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1992Final resultsIncumbent defeated

1992 election for Washington Legislative District 23

Washington State Senate · Washington

Betti L. Sheldon (D) won with 55.4% of the vote, defeating Ellen Craswell (R) by 10.8 points.

Betti L. SheldonDemocrat · winner
55.4%27,161
Ellen CraswellRepublican · incumbent
44.6%21,885
49,046 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+47.01980R+8.01984R+2.11988D+10.81992D+2.41996D+14.92000

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