1988Final results
1988 election for Washington Governor
Governor · Washington
Booth Gardner (D) won with 62.2% of the vote, defeating Bob Williams (R) by 24.4 points.
Booth GardnerDemocrat · winner
62.2%1,166,448
Bob WilliamsRepublican
37.8%708,481
1,874,929 votes
Source: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse)Updated Oct 5, 2026, 12:23 AM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 1988
Races before and after
Source: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse)Updated Oct 5, 2026, 12:23 AM ET