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2000Final results

2000 election for Washington Legislative District 44-1

Washington House of Representatives · Washington

Dave Schmidt (R) won with 55.3% of the vote, defeating Kerry J. Watkins (D) by 10.5 points.

Dave SchmidtRepublican · winner · incumbent
55.3%28,111
44.7%22,747
50,858 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

EvenR+22.91994R+10.01996R+12.11998R+10.52000D+4.72002D+8.32004

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