Certified returns for every federal race in Washington in 2000, as published by the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives. 10 of 10 congressional races match the totals printed in the Clerk's own recapitulation.
President
Presidential electors — votes by party line
Party line
Votes
Share
Democratic
1,247,652
50.2%
Republican
1,108,864
44.6%
Green
103,002
4.1%
Libertarian
13,135
0.5%
Freedom (Reform Party candidate)
7,171
0.3%
Natural Law
2,927
0.1%
Constitution
1,989
0.1%
Workers World
1,729
0.1%
Socialist
660
0.0%
Socialist Workers
304
0.0%
Total
2,487,433
The Clerk reports presidential returns by the party line of each slate of electors. Candidate-level results are on the 2000 election page.
U.S. Senate
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Maria Cantwell
Democrat
1,199,437
48.7%
Slade Gorton
Republican
1,197,208
48.6%
Jeff Jared
Libertarian
64,734
2.6%
Total
2,461,379
U.S. House of Representatives
District 1
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Jay Inslee
Democrat
155,820
54.6%
Dan McDonald
Republican
121,823
42.6%
Bruce Newman
Libertarian
7,993
2.8%
Total
285,636
District 2
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Rick Larsen
Democrat
146,617
50.0%
John Koster
Republican
134,660
45.9%
Stuart Andrews
Libertarian
7,672
2.6%
Glen S. Johnson
Natural Law
4,231
1.4%
Total
293,180
District 3
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Brian Baird
Democrat
159,428
56.4%
Trent R. Matson
Republican
114,861
40.6%
Erne Lewis
Libertarian
8,375
3.0%
Total
282,664
District 4
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Doc Hastings
Republican
143,259
60.9%
Jim Davis
Democrat
87,585
37.3%
Fred D. Krauss
Libertarian
4,260
1.8%
Total
235,104
District 5
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
George R. Nethercutt, Jr.
Republican
144,038
57.3%
Tom Keefe
Democrat
97,703
38.9%
Greg Holmes
Libertarian
9,473
3.8%
Total
251,214
District 6
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Norman D. Dicks
Democrat
164,853
64.7%
Bob Lawrence
Republican
79,215
31.1%
John Bennett
Libertarian
10,645
4.2%
Total
254,713
District 7
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Jim McDermott
Democrat
193,470
72.8%
Joe Szwaja
Green
52,142
19.6%
Joel Grus
Libertarian
20,197
7.6%
Total
265,809
District 8
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Jennifer Dunn
Republican
183,255
62.2%
Heidi Behrens-Benedict
Democrat
104,944
35.6%
Bernard McIlroy
Libertarian
6,269
2.1%
Total
294,468
District 9
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Adam Smith
Democrat
135,452
61.7%
Chris Vance
Republican
76,766
35.0%
Jonathan V. Wright
Libertarian
7,405
3.4%
Total
219,623
Source
Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives
Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election, 2000 — Official source · Archived copy SHA-256 358230d84d1c9d85d859e9f311b1f994b6646c0f51da1967bec490a0cfd4d975
Shares are of all votes listed for the race, including write-ins and, where a state reports them, blank and void ballots.