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2002Final results

2002 election for Washington Legislative District 49-1

Washington House of Representatives · Washington

Bill Fromhold (D) won with 61.2% of the vote, defeating Mike W. Smith (R) by 22.4 points.

Bill FromholdDemocrat · winner · incumbent
61.2%17,118
Mike W. SmithRepublican
38.8%10,853
27,971 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 2002

Races before and after

EvenR+18.31996R+11.91998D+10.62000D+22.42002D+24.72004D+29.42006

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