Jay Inslee won with 54.4% of the vote (1,757,653 votes), ahead of Bill Bryant with 45.6% (1,472,502 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 8.8 percentage points (285,151 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 8.8 points.
3,230,155 votes were counted in this race, for 2 candidates or options.
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