1984Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1984 election for Washington Legislative District 26-1
Washington House of Representatives · Washington
Linda Craig Thomas (R) won with 49.1% of the vote, defeating Carolyn Powers (D) by 1.2 points, flipping a seat Democrats held.
Linda Craig ThomasRepublican · winner
49.1%18,751
Carolyn PowersDemocrat · incumbent
47.9%18,283
AllardLibertarian
3.0%1,136
38,170 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)