Jay Inslee won with 56.6% of the vote (2,292,535 votes), ahead of Loren Culp with 43.1% (1,747,507 votes).
The margin between the first two candidates was 13.4 percentage points (545,028 votes). The party margin (Republican share minus Democratic share) was a Democratic lead of 13.4 points.
Compared with the previous comparable race in the same area, the party margin moved 4.6 points toward Democrats.
4,053,170 votes were counted in this race, for 2 candidates or options.
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