1988Flipped from RepublicanFinal results
1988 election for Washington Legislative District 17
Washington State Senate · Washington
Dean Sutherland (D) won with 50.3% of the vote, defeating Rohrbacher (R) by 0.5 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Dean SutherlandDemocrat · winner
50.3%16,353
RohrbacherRepublican
49.7%16,187
32,540 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