1996Final results
1996 election for Washington Governor
Governor · Washington
Gary Locke (D) won with 58.0% of the vote, defeating Ellen Craswell (R) by 15.9 points.
Gary LockeDemocrat · winner
58.0%1,296,492
Ellen CraswellRepublican
42.0%940,538
2,237,030 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 1996
Races before and after
Source: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse)Updated Oct 5, 2026, 12:23 AM ET