2008Final results

2008 election for Washington Legislative District 15-1

Washington House of Representatives · Washington

Bruce Chandler (R) won re-election with 61.0% of the vote, defeating John Gotts (D) by 22.0 points.

Bruce ChandlerRepublican · winner · incumbent
61.0%23,807
John GottsDemocrat
39.0%15,228
39,035 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 2008

Races before and after

EvenR+41.52002R+23.82006R+22.02008R+28.32010

Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)