2000Final results
2000 election for Washington Governor
Governor · Washington
Gary Locke (D) won with 59.5% of the vote, defeating John Carlson (R) by 19.1 points.
Gary LockeDemocrat · winner
59.5%1,441,973
John CarlsonRepublican
40.5%980,060
2,422,033 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 2000
Races before and after
Source: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse)Updated Oct 5, 2026, 12:23 AM ET