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1994Final results

1994 election for Washington Legislative District 23-2

Washington House of Representatives · Washington

Karen Schmidt (R) won with 70.8% of the vote, defeating McCool (D) by 41.5 points.

Karen SchmidtRepublican · winner · incumbent
70.8%26,058
McCoolDemocrat
29.2%10,768
36,826 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 1994

Races before and after

EvenR+22.71988R+10.01990R+16.01992R+41.51994R+12.81996R+7.01998

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