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1996Final results

1996 election for Washington Legislative District 24-2

Washington House of Representatives · Washington

Lynn Kessler (D) won with 66.5% of the vote, defeating Jan Christensen (R) by 33.1 points.

Lynn KesslerDemocrat · winner · incumbent
66.5%31,499
Jan ChristensenRepublican
33.5%15,837
47,336 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+35.91986D+9.81992D+20.61994D+33.11996D+32.12000D+29.22008

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET