1968 Gubernatorial Open Primary Election Results

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Data for this Contest was Contributed by bgwah on 2011-01-30

Gubernatorial
Candidate

Political
Party

Popular Vote

Daniel J. Evans

Republican

305,897

43.41%

John J. O'Connell

Democratic

182,969

25.96%

Martin J. Durkan

Democratic

162,382

23.04%

Jack E. Tanner

Democratic

17,155

2.43%

A. F. Canwell

Republican

15,982

2.27%

Ernest T. Rhodefer

Republican

8,870

1.26%

Allen J. Courter

Republican

6,135

0.87%

John (Hugo Frye) Patric

Republican

5,328

0.76%

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Turnout

Maps

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Demographic Data

1970 Population:	3,413,244	Enum.	1970 Population Density:	19.8	persons/km²
1960 Population:	2,853,214	Enum.	1960 Population Density:	16.6	persons/km²
Land Area (2000):	172,348	km²	Annual Pop Growth Rate:	1.8	%

Election Data and Statistics:

County Data (Table) (m)
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Data Sources:

Source for Popular Vote data: Washington Secretary of State, Abstract of Votes Primary Election Held on September 17, 1968 (Olympia, 1968)
Source for Population data: U.S. Census Bureau.

Results for and Individual County: