1984 Washington gubernatorial election
The 1984 Washington gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1984. Incumbent Republican John Spellman ran for re-election to a second term but was defeated by Democrat Booth Gardner despite Republican President Ronald Reagan carrying the state by 13 points in the concurrent 1984 Election. This is the last time that the Washington Governor's office changed partisan control or that an incumbent Governor of Washington lost a general election.
Primary election
Candidates
Democratic
- Booth Gardner, Pierce County Executive
- Jim McDermott, psychiatrist, state senator, candidate for governor in 1972, and nominee for governor 1980
- John Jovanovich, state representative
Republican
- John Spellman, incumbent governor of Washington
- Ted Parker Fix
Third-party
- Mark A. Calney, author
- Bob LeRoy
- Cheryll Y. Hidalgo
General election
Candidates
- John Spellman, incumbent governor of Washington
- Booth Gardner, Pierce County Executive