Certified returns for every federal race in Washington in 1998, as published by the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives. 10 of 10 congressional races match the totals printed in the Clerk's own recapitulation.
U.S. Senate
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Patty Murray
Democrat
1,103,184
58.4%
Linda Smith
Republican
785,377
41.6%
Total
1,888,561
U.S. House of Representatives
District 1
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Jay Inslee
Democrat
112,726
49.8%
Rick White
Republican
99,910
44.1%
Bruce Craswell
American Heritage
13,837
6.1%
Total
226,473
District 2
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Jack Metcalf
Republican
124,125
55.2%
Grethe Cammermeyer
Democrat
100,776
44.8%
Total
224,901
District 3
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Brian Baird
Democrat
120,364
54.7%
Don Benton
Republican
99,855
45.3%
Total
220,219
District 4
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Doc Hastings
Republican
121,684
69.1%
Gordon Allen Pross
Democrat
43,043
24.4%
Peggy S. McKerlie
Reform
11,363
6.5%
Total
176,090
District 5
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
George R. Nethercutt, Jr.
Republican
110,040
56.9%
Brad Lyons
Democrat
73,545
38.1%
John Beal
American Heritage
9,673
5.0%
Total
193,258
District 6
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Norman D. Dicks
Democrat
143,308
68.4%
Bob Lawrence
Republican
66,291
31.6%
Total
209,599
District 7
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Jim McDermott
Democrat
183,076
88.2%
Stan Lippmann
Reform
19,545
9.4%
Jeff Powers
Socialist Workers
4,921
2.4%
Total
207,542
District 8
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Jennifer Dunn
Republican
135,539
59.7%
Heidi Behrens-Benedict
Democrat
91,371
40.3%
Total
226,910
District 9
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Adam Smith
Democrat
111,948
64.7%
Ron Taber
Republican
61,108
35.3%
Total
173,056
Source
Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives
Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election, 1998 — Official source · Archived copy SHA-256 4424a7d1a5954439ffb09f1de5f11a45fe06c6cc7cd2885c7e7beb0ee4ff4b58
Shares are of all votes listed for the race, including write-ins and, where a state reports them, blank and void ballots.