Washington State Senate District 24

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

This seat has no race on the official 2026 list.

Last election: Mike Chapman (Democratic) won by 9.7 points, 2024

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History (15 elections for this seat)

Votes for listed candidates: 95,014
Election day: November 5, 2024
District map: Older district map (2022 to 2024)

Washington Senate District 24, 1968 to 2024, 2024, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticMike ChapmanWon	Democratic	52,07954.8%	54.8%
RepublicanMarcia Kelbon	Republican	42,81745.1%	45.1%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	1180.1%	0.1%

Votes for listed candidates: 92,246
Election day: November 3, 2020
District map: Older district map (2012 to 2021)

Washington Senate District 24, 1968 to 2024, 2020, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticKevin Van De WegeWon(incumbent)	Democratic	49,88354.1%	54.1%
RepublicanConnie Beauvais	Republican	42,28945.8%	45.8%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	740.1%	0.1%

Votes for listed candidates: 72,150
Election day: November 8, 2016
District map: Older district map (2012 to 2021)

Washington Senate District 24, 1968 to 2024, 2016, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticKevin Van De WegeWon	Democratic	40,80856.6%	56.6%
IndependentDanille Turissini	Independent	31,34243.4%	43.4%

Votes for listed candidates: 67,872
Election day: November 6, 2012
District map: Older district map (2012 to 2021)

Washington Senate District 24, 1968 to 2024, 2012, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticJim HargroveWon(incumbent)	Democratic	44,41765.4%	65.4%
IndependentLarry Carter	Independent	23,45534.6%	34.6%

Washington Senate District 24, 1968 to 2024, 2008, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticJim HargroveWon(incumbent)	Democratic	52,742100.0%	100.0%

Washington Senate District 24, 1968 to 2024, 2004, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticJames HargroveWon(incumbent)	Democratic	48,379100.0%	100.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 49,781
Election day: November 7, 2000
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2001)

Washington Senate District 24, 1968 to 2024, 2000, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticJim HargroveWon(incumbent)	Democratic	40,74681.8%	81.8%
LibertarianWilliam F. Wolper	Libertarian	9,03518.1%	18.1%

Washington Senate District 24, 1968 to 2024, 1996, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticJim HargroveWon(incumbent)	Democratic	36,778100.0%	100.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 49,367
Election day: November 3, 1992
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2001)

Washington Senate District 24, 1968 to 2024, 1992, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticJim HargroveWon	Democratic	26,08752.8%	52.8%
RepublicanFairchild	Republican	18,26337.0%	37.0%
IndependentForest	Independent	3,6097.3%	7.3%
IndependentPitts	Independent	1,4082.9%	2.9%

Votes for listed candidates: 38,864
Election day: November 8, 1988
District map: Older district map (1982 to 1991)

Washington Senate District 24, 1968 to 2024, 1988, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticPaul ConnerWon(incumbent)	Democratic	19,68150.6%	50.6%
RepublicanEllen C. Pickell	Republican	19,18349.4%	49.4%

Votes for listed candidates: 38,021
Election day: November 6, 1984
District map: Older district map (1982 to 1991)

Washington Senate District 24, 1968 to 2024, 1984, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticPaul ConnerWon(incumbent)	Democratic	25,99468.4%	68.4%
RepublicanKahn	Republican	12,02731.6%	31.6%

Votes for listed candidates: 44,247
Election day: November 4, 1980
District map: Older district map (1972 to 1981)

Washington Senate District 24, 1968 to 2024, 1980, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticPaul ConnerWon	Democratic	26,88260.8%	60.8%
RepublicanHaroldine Nisbet	Republican	17,36539.3%	39.3%

Votes for listed candidates: 35,286
Election day: November 2, 1976
District map: Older district map (1972 to 1981)

Washington Senate District 24, 1968 to 2024, 1976, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticGordon SandisonWon(incumbent)	Democratic	23,18365.7%	65.7%
RepublicanEvelyn B. Tinkham	Republican	12,10334.3%	34.3%

Votes for listed candidates: 31,193
Election day: November 7, 1972
District map: Older district map (1972 to 1981)

Washington Senate District 24, 1968 to 2024, 1972, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticGordon SandisonWon(incumbent)	Democratic	20,52065.8%	65.8%
RepublicanRalph J. Theriault	Republican	10,67334.2%	34.2%

Votes for listed candidates: 20,514
Election day: November 5, 1968
District map: Older district map (1966 to 1971)

Washington Senate District 24, 1968 to 2024, 1968, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticGordon SandisonWon(incumbent)	Democratic	20,44199.6%	99.6%
RepublicanEverett Hassell	Republican	730.4%	0.4%

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:24

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