2002 Washington State Senate election

none December 2025 ly 2002 Washington State Senate election Washington Legislative Popular No 2000 Washington State Senate election 2000 2004 Washington State Senate election 2004 24 out of 49 seats in the Washington State Senate 25 November 5, 2002 150x150px File:James E. West (politician).jpg James E. West Republican Party (United States) January 10, 2000 6th District-Spokane 24 25 1 329,959 43.86% File:3x4.svg Sid Snyder(retired) Democratic Party (United States) January 9, 1995 19th District-Cowlitz 25 24 1 397,445 52.83% Majority Leader Sid Snyder Democratic Party (United States) James E. West Republican Party (United States) The 2002 Washington State Senate election was held on November 5, 2002, to determine which party would control the Washington State Senate for the following two years in the 58th Washington State Legislature. Twentyfour of the 49 senate seats were up for election. Prior to the election 25 seats were held by Democrats and 24 were held by Republicans. The general election saw Republicans flipping a single seat, thereby regaining the majority in the Washington State Senate that they had lost following the 1998 election.https://ballotpedia.org/Washington_State_Senate Washington_State_Senate ballotpedia.org 2025-11-26https://www.sos.wa.gov/elections/results_report.aspx?e=4&c=&c2=&t=&t2=4&p=&p2=&y= Elections Search Results sos.wa.gov 2025-11-26 Predictions SourceRankingAs of The CookPolitical ReportJacobson Louis October 4, 2002 2002 State Legislature Ratings https://www.cookpolitical.com/analysis/national/cpr-archives/cook-political-report-october-4-2002 bot: unknown The Cook Political Report 149–150 10.7910/DVN/EH6LU0 subscription https://web.archive.org/web/20250907071649/https://www.cookpolitical.com/analysis/national/cpr-archives/cook-political-report-october-4-2002 2025-09-07 Harvard Dataverse 2025-11-26 | Tossup October 4, 2002 Retirements 13th District: Harold Hochstatter (R) retired. 38th District: Jeralita Costa (D) retired. 44th District: Jeanine Long (R) retired. 48th District: Dan McDonald (R) retired. Defeated incumbents 42nd District: Georgia Gardner (D) lost re-election to Dale Brandland (R). Closest races Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%: red District 26, 0.84% red District 6, 2.80% red District 42, 3.05% (gain) red District 31, 3.38% red District 44, 6.18% blue District 30, 8.10% Results 6th District 6th District election, 2002 Republican Party (United States) James E. West (incumbent) 24,021 51.40% Democratic Party (United States) Laurie Dolan 22,716 48.60% 46,737 100.0% Republican Party (United States) 7th District 7th District election, 2002 Republican Party (United States) Harry Morton (incumbent) 31,595 100.0% 31,595 100.0% Republican Party (United States) 8th District 8th District election, 2002 Republican Party (United States) Pat Hale (incumbent) 24,574 100.0% 24,574 100.0% Republican Party (United States) 13th District 13th District election, 2002 Republican Party (United States) Joyce Mulliken 25,015 100.0% 25,015 100.0% Republican Party (United States) 15th District 15th District election, 2002 Republican Party (United States) Jim Honeyford (incumbent) 19,443 100.0% 19,443 100.0% Republican Party (United States) 21st District 21st District election, 2002 Democratic Party (United States) Paull Shin (incumbent) 19,273 62.07% Republican Party (United States) Cheryl Potebnya 11,778 37.93% 31,051 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) 26th District 26th District election, 2002 Republican Party (United States) Robert Oke (incumbent) 20,823 50.42% Democratic Party (United States) Betty Ringlee 20,480 49.58% 41,303 100.0% Republican Party (United States) 29th District 29th District election, 2002 Democratic Party (United States) Rosa Franklin (incumbent) 16,141 100.0% 16,141 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) 30th District 30th District election, 2002 Democratic Party (United States) Tracey Eide (incumbent) 15,474 54.05% Republican Party (United States) William Moore 13,154 45.95% 28,628 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) 31st District 31st District election, 2002 Republican Party (United States) Pam Roach (incumbent) 18,017 51.69% Democratic Party (United States) Yvonne Ward 16,842 48.31% 34,859 100.0% Republican Party (United States) 32nd District 32nd District election, 2002 Democratic Party (United States) Darlene Fairley (incumbent) 25,048 61.74% Republican Party (United States) Michael Plunkett 15,524 38.26% 40,572 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) 33rd District 33rd District election, 2002 Democratic Party (United States) Karen Keiser (incumbent) 16,722 63.37% Republican Party (United States) James Russell 9,666 36.63% 26,388 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) 34th District 34th District election, 2002 Democratic Party (United States) Erik Poulsen (incumbent) 29,719 63.37% 29,719 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) 35th District 35th District election, 2002 Democratic Party (United States) Tim Sheldon (incumbent) 29,221 78.28% Green Party (United States) Marilou Rickert 8,109 21.72% 37,330 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) 36th District 36th District election, 2002 Democratic Party (United States) Jeanne Kohl-Welles (incumbent) 35,334 100.0% 35,334 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) 37th District 37th District election, 2002 Democratic Party (United States) Adam Kline (incumbent) 22,508 100.0% 22,508 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) 38th District 38th District election, 2002 Democratic Party (United States) Aaron Reardon 17,809 65.34% Republican Party (United States) Glenn Coggeshell 9,445 34.66% 27,253 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) 42nd District 42nd District election, 2002 Republican Party (United States) Dale Brandland 18,721 49.25% Democratic Party (United States) Georgia Gardner (incumbent) 17,565 46.20% Green Party (United States) Peter Tassoni 1,006 2.65% Libertarian Party (United States) Donald Crawford 724 1.90% 38,016 100.0% Republican Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States) 43rd District 43rd District election, 2002 Democratic Party (United States) Pat Thibaudeau (incumbent) 29,735 79.04% Green Party (United States) Linde Knighton 7,885 20.96% 37,620 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) 44th District 44th District election, 2002 Republican Party (United States) Dave Schmidt 18,696 53.09% Democratic Party (United States) Phil Doerflein 16,520 46.91% 35,216 100.0% Republican Party (United States) 45th District 45th District election, 2002 Republican Party (United States) Bill Finkbeiner (incumbent) 26,500 100.0% 26,500 100.0% Republican Party (United States) 46th District 46th District election, 2002 Democratic Party (United States) Ken Jacobsen (incumbent) 31,919 100.0% 31,919 100.0% Democratic Party (United States) 47th District 47th District election, 2002 Republican Party (United States) Stephen L. Johnson (incumbent) 17,997 55.52% Democratic Party (United States) Deborah Jacobson 14,419 44.48% 32,416 100.0% Republican Party (United States) 48th District 48th District election, 2002 Republican Party (United States) Luke Esser 24,990 77.51% Libertarian Party (United States) Christine Lawniczak 7,252 22.49% 32,242 100.0% Republican Party (United States) References Category:2002 Washington (state) elections Category:Washington State Senate elections Category:November 2002 in the United States Washington State Senate election