1996Final results
1996 election for Washington Legislative District 27-1
Washington House of Representatives · Washington
Ruth Fisher (D) won re-election with 82.3% of the vote, defeating Paul W. Sporich (NLP) by 64.5 points.
Ruth FisherDemocrat · winner · incumbent
82.3%26,013
Paul W. SporichNatural Law
17.7%5,611
31,624 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)