1976 Washington gubernatorial election
The 1976 Washington gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1976. This election was especially significant in that Washington elected its first female governor, Dixy Lee Ray. Wesley C. Uhlman and John Patric unsuccessfully ran in the blanket primary.
Primary election
Candidates
- Marvin Durning
- Harley Hoppe, King County assessor
- John Patric, writer and perennial candidate
- Dixy Lee Ray, former chair of United States Atomic Energy Commission
- Carl D. Ricketts
- John D. Spellman, King County executive
- Duke Stockton
- Wesley C. Uhlman, mayor of Seattle
- Emmett Watson
General election
Candidates
Major parties
Minor parties
- Patricia A. Bethard, Socialist Workers
- Red Kelly, OWL
- Henry Killman, Socialist Labor
- Art Manning, American Independent
- Evelyn Olafson, US Labor
- Maurice Woodrow Willey, Jr., Libertarian