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2000Final results

2000 election for Washington Legislative District 18-2

Washington House of Representatives · Washington

John Pennington (R) won with 64.2% of the vote, defeating Marlene Adams (D) by 30.3 points.

John PenningtonRepublican · winner · incumbent
64.2%35,156
33.9%18,543
2.0%1,073
54,772 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 2000

Races before and after

EvenD+5.31992R+16.31994R+19.11996R+30.32000R+6.52002R+19.92004

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET

The candidates