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2016Final results

2016 election for Washington Legislative District 42-2

Washington House of Representatives · Washington

Vincent Buys (R) won with 57.9% of the vote, defeating Tracy Atwood (D) by 15.8 points.

Vincent BuysRepublican · winner · incumbent
57.9%41,054
Tracy AtwoodDemocrat
42.1%29,853
70,907 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+0.32010R+7.42012R+16.22014R+15.82016D+1.42018D+3.52020

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