2000Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2000 election for Washington Legislative District 16
Washington State Senate · Washington
Mike Hewitt (R) won with 52.5% of the vote, defeating Valoria H. Loveland (D) by 5.0 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Mike HewittRepublican · winner
52.5%21,717
Valoria H. LovelandDemocrat · incumbent
47.5%19,660
41,377 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET