1998Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1998 election for Washington Legislative District 42-1
Washington House of Representatives · Washington
Doug Ericksen (R) won with 50.1% of the vote, defeating Al Jensen (D) by 0.3 points, flipping a seat Democrats held.
Doug EricksenRepublican · winner
50.1%20,937
Al JensenDemocrat
49.9%20,829
41,766 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)