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2016Final results

2016 election for Washington Legislative District 17-2

Washington House of Representatives · Washington

Paul Harris (R) won with 63.1% of the vote, defeating Martin Hash (D) by 26.2 points.

Paul HarrisRepublican · winner · incumbent
63.1%36,936
Martin HashDemocrat
36.9%21,602
58,538 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 2016

Races before and after

EvenR+7.22010R+11.72012R+23.22014R+26.22016R+15.32018R+9.32022

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