Washington — 2020 Democratic presidential primary
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Who led each county
Washington's 2020 Democratic primary — 39 counties reporting. Each county links to its place page.
2020Democratic primary leaderBidenSanderscolor = leader · depth = size of the lead
Counties with reported returns are filled by the candidate who led them; the surrounding faint geography is context, not coverage. This is the nominating contest — the November result is on the general-election page.
Statewide result
Washington 2020 Democratic presidential primary — 1,558,776 votes, county returns aggregated statewide.
- Biden✓591,40337.9%
- Sanders570,03936.6%
- Warren142,6529.2%
- Bloomberg122,5307.9%
- Buttigieg63,3444.1%
- Klobuchar33,3832.1%
- Gabbard13,1990.9%
- All others12,3680.8%
- Yang6,4030.4%
- Steyer3,4550.2%
County-by-county leaders — 39 counties
| County | Led by | Margin | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|
| King County | Biden | +0.5 | 615,862 |
| Snohomish County | Biden | +3.1 | 163,667 |
| Pierce County | Biden | +4.4 | 151,874 |
| Clark County | Biden | +2.5 | 86,200 |
| Spokane County | Biden | +1.0 | 85,806 |
| Thurston County | Sanders | +2.3 | 65,428 |
| Kitsap County | Biden | +6.4 | 61,594 |
| Whatcom County | Sanders | +14.4 | 59,193 |
| Skagit County | Biden | +6.3 | 25,776 |
| Yakima County | Sanders | +3.2 | 23,412 |
| Benton County | Biden | +6.7 | 23,113 |
| Island County | Biden | +10.3 | 20,881 |
| Clallam County | Biden | +8.9 | 18,644 |
| Cowlitz County | Biden | +9.5 | 16,212 |
| Jefferson County | Sanders | +0.6 | 13,812 |
| Chelan County | Biden | +5.0 | 12,530 |
| Mason County | Biden | +6.0 | 12,076 |
| Grays Harbor County | Biden | +2.0 | 11,616 |
| Lewis County | Biden | +0.6 | 9,849 |
| Walla Walla County | Biden | +6.9 | 9,036 |
| Kittitas County | Sanders | +4.3 | 7,497 |
| San Juan County | Sanders | +2.0 | 7,372 |
| Franklin County | Sanders | +5.5 | 7,092 |
| Grant County | Sanders | +0.1 | 6,826 |
| Whitman County | Sanders | +14.5 | 6,812 |
| Okanogan County | Sanders | +5.5 | 5,978 |
| Stevens County | Biden | +4.0 | 5,436 |
| Pacific County | Biden | +8.2 | 4,805 |
| Douglas County | Biden | +7.6 | 4,694 |
| Klickitat County | Sanders | +1.2 | 4,155 |
| Asotin County | Biden | +14.4 | 2,892 |
| Skamania County | Biden | +1.3 | 2,173 |
| Pend Oreille County | Biden | +7.0 | 1,774 |
| Lincoln County | Biden | +10.4 | 1,140 |
| Ferry County | Sanders | +4.3 | 964 |
| Adams County | Sanders | +0.8 | 918 |
| Wahkiakum County | Biden | +6.7 | 900 |
| Columbia County | Biden | +11.0 | 501 |
| Garfield County | Biden | +16.9 | 266 |
Source. Official statewide canvasses — 2020 Democratic presidential primary returns · county returns aggregated statewide. Coverage is the nominating contest as reported by the state; margins are the leader’s edge over the runner-up. Real returns — nothing estimated.