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2008Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated

2008 election for Washington Legislative District 2

Washington State Senate · Washington

Randi Becker (R) won with 51.6% of the vote, defeating Marilyn Rasmussen (D) by 3.3 points, a seat Democrats won last time.

Randi BeckerRepublican · winner
51.6%32,244
Marilyn RasmussenDemocrat · incumbent
48.4%30,206
62,450 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

EvenD+5.31996D+14.92000D+5.52004R+3.32008R+13.62012R+22.72016

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