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1996 general · November 5, 1996

1996 Washington House of Representatives election results, district by district

Every Washington House of Representatives district in the 1996 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.

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Seats after the election

Republicans controlled the chamber · 98 seats

After the electionD 42 · R 56
Races98
Changed party12
Unopposed14%14 races
Incumbents defeated4

Every district

D 42 · R 56

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
LD-1-1Al Obrien (D)3.7Flipped
LD-1-2Mike Sherstad (R)4.1
LD-2-1Roger Bush (R)5.2Flipped
LD-2-2Scott Smith (R)4.7
LD-3-1Alex Wood (D)21.8
LD-3-2Jeff Gombosky (D)32.8
LD-4-1Larry Crouse (R)18.4
LD-4-2Mark K. Sterk (R)Unopposed
LD-5-1Brian C. Thomas (R)37.5
LD-5-2Philip E. Dyer (R)16.7
LD-6-1Brad Benson (R)11.1
LD-6-2Duane Sommers (R)11.4
LD-7-1Bob Sump (R)14.9
LD-7-2Cathy McMorris (R)29.0
LD-8-1Shirley Hankins (R)40.8
LD-8-2Jerome Delvin (R)35.2
LD-9-1Larry Sheahan (R)34.8
LD-9-2Mark Schoesler (R)34.7
LD-10-1Dave Anderson (D)2.2FlippedIncumbent lost
LD-10-2Barry Sehlin (R)23.8
LD-11-1Eileen L. Cody (D)Unopposed
LD-11-2Velma R. Veloria (D)Unopposed
LD-12-1Clyde Ballard (R)37.6
LD-12-2Linda Evans Parlette (R)39.4
LD-13-1Gary D. Chandler (R)41.8
LD-13-2Joyce Mulliken (R)31.5
LD-14-1Mary Skinner (R)Unopposed
LD-14-2Jim Clements (R)Unopposed
LD-15-1Jim Honeyford (R)Unopposed
LD-15-2Barb Lisk (R)Unopposed
LD-16-1Dave Mastin (R)29.3Flipped
LD-16-2William A. Grant (D)22.0
LD-17-1Marc Boldt (R)11.2
LD-17-2Jim Dunn (R)3.6
LD-18-1Tom Mielke (R)6.7Flipped
LD-18-2John Pennington (R)19.1
LD-19-1Brian Hatfield (D)38.3
LD-19-2Mark L. Doumit (D)30.0
LD-20-1Richard Debolt (R)4.0Flipped
LD-20-2Gary C. Alexander (R)21.2
LD-21-1Mike Cooper (D)1.6FlippedIncumbent lost
LD-21-2Renee Radcliff (R)Unopposed
LD-22-1Sandra Singery Romero (D)2.7
LD-22-2Cathy Wolfe (D)27.5
LD-23-1Paul Zellinsky (R)0.8
LD-23-2Karen Schmidt (R)12.8
LD-24-1Jim Buck (R)5.8
LD-24-2Lynn Kessler (D)33.1
LD-25-1Joyce McDonald (R)6.1
LD-25-2Jim Kastama (D)6.3Flipped
LD-26-1Patricia Lantz (D)0.3FlippedIncumbent lost
LD-26-2Tom Huff (R)23.3
LD-27-1Ruth Fisher (D)64.5
LD-27-2Debbie Regala (D)32.5
LD-28-1Georganne Talcott (R)16.5
LD-28-2Mike Carrell (R)4.4
LD-29-1Steve Conway (D)36.9
LD-29-2Brian Sullivan (D)19.6
LD-30-1Tim Hickel (R)12.7
LD-30-2Mary Ann Mitchell (R)23.4
LD-31-1Eric E. Robertson (R)28.5
LD-31-2Les Thomas (R)1.1
LD-32-1Patty Butler (D)25.4
LD-32-2Grace Cole (D)38.0
LD-33-1Julia Patterson (D)26.4
LD-33-2Karen Keiser (D)4.9
LD-34-1Erik Poulsen (D)40.2
LD-34-2Dow Constantine (D)26.3
LD-35-1Peggy Johnson (R)8.3
LD-35-2Tim Sheldon (D)42.1
LD-36-1Helen Sommers (D)56.9
LD-36-2Mary Lou Dickerson (D)52.7
LD-37-1Dawn Mason (D)73.5
LD-37-2Kip Tokuda (D)Unopposed
LD-38-1Jeralita Costa (D)16.2
LD-38-2Patricia Scott (D)18.1
LD-39-1Hans Dunshee (D)6.5Flipped
LD-39-2John Koster (R)5.6
LD-40-1Dave Quall (D)19.8
LD-40-2Jeff Morris (D)13.0Flipped
LD-41-1Mike Wensman (R)25.7
LD-41-2Ida Ballasiotes (R)40.7
LD-42-1Georgia Anne Gardner (D)1.0FlippedIncumbent lost
LD-42-2Kelli Linville (D)4.5
LD-43-1Ed Murray (D)Unopposed
LD-43-2Frank Chopp (D)Unopposed
LD-44-1Dave Schmidt (R)10.0
LD-44-2Bill Thompson (R)9.4
LD-45-1Kathy Lambert (R)23.7
LD-45-2Bill Backlund (R)8.1
LD-46-1Marlin Appelwick (D)Unopposed
LD-46-2Ken Jacobsen (D)Unopposed
LD-47-1Suzette A. Cooke (R)24.7
LD-47-2Jack Cairnes (R)4.4
LD-48-1Bill Reams (R)31.9
LD-48-2Steve Vanluven (R)Unopposed
LD-49-1Don Carlson (R)18.3
LD-49-2Val Ogden (D)25.4

Washington House of Representatives

Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner