1988 general · November 8, 1988

1988 Washington House of Representatives election results, district by district

Every Washington House of Representatives district in the 1988 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.

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Seats after the election

Democrats controlled the chamber · 98 seats

After the electionD 63 · R 35
Races98
Changed party8
Unopposed11%11 races
Incumbents defeated2

Every district

D 63 · R 35

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
LD-1-1Nancy Rust (D)19.2
LD-1-2Grace Cole (D)13.3
LD-2-1Marilyn Rasmussen (D)37.6
LD-2-2Randy Dorn (D)14.2
LD-3-1Bill Day Jr. (D)56.2
LD-3-2Dennis Dellwo (D)48.5
LD-4-1Charlie Wolfe (R)2.3
LD-4-2Mike Padden (R)29.3
LD-5-1B. Jean Silver (R)36.2
LD-5-2Shirley Rector (D)4.1FlippedIncumbent lost
LD-6-1Duane Sommers (R)31.6
LD-6-2John A. Moyer (R)31.6
LD-7-1Steve Fuhrman (R)16.4
LD-7-2Tom Bristow (D)16.0
LD-8-1Jim Jesernig (D)48.8
LD-8-2Shirley Hankins (R)52.5
LD-9-1Darwin Nealey (R)20.0
LD-9-2Eugene A. Prince (R)Unopposed
LD-10-1Simeon R. Wilson (R)20.7
LD-10-2Mary Margaret Haugen (D)32.4
LD-11-1June Leonard (D)30.9
LD-11-2Margarita Prentice (D)15.9
LD-12-1Clyde Ballard (R)37.8
LD-12-2Alex McLean (R)13.4
LD-13-1Glyn Chandler (R)13.7
LD-13-2Curt Smith (R)28.0
LD-14-1Shirley Doty (R)3.1
LD-14-2Jay Inslee (D)3.3Flipped
LD-15-1Margaret Rayburn (D)20.4
LD-15-2Forrest Baugher (D)19.2
LD-16-1Peter T. Brooks (R)Unopposed
LD-16-2William A. Grant (D)29.8
LD-17-1W. Kim Peery (D)Unopposed
LD-17-2Holly Myers (D)23.2
LD-18-1Betty Sue Morris (D)23.6Flipped
LD-18-2David Cooper (D)13.5
LD-19AGeorge L. Raiter (D)10.4Flipped
LD-19BBob Basich (D)Unopposed
LD-20-1Rose Bowman (R)0.8
LD-20-2Bill Brumsickle (R)8.1FlippedIncumbent lost
LD-21-1Jeannette Wood (R)5.7
LD-21-2John Beck (R)24.7
LD-22-1Karen Fraser (D)36.6
LD-22-2Jennifer Belcher (D)21.3
LD-23-1Paul Zellinsky (D)Unopposed
LD-23-2Karen Schmidt (R)22.7
LD-24-1Evan Jones (D)10.7
LD-24-2Jim Hargrove (D)Unopposed
LD-25-1George Walk (D)25.3
LD-25-2Randy Tate (R)2.3Flipped
LD-26-1Ron Meyers (D)9.6
LD-26-2Wes Pruitt (D)2.0
LD-27-1Ruth Fisher (D)42.3
LD-27-2Art Wang (D)51.8
LD-28-1Shirley Winsley (R)Unopposed
LD-28-2Sally Walker (R)43.9
LD-29-1P. J. Gallagher (D)30.8
LD-29-2Brian Ebersole (D)48.3
LD-30-1Dick Schoon (R)3.6
LD-30-2Jean Marie Brough (R)24.9
LD-31-1Mike Todd (D)10.9
LD-31-2Ernest Crane (D)5.6
LD-32-1Joanne Brekke (D)81.4
LD-32-2Dick Nelson (D)64.5
LD-33-1Lorraine Hine (D)34.4
LD-33-2Greg Fisher (D)2.2Flipped
LD-34-1Mary Jo Heavey (D)43.6
LD-34-2Georgette Valle (D)32.2
LD-35-1Doug Sayan (D)33.3
LD-35-2Max Vekich (D)28.1
LD-36-1Helen Sommers (D)46.5
LD-36-2Larry Phillips (D)29.7
LD-37-1John Obrien (D)Unopposed
LD-37-2Gary Locke (D)76.6
LD-38-1Richard King (D)33.7
LD-38-2Patricia Scott (D)38.8
LD-39AKarla Wilson (D)22.0
LD-39BArt Sprenkle (D)23.1
LD-40-1Harriet A. Spanel (D)25.7
LD-40-2Jim Youngsman (R)1.8Flipped
LD-41-1Fred May (R)Unopposed
LD-41-2Jim Horn (R)35.9
LD-42-1Dennis Braddock (D)13.6
LD-42-2Pete Kremen (D)Unopposed
LD-43-1Calvin Anderson (D)54.5
LD-43-2Jesse Wineberry (D)64.1
LD-44-1Maria Cantwell (D)31.1
LD-44-2Paul King (D)16.8
LD-45-1John Betrozoff (R)33.7
LD-45-2Louise Miller (R)Unopposed
LD-46-1Marlin Appelwick (D)47.0
LD-46-2Ken Jacobsen (D)34.6
LD-47-1Bruce Holland (R)42.9
LD-47-2Mike Patrick (R)32.7
LD-48-1Roy Ferguson (R)42.1
LD-48-2Steve Vanluven (R)44.6
LD-49-1Joe King (D)21.4
LD-49-2Busse Nutley (D)12.1

Washington House of Representatives

Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner