1986Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1986 election for Washington Legislative District 39B
Washington House of Representatives · Washington
Art Sprenkle (D) won with 71.0% of the vote, defeating Dick Vandyke (R) by 42.0 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Art SprenkleDemocrat · winner
71.0%9,131
Dick VandykeRepublican · incumbent
29.0%3,732
12,863 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET