Washington State Senate District 20

Next vote Tue, Nov 3, 2026 · Represented by John Braun Republican · Member list as of Oct 28

This seat has no race on the official 2026 list.

Last election: John Braun (Republican) was unopposed, 2024

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History (15 elections for this seat)

Washington Senate District 20, 1968 to 2024, 2024, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanJohn BraunWon	Republican	69,17296.5%	96.5%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	2,4903.5%	3.5%

Votes for listed candidates: 69,603
Election day: November 3, 2020
District map: Older district map (2012 to 2021)

Washington Senate District 20, 1968 to 2024, 2020, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanJohn BraunWon(incumbent)	Republican	67,30496.7%	96.7%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	2,2993.3%	3.3%

Washington Senate District 20, 1968 to 2024, 2016, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanJohn BraunWon(incumbent)	Republican	49,936100.0%	100.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 54,018
Election day: November 6, 2012
District map: Older district map (2012 to 2021)

Washington Senate District 20, 1968 to 2024, 2012, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanJohn E. BraunWon	Republican	29,94355.4%	55.4%
RepublicanDan Swecker(incumbent)	Republican	24,07544.6%	44.6%

Votes for listed candidates: 62,078
Election day: November 4, 2008
District map: Older district map (2002 to 2011)

Washington Senate District 20, 1968 to 2024, 2008, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanDan SweckerWon(incumbent)	Republican	39,65063.9%	63.9%
DemocraticChuck Bojarski	Democratic	22,42836.1%	36.1%

Votes for listed candidates: 54,610
Election day: November 2, 2004
District map: Older district map (2002 to 2011)

Washington Senate District 20, 1968 to 2024, 2004, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanDaniel SweckerWon(incumbent)	Republican	35,37264.8%	64.8%
DemocraticCharles W. Bojarski	Democratic	19,23835.2%	35.2%

Votes for listed candidates: 49,225
Election day: November 7, 2000
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2001)

Washington Senate District 20, 1968 to 2024, 2000, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanDan SweckerWon(incumbent)	Republican	30,27661.5%	61.5%
DemocraticTom Beattie	Democratic	16,17532.9%	32.9%
OtherMary Lou Kaffel	Other	2,7745.6%	5.6%

Washington Senate District 20, 1968 to 2024, 1996, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanDan SweckerWon	Republican	24,17152.9%	52.9%
DemocraticCody Arledge	Democratic	21,56347.1%	47.1%

Votes for listed candidates: 43,037
Election day: November 3, 1992
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2001)

Washington Senate District 20, 1968 to 2024, 1992, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanNeil AmondsonWon(incumbent)	Republican	26,21560.9%	60.9%
DemocraticNogler	Democratic	16,82239.1%	39.1%

Votes for listed candidates: 39,368
Election day: November 8, 1988
District map: Older district map (1982 to 1991)

Washington Senate District 20, 1968 to 2024, 1988, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanNeil AmondsonWon	Republican	21,42554.4%	54.4%
DemocraticGary Odegaard	Democratic	17,94345.6%	45.6%

Votes for listed candidates: 37,829
Election day: November 6, 1984
District map: Older district map (1982 to 1991)

Washington Senate District 20, 1968 to 2024, 1984, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticStuart HalsanWon	Democratic	18,93850.1%	50.1%
RepublicanW. H. Fuller(incumbent)	Republican	18,89149.9%	49.9%

Votes for listed candidates: 33,315
Election day: November 4, 1980
District map: Older district map (1972 to 1981)

Washington Senate District 20, 1968 to 2024, 1980, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanW. H. FullerWon	Republican	20,80762.5%	62.5%
DemocraticLeonard E. Tabor	Democratic	12,50837.5%	37.5%

Votes for listed candidates: 30,411
Election day: November 2, 1976
District map: Older district map (1972 to 1981)

Washington Senate District 20, 1968 to 2024, 1976, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticGary OdegaardWon(incumbent)	Democratic	19,45964.0%	64.0%
RepublicanWarren Smith	Republican	10,95236.0%	36.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 28,726
Election day: November 7, 1972
District map: Older district map (1972 to 1981)

Washington Senate District 20, 1968 to 2024, 1972, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticGary OdegaardWon(incumbent)	Democratic	19,89769.3%	69.3%
RepublicanR. E. Bieker	Republican	7,84227.3%	27.3%
IndependentOlga Miller	Independent	9873.4%	3.4%

Votes for listed candidates: 20,643
Election day: November 5, 1968
District map: Older district map (1966 to 1971)

Washington Senate District 20, 1968 to 2024, 1968, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticGary OdegaardWon	Democratic	10,91152.9%	52.9%
RepublicanJoe Chytil(incumbent)	Republican	9,73247.1%	47.1%

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

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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:20

DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), MEDSL 2024 official precinct returnsData as of Oct 28, 2026