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1988Final results

1988 election for Washington Legislative District 38-1

Washington House of Representatives · Washington

Richard King (D) won re-election with 66.8% of the vote, defeating Grinnell (R) by 33.7 points.

Richard KingDemocrat · winner · incumbent
66.8%22,818
GrinnellRepublican
33.2%11,326
34,144 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

EvenD+3.81982D+23.61984D+33.61986D+33.71988D+19.41990

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