This is the 1992 race. The latest: 2022 →

1992Final results

1992 election for Washington Legislative District 45-1

Washington House of Representatives · Washington

Bill Finkbeiner (D) won with 56.5% of the vote, defeating Bill Backlund (R) by 13.0 points.

Bill FinkbeinerDemocrat · winner
56.5%26,171
Bill BacklundRepublican
43.5%20,141
46,312 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 1992

Races before and after

EvenD+13.01992R+40.11994R+23.71996

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