2022 Washington House of Representatives election

2022 Washington House of Representatives elections

← 2020 November 8, 2022 2024 →

All 98 seats in the Washington House of Representatives
50 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Laurie Jinkins J. T. Wilcox
Party Democratic Republican
Leader's seat 27th-Tacoma 2nd-Roy
Last election 57 41
Seats won 58 40
Seat change Increase 1 Decrease 1

Results:
     Democratic gain
     Democratic hold      Republican hold

Speaker of the House before election

Laurie Jinkins
Democratic

Elected Speaker of the House

Laurie Jinkins
Democratic

The 2022 Washington House of Representatives elections took place as part of the biennial United States elections on November 8, 2022. Washington state voters elected state representatives in all 98 seats of the House, electing 2 state representatives in each of the 49 Washington state legislative districts. State representatives serve two-year terms in the Washington House of Representatives.

Following the previous election in 2020, Democrats held a 57-to-41 seat majority over Republicans.[1]

There was only one district, the 10th, whose two representatives were from different parties before the election. The flipping of the 10th district seat held by Republican Greg Gilday to the Democrats means that there are no split districts for the first time since Washington gained statehood in 1889.[a][2][3]

  1. ^ "Canvass of the Returns of the General Election Held on November 3, 2020" (PDF). State of Washington Secretary of State. December 1, 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 3, 2020.
  2. ^ Santos, Melissa (January 13, 2020). "The only party in town: What fewer split districts mean for Washington's political agenda". Cascade PBS. Retrieved May 21, 2024.
  3. ^ "Members of the Washington State Legislature By Districts Since 1889" (PDF). Washington State Legislature. January 2023. Retrieved May 21, 2024.


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