1982Final results

1982 election for Washington Legislative District 43-2

Washington House of Representatives · Washington

Bill Burns (D) won with 59.4% of the vote, defeating Symone Scales (R) by 18.8 points.

Bill BurnsDemocrat · winner · incumbent
59.4%13,787
Symone ScalesRepublican
40.6%9,432
23,219 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

EvenEven1976D+37.81978D+33.91980D+18.81982D+56.11984D+64.11988

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