Editing Adams County, Washington (section)

==Politics==
Adams is a strongly [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] county. The last Democrat to win the county was [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] [[1936 United States presidential election|in 1936]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Presidential election of 1936 - Map by counties |url=http://geoelections.free.fr/USA/elec_comtes/1936.htm |access-date=April 5, 2018 |website=geoelections.free.fr}}</ref> It was one of only three counties in the state to be won by [[Barry Goldwater]] in 1964. Adams County's unbroken streak of Republican votes in presidential elections is the longest of any county in Washington.<ref>[http://www.uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/comparemaps.php?year=1964&fips=53&f=1&off=0&elect=0 David Leip’s Presidential Atlas (Maps for Washington by election)]</ref> The Republican candidate has won by more than 13 points in every Presidential election since 1968, with margins of over 30 points in the seven presidential elections since 2000. [[George W. Bush]] won the county by over 40 points both times he ran.<ref>[http://elections.nytimes.com/2008/results/president/map.html?scp=1&sq=%22election%20map&st=cse The New York Times Electoral Map (Zoom in on Washington state)]</ref>

In other elections the results fare similarly. The last Democratic candidate for governor to carry Adams County was [[Clarence D. Martin]] in 1936.<ref>[http://www.uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/comparemaps.php?year=2008&fips=53&f=1&off=5&elect=0 David Leip's US Election Atlas (Washington state maps)]</ref> The last Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate to win the county was [[Henry M. Jackson]] in 1982.<ref>[http://www.uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/comparemaps.php?year=2010&fips=53&f=1&off=3&elect=0 David Leip's US Election Atlas (Washington state maps)]</ref>

In the 2008 presidential election, [[John McCain]] received 66.32% of the county's vote. Meanwhile, Republican gubernatorial candidate [[Dino Rossi]] received 69.83% of the county's vote. The county also gave Republican representative [[Cathy McMorris Rodgers]] 82.45% of the vote. Republican [[Sam Reed]] received 74.6% of the county's vote in his run for re-election as [[Secretary of State of Washington|Washington Secretary of State]], Republican Allan Martin received 67.25% of the vote for state treasurer, and Republican [[Rob McKenna]] received 76.28% in his re-election run for attorney general. All county positions for which candidates were affiliated with parties were won by Republicans.<ref>[http://wei.secstate.wa.gov/ADAMS/ELECTIONS/Pages/ElectionResults.aspx Election results for Adams County at Washington governmental site] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081208224346/http://wei.secstate.wa.gov/ADAMS/ELECTIONS/Pages/ElectionResults.aspx|date=December 8, 2008}}</ref>

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