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2012Final results

2012 election for Washington Legislative District 18

Washington State Senate · Washington

Ann Rivers (R) won with 67.9% of the vote, defeating Ralph Schmidt (D) by 35.7 points.

Ann RiversRepublican · winner
67.9%42,924
32.1%20,330
63,254 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 2012

Races before and after

EvenR+17.12000R+7.72004R+10.12008R+35.72012R+27.62016R+15.82020

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