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County results Rogers: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% Frink: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% | ||||||||||||||||||||
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The1900 Washington gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1900.
IncumbentGovernorJohn Rankin Rogers won re-election as theDemocratic nominee. He defeatedRepublican nomineeJohn M. Frink with 48.86% of the vote.
In1896, Rogers was thefusion candidate of theDemocratic,Populist andSilver Republican parties. In 1900, he was nominated by a unity convention which merged the three parties in the state and took the name of the Democratic Party.[1]
Major party candidates
Other candidates
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | John Rankin Rogers (incumbent) | 52,048 | 48.86% | −6.69% | |
| Republican | John M. Frink | 49,860 | 46.81% | +5.13% | |
| Prohibition | Robert E. Dunlap | 2,103 | 1.97% | −0.80% | |
| Social Democratic | William C. B. Randolph | 1,670 | 1.57% | ||
| Socialist Labor | William McCormick | 843 | 0.79% | ||
| Majority | 2,188 | 2.05% | |||
| Total votes | 106,524 | 100.00% | |||
| Democratichold | Swing | -11.81% | |||
| County | John R. Rogers Democratic | John M. Frink Republican | Robert E. Dunlap Prohibition | William C. B. Randolph Social Democratic | William McCormick Socialist Labor | Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 597 | 58.88% | 383 | 37.77% | 25 | 2.47% | 6 | 0.59% | 3 | 0.30% | 214 | 21.10% | 1,014 |
| Asotin | 363 | 48.92% | 350 | 47.17% | 22 | 2.96% | 6 | 0.81% | 1 | 0.13% | 13 | 1.75% | 742 |
| Chehalis | 1,284 | 41.02% | 1,648 | 52.65% | 71 | 2.27% | 103 | 3.29% | 24 | 0.77% | -364 | -11.63% | 3,130 |
| Chelan | 652 | 55.73% | 485 | 41.45% | 17 | 1.45% | 11 | 0.94% | 5 | 0.43% | 167 | 14.27% | 1,170 |
| Clallam | 509 | 42.95% | 622 | 52.49% | 7 | 0.59% | 40 | 3.38% | 7 | 0.59% | -113 | -9.54% | 1,185 |
| Clark | 1,168 | 40.84% | 1,517 | 53.04% | 81 | 2.83% | 73 | 2.55% | 21 | 0.73% | -349 | -12.20% | 2,860 |
| Columbia | 760 | 46.54% | 835 | 51.13% | 25 | 1.53% | 7 | 0.43% | 6 | 0.37% | -75 | -4.59% | 1,633 |
| Cowlitz | 681 | 37.09% | 1,104 | 60.13% | 34[a][8] | 1.85% | 13 | 0.71% | 7 | 0.38% | -423 | -23.04% | 1,839 |
| Douglas | 673 | 58.83% | 444 | 38.81% | 19 | 1.66% | 7 | 0.61% | 1 | 0.09% | 229 | 20.02% | 1,144 |
| Ferry | 894 | 70.56% | 350 | 27.62% | 10 | 0.79% | 8 | 0.63% | 5 | 0.39% | 544 | 42.94% | 1,267 |
| Franklin | 90 | 66.67% | 39 | 28.89% | 3 | 2.22% | 0 | 0.00% | 3 | 2.22% | 51 | 37.78% | 135 |
| Garfield | 501 | 50.71% | 452 | 45.75% | 10 | 1.01% | 19 | 1.92% | 6 | 0.61% | 49 | 4.96% | 988 |
| Island | 157 | 37.56% | 240 | 57.42% | 7 | 1.67% | 10 | 2.39% | 4 | 0.96% | -83 | -19.86% | 418 |
| Jefferson | 482 | 43.66% | 599 | 54.26% | 14 | 1.27% | 4 | 0.36% | 5 | 0.45% | -117 | -10.60% | 1,104 |
| King | 9,178 | 49.05% | 8,801 | 47.03% | 268 | 1.43% | 243 | 1.30% | 223 | 1.19% | 377 | 2.01% | 18,713 |
| Kitsap | 565 | 38.07% | 807 | 54.38% | 61 | 4.11% | 37 | 2.49% | 14 | 0.94% | -242 | -16.31% | 1,484 |
| Kittitas | 1,125 | 52.87% | 946 | 44.45% | 34 | 1.60% | 13 | 0.61% | 10 | 0.47% | 179 | 8.41% | 2,128 |
| Klickitat | 544 | 37.16% | 850 | 58.06% | 52 | 3.55% | 12 | 0.82% | 6 | 0.41% | -306 | -20.90% | 1,464 |
| Lewis | 1,546 | 45.10% | 1,762 | 51.40% | 77 | 2.25% | 32 | 0.93% | 11 | 0.32% | -216 | -6.30% | 3,428 |
| Lincoln | 1,851 | 60.18% | 1,130 | 36.74% | 62 | 2.02% | 27 | 0.88% | 6 | 0.20% | 721 | 23.44% | 3,076 |
| Mason | 476 | 48.32% | 483 | 49.04% | 8 | 0.81% | 10 | 1.02% | 8 | 0.81% | -7 | -0.71% | 985 |
| Okanogan | 730 | 62.34% | 412 | 35.18% | 13 | 1.11% | 12 | 1.02% | 4 | 0.34% | 318 | 27.16% | 1,171 |
| Pacific | 488 | 37.34% | 787 | 60.21% | 16 | 1.22% | 9 | 0.69% | 7 | 0.54% | -299 | -22.88% | 1,307 |
| Pierce | 5,153 | 49.70% | 4,734 | 45.66% | 139 | 1.34% | 235 | 2.27% | 108 | 1.04% | 419 | 4.04% | 10,369 |
| San Juan | 260 | 37.57% | 410 | 59.25% | 9 | 1.30% | 6 | 0.87% | 7 | 1.01% | -150 | -21.68% | 692 |
| Skagit | 1,434 | 44.15% | 1,611 | 49.60% | 64 | 1.97% | 115 | 3.54% | 24 | 0.74% | -177 | -5.45% | 3,248 |
| Skamania | 202 | 53.44% | 165 | 43.65% | 4 | 1.06% | 2 | 0.53% | 5 | 1.32% | 37 | 9.79% | 378 |
| Snohomish | 2,875 | 50.33% | 2,609 | 45.68% | 158 | 2.77% | 49 | 0.86% | 21 | 0.37% | 266 | 4.66% | 5,712 |
| Spokane | 5,955 | 54.19% | 4,613 | 41.98% | 309 | 2.81% | 64 | 0.58% | 48 | 0.44% | 1,342 | 12.21% | 10,989 |
| Stevens | 1,743 | 62.43% | 987 | 35.35% | 29 | 1.04% | 23 | 0.82% | 10 | 0.36% | 756 | 27.08% | 2,792 |
| Thurston | 895 | 37.99% | 1,347 | 57.17% | 51 | 2.16% | 48 | 2.04% | 15 | 0.64% | -452 | -19.19% | 2,356 |
| Wahkiakum | 236 | 37.94% | 355 | 57.07% | 8 | 1.29% | 15 | 2.41% | 8 | 1.29% | -119 | -19.13% | 622 |
| Walla Walla | 1,676 | 45.75% | 1,907 | 52.06% | 55 | 1.50% | 14 | 0.38% | 11 | 0.30% | -231 | -6.31% | 3,663 |
| Whatcom | 1,982 | 38.67% | 2,652 | 51.74% | 133 | 2.59% | 231 | 4.51% | 128 | 2.50% | -670 | -13.07% | 5,126 |
| Whitman | 3,123 | 56.58% | 2,060 | 37.32% | 168 | 3.04% | 111 | 2.01% | 58 | 1.05% | 1,063 | 19.26% | 5,520 |
| Yakima | 1,200 | 44.91% | 1,364 | 51.05% | 40 | 1.50% | 55 | 2.06% | 13 | 0.49% | -164 | -6.14% | 2,672 |
| Totals | 52,048 | 48.86% | 49,860 | 46.81% | 2,103 | 1.97% | 1,670 | 1.57% | 843 | 0.79% | 2,188 | 2.05% | 106,524 |