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1988Final results

1988 election for Washington Legislative District 42-1

Washington House of Representatives · Washington

Dennis Braddock (D) won re-election with 56.8% of the vote, defeating Scholten (R) by 13.6 points.

Dennis BraddockDemocrat · winner · incumbent
56.8%21,217
ScholtenRepublican
43.2%16,151
37,368 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+12.91982D+25.01984D+41.81986D+13.61988D+12.81990

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