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Washington House of Representatives seat · current lines

Washington Legislative District 8-2

26 elections since 1972: Democrats won 3, Republicans 23.

Vacant

2022 election

Nov 8, 2022
  1. April Connors (R) · won55.0%
  2. Joe Cotta (R)43.1%
  3. Write-ins and other votes (OTH)1.9%

Full results →

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

Every election for this seat

26 races since 1972; the seat changed party 4 times. District numbers are redrawn after each census: each group is one set of lines.

YearWinnerRunner-upWon by
Lines first used in 2022
2022April Connors (R)Joe Cotta (R)11.9
Lines first used in 2012
2020Matt Boehnke (R)Larry Stanley (I)58.1
2018Matt Boehnke (R)Christopher Tracy (D)32.6
2016Larry Haler (R)Steve Simmons (R)19.7
2014Larry Haler (R)Eric Kalia (D)57.2
2012Larry Haler (R)Richard Reuther (D)44.8
Lines first used in 2002
2010Larry Haler (R)—Unopposed
2008Larry Haler (R)Rob Welch (R)20.4
2006Larry Haler (R)—Unopposed
2004Larry Haler (R)Jerad A. Koepp (D)39.6
2002Jerome Delvin (R)—Unopposed
Lines first used in 1992
2000Jerome Delvin (R)Marianne Price (D)31.9
1998Jerome Delvin (R)—Unopposed
1996Jerome Delvin (R)Susan Carlstrom (D)35.2
1994Jerome Delvin (R)FlipMoak (D)22.0
1992Curtis Ludwig (D)Berting (R)28.7
Lines first used in 1982
1990Curtis Ludwig (D)FlipSteve Young (R)13.9
1988Shirley Hankins (R)Leibold (D)52.5
1986Shirley Hankins (R)Ed Pearson (D)45.0
1984Shirley Hankins (R)Doris Johnson (D)27.8
1982Shirley Hankins (R)Robert C. Doyle (D)33.4
Lines first used in 1972
1980Shirley Hankins (R)John A. Thom (D)54.2
1978Claude Oliver (R)Robert C. Doyle (D)17.9
1976Claude Oliver (R)FlipPat Cochrane (D)15.5
1974Pat Cochrane (D)FlipLawrence Mabry (R)4.6
1972Max Benitz (R)Pat Cochrane (D)8.9

Won by: the winner's lead over the runner-up, in points of the vote. Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)