Washington State Republican Party | |
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Chairperson | Jim Walsh |
Vice Chair | Lisa Evans |
Senate Leader | John Braun |
House Leader | Drew Stokesbary |
Founded | 1890 |
Headquarters | Bellevue, Washington |
Ideology | Conservatism |
National affiliation | Republican Party |
U.S. Senate delegation | 0 / 2 |
U.S. House delegation | 2 / 10 |
Statewide offices | 0 / 9 |
Washington Senate | 20 / 49 |
Washington House | 40 / 98 |
Website | |
www.wagop.org | |
The Washington State Republican Party (WSRP) is the state affiliate of the national United States Republican Party, headquartered in Bellevue.[1]
Washington is considered a blue state, with the WSRP holding no statewide offices, 2 out of the state's 10 U.S. house seats, and minorities of both houses of the state legislature as of 2023. No state has gone longer without a Republican governor than Washington. Democrats have controlled the governorship for 39 years; the last Republican governor was John Spellman, who left office in 1985. Washington has not voted for a Republican senator, governor, or presidential candidate since 1994, tying with Delaware for the longest streak in the country.[2]
Since 2016, the state GOP and its voter base have undergone a hard rightward shift in their political views and positions along with the embrace of Trumpism.[3][4] This has led to a further decline in the party's electoral power in the state.[5]