The 2004 Washington Public Lands Commissioner election was held on November 2, 2004, to elect the Washington Public Lands Commissioner, concurrently with the 2004 U.S. presidential election, as well as elections to the U.S. Senate and various state and local elections, including for U.S. House and governor of Washington.

Incumbent Republican Public Lands Commissioner Doug Sutherland narrowly defeated Democratic challenger Mike Cooper. Primary elections took place on September 14.

Republican primary Candidates Nominee Doug Sutherland, incumbent public lands commissioner (2001–2009)

Results

Democratic primary Candidates Nominee Mike Cooper, state representative (1997–2005)

Results

Libertarian primary Candidates Nominee Steve Layman, candidate for public lands commissioner in 2000

Results

General election Endorsements

Results

By county +CountyDoug Sutherland RepublicanMike Cooper DemocraticSteve Layman LibertarianMarginTotal votes#%#%#%#%Adams3,41872.68%1,17324.94%1122.38%2,24547.74%4,703Asotin4,71858.84%3,06338.20%2372.96%1,65520.64%8,018Benton41,00368.00%17,56229.13%1,7332.87%23,44138.88%60,298Chelan17,98066.48%8,23730.46%8283.06%9,74336.03%27,045Clallam18,11455.26%13,54141.31%1,1243.43%4,57313.95%32,779Clark84,62754.65%64,91641.92%5,3133.43%19,71112.73%154,856Columbia1,40973.31%46023.93%532.76%94949.38%1,922Cowlitz20,15751.14%18,01745.71%1,2403.15%2,1405.43%39,414Douglas8,66769.50%3,43327.53%3702.97%5,23441.97%12,470Ferry1,93462.81%1,02533.29%1203.90%90929.52%3,079Franklin10,06465.72%4,81231.42%4382.86%5,25234.30%15,314Garfield87674.11%28023.69%262.20%59650.42%1,182Grant16,41768.27%6,88628.64%7433.09%9,53139.64%24,046Grays Harbor14,90456.82%10,60940.45%7162.73%4,29516.38%26,229Island18,42352.94%14,90142.82%1,4764.24%3,52210.12%34,800Jefferson7,03041.08%9,46555.31%6173.61%-2,435-14.23%17,112King319,25739.72%456,90756.84%27,6343.44%-137,650-17.12%803,798Kitsap54,81949.49%51,97046.92%3,9823.59%2,8492.57%110,771Kittitas8,69858.28%5,71638.30%5103.42%2,98219.98%14,924Klickitat4,94358.34%3,19237.67%3383.99%1,75120.67%8,473Lewis20,04767.90%8,59029.09%8893.01%11,45738.80%29,526Lincoln3,65570.13%1,40727.00%1502.88%2,24843.13%5,212Mason12,87855.34%9,55441.06%8373.60%3,32414.29%23,269Okanogan9,21762.11%4,99833.68%6244.21%4,21928.43%14,839Pacific4,91351.92%4,23544.75%3153.33%6787.16%9,463Pend Oreille3,42159.76%2,04635.74%2584.51%1,37524.02%5,725Pierce159,69154.05%127,21343.06%8,5352.89%32,47810.99%295,439San Juan3,44837.22%5,30857.30%5085.48%-1,860-20.08%9,264Skagit26,02853.61%20,86442.97%1,6623.42%5,16410.64%48,554Skamania2,62955.34%1,90340.05%2194.61%72615.28%4,751Snohomish130,97047.72%134,77749.11%8,7063.17%-3,807-1.39%274,453Spokane104,69956.10%75,24540.32%6,6713.57%29,45415.78%186,615Stevens12,24865.62%5,67230.39%7453.99%6,57635.23%18,665Thurston53,90651.67%47,00045.05%3,4253.28%6,9066.62%104,331Wahkiakum1,20259.30%76137.54%643.16%44121.76%2,027Walla Walla13,37063.99%6,93433.18%5912.83%6,43630.80%20,895Whatcom39,33848.11%39,57848.41%2,8473.48%-240-0.29%81,763Whitman9,04355.53%6,63440.73%6093.74%2,40914.79%16,286Yakima41,28060.25%24,32335.50%2,9064.24%16,95724.75%68,509Totals1,309,44149.96%1,223,20746.67%88,1713.36%86,2343.29%2,620,819

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

Snohomish (largest city: Everett) Whatcom (largest city: Bellingham)

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