1996Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1996 election for Washington Legislative District 16-1
Washington House of Representatives · Washington
Dave Mastin (R) won re-election with 64.6% of the vote, defeating Del Lathim (D) by 29.3 points, flipping a seat Democrats held.
Dave MastinRepublican · winner · incumbent
64.6%23,868
Del LathimDemocrat
35.4%13,059
36,927 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
Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)