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Election 1998 Results

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1998 US House elections in Washington

Washington elected 9 members of the House in 1998: Democrats won 5 seats and Republicans 4.

The closest was the 1st district, decided by 5.7 points: Jay Inslee (Democrat) beat Rick White (Republican), 49.8% to 44.1%, a margin of 5.7 points and 12,816 votes.

In the House vote by county, Republicans led in 25 of the 39 counties and Democrats in 14. The largest, King, cast 584,247 votes and went to the Democrat by 31.5 points. The closest was Skamania, where 63 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Every district

DistrictDemocratVotesRepublicanVotesOthersMargin
1 Jay Inslee112,726 (49.8%) Rick White99,910 (44.1%) 13,837 D+5.7
2 Grethe Cammermeyer100,776 (44.8%) Jack Metcalf124,125 (55.2%) R+10.4
3 Brian Baird120,364 (54.7%) Don Benton99,855 (45.3%) D+9.3
4 Gordon Allen Pross43,043 (24.4%) Doc Hastings121,684 (69.1%) 11,363 R+44.7
5 Brad Lyons73,545 (38.1%) George R. Nethercutt, Jr.110,040 (56.9%) 9,673 R+18.9
6 Norman D. Dicks143,308 (68.4%) Bob Lawrence66,291 (31.6%) D+36.7
7 Jim McDermott183,076 (88.2%) none 24,466 D+88.2
8 Heidi Behrens-Benedict91,371 (40.3%) Jennifer Dunn135,539 (59.7%) R+19.5
9 Adam Smith111,948 (64.7%) Ron Taber61,108 (35.3%) D+29.4

The House vote in every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
King 369,593 63.3% 185,402 31.7% 29,252 584,247 D+31.5
Pierce 121,716 60.7% 78,673 39.3% 200,389 D+21.5
Snohomish 85,717 46.9% 91,550 50.0% 5,652 182,919 R+3.2
Spokane 51,316 40.3% 70,350 55.2% 5,816 127,482 R+14.9
Clark 49,217 51.5% 46,392 48.5% 95,609 D+3.0
Kitsap 48,993 59.7% 29,715 36.2% 3,399 82,107 D+23.5
Thurston 47,974 63.4% 27,684 36.6% 75,658 D+26.8
Whatcom 25,363 46.3% 29,431 53.7% 54,794 R+7.4
Yakima 14,205 27.7% 34,092 66.5% 3,002 51,299 R+38.8
Benton 9,278 21.7% 31,405 73.5% 2,030 42,713 R+51.8
Skagit 14,581 42.2% 19,992 57.8% 34,573 R+15.7
Cowlitz 16,694 58.3% 11,949 41.7% 28,643 D+16.6
Clallam 15,452 58.2% 11,111 41.8% 26,563 D+16.3
Island 9,722 39.0% 15,192 61.0% 24,914 R+22.0
Lewis 9,939 41.2% 14,162 58.8% 24,101 R+17.5
Grays Harbor 14,971 71.0% 6,122 29.0% 21,093 D+42.0
Chelan 3,914 19.6% 13,844 69.4% 2,181 19,939 R+49.8
Mason 12,387 68.4% 5,729 31.6% 18,116 D+36.8
Grant 4,336 24.7% 12,290 70.0% 938 17,564 R+45.3
Walla Walla 5,193 33.7% 9,278 60.1% 958 15,429 R+26.5
Stevens 4,130 30.7% 8,153 60.6% 1,174 13,457 R+29.9
Whitman 4,982 39.0% 7,429 58.2% 361 12,772 R+19.2
Jefferson 8,402 67.4% 4,061 32.6% 12,463 D+34.8
Okanogan 2,994 26.3% 7,485 65.8% 896 11,375 R+39.5
Kittitas 3,106 29.6% 6,508 62.0% 888 10,502 R+32.4
Franklin 2,369 22.9% 7,536 72.8% 453 10,358 R+49.9
Douglas 1,927 21.8% 6,163 69.6% 769 8,859 R+47.8
Pacific 4,982 63.5% 2,864 36.5% 7,846 D+27.0
San Juan 3,585 52.0% 3,304 48.0% 6,889 D+4.1
Klickitat 2,408 39.3% 3,521 57.4% 203 6,132 R+18.2
Asotin 2,244 38.4% 3,334 57.0% 269 5,847 R+18.6
Pend Oreille 1,694 35.9% 2,653 56.2% 373 4,720 R+20.3
Lincoln 1,380 31.7% 2,805 64.4% 168 4,353 R+32.7
Adams 911 24.8% 2,646 72.2% 109 3,666 R+47.3
Skamania 1,650 51.0% 1,587 49.0% 3,237 D+1.9
Ferry 961 36.3% 1,458 55.0% 232 2,651 R+18.7
Wahkiakum 1,124 62.3% 680 37.7% 1,804 D+24.6
Columbia 415 24.2% 1,146 66.9% 153 1,714 R+42.6
Garfield 332 26.5% 856 68.4% 63 1,251 R+41.9

Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Washington in every House election we hold

YearSeatsHouse vote
2024 D 8, R 2 D+16.2
2022 D 8, R 2 D+16.2
2020 D 7, R 3 D+17.1
2018 D 7, R 3 D+25.2
2016 D 6, R 4 D+8.3
2014 D 6, R 4 D+7.0
2012 D 6, R 4 D+8.9
2010 D 5, R 4 D+6.5
2008 D 6, R 3 D+18.4
2006 D 6, R 3 D+21.7
2004 D 6, R 3 D+18.8
2002 D 6, R 3 D+7.4
2000 D 6, R 3 D+10.4
1998 D 5, R 4 D+8.7
1996 D 3, R 6 D+5.0
1994 D 2, R 7 R+1.6
1992 D 8, R 1 D+14.6
1990 D 5, R 3 D+7.6