1996 general · November 5, 1996
1996 Washington State Senate election results, district by district
Every Washington State Senate district in the 1996 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.
Seats after the election
Republicans controlled the chamber · 49 seats
After the electionD 23 · R 26
Races25
Changed party4
Unopposed20%5 races
Incumbents defeated2
Every district
D 14 · R 11
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| LD-1 | Rosemary McAuliffe (D) | 7.3 | |
| LD-2 | Marilyn Rasmussen (D) | 5.3 | |
| LD-3 | Lisa J. Brown (D) | 10.6 | FlippedIncumbent lost |
| LD-4 | Bob McCaslin (R) | 8.7 | |
| LD-5 | Dino Rossi (R) | 6.4 | FlippedIncumbent lost |
| LD-9 | Eugene A. Prince (R) | Unopposed | |
| LD-10 | Mary Margaret Haugen (D) | 5.4 | |
| LD-11 | Margarita Prentice (D) | Unopposed | |
| LD-12 | George L. Sellar (R) | Unopposed | |
| LD-14 | Alex Deccio (R) | 37.2 | |
| LD-16 | Valoria H. Loveland (D) | 4.7 | |
| LD-17 | Don Benton (R) | 1.9 | Flipped |
| LD-18 | Joseph Zarelli (R) | 7.6 | |
| LD-19 | Sid Snyder (D) | Unopposed | |
| LD-20 | Dan Swecker (R) | 5.7 | |
| LD-22 | Karen Fraser (D) | 37.9 | |
| LD-23 | Betti L. Sheldon (D) | 2.4 | |
| LD-24 | Jim Hargrove (D) | Unopposed | |
| LD-25 | Calvin Goings (D) | 11.1 | |
| LD-27 | Lorraine Wojahn (D) | 40.5 | |
| LD-28 | Shirley Winsley (R) | 42.4 | |
| LD-39 | Val Stevens (R) | 10.5 | Flipped |
| LD-40 | Harriet A. Spanel (D) | 19.8 | |
| LD-41 | Jim Horn (R) | 21.8 | |
| LD-49 | Albert Bauer (D) | 27.2 |
Washington State Senate
Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner