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1992Final results

1992 election for Washington Legislative District 17

Washington State Senate · Washington

Dean Sutherland (D) won with 55.7% of the vote, defeating Heenan (R) by 11.5 points.

Dean SutherlandDemocrat · winner · incumbent
55.7%23,898
HeenanRepublican
44.3%18,970
42,868 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

EvenR+5.61980R+19.91984D+0.51988D+11.51992R+1.91996R+6.32000

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