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1996Final results

1996 election for Washington Legislative District 44-2

Washington House of Representatives · Washington

Bill Thompson (R) won with 53.6% of the vote, defeating Jerry Dickson (D) by 9.4 points.

Bill ThompsonRepublican · winner · incumbent
53.6%23,385
44.2%19,268
2.2%959
43,612 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

EvenR+11.21990D+1.71992R+6.41994R+9.41996D+2.51998D+11.22000

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

The candidates

Bill Thompson (R)Jerry Dickson (D)

Also on the ballot: Frederick T. Gray (Natural Law), 2.2%