2010Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2010 election for Washington Legislative District 47
Washington State Senate · Washington
Joe Fain (R) won with 55.0% of the vote, defeating Claudia Kauffman (D) by 10.0 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Joe FainRepublican · winner
55.0%25,387
Claudia KauffmanDemocrat · incumbent
45.0%20,782
46,169 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
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET