1984Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1984 election for Washington Legislative District 18-1
Washington House of Representatives · Washington
Linda Smith (R) won with 54.8% of the vote, defeating Putka (D) by 9.6 points, flipping a seat Democrats held.
Linda SmithRepublican · winner
54.8%18,104
PutkaDemocrat
45.2%14,930
33,034 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
Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)