1998Final results
1998 election for Washington Legislative District 23-2
Washington House of Representatives · Washington
Karen Schmidt (R) won re-election with 46.5% of the vote, defeating Charles Bickel (D) by 7.0 points.
Karen SchmidtRepublican · winner · incumbent
46.5%21,480
Charles BickelDemocrat
39.5%18,228
Steve HargroveOther party
14.0%6,470
46,178 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
Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)