2008Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
2008 election for Washington Legislative District 26-1
Washington House of Representatives · Washington
Jan Angel (R) won with 53.3% of the vote, defeating Kim Abel (D) by 6.7 points, flipping a seat Democrats held.
Jan AngelRepublican · winner
53.3%33,602
Kim AbelDemocrat
46.7%29,407
63,009 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
Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)