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1990Final results

1990 election for Washington Legislative District 36-1

Washington House of Representatives · Washington

Helen Sommers (D) won with 70.6% of the vote, defeating Dunham (R) by 41.3 points.

Helen SommersDemocrat · winner · incumbent
70.6%21,991
DunhamRepublican
29.4%9,138
31,129 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 1990

Races before and after

EvenD+33.21982D+41.51984D+46.51988D+41.31990D+58.41992D+56.91996

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