2004Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2004 election for Washington Legislative District 26-2
Washington House of Representatives · Washington
Derek Kilmer (D) won with 49.7% of the vote, defeating Lois McMahan (R) by 1.7 points, flipping a seat Republicans held.
Derek KilmerDemocrat · winner
49.7%30,245
Lois McMahanRepublican · incumbent
48.1%29,236
Ed JurkovskisLibertarian
2.2%1,324
60,805 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 2004
Races before and after
Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)