(Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Washington Secretary of State)
| Total Population, July 1, 2004 est. | 6,203,788 | |
| Total Registration, Nov. 2004 | 3,508,208 |
Washington has: 39 counties.
Five largest counties: King, Pierce, Snohomish, Spokane, Clark.
Five largest cities: Seattle, Spokane, Tacoma, Vancouver, Bellevue.
Government
Governor: Gary Locke (D)
first elected 1996, re-elected 2000, retiring in 2004.
State Legislature: Washington
State Legislature House: 98 seats Senate: 49 seats
Local: Cities
and Towns, Counties...NACO
Counties
U.S. House: 6D, 3R
- 1. J.Inslee (D) | 2.
R.Larsen (D) | 3. B.Baird
(D) | 4. D.Hastings (R)
| 5. G.Nethercutt (R) | 6.
N.Dicks (D) | 7. J.McDermott
(D) | 8. J.Dunn (R) | 9.
A.Smith (D).
U.S. Senate: Maria
Cantwell (D) elected in 2000, Patty
Murray (D) re-elected
in 2004.
| The Washington governor's race was the closest in United States history in percentage terms, producing a post-election saga which finally ended on June 6, 2005 when a judge dismissed Republican Dino Rossi's legal challenge. Christine Gregoire ultimately prevailed by just 133 votes out of more than 2.8 million cast: 1,373,361 to 1,373,232 with 63,465 for the Libertarian. In the U.S. Senate race, Sen. Patty Murray (D) fended off a challenge from Rep. George Nethercutt (R) by 1,549,708 (54.98%) to 1,204,584 (42.74%) with 2.28% split between Libertarian and Green candidates. In the open 5th CD C.McMorris (R) defeated D.Barbieri (D) by 59.68% to 40.32% and in the open 8th CD D.Reichert (R) defeated D.Ross (D) by 51.50% to 46.70% with 1.80% going to the Libertarian. |
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