| Election Name: | Washington State House elections, 2006 |
| Country: | Washington |
| Type: | legislative |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2004 Washington House of Representatives election |
| Previous Year: | 2004 |
| Next Election: | 2008 Washington House of Representatives election |
| Next Year: | 2008 |
| Seats For Election: | 98 seats of the Washington State House of Representatives |
| Election Date: | November 7, 2006 |
| Image1: | Frank Chopp.jpg |
| Image1 Size: | 160x160px |
| Leader1: | Frank Chopp |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Leaders Seat1: | 43rd-Seattle |
| Last Election1: | 55 |
| Seats Before1: | 56 |
| Seats1: | 62 |
| Seat Change1: | 6 |
| Popular Vote1: | 2,075,413 |
| Percentage1: | 55.74% |
| Leader2: | Richard DeBolt |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Leaders Seat2: | 20th-Centralia |
| Last Election2: | 43 |
| Seats Before2: | 42 |
| Seats2: | 36 |
| Seat Change2: | 6 |
| Popular Vote2: | 1,646,030 |
| Percentage2: | 44.21% |
| Map Size: | 300px |
| House Speaker | |
| Before Election: | Frank Chopp |
| Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Frank Chopp |
| After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
The 2006 Washington State House elections took place on November 7, 2006. Voters in all 49 of Washington's legislative districts voted for their representatives. Washington State Senate elections were also held on November 7.
| Washington State House elections, 2006 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Percentage | Seats | +/– | ||
| Democratic | 2,075,413 | 55.74% | 63 | 6 | ||
| Republican | 1,646,030 | 44.21% | 35 | 6 | ||
| Progressive Party | 2,081 | 0.06% | — | — | ||
| Totals | 5,311,847 | 100.00% | 98 | — | ||
In 2004, Alex Wood was challenged by David Stevens and won with 61.61% of the vote.
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In 2004, Larry Crouse was challenged by Jim Peck (D) and won with 61.55% of the vote.
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In 2004, Lynn Schindler was challenged by Ed Foote (D) and won with 65.85% of the vote.
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In 2004, Jay Rodne was challenged by Jeff Griffin (D) and Keith Kemp (L) and won with 52.36% of the vote.
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In 2004, Glenn Anderson was challenged by Barbara de Michele (D) and Beau Gunderson (L) and won with 54.07% of the vote.
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In 2004, John Serben ran against Don Barlow (D) for an open seat (vacated when Brad Benson ran for State Senate) and won with 51.90% of the vote.
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In 2004, John Ahern was challenged by Douglas Dobbins (D) and won with 60.56% of the vote.
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In 2004, Bob Sump was challenged by Jack Miller (D) and Dave Wordinger (L) and won with 64.12% of the vote.
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Joel Kretz (R) - Incumbent
In 2004, Joel Kretz ran against Yvette Joseph (D) for an open seat (vacated when Cathy McMorris ran for Congress) and won with 65.15% of the vote.
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In 2004, Shirley Hankins was challenged by Rick Dillender (D) and won with 73.28% of the vote.
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In 2004, Larry Haler was challenged by Jerad Koepp (D) and won with 69.82% of the vote.
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Current incumbent Don Cox (R) is not seeking re-election in 2006. https://web.archive.org/web/20060908102442/http://www.washington.edu/about/staterel/publications/april2006capitalupdate.pdf
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Current incumbent Janéa Holmquist (R) is running for State Senator.
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Current Incumbent James Clements (R) is not seeking re-election in 2006.
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James Buck was challenged by Van de Wege in 2002, and won with 51%.
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Current Seat 2 Representative Derek Kilmer (D) is running for the State Senate seat left open by the retirement of Bob Oke, which leaves the race for this seat an open race.
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Current incumbent Gigi Talcott (R) is not seeking re-election in 2006.
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Ed Murray is stepping down from his House seat to run for the State Senate.
Rough road ahead for non-Democrat candidates in 43rd
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Seat 2 became an open seat on March 14, 2006 when Rodney Tom announced his candidacy for the Senate, switching parties from Republican to Democrat in the process.