This is the 1984 race. The latest: 2022 →

1984Final results

1984 election for Washington Legislative District 23-2

Washington House of Representatives · Washington

Karen Schmidt (R) won re-election with 58.7% of the vote, defeating Mitchell (D) by 17.4 points.

Karen SchmidtRepublican · winner · incumbent
58.7%23,338
MitchellDemocrat
41.3%16,417
39,755 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

EvenR+5.51982R+17.41984R+15.21986R+22.71988

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