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2016Final results

2016 election for Washington Legislative District 5-2

Washington House of Representatives · Washington

Paul Graves (R) won with 53.8% of the vote, defeating Darcy Burner (D) by 7.5 points.

Paul GravesRepublican · winner
53.8%39,330
Darcy BurnerDemocrat
46.2%33,838
73,168 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+14.72010R+10.52012R+18.02014R+7.52016D+4.52018D+7.82022

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