This is the 1984 race. The latest: 2022 →

1984Final results

1984 election for Washington Legislative District 49-1

Washington House of Representatives · Washington

Joe King (D) won re-election with 67.9% of the vote, defeating Thompson (R) by 35.8 points.

Joe KingDemocrat · winner · incumbent
67.9%22,105
ThompsonRepublican
32.1%10,451
32,556 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+35.11982D+35.81984D+17.21986D+21.41988

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