2006 Washington House of Representatives election

Summary

The 2006 Washington State House elections took place on November 7, 2006. Voters in all 49 of Washington's legislative districts voted for their representatives. Washington State Senate elections were also held on November 7.[1]

Washington State House elections, 2006

← 2004 November 7, 2006 2008 →

98 seats of the Washington State House of Representatives
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Frank Chopp Richard DeBolt
Party Democratic Republican
Leader's seat 43rd-Seattle 20th-Centralia
Last election 55 43
Seats before 56 42
Seats won 62 36
Seat change Increase 6 Decrease 6
Popular vote 2,075,413 1,646,030
Percentage 55.74% 44.21%

Results:
     Democratic gain
     Democratic hold      Republican hold

House Speaker before election

Frank Chopp
Democratic

Elected House Speaker

Frank Chopp
Democratic

Overview edit

Washington State House elections, 2006
Party Votes Percentage Seats +/–
Democratic 2,075,413 55.74% 63   6
Republican 1,646,030 44.21% 35   6
Progressive Party 2,081 0.06%
Totals 5,311,847 100.00% 98

Election results edit

District 1 edit

Washington's 1st legislative district House 1 election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Al O'Brien 32,274 100
Total votes 32,274 100.00
Washington's 1st legislative district House 2 election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Mark Ericks 25,739 61.90
Republican Mark Davies 15,843 38.10
Total votes 100.00

District 2 edit

Washington's 2nd legislative district House 1 election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jean Marie Christenson 16,997 43.47
Republican Jim McCune 22,107 56.53
Total votes 100.00
Washington's 2nd legislative district House 2 election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jeff Stephan 15,734 40.39
Republican Tom Campbell 23,221 59.61
Total votes 100.00

District 3 edit

In 2004, Alex Wood was challenged by David Stevens and won with 61.61% of the vote.

Washington's 3rd legislative district House 1 election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Alex Wood 19,801 67.31
Republican Laura D. Carder 9,618 32.69
Total votes 29,419 100.00
Washington's 3rd legislative district House 2 election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Timm Ormsby 23,682 100.00
Total votes 23,682 100.00

District 4 edit

Seat 1

In 2004, Larry Crouse was challenged by Jim Peck (D) and won with 61.55% of the vote.

Seat 2

In 2004, Lynn Schindler was challenged by Ed Foote (D) and won with 65.85% of the vote.

District 5 edit

Seat 1

In 2004, Jay Rodne was challenged by Jeff Griffin (D) and Keith Kemp (L) and won with 52.36% of the vote.

Seat 2

In 2004, Glenn Anderson was challenged by Barbara de Michele (D) and Beau Gunderson (L) and won with 54.07% of the vote.

District 6 edit

Seat 1

  • John W. Serben (R) - Incumbent
  • Donald A. Barlow (D) (WINNER)
    • Website: https://web.archive.org/web/20060827122542/http://www.electdonbarlow.com/
    • Info: Spokane Spokesman Review

In 2004, John Serben ran against Don Barlow (D) for an open seat (vacated when Brad Benson ran for State Senate) and won with 51.90% of the vote.

Seat 2

In 2004, John Ahern was challenged by Douglas Dobbins (D) and won with 60.56% of the vote.

District 7 edit

Seat 1

  • Bob Sump (R) - Incumbent
  • Jack Miller (D) - Challenger
    • Website: https://web.archive.org/web/20060525060604/http://www.electjackmiller.com/

In 2004, Bob Sump was challenged by Jack Miller (D) and Dave Wordinger (L) and won with 64.12% of the vote.

Seat 2

Joel Kretz (R) - Incumbent

In 2004, Joel Kretz ran against Yvette Joseph (D) for an open seat (vacated when Cathy McMorris ran for Congress) and won with 65.15% of the vote.

District 8 edit

Seat 1

In 2004, Shirley Hankins was challenged by Rick Dillender (D) and won with 73.28% of the vote.

Seat 2

  • Larry Haler (R) - Incumbent
    • Website: http://www.larryhaler.com

In 2004, Larry Haler was challenged by Jerad Koepp (D) and won with 69.82% of the vote.

District 9 edit

Seat 1

    • Steve Hailey (R)
    • Joe Schmick (R)
    • Glen R. Stockwell (R)
    • Tedd Nealey (R)
    • Caitlin Ross (D)

Current incumbent Don Cox (R) is not seeking re-election in 2006. [1]

Seat 2

    • David W. Buri (R) - Incumbent

District 10 edit

Seat 1

  • Christopher Strow (R)

Seat 2

District 11 edit

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District 12 edit

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District 13 edit

Position 1

  • Judith (Judy) Warnick (R)
  • Max Golladay (R)

Current incumbent Janéa Holmquist (R) is running for State Senator.

Position 2

District 14 edit

Position 1

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  • Ron Bonlender (D)
  • Sandra Belzer Swanson (R)
  • James Keightley (R)
  • Harold F. Koempel (R)
  • Charles R. Ross (R)
  • Glen Blomgren (R)

Current Incumbent James Clements (R) is not seeking re-election in 2006.

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District 16 edit

Position 1

  • Maureen Walsh (R) - Incumbent
  • Patrick Guettner (R)
  • George Fearing (D)

Position 2

  • Bill Grant (D) - Incumbent
  • Sheryl Cox (R)
  • Kevin Young (R)

District 17 edit

Seat 1

  • Jim Dunn (R) - Incumbent
  • Pat Campbell (D) - Challenger
  • Jack Burkman (D) - Challenger

Seat 2

District 18 edit

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District 19 edit

Position 1

  • Dean Takko (D) - Incumbent
  • Tim Sutinen (R) - Challenger

Position 2

  • Brian Blake (D) - Incumbent
  • Keath Huff (R) - Challenger

District 20 edit

Position 1

  • Richard DeBolt (R) - Incumbent, House Minority Leader
  • Mike Rechner (D)

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District 21 edit

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District 22 edit

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  • Sam Hunt (D) - Incumbent
  • Kevin Bonagofski (R)

District 23 edit

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District 24 edit

Seat 1

James Buck was challenged by Van de Wege in 2002, and won with 51%.

Seat 2

District 25 edit

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District 26 edit

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Current Seat 2 Representative Derek Kilmer (D) is running for the State Senate seat left open by the retirement of Bob Oke, which leaves the race for this seat an open race.

District 27 edit

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District 28 edit

Position 1

  • Troy Kelley (D) (cw)
  • Don Anderson (R) (cw)
  • Stan Flemming (R)

Current incumbent Gigi Talcott (R) is not seeking re-election in 2006.

Position 2

District 29 edit

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  • Steve Kirby (D) - Incumbent

District 30 edit

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District 31 edit

Seat 1

  • Dan Roach (R) - Incumbent
  • Karen Willard (D) - Challenger

Seat 2

District 32 edit

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District 33 edit

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District 34 edit

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District 35 edit

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District 36 edit

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District 37 edit

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District 38 edit

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District 39 edit

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District 40 edit

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District 41 edit

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District 42 edit

Seat 1

  • Doug Ericksen (R) - Incumbent
    • Website: http://dougericksen.com/
  • Jasper MacSlarrow (D) - Challenger
    • Website: http://www.votejasper.com/

Seat 2

District 43 edit

Seat 1

  • Dick Kelley (D) Kelley in 2006
  • Jamie Pedersen (D) People for Pedersen
  • Bill Sherman (D) billsherman.com
  • Stephanie Pure (D) People for Pure Archived 2006-06-23 at the Wayback Machine
  • Jim Street (D) JimStreet.org
  • Lynne Dodson (D) LynneToWin.org Archived 2006-09-06 at the Wayback Machine
  • Hugh Foskett (R)
  • Linde Knighton (Progressive) voteknighton.org

Ed Murray is stepping down from his House seat to run for the State Senate.

Rough road ahead for non-Democrat candidates in 43rd[permanent dead link]

Seat 2

  • Frank Chopp (D) - Current Speaker of the House
  • Will "Chopper" Sohn (R) Will Sohn For Representative

District 44 edit

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District 45 edit

Seat 1

  • Roger Goodman (D)
  • Jeffrey Possinger (R)
    • Current Rep. Toby Nixon (R) is running for the open Senate seat.

Seat 2

District 46 edit

Position 1

  • Jim McIntire (D) - Incumbent
    • Website: https://web.archive.org/web/20060829232052/http://jimmcintire.com/

Position 2

District 47 edit

Seat 1

  • Geoff Simpson (D) - Incumbent
    • Website: http://www.votesimpson.com/ Archived 2006-03-01 at the Wayback Machine
  • Donna Watts (R)
    • Website: https://web.archive.org/web/20070502190510/http://www.donnawatts.org/

Seat 2

  • Pat Sullivan (D) - Incumbent
    • Website: http://www.votepatsullivan.com/
  • Andrew Franz (R)
    • Website: https://web.archive.org/web/20061106034048/http://www.andrewfranz.org/

District 48 edit

Seat 1

  • Ross Hunter (D) - Incumbent, Ross Hunter
  • Nancy Potts (R) Nancy Potts Archived 2008-01-20 at the Wayback Machine

Seat 2

  • Deb Eddy (D) Deb Eddy
  • Santiago Ramos (D) (cw)
  • Brett Olson - (R) Bret Olson for 48th District Representative

Seat 2 became an open seat on March 14, 2006 when Rodney Tom announced his candidacy for the Senate, switching parties from Republican to Democrat in the process.

District 49 edit

Washington's 49th legislative district House 1 election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Charles Fromhold 21,735 64.68
Republican Nancy De Leo 11,867 35.32
Total votes 33,602 100.00
Washington's 49th legislative district House 2 election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic James Moeller 20,630 61.36
Republican Sharon Long 12,989 38.64
Total votes 33,619 100.00

References edit

  1. ^ November 2006 General (Report).

See also edit