Washington State Republican Party | |
|---|---|
 | |
| 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.wsrp.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 *Opinion.[3] This has led to a further decline in the party's electoral power in the state.[4]
- ^ "Contact Us." Washington State Republican Party. Retrieved on May 13, 2010.
- ^ Cohn, Nate (June 19, 2017). "The 15 Best-Educated Districts in the U.S., and Why It Matters in the Georgia Race". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on June 19, 2017. Retrieved June 19, 2017.
- ^ "A Former Washington State Republican Leader Looks Back: How Did It Come to This?". Niskanen Center. 2019-11-25. Retrieved 2021-08-21.
- ^ Brunner, Jim (November 10, 2020). "Republican Loren Culp lost King County by the worst margin in at least four decades in Washington governor's race". The Seattle Times.