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1996Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated

1996 election for Washington Legislative District 10-1

Washington House of Representatives · Washington

Dave Anderson (D) won with 51.1% of the vote, defeating Barney Beeksma (R) by 2.2 points, flipping a seat Republicans held.

Dave AndersonDemocrat · winner
51.1%23,529
Barney BeeksmaRepublican · incumbent
48.9%22,495
46,024 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 1996

Races before and after

EvenD+1.61992R+6.11994D+2.21996D+16.51998R+4.02000

Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)