1996Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1996 election for Washington Legislative District 18-1
Washington House of Representatives · Washington
Tom Mielke (R) won with 53.4% of the vote, defeating Farley Maxwell (D) by 6.7 points, flipping a seat Democrats held.
Tom MielkeRepublican · winner
53.4%24,999
Farley MaxwellDemocrat
46.6%21,840
46,839 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)