1982Final results
1982 election for Washington Legislative District 36-1
Washington House of Representatives · Washington
Helen Sommers (D) won re-election with 65.3% of the vote, defeating Aspen (R) by 33.2 points.
Helen SommersDemocrat · winner · incumbent
65.3%21,650
AspenRepublican
32.0%10,625
TrossrarigLibertarian
2.7%903
33,178 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
Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)