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1988Final results

1988 election for Washington Legislative District 39

Washington State Senate · Washington

Cliff Bailey (R) won with 66.7% of the vote, defeating Bill Patrick (D) by 33.5 points.

Cliff BaileyRepublican · winner · incumbent
66.7%25,488
Bill PatrickDemocrat
33.3%12,706
38,194 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+2.21980R+0.41984R+33.51988D+17.11992R+10.51996R+13.92000

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET