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2016Final results

2016 election for Washington Legislative District 29-1

Washington House of Representatives · Washington

David Sawyer (D) won with 59.3% of the vote, defeating Rick Thomas (R) by 18.6 points.

David SawyerDemocrat · winner · incumbent
59.3%24,234
Rick ThomasRepublican
40.7%16,646
40,880 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+19.92010D+26.62012D+11.62014D+18.62016D+22.12018D+27.72020

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