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WASHINGTON
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STATE
NEWS
Governor
Gary Locke (D, 1)
U.S.
Senate
1 - Patty Murray (D, 2)
2 - Slade Gorton (R, 3)
U.S.
House
1 - Jay Inslee (D, 1)
2 - Jack Metcalf (R, 3)
3 - Brian Baird (D, 1)
4 - Doc Hastings (R, 3)
5 - George Nethercutt (R, 3)
6 - Norman Dicks (D, 12)
7 - Jim McDermott (D, 6)
8 - Jennifer Dunn (R, 4)
9 - Adam Smith (D, 2)
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WASHINGTON
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Area:
184,674 sq km (71,303 sq mi); rank: 18th
Population: (1990 resident): 4,866,692; rank: 18th
Capital: Olympia (1990 pop., 33,840)
Largest city: Seattle (1990 pop., 516,259)
Counties: 39
Elevations: highest--4,392 m (14,410 ft), at Mount Rainier;
lowest--sea level, at the Pacific coast
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Statehood:
Nov. 11, 1889; the 42nd state
Nickname: Evergreen State
State Motto: Alki ("By and By")
State Song: "Washington, My Home"
State Bird: willow goldfinch
State Tree: Western hemlock
State Flower: western rhododendron |
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PRESIDENTIAL
VOTING
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1996
[11] Clinton (D) 51% Dole
(R) 36% Perot (Ref) 9%
1992 [11] Clinton (D) 43.4%
Bush (R) 32.0%
Perot (I) 23.7%
1988 [10] Dukakis (D) 50.0%
Bush (R) 48.5%
1984 [10] Reagan (R) 56.0%
Mondale (D) 42.5%
1980 [9] Reagan (R) 49.6%
Carter (D) 37.3%
Anderson (I) 10.6%
1976 [9] Ford (R) 50.0%
Carter (D) 46.1%
1972 [9] Nixon (R) 56.9%
McGovern (D) 38.6%
1968 [9] Humphrey (D) 47.1%
Nixon (R) 45.2%
Wallace (Am.I) 7.4%
1964 [9] Johnson (D) 61.9%
Goldwater (R) 37.3%
1960 [9] Nixon (R) 50.7%
Kennedy (D) 48.3%
1956 [9] Eisenhower (R) 53.9%
Stevenson (D) 45.4%
1952 [9] Eisenhower (R) 54.3%
Stevenson (D) 44.6%
1948 [8] Truman (D) 52.6%
Dewey (R) 42.6% |
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