2010Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2010 election for Washington Legislative District 42-2
Washington House of Representatives · Washington
Vincent Buys (R) won with 50.1% of the vote, defeating Kelli Linville (D) by 0.3 points, flipping a seat Democrats held.
Vincent BuysRepublican · winner
50.1%30,608
Kelli LinvilleDemocrat · incumbent
49.9%30,454
61,062 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 2010
The seat's recent races
Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)