Washington State Republican Party

Washington State Republican Party
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
	Politics of Washington; Elections; Politics of United States; Political parties; Elections;

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.

[1] "Contact Us." Washington State Republican Party. Retrieved on May 13, 2010.

[2] 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.

[Niskanen-3] "A Former Washington State Republican Leader Looks Back: How Did It Come to This?". Niskanen Center. 2019-11-25. Retrieved 2021-08-21.

[4] 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.

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