Washington State Senate District 17
Next vote Tue, Nov 3, 2026 · Represented by Paul Harris Republican · Member list as of Oct 28
This seat has no race on the official 2026 list.
- Last election
- Paul Harris (Republican) won by 2.3 points, 2024
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History (15 elections for this seat)
- Votes for listed candidates
- 86,188
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Older district map (2022 to 2024)
Washington Senate District 17, 1968 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanPaul HarrisWon Republican 44,03451.1% DemocraticMarla Keethler Democratic 42,01948.8% Scattered write-ins Write-in 1350.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 81,982
- Election day
- November 3, 2020
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- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Washington Senate District 17, 1968 to 2024, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanLynda WilsonWon(incumbent) Republican 44,67154.5% DemocraticDaniel Smith Democratic 37,19645.4% Scattered write-ins Write-in 1150.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 59,452
- Election day
- November 8, 2016
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- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Washington Senate District 17, 1968 to 2024, 2016, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanLynda WilsonWon Republican 32,76655.1% IndependentTim Probst Independent 26,68644.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 54,998
- Election day
- November 6, 2012
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- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Washington Senate District 17, 1968 to 2024, 2012, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDon BentonWon(incumbent) Republican 27,53850.1% DemocraticTim Probst Democratic 27,46049.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 57,537
- Election day
- November 4, 2008
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- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Washington Senate District 17, 1968 to 2024, 2008, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDon BentonWon(incumbent) Republican 29,42651.1% DemocraticDavid Carrier Democratic 28,11148.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 52,756
- Election day
- November 2, 2004
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Washington Senate District 17, 1968 to 2024, 2004, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDonald BentonWon(incumbent) Republican 29,56356.0% DemocraticPaul G. Waadevig Democratic 23,19344.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 58,239
- Election day
- November 7, 2000
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- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Washington Senate District 17, 1968 to 2024, 2000, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDon BentonWon(incumbent) Republican 30,94853.1% DemocraticLou Peterson Democratic 27,29146.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 47,943
- Election day
- November 5, 1996
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- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Washington Senate District 17, 1968 to 2024, 1996, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanDon BentonWon Republican 24,43051.0% DemocraticShirley A. Galloway Democratic 23,51349.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 42,868
- Election day
- November 3, 1992
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- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Washington Senate District 17, 1968 to 2024, 1992, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticDean SutherlandWon(incumbent) Democratic 23,89855.8% RepublicanHeenan Republican 18,97044.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 32,540
- Election day
- November 8, 1988
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- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Washington Senate District 17, 1968 to 2024, 1988, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticDean SutherlandWon Democratic 16,35350.3% RepublicanRohrbacher Republican 16,18749.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 32,237
- Election day
- November 6, 1984
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Washington Senate District 17, 1968 to 2024, 1984, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanHarold S. ZimmermanWon(incumbent) Republican 19,33360.0% DemocraticBetty Thompson Democratic 12,90440.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 40,639
- Election day
- November 4, 1980
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- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Washington Senate District 17, 1968 to 2024, 1980, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanHarold S. ZimmermanWon Republican 21,45652.8% DemocraticAl Henry(incumbent) Democratic 19,18347.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 30,965
- Election day
- November 2, 1976
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- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Washington Senate District 17, 1968 to 2024, 1976, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticAl HenryWon(incumbent) Democratic 19,03461.5% RepublicanR. E. Hornibrook Republican 11,93138.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 29,186
- Election day
- November 7, 1972
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Washington Senate District 17, 1968 to 2024, 1972, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticAl HenryWon(incumbent) Democratic 17,12758.7% RepublicanJames L. Watson Republican 12,05941.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 19,808
- Election day
- November 5, 1968
- District map
- Older district map (1966 to 1971)
Washington Senate District 17, 1968 to 2024, 1968, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticAl HenryWon(incumbent) Democratic 10,54953.3% RepublicanGeorge F. Christensen Jr. Republican 9,25946.7%
- 2024: MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns; not an official source
- 1968 to 2020: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns; not an official source
Only part of this chamber is up in a given cycle. Which districts vote on which date is not on file. Last contest in this district on file: 2024.
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Election Wrld. (2026). Washington State Senate District 17, election results 1968 to 2024. https://www.electionwrld.com/wa/senate/17. Retrieved October 31, 2026.
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Sources: Census TIGERweb Legislative MapServer (120th CDs layer 0, 119th CDs layer 4, 2026 SLD upper layer 1 and lower layer 2) (US Census Bureau, public domain), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open Civic Data division identifiers (census_autogenerated us_sldl/us_sldu and openstates state files); also (sld-recent.json): Open Civic Data division identifiers (country-us) (CC0 (repository); also (sld-recent.json): CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open States people (current) CSVs (CC0-1.0 (Open States people data)), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Open States volunteers and staff (rosters from state legislature sites) from official returns, not an official source; MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips) (Not stated in the GitHub repository (an earlier label said "MIT (repo)", which the repository does not support). MEDSL's Harvard Dataverse records are CC0 1.0, but these GitHub files were not checksum-matched to the Dataverse files, so CC0 is not claimed for them.), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns, not an official source; State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse) (CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns, not an official source.
District id: ocd-division/country:us/state:wa/sldu:17
DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), MEDSL 2024 official precinct returnsData as of Oct 28, 2026