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2004 election for Washington Legislative District 47-2

Washington House of Representatives · Washington

Pat Sullivan (D) won with 52.3% of the vote, defeating Jack Cairnes (R) by 7.4 points, a seat Republicans won last time.

Pat SullivanDemocrat · winner
52.3%26,173
Jack CairnesRepublican · incumbent
44.9%22,446
Kelly GuthridgeLibertarian
2.8%1,421
50,040 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

EvenR+6.51998R+0.32000R+0.32002D+7.42004D+18.02006D+16.82008

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

The candidates

Pat Sullivan (D)Jack Cairnes (R)

Also on the ballot: Kelly Guthridge (Libertarian), 2.8%