1998Final results
1998 election for Washington Legislative District 49-2
Washington House of Representatives · Washington
Val Ogden (D) won re-election with 65.2% of the vote, defeating Bill Hughes (R) by 30.4 points.
Val OgdenDemocrat · winner · incumbent
65.2%20,934
Bill HughesRepublican
34.8%11,172
32,106 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)