1996 general · November 5, 1996

1996 Washington election results

Every race on Washington's ballot in the 1996 general election: winners, margins and seats that changed party.

Races134

Changed party17

Unopposed14%19 races

Incumbents defeated6

President

D 1

Race	Winner	Won by	Notes
Washington	Bill Clinton (D)	12.5

D 1

Race	Winner	Won by	Notes
Washington	Gary Locke (D)	15.9

D 3 · R 6 · 1 changed party

Race	Winner	Won by	Notes
WA-1	Richard White (R)	7.5
WA-2	Jack Metcalf (R)	0.7
WA-3	Linda Smith (R)	0.4
WA-4	Doc Hastings (R)	5.9
WA-5	George Nethercutt (R)	11.2
WA-6	Norman D. Dicks (D)	35.7
WA-7	Jim McDermott (D)	61.9
WA-8	Jennifer Dunn (R)	30.8
WA-9	Adam Smith (D)	2.9	Flipped

D 14 · R 11 · 4 changed party

Race	Winner	Won by	Notes
LD-1	Rosemary McAuliffe (D)	7.3
LD-2	Marilyn Rasmussen (D)	5.3
LD-3	Lisa J. Brown (D)	10.6	FlippedIncumbent lost
LD-4	Bob McCaslin (R)	8.7
LD-5	Dino Rossi (R)	6.4	FlippedIncumbent lost
LD-9	Eugene A. Prince (R)	Unopposed
LD-10	Mary Margaret Haugen (D)	5.4
LD-11	Margarita Prentice (D)	Unopposed
LD-12	George L. Sellar (R)	Unopposed
LD-14	Alex Deccio (R)	37.2
LD-16	Valoria H. Loveland (D)	4.7
LD-17	Don Benton (R)	1.9	Flipped
LD-18	Joseph Zarelli (R)	7.6
LD-19	Sid Snyder (D)	Unopposed
LD-20	Dan Swecker (R)	5.7
LD-22	Karen Fraser (D)	37.9
LD-23	Betti L. Sheldon (D)	2.4
LD-24	Jim Hargrove (D)	Unopposed
LD-25	Calvin Goings (D)	11.1
LD-27	Lorraine Wojahn (D)	40.5
LD-28	Shirley Winsley (R)	42.4
LD-39	Val Stevens (R)	10.5	Flipped
LD-40	Harriet A. Spanel (D)	19.8
LD-41	Jim Horn (R)	21.8
LD-49	Albert Bauer (D)	27.2

D 42 · R 56 · 12 changed party