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1968 Washington gubernatorial election
	County results; Evans: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%; O'Connell: 50–60%
Governor before election; Daniel J. Evans; Republican	Elected Governor ; Daniel J. Evans; Republican

The 1968 Washington gubernatorial election took place on November 5, 1968, and resulted in the re-election of Republican incumbent Daniel J. Evans over state Attorney General John J. O'Connell.^[1] Martin Durkan, Albert F. Canwell, and John Patric unsuccessfully ran in the blanket primary.

Primary election

Candidates

Albert F. Canwell (R), former member of Washington House of Representatives
Allen J. Courter (R)
Martin J. Durkan (D), member of Washington Senate
Daniel J. Evans (R), incumbent governor
John J. O'Connell (D), Attorney General of Washington
John Patric (R), writer and perennial candidate
Ernest T. Rhodefer (R)
Jack E. Tanner (D)

Results

Blanket primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Daniel J. Evans	305,897	43.41%
	Democratic	John J. O'Connell	182,969	25.96%
	Democratic	Martin J. Durkan	162,382	23.04%
	Democratic	Jack E. Tanner	17,155	2.43%
	Republican	Albert F. Canwell	15,982	2.27%
	Republican	Ernest T. Rhodefer	8,870	1.26%
	Republican	Allen J. Courter	6,135	0.87%
	Republican	John Patric	5,328	0.76%
Total votes			704,718	100.00%

General election

Results

1968 Washington gubernatorial election^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Daniel J. Evans (incumbent)	692,378	54.72%	−1.05%
	Democratic	John J. O'Connell	560,262	44.28%	+0.39%
	Conservative	Ken Chriswell	11,602	0.92%
	Socialist Labor	Henry Killman	1,113	0.09%	−0.26%
Majority			132,116	10.44%
Total votes			1,265,355	100.00%
	Republican hold		Swing	-1.44%

Results by county

County^[4]	Daniel J. Evans Republican		John J. O'Connell Democratic		Ken Chriswell Conservative		Henry Killman Socialist Labor		Margin		Total votes cast
County^[4]	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	Total votes cast
Adams	2,749	67.68%	1,277	31.44%	34	0.84%	2	0.05%	1,472	36.24%	4,062
Asotin	2,818	54.06%	2,347	45.02%	48	0.92%	0	0.00%	471	9.04%	5,213
Benton	15,470	55.56%	12,175	43.72%	191	0.69%	10	0.04%	3,295	11.83%	27,846
Chelan	10,735	63.90%	5,938	35.35%	117	0.70%	9	0.05%	4,797	28.56%	16,799
Clallam	7,035	50.75%	6,703	48.36%	110	0.79%	13	0.09%	332	2.40%	13,861
Clark	20,987	48.13%	22,310	51.16%	287	0.66%	25	0.06%	-1,323	-3.03%	43,609
Columbia	1,183	56.41%	910	43.40%	4	0.19%	0	0.00%	273	13.02%	2,097
Cowlitz	12,160	48.88%	12,559	50.49%	125	0.50%	32	0.13%	-399	-1.60%	24,876
Douglas	3,930	60.33%	2,554	39.21%	29	0.45%	1	0.02%	1,376	21.12%	6,514
Ferry	670	50.34%	617	46.36%	44	3.31%	0	0.00%	53	3.98%	1,331
Franklin	4,451	47.34%	4,839	51.46%	107	1.14%	6	0.06%	-388	-4.13%	9,403
Garfield	862	55.83%	668	43.26%	14	0.91%	0	0.00%	194	12.56%	1,544
Grant	8,334	59.69%	5,467	39.16%	158	1.13%	3	0.02%	2,867	20.53%	13,962
Grays Harbor	9,734	44.02%	12,260	55.44%	77	0.35%	42	0.19%	-2,526	-11.42%	22,113
Island	4,767	61.02%	2,994	38.33%	51	0.65%	0	0.00%	1,773	22.70%	7,812
Jefferson	1,972	44.91%	2,361	53.77%	54	1.23%	4	0.09%	-389	-8.86%	4,391
King	271,954	59.55%	179,117	39.22%	4,977	1.09%	619	0.14%	92,837	20.33%	456,667
Kitsap	19,555	50.21%	19,170	49.22%	210	0.54%	11	0.03%	385	0.99%	38,946
Kittitas	4,996	58.67%	3,488	40.96%	26	0.31%	6	0.07%	1,508	17.71%	8,516
Klickitat	2,671	54.12%	2,248	45.55%	13	0.26%	3	0.06%	423	8.57%	4,935
Lewis	9,462	51.54%	8,808	47.98%	87	0.47%	2	0.01%	654	3.56%	18,359
Lincoln	3,271	66.65%	1,600	32.60%	37	0.75%	0	0.00%	1,671	34.05%	4,908
Mason	4,130	48.67%	4,324	50.96%	29	0.34%	2	0.02%	-194	-2.29%	8,485
Okanogan	5,458	56.98%	3,978	41.53%	142	1.48%	1	0.01%	1,480	15.45%	9,579
Pacific	2,812	44.16%	3,534	55.50%	20	0.31%	2	0.03%	-722	-11.34%	6,368
Pend Oreille	1,263	47.95%	1,340	50.87%	31	1.18%	0	0.00%	-77	-2.92%	2,634
Pierce	56,454	42.57%	74,843	56.43%	1,227	0.93%	98	0.07%	-18,389	-13.87%	132,622
San Juan	1,346	71.25%	531	28.11%	12	0.64%	0	0.00%	815	43.14%	1,889
Skagit	11,627	52.34%	10,443	47.01%	123	0.55%	21	0.09%	1,184	5.33%	22,214
Skamania	1,066	46.92%	1,185	52.16%	20	0.88%	1	0.04%	-119	-5.24%	2,272
Snohomish	43,929	51.55%	40,461	47.48%	766	0.90%	58	0.07%	3,468	4.07%	85,214
Spokane	59,982	55.57%	46,869	43.42%	1,049	0.97%	39	0.04%	13,113	12.15%	107,939
Stevens	3,682	52.08%	3,185	45.05%	203	2.87%	0	0.00%	497	7.03%	7,070
Thurston	16,383	54.50%	13,511	44.95%	151	0.50%	16	0.05%	2,872	9.55%	30,061
Wahkiakum	812	50.37%	793	49.19%	6	0.37%	1	0.06%	19	1.18%	1,612
Walla Walla	9,909	60.28%	6,441	39.18%	85	0.52%	4	0.02%	3,468	21.10%	16,439
Whatcom	17,612	57.98%	12,481	41.09%	250	0.82%	31	0.10%	5,131	16.89%	30,374
Whitman	9,581	72.25%	3,572	26.94%	87	0.66%	20	0.15%	6,009	45.32%	13,260
Yakima	26,566	53.60%	22,361	45.12%	601	1.21%	31	0.06%	4,205	8.48%	49,559
Totals	692,378	54.72%	560,262	44.28%	11,602	0.92%	1,113	0.09%	132,116	10.44%	1,265,355

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Thurston

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

References

^ Burt, Lyle (November 6, 1968). "Evans Wins; Some Races Still in Doubt". The Seattle Times. p. 1.
^ Washington Secretary of State. "Governor". Official Abstract of Votes Primary Election Held on September 17, 1968. Olympia, Washington. p. 3.
^ "Elections Search Results: November 1968 General". Secretary of State of Washington. Retrieved October 2, 2016.
^ ^a ^b Washington Secretary of State. "Governor". Abstract of Votes Presidential and State General Election Held on November 5, 1968. Olympia, Washington. p. 13.