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2016Final results

2016 election for Washington Legislative District 47-2

Washington House of Representatives · Washington

Pat Sullivan (D) won with 58.0% of the vote, defeating Barry Knowles (R) by 16.0 points.

Pat SullivanDemocrat · winner · incumbent
58.0%31,858
Barry KnowlesRepublican
42.0%23,056
54,914 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+14.32010D+20.42012D+11.32014D+16.02016D+25.62018D+17.82020

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