This is the 1986 race. The latest: 2022 →

1986Final results

1986 election for Washington Legislative District 37-1

Washington House of Representatives · Washington

John Obrien (D) won re-election with 83.9% of the vote, defeating Kennedy (R) by 67.8 points.

John ObrienDemocrat · winner · incumbent
83.9%17,994
KennedyRepublican
16.1%3,449
21,443 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 1986

Races before and after

EvenD+66.01982D+67.81986D+50.91990

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