1998Final results

1998 election for Washington Legislative District 2-1

Washington House of Representatives · Washington

Roger Bush (R) won re-election with 52.5% of the vote, defeating Larry Nelson (D) by 5.1 points.

Roger BushRepublican · winner · incumbent
52.5%15,472
Larry NelsonDemocrat
47.5%13,973
29,445 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 1998

Races before and after

EvenD+3.21992D+8.01994R+5.21996R+5.11998R+12.52000

Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)