1990Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1990 election for Washington Legislative District 44
Washington State Senate · Washington
Tim Erwin (R) won with 56.9% of the vote, defeating Rick S. Bender (D) by 13.7 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Tim ErwinRepublican · winner
56.9%17,519
Rick S. BenderDemocrat · incumbent
43.1%13,287
30,806 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