1998Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1998 election for Washington Legislative District 38
Washington State Senate · Washington
Jeralita Costa (D) won with 54.7% of the vote, defeating Gary Strannigan (R) by 9.4 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Jeralita CostaDemocrat · winner
54.7%19,179
Gary StranniganRepublican · incumbent
45.3%15,875
35,054 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: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET