1988Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1988 election for Washington Legislative District 1
Washington State Senate · Washington
Patty Murray (D) won with 52.8% of the vote, defeating Bill Kiskaddon (R) by 5.7 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Patty MurrayDemocrat · winner
52.8%22,948
Bill KiskaddonRepublican · incumbent
47.2%20,480
43,428 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET