1988Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated

1988 election for Washington Legislative District 20-2

Washington House of Representatives · Washington

Bill Brumsickle (R) won with 54.0% of the vote, defeating Barbara J. Holm (D) by 8.1 points, flipping a seat Democrats held.

Bill BrumsickleRepublican · winner
54.0%20,993
Barbara J. HolmDemocrat · incumbent
46.0%17,853
38,846 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 1988

Races before and after

EvenR+4.21982R+26.61984D+3.81986R+8.11988R+39.11990

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