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1990Final results

1990 election for Washington Legislative District 37-1

Washington House of Representatives · Washington

John Obrien (D) won with 71.1% of the vote, defeating Parsons (R) by 50.9 points.

John ObrienDemocrat · winner · incumbent
71.1%11,741
ParsonsRepublican
20.2%3,340
James X. EllisIndependent
8.7%1,436
16,517 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

EvenR+80.21980D+66.01982D+67.81986D+50.91990D+71.21992D+59.11994

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