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1988Final results

1988 election for Washington Legislative District 4

Washington State Senate · Washington

Bob McCaslin (R) won re-election with 62.9% of the vote, defeating Ron Schmidt (D) by 25.8 points.

Bob McCaslinRepublican · winner · incumbent
62.9%22,026
Ron SchmidtDemocrat
37.1%12,986
35,012 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

The seat's recent races

EvenR+26.51984R+25.81988

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