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2010Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated

2010 election for Washington Legislative District 47-1

Washington House of Representatives · Washington

Mark Hargrove (R) won with 56.3% of the vote, defeating Geoff Simpson (D) by 12.7 points, flipping a seat Democrats held.

Mark HargroveRepublican · winner
56.3%25,728
Geoff SimpsonDemocrat · incumbent
43.7%19,943
45,671 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

EvenD+3.12002D+5.52004D+19.32006D+5.22008R+12.72010

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