Dylan Nails
Dylan Nails (independent) ran for election for Governor of Washington. He lost in the primary on August 4, 2020.
Nails completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. Click here to read the survey answers.
Elections
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
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Dylan Nails completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Nails' responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Dylan's weakness is also what makes him shine as a candidate. While Dylan is young, and may be lacking some of the elected experience his opponents may have, he brings as fresh, new outlook and perspective for Washington State, that is both beneficial and crucial for the next stage in our States history. As a college student, he is not looking to make a career in politics, but in fact getting in, and getting what needs to be done for Washington State accomplished.
He can't wait to see what the future holds, and looks forward to seeing what he can do for our State.Supporter of involving young people in politics.
Uniting Eastern & Western Washington
- Funding for Schools
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See also
2020 Elections
External links
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