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1984Final results

1984 election for Washington Legislative District 36-1

Washington House of Representatives · Washington

Helen Sommers (D) won re-election with 70.7% of the vote, defeating John Lynch (R) by 41.5 points.

Helen SommersDemocrat · winner · incumbent
70.7%29,812
John LynchRepublican
29.3%12,339
42,151 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+33.21982D+41.51984D+46.51988D+41.31990

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