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The1936 Washington gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1936. IncumbentDemocratClarence D. Martin defeatedRepublican nomineeRoland H. Hartley with 69.36% of the vote.
Martin's popular vote share is the largest achieved by any gubernatorial candidate in Washington. This is the most recent gubernatorial election in which a candidate swept every county in the state. As of 2020, this is also the most recent election in which a Democrat has carriedAdams County andColumbia County. Additionally,Chelan County,Garfield County,Lincoln County,San Juan County,Walla Walla County, andWhitman County would not vote Democratic again until1988.
Theprimary election was held on September 8, 1936.[1] Washington adopted a blanket primary starting with the 1936 elections. All candidates appeared on the same ballot, with the highest candidate for each party becoming that party's nominee. This system was eventually ruled unconstitutional in the early 2000s.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Clarence D. Martin (incumbent) | 166,313 | 33.05% | |
| Democratic | John C. Stevenson | 129,388 | 25.71% | |
| Democratic | Otto A. Case | 86,752 | 17.24% | |
| Republican | Roland H. Hartley | 59,371 | 11.80% | |
| Republican | Walter F. Meier | 23,892 | 4.75% | |
| Democratic | H. G. Stevenson | 13,556 | 2.69% | |
| Republican | Ralph Horr | 13,023 | 2.59% | |
| Democratic | A. E. Judd | 3,582 | 0.71% | |
| Democratic | Eugene J. A. Lord | 2,356 | 0.47% | |
| Republican | John Calvin Richards | 1,588 | 0.32% | |
| Republican | Erle J. Barnes | 1,052 | 0.21% | |
| Republican | Frank W. Harris | 888 | 0.18% | |
| Democratic | Roscoe A. Seeds | 752 | 0.15% | |
| Democratic | James W. Bryan | 684 | 0.14% | |
| Total votes | 503,197 | 100.00% | ||
Major party candidates
Other candidates
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Clarence D. Martin (incumbent) | 466,550 | 69.36% | +12.07% | |
| Republican | Roland H. Hartley | 189,141 | 28.12% | −5.63% | |
| Union | Ove M. Nelson | 6,349 | 0.94% | ||
| Socialist | John F. McKay | 4,221 | 0.63% | −1.00% | |
| Farmer–Labor | William Morley Bouck | 1,994 | 0.30% | ||
| Christian | Malcolm M. Moore | 1,947 | 0.29% | ||
| Communist | Harold P. Brockway | 1,939 | 0.29% | −0.12% | |
| Socialist Labor | Eugene V. Solie | 466 | 0.07% | +0.00% | |
| Majority | 277,409 | 41.24% | |||
| Total votes | 672,607 | 100.00% | |||
| Democratichold | Swing | +17.70% | |||
| County | Clarence D. Martin Democratic | Roland H. Hartley Republican | Ove M. Nelson Union | John F. McKay Socialist | All Others Various | Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 2,008 | 76.18% | 611 | 23.18% | 8 | 0.30% | 4 | 0.15% | 5 | 0.19% | 1,397 | 53.00% | 2,636 |
| Asotin | 2,178 | 66.30% | 1,009 | 30.72% | 74 | 2.25% | 15 | 0.46% | 9 | 0.27% | 1,169 | 35.59% | 3,285 |
| Benton | 2,470 | 56.82% | 1,716 | 39.48% | 131 | 3.01% | 13 | 0.30% | 17 | 0.39% | 754 | 17.35% | 4,347 |
| Chelan | 8,624 | 65.21% | 4,441 | 33.58% | 70 | 0.53% | 29 | 0.22% | 60 | 0.45% | 4,183 | 31.63% | 13,224 |
| Clallam | 5,521 | 66.95% | 2,335 | 28.32% | 289 | 3.50% | 18 | 0.22% | 83 | 1.01% | 3,186 | 38.64% | 8,246 |
| Clark | 13,360 | 74.93% | 3,950 | 22.15% | 273 | 1.53% | 128 | 0.72% | 120 | 0.67% | 9,410 | 52.77% | 17,831 |
| Columbia | 1,267 | 54.26% | 970 | 41.54% | 79 | 3.38% | 7 | 0.30% | 12 | 0.51% | 297 | 12.72% | 2,335 |
| Cowlitz | 10,393 | 75.21% | 2,995 | 21.67% | 224 | 1.62% | 105 | 0.76% | 101 | 0.73% | 7,398 | 53.54% | 13,818 |
| Douglas | 2,303 | 68.62% | 988 | 29.44% | 28 | 0.83% | 25 | 0.74% | 12 | 0.36% | 1,315 | 39.18% | 3,356 |
| Ferry | 1,090 | 73.60% | 366 | 24.71% | 13 | 0.88% | 10 | 0.68% | 2 | 0.14% | 724 | 48.89% | 1,481 |
| Franklin | 1,780 | 70.08% | 670 | 26.38% | 54 | 2.13% | 15 | 0.59% | 21 | 0.83% | 1,110 | 43.70% | 2,540 |
| Garfield | 926 | 57.48% | 674 | 41.84% | 10 | 0.62% | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.06% | 252 | 15.64% | 1,611 |
| Grant | 4,158 | 84.12% | 735 | 14.87% | 16 | 0.32% | 22 | 0.45% | 12 | 0.24% | 3,423 | 69.25% | 4,943 |
| Grays Harbor | 17,053 | 81.08% | 3,430 | 16.31% | 368 | 1.75% | 51 | 0.24% | 130 | 0.62% | 13,623 | 64.77% | 21,032 |
| Island | 1,814 | 66.40% | 798 | 29.21% | 36 | 1.32% | 14 | 0.51% | 70 | 2.56% | 1,016 | 37.19% | 2,732 |
| Jefferson | 2,307 | 68.42% | 1,013 | 30.04% | 18 | 0.53% | 10 | 0.30% | 24 | 0.71% | 1,294 | 38.37% | 3,372 |
| King | 135,740 | 66.75% | 63,857 | 31.40% | 659 | 0.32% | 1,350 | 0.66% | 1,746 | 0.86% | 71,883 | 35.35% | 203,352 |
| Kitsap | 12,389 | 76.96% | 3,255 | 20.22% | 105 | 0.65% | 41 | 0.25% | 308 | 1.91% | 9,134 | 56.74% | 16,098 |
| Kittitas | 4,654 | 65.84% | 2,314 | 32.73% | 66 | 0.93% | 25 | 0.35% | 10 | 0.14% | 2,340 | 33.10% | 7,069 |
| Klickitat | 2,613 | 69.94% | 1,043 | 27.92% | 48 | 1.28% | 9 | 0.24% | 23 | 0.62% | 1,570 | 42.02% | 3,736 |
| Lewis | 10,663 | 65.45% | 4,957 | 30.43% | 298 | 1.83% | 57 | 0.35% | 317 | 1.95% | 5,706 | 35.02% | 16,292 |
| Lincoln | 3,582 | 71.80% | 1,355 | 27.16% | 25 | 0.50% | 11 | 0.22% | 16 | 0.32% | 2,227 | 44.64% | 4,989 |
| Mason | 3,110 | 73.25% | 925 | 21.79% | 129 | 3.04% | 19 | 0.45% | 63 | 1.48% | 2,185 | 51.46% | 4,246 |
| Okanogan | 5,447 | 65.05% | 2,598 | 31.02% | 272 | 3.25% | 20 | 0.24% | 37 | 0.44% | 2,849 | 34.02% | 8,374 |
| Pacific | 4,466 | 71.71% | 1,607 | 25.80% | 55 | 0.88% | 13 | 0.21% | 87 | 1.40% | 2,859 | 45.91% | 6,228 |
| Pend Oreille | 1,718 | 63.00% | 941 | 34.51% | 20 | 0.73% | 22 | 0.81% | 26 | 0.95% | 777 | 28.49% | 2,727 |
| Pierce | 51,299 | 76.32% | 13,853 | 20.61% | 557 | 0.83% | 334 | 0.50% | 1,170 | 1.74% | 37,446 | 55.71% | 67,213 |
| San Juan | 856 | 55.19% | 623 | 40.17% | 54 | 3.48% | 3 | 0.19% | 15 | 0.97% | 233 | 15.02% | 1,551 |
| Skagit | 10,313 | 67.15% | 4,669 | 30.40% | 127 | 0.83% | 24 | 0.16% | 225 | 1.47% | 5,644 | 36.75% | 15,358 |
| Skamania | 1,649 | 75.92% | 493 | 22.70% | 12 | 0.55% | 9 | 0.41% | 9 | 0.41% | 1,156 | 53.22% | 2,172 |
| Snohomish | 25,499 | 73.56% | 8,143 | 23.49% | 269 | 0.78% | 251 | 0.72% | 503 | 1.45% | 17,356 | 50.07% | 34,665 |
| Spokane | 48,823 | 70.95% | 17,939 | 26.07% | 476 | 0.69% | 973 | 1.41% | 605 | 0.88% | 30,884 | 44.88% | 68,816 |
| Stevens | 4,543 | 66.42% | 2,101 | 30.72% | 87 | 1.27% | 70 | 1.02% | 39 | 0.57% | 2,442 | 35.70% | 6,840 |
| Thurston | 11,629 | 75.56% | 3,333 | 21.66% | 227 | 1.47% | 62 | 0.40% | 140 | 0.91% | 8,296 | 53.90% | 15,391 |
| Wahkiakum | 1,083 | 70.32% | 425 | 27.60% | 22 | 1.43% | 4 | 0.26% | 6 | 0.39% | 658 | 42.73% | 1,540 |
| Walla Walla | 6,388 | 55.86% | 4,723 | 41.30% | 277 | 2.42% | 26 | 0.23% | 21 | 0.18% | 1,665 | 14.56% | 11,435 |
| Whatcom | 17,253 | 69.45% | 6,968 | 28.05% | 147 | 0.59% | 299 | 1.20% | 174 | 0.70% | 10,285 | 41.40% | 24,841 |
| Whitman | 7,794 | 66.23% | 3,854 | 32.75% | 58 | 0.49% | 44 | 0.37% | 18 | 0.15% | 3,940 | 33.48% | 11,768 |
| Yakima | 17,787 | 57.16% | 12,464 | 40.06% | 668 | 2.15% | 89 | 0.29% | 109 | 0.35% | 5,323 | 17.11% | 31,117 |
| Totals | 466,550 | 69.36% | 189,141 | 28.12% | 6,349 | 0.94% | 4,221 | 0.63% | 6,346 | 0.94% | 277,409 | 41.24% | 672,607 |
