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The2002 Washington State Senate election was held on November 5, 2002, to determine which party would control theWashington State Senate for the following two years in the58th Washington State Legislature. Twentyfour of the 49 senate seats were up for election. Prior to the election 25 seats were held byDemocrats and 24 were held byRepublicans. The general election saw Republicans flipping a single seat, thereby regaining the majority in theWashington State Senate that they had lost following the1998 election.[1][2]
| Source | Ranking | As of |
|---|---|---|
| The Cook Political Report[3] | Tossup | October 4, 2002 |
Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | James E. West (incumbent) | 24,021 | 51.40% | |
| Democratic | Laurie Dolan | 22,716 | 48.60% | |
| Total votes | 46,737 | 100.0% | ||
| Republicanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Harry Morton (incumbent) | 31,595 | 100.0% | |
| Total votes | 31,595 | 100.0% | ||
| Republicanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Pat Hale (incumbent) | 24,574 | 100.0% | |
| Total votes | 24,574 | 100.0% | ||
| Republicanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Joyce Mulliken | 25,015 | 100.0% | |
| Total votes | 25,015 | 100.0% | ||
| Republicanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Jim Honeyford (incumbent) | 19,443 | 100.0% | |
| Total votes | 19,443 | 100.0% | ||
| Republicanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Paull Shin (incumbent) | 19,273 | 62.07% | |
| Republican | Cheryl Potebnya | 11,778 | 37.93% | |
| Total votes | 31,051 | 100.0% | ||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Robert Oke (incumbent) | 20,823 | 50.42% | |
| Democratic | Betty Ringlee | 20,480 | 49.58% | |
| Total votes | 41,303 | 100.0% | ||
| Republicanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Rosa Franklin (incumbent) | 16,141 | 100.0% | |
| Total votes | 16,141 | 100.0% | ||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Tracey Eide (incumbent) | 15,474 | 54.05% | |
| Republican | William Moore | 13,154 | 45.95% | |
| Total votes | 28,628 | 100.0% | ||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Pam Roach (incumbent) | 18,017 | 51.69% | |
| Democratic | Yvonne Ward | 16,842 | 48.31% | |
| Total votes | 34,859 | 100.0% | ||
| Republicanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Darlene Fairley (incumbent) | 25,048 | 61.74% | |
| Republican | Michael Plunkett | 15,524 | 38.26% | |
| Total votes | 40,572 | 100.0% | ||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Karen Keiser (incumbent) | 16,722 | 63.37% | |
| Republican | James Russell | 9,666 | 36.63% | |
| Total votes | 26,388 | 100.0% | ||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Erik Poulsen (incumbent) | 29,719 | 63.37% | |
| Total votes | 29,719 | 100.0% | ||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Tim Sheldon (incumbent) | 29,221 | 78.28% | |
| Green | Marilou Rickert | 8,109 | 21.72% | |
| Total votes | 37,330 | 100.0% | ||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Jeanne Kohl-Welles (incumbent) | 35,334 | 100.0% | |
| Total votes | 35,334 | 100.0% | ||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Adam Kline (incumbent) | 22,508 | 100.0% | |
| Total votes | 22,508 | 100.0% | ||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Aaron Reardon | 17,809 | 65.34% | |
| Republican | Glenn Coggeshell | 9,445 | 34.66% | |
| Total votes | 27,253 | 100.0% | ||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Dale Brandland | 18,721 | 49.25% | |
| Democratic | Georgia Gardner (incumbent) | 17,565 | 46.20% | |
| Green | Peter Tassoni | 1,006 | 2.65% | |
| Libertarian | Donald Crawford | 724 | 1.90% | |
| Total votes | 38,016 | 100.0% | ||
| Republicangain fromDemocratic | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Pat Thibaudeau (incumbent) | 29,735 | 79.04% | |
| Green | Linde Knighton | 7,885 | 20.96% | |
| Total votes | 37,620 | 100.0% | ||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Dave Schmidt | 18,696 | 53.09% | |
| Democratic | Phil Doerflein | 16,520 | 46.91% | |
| Total votes | 35,216 | 100.0% | ||
| Republicanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Bill Finkbeiner (incumbent) | 26,500 | 100.0% | |
| Total votes | 26,500 | 100.0% | ||
| Republicanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Ken Jacobsen (incumbent) | 31,919 | 100.0% | |
| Total votes | 31,919 | 100.0% | ||
| Democratichold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Stephen L. Johnson (incumbent) | 17,997 | 55.52% | |
| Democratic | Deborah Jacobson | 14,419 | 44.48% | |
| Total votes | 32,416 | 100.0% | ||
| Republicanhold | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Luke Esser | 24,990 | 77.51% | |
| Libertarian | Christine Lawniczak | 7,252 | 22.49% | |
| Total votes | 32,242 | 100.0% | ||
| Republicanhold | ||||
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