Loren Culp

Loren Culp

The 2020 Washington gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 2020, to elect the governor of Washington. Incumbent Jay Inslee, the Democratic candidate, defeated Loren Culp, the Republican candidate. Washington has not had a Republican governor since John Spellman left office in 1985, the longest streak of Democratic leadership of any state in the country.

About Loren Culp in brief

Summary Loren CulpThe 2020 Washington gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 2020, to elect the governor of Washington. Incumbent Jay Inslee, the Democratic candidate, defeated Loren Culp, the Republican candidate. Inslee won re-election to a third term and defeated Culp in the election by a margin of over 13%. Nonetheless, Culp refused to concede and filed a lawsuit against Republican Washington Secretary of State Kim Wyman five weeks after the election.

Culp’s actions have drawn criticism and were compared to Donald Trump’s refusal to concede the 2020 U. S. presidential election. Washington has not had a Republican governor since John Spellman left office in 1985, the longest streak of Democratic leadership of any state in the country and the third longest of one-party leadership after South Dakota and Utah.