Washington House
District 8
Previous Election Results
| 1996 House General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Jennifer Dunn |
Republican |
170,691 |
65.4% |
| Dave Little |
Democratic |
90,340 |
34.6% |
| 1996 House All-Party Special Blanket Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Jennifer Dunn |
Republican |
86,662 |
64.9% |
| Dave Little |
Democratic |
46,961 |
35.1% |
| 1998 House General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Jennifer Dunn |
Republican |
135,539 |
59.7% |
| Heidi Behrens-Benedict |
Democratic |
91,371 |
40.3% |
| 1998 House All-Party Special Blanket Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Jennifer Dunn |
Republican |
77,063 |
65.6% |
| Heidi Behrens-Benedict |
Democratic |
40,363 |
34.4% |
| 2000 House General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Jennifer Dunn |
Republican |
183,255 |
62.2% |
| Heidi Behrens-Benedict |
Democratic |
104,944 |
35.6% |
| Bernard McIlroy |
Libertarian |
6,269 |
2.1% |
| 2000 House All-Party Special Blanket Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Jennifer Dunn |
Republican |
89,133 |
60.8% |
| Heidi Behrens-Benedict |
Democratic |
54,449 |
37.1% |
| Bernard McIlroy |
Libertarian |
3,059 |
2.1% |
| 2002 House General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Jennifer Dunn |
Republican |
121,633 |
59.8% |
| Heidi Behrens-Benedict |
Democratic |
75,931 |
37.3% |
| Mark Taff |
Libertarian |
5,771 |
2.8% |
| 2002 House All-Party Special Blanket Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Jennifer Dunn |
Republican |
68,199 |
64.0% |
| Heidi Behrens-Benedict |
Democratic |
35,681 |
33.5% |
| Mark Taff |
Libertarian |
2,606 |
2.4% |
| 2004 House General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Dave Reichert |
Republican |
173,298 |
51.5% |
| Dave Ross |
Democratic |
157,148 |
46.7% |
| Spencer Garrett |
Libertarian |
6,053 |
1.8% |
| 2004 House Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Dave Ross |
Democratic |
39,347 |
48.4% |
| Alex Alben |
Democratic |
24,903 |
30.7% |
| Heidi Behrens-Benedict |
Democratic |
16,992 |
20.9% |
| 2004 House Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Dave Reichert |
Republican |
31,088 |
43.0% |
| Diane Tebelius |
Republican |
16,468 |
22.8% |
| Luke Esser |
Republican |
16,309 |
22.6% |
| Conrad Lee |
Republican |
8,350 |
11.6% |
| 2006 House General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Dave Reichert |
Republican |
129,362 |
51.5% |
| Darcy Burner |
Democratic |
122,021 |
48.5% |
| 2006 House Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Darcy Burner |
Democratic |
54,776 |
100.0% |
| 2006 House Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Dave Reichert |
Republican |
52,598 |
100.0% |
| 2008 House General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Dave Reichert |
Republican |
191,568 |
52.8% |
| Darcy Burner |
Democratic |
171,358 |
47.2% |
| 2008 House Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Dave Reichert |
Republican |
74,140 |
48.5% |
| Darcy Burner |
Democratic |
68,010 |
44.5% |
| James Vaughn |
Democratic |
5,051 |
3.3% |
| Richard Todd |
Non partisan |
2,116 |
1.4% |
| Keith Arnold |
Democratic |
1,886 |
1.2% |
| Boleslaw Orlinski |
Non partisan |
1,523 |
1.0% |
| 2010 House General Election |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Dave Reichert |
Republican |
161,296 |
52.1% |
| Suzan DelBene |
Democratic |
148,581 |
47.9% |
| 2010 House Primary |
| Candidate |
Party |
# Votes |
% Votes |
| Dave Reichert |
Republican |
76,118 |
47.2% |
| Suzan DelBene |
Democratic |
43,272 |
26.8% |
| Tom Cramer |
Democratic |
15,313 |
9.5% |
| Ernest Huber |
Republican |
9,376 |
5.8% |
| Tim Dillon |
Republican |
8,291 |
5.1% |
| Keith Arnold |
Democratic |
3,405 |
2.1% |
| Robin Adair |
Independent |
2,648 |
1.6% |
| John Orlinski |
Democratic |
1,761 |
1.1% |
| Caleb Mardini |
No party |
987 |
0.6% |
Demographic Data
| Population |
654,905 |
| Percentage White |
84.1% |
| Percentage Black |
2.0% |
| Percentage American Indian / Alaska Native |
0.9% |
| Percentage Asian |
7.9% |
| Percentage Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander |
0.3% |
| Percentage Mixed Race |
3.2% |
| Percentage Other Race |
1.7% |
| |
| Percentage Hispanic |
4.0% |
| Percentage Non Hispanic White |
82.1% |
| Percentage Non Hispanic Black |
2.0% |
| |
| Percentage Households All Speak Language Other than English |
9.5% |
| |
| Median Household Income |
$63,854 |
| Percentage Married Couple Both Work |
43.7% |
| Percentage Income in Poverty in 1999 |
5.1% |
| Percentage Lived in different household in 1995 |
49.3% |
| |
| Percentage Homes heated by Electricity |
38.1% |
| Percentage Homes heated by Gas |
50.9% |
| Percentage Homes heated by Coal |
0.0% |
| Percentage Homes heated by Fuel Oil |
3.8% |
| Percentage of Population Age 65 and Up |
8.8% |
| Percentage Employed Civilians 16-years-old and up |
50.9% |
| Percentage with a College Degree |
37.4% |
| Percentage Management or Professional Workers |
41.7% |
| Percentage Sales or Office Workers |
26.8% |
| Percentage Production or Transportation Workers |
11.1% |
| |
| Percentage Married Couples |
61.7% |
| Percentage Married Couples with Children |
31.2% |
| Percentage Unmarried Partner Households, Male living with Male |
0.3% |
| Percentage Unmarried Partner Households, Female living with Female |
0.4% |
Last updated 9:16pm October 4, 2012
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