Martin Wheeler
Martin Wheeler (Republican Party) ran for election for Governor of Washington. He lost in the primary on August 6, 2024.
Elections
2024
See also: Washington gubernatorial election, 2024
General election
General election for Governor of Washington
Bob Ferguson defeated Dave Reichert in the general election for Governor of Washington on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Bob Ferguson (D) | 55.5 | 2,143,368 |
 | Dave Reichert (R)  | 44.3 | 1,709,818 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 8,202 | ||
| Total votes: 3,861,388 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Governor of Washington
The following candidates ran in the primary for Governor of Washington on August 6, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Bob Ferguson (D) | 44.9 | 884,268 |
| ✔ | | Dave Reichert (R) | 27.5 | 541,533 |
 | Semi Bird (R) | 10.8 | 212,692 | |
 | Mark Mullet (D) | 6.0 | 119,048 | |
 | Leon Lawson (Trump Republican Party) | 1.8 | 35,971 | |
| Jim Daniel (R) | 1.5 | 29,907 | ||
| Cassondra Hanson (D) | 1.2 | 24,512 | ||
 | EL'ona Kearney (D) | 1.2 | 24,374 | |
 | Jennifer Hoover (R) | 0.8 | 15,692 | |
 | Andre Stackhouse (G) | 0.6 | 11,962 | |
 | Don Rivers (D) | 0.5 | 9,453 | |
| Martin Wheeler (R) | 0.4 | 7,676 | ||
 | Chaytan Inman (D) | 0.3 | 6,427 | |
 | Ricky Anthony (D) | 0.3 | 6,226 | |
| Jeff Curry (Independent Party) | 0.3 | 6,068 | ||
 | Fred Grant (D) | 0.3 | 5,503 | |
 | Brian Bogen (No party preference) | 0.2 | 4,530 | |
 | A.L. Brown (R) | 0.2 | 4,232 | |
 | Michael DePaula (L) | 0.2 | 3,957 | |
 | Rosetta Marshall-Williams (Independence Party) | 0.2 | 2,960 | |
 | Jim Clark (No party preference) | 0.1 | 2,355 | |
| Edward Cale (D) | 0.1 | 1,975 | ||
 | Alex Tsimerman (Standup-America Party) | 0.1 | 1,721 | |
 | Bill Hirt (R) | 0.1 | 1,720 | |
| Frank Dare (Independent Party) | 0.1 | 1,115 | ||
 | Alan Makayev (Nonsense Busters Party) | 0.1 | 1,106 | |
 | William Combs (Independent Party) | 0.1 | 1,042 | |
| Brad Mjelde (No party preference) | 0.1 | 991 | ||
 | Ambra Mason (Constitution Party) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Bobbie Samons (No party preference) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 1,347 | ||
| Total votes: 1,970,363 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Geoff Nelson (Constitution Party)
- Tony Tasmaly (R)
- Robert Arthur Ferguson (D)
- Kriss Schuler (R)
- Eric Nelson (No party preference)
- Robert Benjamin Ferguson (D)
- Reggie Grant (D)
- Laurel Khan (R)
- Daniel Miller (R)
- Hilary Franz (D)
- Raul Garcia (R)
- Tim Ford (R)
Campaign finance
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Wheeler in this election.
2020
See also: Washington gubernatorial election, 2020
General election
General election for Governor of Washington
Incumbent Jay Inslee defeated Loren Culp in the general election for Governor of Washington on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Jay Inslee (D) | 56.6 | 2,294,243 |
 | Loren Culp (R) | 43.1 | 1,749,066 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.3 | 13,145 | ||
| Total votes: 4,056,454 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Governor of Washington
The following candidates ran in the primary for Governor of Washington on August 4, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jay Inslee (D) | 50.1 | 1,247,916 |
| ✔ | | Loren Culp (R) | 17.4 | 433,238 |
 | Joshua Freed (R) | 8.9 | 222,553 | |
 | Tim Eyman (R) | 6.4 | 159,495 | |
 | Raul Garcia (R) | 5.4 | 135,045 | |
 | Phil Fortunato (R) | 4.0 | 99,265 | |
| Don Rivers (D) | 1.0 | 25,601 | |
| Leon Lawson (Trump Republican Party) | 0.9 | 23,073 | |
 | Liz Hallock (G) | 0.9 | 21,537 | |
 | Cairo D'Almeida (D) | 0.6 | 14,657 | |
 | Anton Sakharov (Trump Republican Party) | 0.6 | 13,935 | |
 | Nate Herzog (Pre-2016 Republican Party) | 0.5 | 11,303 | |
| Gene Hart (D) | 0.4 | 10,605 | ||
| Omari Tahir-Garrett (D) | 0.4 | 8,751 | ||
| Ryan Ryals (Unaffiliated) | 0.3 | 6,264 | ||
 | Henry Dennison (Socialist Workers Party) | 0.2 | 5,970 | |
 | GoodSpaceGuy (Trump Republican Party) | 0.2 | 5,646 | |
 | Richard Carpenter (R) | 0.2 | 4,962 | |
| Elaina Gonzalez (Independent) | 0.2 | 4,772 | ||
| Matthew Murray (R) | 0.2 | 4,489 | ||
 | Thor Amundson (Independent) | 0.1 | 3,638 | |
| Bill Hirt (R) | 0.1 | 2,854 | |
| Martin Wheeler (R) | 0.1 | 2,686 | ||
| Ian Gonzales (R) | 0.1 | 2,537 | ||
 | Joshua Wolf (New Liberty Party) | 0.1 | 2,315 | |
 | Cregan Newhouse (Unaffiliated) | 0.1 | 2,291 | |
| Brian Weed (Unaffiliated) | 0.1 | 2,178 | ||
| Alex Tsimerman (Standup-America Party) | 0.1 | 1,721 | |
| Tylor Grow (R) | 0.1 | 1,509 | ||
 | Dylan Nails (Independent) | 0.1 | 1,470 | |
| Craig Campbell (Unaffiliated) | 0.0 | 1,178 | ||
| William Miller (American Patriot Party) | 0.0 | 1,148 | ||
| Cameron Vessey (Unaffiliated) | 0.0 | 718 | ||
| Winston Wilkes (Propertarianist Party) | 0.0 | 702 | ||
 | David Blomstrom (Fifth Republic Party) | 0.0 | 519 | |
| David Voltz (Cascadia Labour Party) | 0.0 | 480 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 1,938 | ||
| Total votes: 2,488,959 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Mathew Mackenzie (R)
- Phillip Bailey (D)
- Asa Palagi (Independent)
- Lisa Thomas (Unaffiliated)
- Matthew Heines (Unaffiliated)
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Martin Wheeler did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Martin Wheeler did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
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