This is the 1982 race. The latest: 2022 →

1982Final results

1982 election for Washington Legislative District 1-1

Washington House of Representatives · Washington

Nancy Rust (D) won re-election with 62.0% of the vote, defeating Bob Arnold (R) by 23.9 points.

Nancy RustDemocrat · winner · incumbent
62.0%19,798
Bob ArnoldRepublican
38.0%12,155
31,953 votes

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET

The seat over time

D − R margin in this seat's races around 1982

Races before and after

EvenD+23.91982D+24.11984D+22.91986

Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)