The 2000 Washington Insurance Commissioner election was held on November 7, 2000, to elect the insurance commissioner of Washington, concurrently with the 2000 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 Democratic Insurance Commissioner Deborah Senn retired to run for U.S. Senate.https://www.nytimes.com/2000/08/15/us/democrats-hopeful-in-a-washington-race.html Democratic former U.S. Representative Mike Kreidler defeated Republican former Bellevue Mayor Don Davidson to succeed Senn.https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2000/11/08/11516.htm
Candidates
Democratic Party Advanced to general Mike Kreidler, former U.S. representative for (1993–1995)https://www.heraldnet.com/2000/10/27/insurance-race-pits-two-political-veterans/
Eliminated in primary John Conniff, deputy insurance commissioner for health policy
Declined Deborah Senn, incumbent insurance commissioner (1993–2001) (ran for U.S. Senate)
Republican Party Advanced to general Don Davidson, former mayor of Bellevue
Eliminated in primary Curtis Fackler, businessman
Libertarian Party Advanced to general Mike Hihn, political consultanthttps://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/20000905/4040641/insurance-commissioner
Primary election The blanket primary was held on September 19.
Endorsements
Results
General election Results
By county CountyMike KreidlerDemocraticDon DavidsonRepublicanMike HihnLibertarianMarginTotal#%#%#%#% Adams 1,535 34.89% 2,716 61.73% 149 3.39% -1,181 -26.84% 4,400 Asotin 3,078 44.08% 3,609 51.69% 295 4.23% -531 -7.61% 6,982 Benton 20,981 39.75% 29,859 56.57% 1,947 3.69% -8,878 -16.82% 52,787 Chelan 8,563 36.47% 14,046 59.83% 868 3.70% -5,483 -23.35% 23,477 Clallam 13,321 47.80% 13,027 46.75% 1,518 5.45% 294 1.06% 27,866 Clark 55,518 46.44% 58,519 48.95% 5,504 4.60% -3,001 -2.51% 119,541 Columbia 587 32.08% 1,176 64.26% 67 3.66% -589 -32.19% 1,830 Cowlitz 17,698 53.38% 14,065 42.42% 1,390 4.19% 3,633 10.96% 33,153 Douglas 4,227 36.33% 6,988 60.06% 420 3.61% -2,761 -23.73% 11,635 Ferry 1,043 38.63% 1,479 54.78% 178 6.59% -436 -16.15% 2,700 Franklin 5,095 40.80% 6,952 55.66% 442 3.54% -1,857 -14.87% 12,489 Garfield 409 35.97% 677 59.54% 51 4.49% -268 -23.57% 1,137 Grant 7,634 35.18% 13,112 60.43% 953 4.39% -5,478 -25.25% 21,699 Grays Harbor 13,932 58.53% 8,779 36.88% 1,091 4.58% 5,153 21.65% 23,802 Island 13,781 47.58% 14,004 48.35% 1,181 4.08% -223 -0.77% 28,966 Jefferson 8,010 56.69% 5,367 37.98% 753 5.33% 2,643 18.70% 14,130 King 415,171 61.33% 234,173 34.59% 27,648 4.08% 180,998 26.74% 676,992 Kitsap 49,075 52.43% 40,293 43.05% 4,231 4.52% 8,782 9.38% 93,599 Kittitas 5,532 44.01% 6,502 51.73% 536 4.26% -970 -7.72% 12,570 Klickitat 3,084 43.50% 3,632 51.23% 374 5.28% -548 -7.73% 7,090 Lewis 10,656 39.58% 15,064 55.95% 1,202 4.46% -4,408 -16.37% 26,922 Lincoln 1,535 33.90% 2,791 61.64% 202 4.46% -1,256 -27.74% 4,528 Mason 10,848 53.84% 8,343 41.41% 956 4.75% 2,505 12.43% 20,147 Okanogan 4,818 36.88% 7,493 57.36% 752 5.76% -2,675 -20.48% 13,063 Pacific 4,597 56.73% 3,145 38.81% 362 4.47% 1,452 17.92% 8,104 Pend Oreille 2,076 42.47% 2,494 51.02% 318 6.51% -418 -8.55% 4,888 Pierce 135,829 55.58% 98,925 40.48% 9,626 3.94% 36,904 15.10% 244,380 San Juan 4,156 56.68% 2,719 37.08% 458 6.25% 1,437 19.60% 7,333 Skagit 20,337 49.76% 18,791 45.98% 1,744 4.27% 1,546 3.78% 40,872 Skamania 1,667 44.05% 1,776 46.93% 341 9.01% -109 -2.88% 3,784 Snohomish 122,619 53.87% 95,842 42.11% 9,148 4.02% 26,777 11.76% 227,609 Spokane 73,980 47.77% 74,492 48.10% 6,402 4.13% -512 -0.33% 154,874 Stevens 5,941 36.94% 9,167 57.00% 975 6.06% -3,226 -20.06% 16,083 Thurston 54,701 61.68% 30,478 34.37% 3,505 3.95% 24,223 27.31% 88,684 Wahkiakum 841 49.65% 772 45.57% 81 4.78% 69 4.07% 1,694 Walla Walla 7,503 39.66% 10,670 56.40% 746 3.94% -3,167 -16.74% 18,919 Whatcom 32,129 49.88% 29,360 45.58% 2,922 4.54% 2,769 4.30% 64,411 Whitman 6,129 44.12% 7,174 51.64% 590 4.25% -1,045 -7.52% 13,893 Yakima 25,403 40.48% 35,097 55.92% 2,259 3.60% -9,694 -15.45% 62,759Totals1,174,03953.37%933,56842.44%92,1854.19%240,47110.93%2,199,792
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
Asotin (largest city: Clarkston) Benton (largest city: Kennewick) Clark (largest city: Vancouver) Ferry (largest city: Republic) Franklin (largest city: Pasco) Island (largest city: Oak Harbor) Kittitas (largest city: Ellensburg) Klickitat (largest city: Goldendale) Okanogan (largest city: Omak) Pend Oreille (largest city: Newport) Skamania (largest city: Carson) Spokane (largest city: Spokane) Walla Walla (largest city: Walla Walla) Whitman (largest city: Pullman)
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