2000Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
2000 election for Washington Legislative District 49
Washington State Senate · Washington
Don Carlson (R) won with 53.4% of the vote, defeating Benjamin Gassaway (D) by 6.9 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Don CarlsonRepublican · winner
53.4%21,884
Benjamin GassawayDemocrat
46.6%19,068
40,952 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