1990Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1990 election for Washington Legislative District 26
Washington State Senate · Washington
Bob Oke (R) won with 53.2% of the vote, defeating Bill Smitherman (D) by 6.5 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Bob OkeRepublican · winner
53.2%17,230
Bill SmithermanDemocrat · incumbent
46.8%15,136
32,366 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET