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2018Final results

2018 election for Washington Legislative District 44-1

Washington House of Representatives · Washington

John Lovick (D) won with 57.1% of the vote, defeating Jeff Sax (R) by 14.1 points.

John LovickDemocrat · winner · incumbent
57.1%38,194
Jeff SaxRepublican
42.9%28,742
66,936 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 2018

Races before and after

EvenD+8.72012D+3.72014D+4.02016D+14.12018D+14.42020D+6.72022

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