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2018Final results

2018 election for Washington Legislative District 44

Washington State Senate · Washington

Steve Hobbs (D) won with 56.1% of the vote, defeating Doug Roulstone (R) by 12.2 points.

Steve HobbsDemocrat · winner · incumbent
56.1%37,656
Doug RoulstoneRepublican
43.9%29,445
67,101 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+4.62006D+1.62010D+8.02014D+12.22018D+17.62022D+24.12026

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