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2016Final results

2016 election for Washington Legislative District 24-2

Washington House of Representatives · Washington

Steve Tharinger (D) won with 56.9% of the vote, defeating John D. Alger (R) by 13.7 points.

Steve TharingerDemocrat · winner · incumbent
56.9%40,704
John D. AlgerRepublican
43.1%30,895
71,599 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

EvenD+4.72010D+16.92012D+12.92014D+13.72016D+11.52018D+7.32020

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