The 2002 Washington State Senate election was held on November 5, 2002, to determine which party would control the Washington State Senate for the following two years in the 58th Washington State Legislature. Twentyfour of the 49 senate seats were up for election. Prior to the election 25 seats were held by Democrats and 24 were held by Republicans. The general election saw Republicans flipping a single seat, thereby regaining the majority in the Washington State Senate that they had lost following the 1998 election.
Predictions SourceRankingAs of The CookPolitical Report | October 4, 2002
Retirements 13th District: Harold Hochstatter (R) retired. 38th District: Jeralita Costa (D) retired. 44th District: Jeanine Long (R) retired. 48th District: Dan McDonald (R) retired.
Defeated incumbents 42nd District: Georgia Gardner (D) lost re-election to Dale Brandland (R).
Closest races Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:
(gain)
Results 6th District
7th District
8th District
13th District
15th District
21st District
26th District
29th District
30th District
31st District
32nd District
33rd District
34th District
35th District
36th District
37th District
38th District
42nd District
43rd District
44th District
45th District
46th District
47th District
48th District
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