2008Final results
2008 election for Washington Governor
Governor · Washington
Christine Gregoire (D) won with 53.2% of the vote, defeating Dino Rossi (R) by 6.5 points.
Christine GregoireDemocrat · winner
53.2%1,598,738
Dino RossiRepublican
46.8%1,404,124
3,002,862 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 2008
Races before and after
Source: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse)Updated Oct 5, 2026, 12:23 AM ET