2016Final results

2016 election for Washington Legislative District 7-2

Washington House of Representatives · Washington

Joel Kretz (R) won with 76.9% of the vote, defeating Mike Foster (Lib) by 53.7 points.

Joel KretzRepublican · winner · incumbent
76.9%49,635
Mike FosterLibertarian
23.1%14,946
64,581 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+36.61994R+29.01996R+40.72000R+48.12002R+30.32004R+35.72018

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