This is the 1984 race. The latest: 2022 →

1984Final results

1984 election for Washington Legislative District 17-2

Washington House of Representatives · Washington

Dean Sutherland (D) won re-election with 64.9% of the vote, defeating Waddington (R) by 29.7 points.

Dean SutherlandDemocrat · winner · incumbent
64.9%20,443
WaddingtonRepublican
35.1%11,078
31,521 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 1984

Races before and after

EvenD+20.21982D+29.71984D+48.11986D+23.21988

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