elected Governor Louis F. Hart Republican

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The 1920 Washington gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1920. Incumbent Republican Louis F. Hart defeated Farmer–Labor nominee Robert Bridges with 52.74% of the vote.

Primary election

Primary elections were held on September 9, 1920.^[1] Washington abandoned its form of ranked choice voting in primary elections after 1916, switching to the traditional first-past-the-post voting for primaries starting in 1918.

Democratic party

Candidates

• William Wilson Black
• Edward T. Mathes
• A. E. Judd
• I. G. O'Harra

Results

Democratic primary results^[1][2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	William Wilson Black	9,735	42.79%
	Democratic	Edward T. Mathes	6,061	26.64%
	Democratic	A. E. Judd	4,542	19.96%
	Democratic	I. G. O'Harra	2,414	10.61%
Total votes			22,752	100.00%

Republican party

Candidates

• Louis F. Hart, incumbent Governor
• Roland H. Hartley, former State Representative
• George B. Lamping, State Senator
• Edwin T. Coman
• John Arthur Gellatly, State Senator
• John Stringer
• Anna MacEachern

Results

Republican primary results^[1][2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Louis F. Hart (incumbent)	64,751	31.60%
	Republican	Roland H. Hartley	56,219	27.44%
	Republican	George B. Lamping	35,857	17.50%
	Republican	Edwin T. Coman	20,438	9.97%
	Republican	John A. Gellatly	19,612	9.57&
	Republican	John Stringer	4,688	2.29%
	Republican	Anna MacEachern	3,332	1.63%
Total votes			204,897	100.00%

General election

Candidates

Major party candidates

• Louis F. Hart, Republican
• William Wilson Black, Democratic

Other candidates

• Robert Bridges, Farmer–Labor
• David Burgess, Socialist Labor

Results

1920 Washington gubernatorial election^[3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Louis F. Hart (incumbent)	210,662	52.74%	+8.30%
	Farmer–Labor	Robert Bridges	121,371	30.39%
	Democratic	William Wilson Black	66,079	16.54%	−31.56%
	Socialist Labor	David Burgess	1,296	0.32%	+0.16%
Majority			89,291	22.36%
Total votes			399,408	100.00%
	Republican hold		Swing	+26.02%

Results by county

County[4]	Louis F. Hart Republican		Robert Bridges Farmer-Labor		W. W. Black Democratic		David Burgess Socialist Labor		Margin		Total votes cast
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
Adams	1,418	63.22%	403	17.97%	413	18.41%	9	0.40%	1,005[a]	44.81%	2,243
Asotin	1.283	69.28%	139	7.51%	421	22.73%	9	0.49%	862[a]	46.54%	1,852
Benton	1,956	50.82%	1,395	36.24%	493	12.81%	5	0.13%	561	14.58%	3,849
Chelan	3,736	56.39%	1,508	22.76%	1,369	20.66%	12	0.18%	2,228	33.63%	6,625
Clallam	1,648	47.48%	1,380	39.76%	429	12.36%	14	0.40%	268	7.72%	3,471
Clark	4,591	50.81%	2,650	29.33%	1,768	19.57%	27	0.30%	1,941	21.48%	9,036
Columbia	1,501	69.49%	226	10.46%	428	19.81%	5	0.23%	1,073[a]	49.68%	2,160
Cowlitz	2,239	61.36%	865	23.71%	538	14.74%	7	0.19%	1,374	37.65%	3,649
Douglas	1,492	54.99%	328	12.09%	886	32.66%	7	0.26%	606[a]	22.34%	2,713
Ferry	511	37.68%	402	29.65%	437	32.23%	6	0.44%	74[a]	5.46%	1,356
Franklin	771	40.37%	784	41.05%	350	18.32%	5	0.26%	-13	-0.68%	1,910
Garfield	845	64.60%	186	14.22%	274	20.95%	3	0.23%	571[a]	43.65%	1,308
Grant	1,234	51.83%	454	19.07%	689	28.94%	4	0.17%	545[a]	22.89%	2,381
Grays Harbor	6,475	54.65%	3,619	30.55%	1,735	14.64%	19	0.16%	2,856	24.11%	11,848
Island	824	47.30%	663	38.06%	254	14.58%	1	0.06%	161	9.24%	1,742
Jefferson	1,063	57.65%	498	27.01%	278	15.08%	5	0.27%	565	30.64%	1,844
King	53,081	49.19%	39,034	36.17%	15,292	14.17%	500	0.46%	14,047	13.02%	107,907
Kitsap	4,287	42.35%	4,838	47.79%	981	9.69%	17	0.17%	-551	-5.44%	10,123
Kittitas	2,820	52.27%	1,846	34.22%	716	13.27%	13	0.24%	974	18.05%	5,395
Klickitat	1,633	58.36%	672	24.02%	487	17.41%	6	0.21%	961	34.35%	2,798
Lewis	6,342	56.28%	3,670	32.57%	1,245	11.05%	12	0.11%	2,672	23.71%	11,269
Lincoln	2,787	60.21%	325	7.02%	1,507	32.56%	10	0.22%	1,280[a]	27.65%	4,629
Mason	926	52.17%	550	30.99%	294	16.56%	5	0.28%	376	21.18%	1,775
Okanogan	2,789	55.08%	1,263	24.94%	990	19.55%	22	0.43%	1,526	30.13%	5,064
Pacific	2,647	67.29%	710	18.05%	562	14.29%	15	0.38%	1,937	49.24%	3,934
Pend Oreille	1,065	54.36%	361	18.43%	523	26.70%	10	0.51%	542[a]	27.67%	1,959
Pierce	21,440	50.39%	15,442	36.29%	5,528	12.99%	142	0.33%	5,998	14.10%	42,552
San Juan	800	64.78%	285	23.08%	145	11.74%	5	0.40%	515	41.70%	1,235
Skagit	4,925	46.70%	4,124	39.10%	1,476	13.99%	22	0.21%	801	7.59%	10,547
Skamania	421	55.39%	193	25.39%	141	18.55%	5	0.66%	228	30.00%	760
Snohomish	9,383	45.37%	7,915	38.27%	3,353	16.21%	31	0.15%	1,468	7.10%	20,682
Spokane	24,328	56.86%	6,890	16.10%	11,391	26.62%	176	0.41%	12,937[a]	30.24%	42,785
Stevens	2,985	51.02%	1,490	25.47%	1,353	23.12%	23	0.39%	1,495	25.55%	5,851
Thurston	3,994	53.37%	2,617	34.97%	851	11.37%	22	0.29%	1,377	18.40%	7,484
Wahkiakum	492	60.82%	192	23.73%	108	13.35%	17	2.10%	300	37.08%	809
Walla Walla	5,986	68.74%	881	10.12%	1,818	20.88%	23	0.26%	4,168[a]	47.86%	8,708
Whatcom	8,209	51.73%	6,022	37.95%	1,609	10.14%	30	0.19%	2,187	13.78%	15,870
Whitman	6,499	66.55%	899	9.21%	2,352	24.08%	16	0.16%	4,147[a]	42.46%	9,766
Yakima	11,236	57.56%	5,652	28.96%	2,595	13.29%	36	0.18%	5,584	28.61%	19,519
Totals	210,662	52.74%	121,371	30.39%	66,079	16.54%	1,296	0.32%	89,291	22.39%	399,408

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

• Adams
• Asotin
• Benton
• Chelan
• Columbia
• Douglas
• Ferry
• Garfield
• Grant
• Grays Harbor
• Island
• King
• Kittitas
• Klickitat
• Lewis
• Lincoln
• Mason
• Okanogan
• Pend Oreille
• Pierce
• Skagit
• Snohomish
• Spokane
• Stevens
• Walla Walla
• Whitman
• Yakima

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Farmer-Labor

• Franklin

Counties that flipped from Republican to Farmer-Labor

• Kitsap

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l} Hart's margin over Black

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} "Election Search Results: September 1920 Primary". Washington Secretary of State. Retrieved June 28, 2020.
2. ^ ^{a b} Washington Secretary of State. "Governor". Abstract of Votes Polled in the State of Washington at the Primary Election Held September 14, 1920. Olympia, Washington. p. 3.
3. ^ "Election Search Results: November 1920 General". Washington Secretary of State. Retrieved June 28, 2020.
4. ^ ^{a b} Washington Secretary of State. "Governor". Abstract of Votes Polled in the State of Washington at the General Election Held November 2, 1920. Olympia, Washington. p. 11.