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Instruction
Answer the question based on the provided table.


Table
Table Title: 'Results' regarding '1968 United States presidential election in Washington (state)'
Table Content:
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| - | Democratic | Hubert Humphrey | 616,037 | 47.23% |
| - | Republican | Richard Nixon | 588,510 | 45.12% |
| - | American Independent | George Wallace | 96,990 | 7.44% |
| - | Write-in | - | 2,744 | 0.21% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 1,304,281 | 100% |


Question
Who won the Washington in the 1968 presidential election and by how much?


Answer Format
The final answer should be a sentence and use the following format:
```json
{
    "answer": "your_generated_sentence_here"
}
```
rule
["Washington was won by the Democratic candidate, Hubert Humphrey with 47.23 percent of the vote against the Republican candidate, Richard Nixon with 45.12 percent of the vote."]