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 County results Wallgren: 50–60% 60–70% Langlie: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% | |||||||||||||||||
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The1944 Washington gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 1944.Democratic nomineeMonrad Wallgren defeated incumbentRepublicanArthur B. Langlie with 51.51% of the vote.
Theprimary election was held on July 11, 1944.[1] At the time, Washington used a blanket primary for nominations, with all candidates appearing on the same ballot and the highest candidate for each party being nominated.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Arthur B. Langlie (incumbent) | 197,817 | 56.11% | |
| Democratic | Monrad Wallgren | 98,192 | 27.85% | |
| Republican | Louis A. Wasmer | 47,727 | 13.54% | |
| Republican | Marius Rasmussen | 5,686 | 1.61% | |
| Republican | Charles A. DeBolt | 3,125 | 0.89% | |
| Total votes | 352,547 | 100.00% | ||
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Other candidates
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Monrad Wallgren | 428,834 | 51.51% | +2.02% | |
| Republican | Arthur B. Langlie (incumbent) | 400,604 | 48.12% | −2.12% | |
| Prohibition | Allen Emerson | 1,676 | 0.20% | ||
| Socialist Labor | Henry E. O. Gusey | 1,369 | 0.16% | +0.11% | |
| Majority | 28,230 | 3.39% | |||
| Total votes | 832,483 | 100.00% | |||
| Democraticgain fromRepublican | Swing | +4.14% | |||
| County[3] | Monrad Wallgren Democratic | Arthur B. Langlie Republican | Allen Emerson Prohibition | Henry E. O. Gusey Socialist Labor | Margin | Total votes cast | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 810 | 30.15% | 1,873 | 69.71% | 4 | 0.15% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,063 | -39.56% | 2,687 |
| Asotin | 1,545 | 48.75% | 1,616 | 50.99% | 4 | 0.13% | 4 | 0.13% | -71 | -2.24% | 3,169 |
| Benton | 3,709 | 46.60% | 4,228 | 53.12% | 20 | 0.25% | 2 | 0.03% | -519 | -6.52% | 7,959 |
| Chelan | 5,401 | 39.98% | 8,077 | 59.79% | 24 | 0.18% | 8 | 0.06% | -2,676 | -19.81% | 13,510 |
| Clallam | 4,993 | 56.22% | 3,879 | 43.68% | 8 | 0.09% | 1 | 0.01% | 1,114 | 12.54% | 8,881 |
| Clark | 15,678 | 51.47% | 14,551 | 47.77% | 160 | 0.53% | 70 | 0.23% | 1,127 | 3.70% | 30,459 |
| Columbia | 852 | 38.33% | 1,368 | 61.54% | 2 | 0.09% | 1 | 0.04% | -516 | -23.21% | 2,223 |
| Cowlitz | 8,721 | 53.15% | 7,621 | 46.44% | 41 | 0.25% | 26 | 0.16% | 1,100 | 6.70% | 16,409 |
| Douglas | 1,537 | 42.67% | 2,061 | 57.22% | 4 | 0.11% | 0 | 0.00% | -524 | -14.55% | 3,602 |
| Ferry | 717 | 56.55% | 551 | 43.45% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 166 | 13.09% | 1,268 |
| Franklin | 1,667 | 50.67% | 1,620 | 49.24% | 3 | 0.09% | 0 | 0.00% | 47 | 1.43% | 3,290 |
| Garfield | 465 | 29.49% | 1,109 | 70.32% | 3 | 0.19% | 0 | 0.00% | -644 | -40.84% | 1,577 |
| Grant | 2,154 | 55.99% | 1,692 | 43.98% | 1 | 0.03% | 0 | 0.00% | 462 | 12.01% | 3,847 |
| Grays Harbor | 11,785 | 55.47% | 9,410 | 44.29% | 27 | 0.13% | 25 | 0.12% | 2,375 | 11.18% | 21,247 |
| Island | 1,499 | 48.03% | 1,601 | 51.30% | 21 | 0.67% | 0 | 0.00% | -102 | -3.27% | 3,121 |
| Jefferson | 1,608 | 50.25% | 1,589 | 49.66% | 0 | 0.00% | 3 | 0.09% | 19 | 0.59% | 3,200 |
| King | 148,545 | 53.89% | 126,262 | 45.80% | 519 | 0.19% | 334 | 0.12% | 22,283 | 8.08% | 275,660 |
| Kitsap | 21,094 | 60.60% | 13,633 | 39.16% | 44 | 0.13% | 40 | 0.11% | 7,461 | 21.43% | 34,811 |
| Kittitas | 3,748 | 49.50% | 3,811 | 50.33% | 12 | 0.16% | 1 | 0.01% | -63 | -0.83% | 7,572 |
| Klickitat | 1,618 | 41.11% | 2,276 | 57.83% | 24 | 0.61% | 18 | 0.46% | -658 | -16.72% | 3,936 |
| Lewis | 6,808 | 41.39% | 9,612 | 58.44% | 21 | 0.13% | 8 | 0.05% | -2,804 | -17.05% | 16,449 |
| Lincoln | 1,904 | 38.29% | 3,069 | 61.71% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,165 | -23.43% | 4,973 |
| Mason | 2,957 | 56.79% | 2,245 | 43.12% | 3 | 0.06% | 2 | 0.04% | 712 | 13.67% | 5,207 |
| Okanogan | 3,904 | 45.59% | 4,642 | 54.21% | 9 | 0.11% | 8 | 0.09% | -738 | -8.62% | 8,563 |
| Pacific | 3,205 | 52.50% | 2,899 | 47.49% | 1 | 0.02% | 0 | 0.00% | 306 | 5.01% | 6,105 |
| Pend Oreille | 1,162 | 48.28% | 1,245 | 51.72% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -83 | -3.45% | 2,407 |
| Pierce | 47,259 | 56.90% | 35,213 | 42.40% | 228 | 0.27% | 353 | 0.43% | 12,046 | 14.50% | 83,053 |
| San Juan | 600 | 44.78% | 739 | 55.15% | 1 | 0.07% | 0 | 0.00% | -139 | -10.37% | 1,340 |
| Skagit | 8,622 | 50.34% | 8,466 | 49.43% | 30 | 0.18% | 10 | 0.06% | 156 | 0.91% | 17,128 |
| Skamania | 795 | 50.32% | 776 | 49.11% | 8 | 0.51% | 1 | 0.06% | 19 | 1.20% | 1,580 |
| Snohomish | 25,777 | 60.81% | 16,304 | 38.47% | 104 | 0.25% | 201 | 0.47% | 9,473 | 22.35% | 42,386 |
| Spokane | 39,092 | 48.26% | 41,789 | 51.59% | 56 | 0.07% | 71 | 0.09% | -2,697 | -3.33% | 81,008 |
| Stevens | 3,462 | 49.41% | 3,522 | 50.26% | 19 | 0.27% | 4 | 0.06% | -60 | -0.86% | 7,007 |
| Thurston | 8,532 | 48.54% | 8,990 | 51.14% | 44 | 0.25% | 12 | 0.07% | -458 | -2.61% | 17,578 |
| Wahkiakum | 806 | 52.75% | 715 | 46.79% | 0 | 0.00% | 7 | 0.46% | 91 | 5.96% | 1,528 |
| Walla Walla | 4,687 | 36.05% | 8,279 | 63.67% | 26 | 0.20% | 10 | 0.08% | -3,592 | -27.63% | 13,002 |
| Whatcom | 13,210 | 48.28% | 13,916 | 50.86% | 107 | 0.39% | 127 | 0.46% | -706 | -2.58% | 27,360 |
| Whitman | 3,965 | 34.90% | 7,391 | 65.06% | 4 | 0.04% | 1 | 0.01% | -3,426 | -30.16% | 11,361 |
| Yakima | 13,941 | 38.70% | 21,964 | 60.98% | 94 | 0.26% | 21 | 0.06% | -8,023 | -22.27% | 36,020 |
| Totals | 428,834 | 51.51% | 400,604 | 48.17% | 1,676 | 0.20% | 1,369 | 0.16% | 28,230 | 3.39% | 832,483 |
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