Washington State Senate District 22

Next vote Tue, Nov 3, 2026 · Represented by Jess Bateman Democratic · Member list as of Oct 28

This seat has no race on the official 2026 list.

Last election: Jess Bateman (Democratic) won by 43.2 points, 2024

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History (15 elections for this seat)

Votes for listed candidates: 77,816
Election day: November 5, 2024
District map: Older district map (2022 to 2024)

Washington Senate District 22, 1968 to 2024, 2024, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticJess BatemanWonName as filed: Jessica Bateman	Democratic	54,90470.6%	70.6%
DemocraticBob Iyall	Democratic	21,29427.4%	27.4%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	1,6182.1%	2.1%

Votes for listed candidates: 90,540
Election day: November 3, 2020
District map: Older district map (2012 to 2021)

Washington Senate District 22, 1968 to 2024, 2020, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticSam HuntWon(incumbent)	Democratic	60,80667.2%	67.2%
RepublicanGarry Holland	Republican	29,60032.7%	32.7%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	1340.1%	0.1%

Washington Senate District 22, 1968 to 2024, 2016, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticSam HuntWon	Democratic	45,88266.6%	66.6%
OtherSteve Owens	Other	22,98633.4%	33.4%

Washington Senate District 22, 1968 to 2024, 2012, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticKaren FraserWon(incumbent)	Democratic	50,389100.0%	100.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 61,328
Election day: November 4, 2008
District map: Older district map (2002 to 2011)

Washington Senate District 22, 1968 to 2024, 2008, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticKaren FraserWon(incumbent)	Democratic	45,06273.5%	73.5%
DemocraticErik Lee	Democratic	16,26626.5%	26.5%

Washington Senate District 22, 1968 to 2024, 2004, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticKaren FraserWon(incumbent)	Democratic	44,695100.0%	100.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 52,080
Election day: November 7, 2000
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2001)

Washington Senate District 22, 1968 to 2024, 2000, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticKaren FraserWon(incumbent)	Democratic	40,45877.7%	77.7%
LibertarianRandy Brooks	Libertarian	11,62222.3%	22.3%

Votes for listed candidates: 50,819
Election day: November 5, 1996
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2001)

Washington Senate District 22, 1968 to 2024, 1996, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticKaren FraserWon(incumbent)	Democratic	35,03869.0%	69.0%
RepublicanJudy A. Bainto	Republican	15,78131.1%	31.1%

Votes for listed candidates: 51,201
Election day: November 3, 1992
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2001)

Washington Senate District 22, 1968 to 2024, 1992, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticKaren FraserWon	Democratic	33,51765.5%	65.5%
RepublicanForrester	Republican	15,84430.9%	30.9%
LibertarianMike Clark	Libertarian	1,8403.6%	3.6%

Votes for listed candidates: 44,201
Election day: November 8, 1988
District map: Older district map (1982 to 1991)

Washington Senate District 22, 1968 to 2024, 1988, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticMike KreidlerWon(incumbent)	Democratic	32,23772.9%	72.9%
RepublicanWarren Smith	Republican	11,96427.1%	27.1%

Votes for listed candidates: 41,624
Election day: November 6, 1984
District map: Older district map (1982 to 1991)

Washington Senate District 22, 1968 to 2024, 1984, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticMike KreidlerWon	Democratic	23,50456.5%	56.5%
RepublicanDick Hemstad(incumbent)	Republican	18,12043.5%	43.5%

Votes for listed candidates: 47,249
Election day: November 4, 1980
District map: Older district map (1972 to 1981)

Washington Senate District 22, 1968 to 2024, 1980, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanDick HemstadWon	Republican	24,49351.8%	51.8%
DemocraticDel Bausch(incumbent)	Democratic	22,75648.2%	48.2%

Votes for listed candidates: 37,711
Election day: November 2, 1976
District map: Older district map (1972 to 1981)

Washington Senate District 22, 1968 to 2024, 1976, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticDel BauschWon	Democratic	23,76863.0%	63.0%
RepublicanHarry Elway Jr.	Republican	13,94337.0%	37.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 34,152
Election day: November 7, 1972
District map: Older district map (1972 to 1981)

Washington Senate District 22, 1968 to 2024, 1972, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanHarry B. LewisWon(incumbent)	Republican	18,31853.6%	53.6%
DemocraticDel Pettit	Democratic	15,83446.4%	46.4%

Votes for listed candidates: 28,069
Election day: November 5, 1968
District map: Older district map (1966 to 1971)

Washington Senate District 22, 1968 to 2024, 1968, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanHarry B. LewisWon(incumbent)	Republican	15,76056.1%	56.1%
DemocraticDon Hodge	Democratic	12,30943.9%	43.9%

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:22

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