2000 Washington State Auditor election

The 2000 Washington State Auditor election was held on November 7, 2000, to elect the Washington State Auditor, 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.

Two-term incumbent Democratic State Auditor Brian Sonntag was re-elected to his third term in office, defeating Republican Richard McEntee with 58% of the vote.

Candidates

Democratic Party Advanced to general Brian Sonntag, incumbent state auditor (1993–2013)

Republican Party Advanced to general Richard McEntee, business consultanthttps://www.heraldnet.com/2000/10/30/democrats-confident-in-races-for-state-posts/

Libertarian Party Advanced to general Chris Caputo, former Microsoft software developer

Primary election The blanket primary was held on September 19.

Results

By county CountyBrian SonntagDemocraticRichard McEnteeRepublicanChris CaputoLibertarianMarginTotal votes cast#%#%#%#%Adams1,28443.82%1,52752.12%1194.06%-243-8.29%2,930Asotin2,02647.81%1,88644.50%3267.69%1403.30%4,238Benton11,31042.71%13,73551.87%1,4345.42%-2,425-9.16%26,479Chelan6,50842.62%7,84151.35%9206.03%-1,333-8.73%15,269Clallam8,64949.33%7,60643.38%1,2777.28%1,0435.95%17,532Clark26,91950.21%23,24743.36%3,4426.42%3,6726.85%53,608Columbia57444.22%66451.16%604.62%-90-6.93%1,298Cowlitz11,30359.30%6,56234.43%1,1966.27%4,74124.87%19,061Douglas3,19744.41%3,62250.31%3805.28%-425-5.90%7,199Ferry92245.58%94846.86%1537.56%-26-1.29%2,023Franklin3,02143.59%3,52750.89%3825.51%-506-7.30%6,930Garfield37745.20%40748.80%506.00%-30-3.60%834Grant4,78440.65%6,32953.77%6575.58%-1,545-13.13%11,770Grays Harbor9,49165.13%4,20328.84%8796.03%5,28836.29%14,573Island8,77150.00%7,82044.58%9515.42%9515.42%17,542Jefferson5,78858.38%3,40034.29%7267.32%2,38824.09%9,914King207,45562.41%103,45031.12%21,5106.47%104,00531.29%332,415Kitsap33,33056.96%21,49636.73%3,6916.31%11,83420.22%58,517Kittitas3,19650.23%2,80444.07%3635.70%3926.16%6,363Klickitat1,45946.42%1,48547.25%1996.33%-26-0.83%3,143Lewis6,88944.43%7,54748.68%1,0686.89%-658-4.24%15,504Lincoln1,32041.47%1,70553.57%1584.96%-385-12.10%3,183Mason7,37258.48%4,48435.57%7515.96%2,88822.91%12,607Okanogan3,67044.41%3,96948.03%6247.55%-299-3.62%8,263Pacific3,42364.78%1,57529.81%2865.41%1,84834.97%5,284Pend Oreille1,77752.07%1,40041.02%2366.91%37711.05%3,413Pierce87,93961.73%46,95632.96%7,5545.30%40,98328.77%142,449San Juan2,29153.77%1,61137.81%3598.43%68015.96%4,261Skagit11,03650.83%9,45043.53%1,2245.64%1,5867.31%21,710Skamania96946.77%87542.23%22811.00%944.54%2,072Snohomish62,43455.15%43,89538.77%6,8826.08%18,53916.38%113,211Spokane44,01052.37%34,94941.59%5,0706.03%9,06110.78%84,029Stevens3,84640.23%4,88251.07%8328.70%-1,036-10.84%9,560Thurston33,46863.26%16,39030.98%3,0455.76%17,07832.28%52,903Wahkiakum69456.24%46337.52%776.24%23118.72%1,234Walla Walla5,07149.16%4,73645.91%5084.92%3353.25%10,315Whatcom15,04150.84%13,00543.96%1,5385.20%2,0366.88%29,584Whitman3,72848.27%3,62046.87%3754.86%1081.40%7,723Yakima16,43346.34%17,19948.50%1,8295.16%-766-2.16%35,461Totals661,77556.35%441,27037.57%71,3596.08%220,50518.78%1,174,404

General election Results

By county CountyBrian SonntagDemocraticRichard McEnteeRepublicanChris CaputoLibertarianMarginTotal votes cast#%#%#%#%Adams1,99243.86%2,36752.11%1834.03%-375-8.26%4,542Asotin3,38447.34%3,30946.29%4556.37%751.05%7,148Benton24,60343.19%29,96052.59%2,4034.22%-5,357-9.40%56,966Chelan10,75744.60%12,19350.56%1,1684.84%-1,436-5.95%24,118Clallam14,38650.61%12,23843.05%1,8036.34%2,1487.56%28,427Clark62,03150.28%54,49244.17%6,8545.56%7,5396.11%123,377Columbia82243.15%1,00452.70%794.15%-182-9.55%1,905Cowlitz19,30457.20%12,65637.50%1,7885.30%6,64819.70%33,748Douglas5,12743.31%6,20352.40%5084.29%-1,076-9.09%11,838Ferry1,25244.91%1,32847.63%2087.46%-76-2.73%2,788Franklin6,03146.28%6,35848.79%6424.93%-327-2.51%13,031Garfield50442.64%61451.95%645.41%-110-9.31%1,182Grant8,92940.39%12,08654.67%1,0924.94%-3,157-14.28%22,107Grays Harbor15,07062.67%7,71332.07%1,2645.26%7,35730.59%24,047Island15,23651.40%12,90143.53%1,5035.07%2,3357.88%29,640Jefferson8,94560.81%4,88033.17%8856.02%4,06527.63%14,710King448,28364.65%202,63629.22%42,4846.13%245,64735.43%693,403Kitsap53,67656.20%36,49438.21%5,3445.59%17,18217.99%95,514Kittitas6,53150.64%5,72144.36%6465.01%8106.28%12,898Klickitat3,54448.32%3,29244.88%4996.80%2523.44%7,335Lewis12,64446.38%13,13348.18%1,4845.44%-489-1.79%27,261Lincoln1,90641.56%2,48254.12%1984.32%-576-12.56%4,586Mason12,07358.85%7,30235.60%1,1395.55%4,77123.26%20,514Okanogan5,87743.80%6,72450.11%8186.10%-847-6.31%13,419Pacific5,51664.03%2,66530.93%4345.04%2,85133.09%8,615Pend Oreille2,46149.42%2,16943.55%3507.03%2925.86%4,980Pierce158,02162.50%83,46033.01%11,3464.49%74,56129.49%252,827San Juan4,36258.11%2,60634.72%5387.17%1,75623.39%7,506Skagit21,97053.07%17,21641.59%2,2095.34%4,75411.48%41,395Skamania1,86847.93%1,63742.01%39210.06%2315.93%3,897Snohomish130,28056.63%87,39037.99%12,3765.38%42,89018.64%230,046Spokane83,29952.86%66,34342.10%7,9575.05%16,95610.76%157,599Stevens6,72541.49%8,30651.25%1,1767.26%-1,581-9.76%16,207Thurston56,21163.27%27,96731.48%4,6645.25%28,24431.79%88,842Wahkiakum98756.34%67838.70%874.97%30917.64%1,752Walla Walla9,33648.12%9,14647.14%9194.74%1900.98%19,401Whatcom34,02752.52%27,33142.18%3,4345.30%6,69610.33%64,792Whitman7,09462.37%3,52731.01%7536.62%3,56731.36%11,374Yakima30,68147.55%30,93147.94%2,9124.51%-250-0.39%64,524Totals1,295,74557.63%829,45836.89%123,0585.47%466,28720.74%2,248,261

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Adams (largest city: Othello) Benton (largest city: Kennewick) Chelan (largest city: Wenatchee) Columbia (largest city: Dayton) Ferry (largest city: Republic) Franklin (largest city: Pasco) Garfield (largest city: Pomeroy) Lewis (largest city: Centralia) Lincoln (largest city: Davenport) Okanogan (largest city: Omak) Stevens (largest city: Colville) Yakima (largest city: Yakima)

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