2019 Washington State House Special Election

The 2019 Washington State House Special Election took place on November 5, 2019. Republican won the seat by receiving 74.42% of the popular vote. A total number of 32,532 votes were casted in the election. There were totally 4 candidates ran for the seat.

Results by Districts

District 13 (Position 2)

Alex Ybarra of Republican received 74.42% of the votes, totaling 24,211 votes, to win the election, defeated Steve Verhey of Democratic by a comfortable margin of 49.00%. The total votes casted was 32,532.

2019 Washington State House Special Election in District 13 (Position 2)
General
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Alex Ybarra	Republican	24,211	74.42%
Steve Verhey	Democratic	8,271	25.42%
Write-In	No Affiliation	50	0.15%
Election Date: 2019-11-05, Valid Votes: 32,532, Margin: 49.00%
Primary
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	option = {color: ['red','blue','#AE1CCA'], tooltip: {trigger: 'item', formatter: '{b}: {c} ({d}%)'}, series: [{type: 'pie', radius: '90%', label: {show: false}, data: [{value: 16406, name: 'ALEX YBARRA'},{value: 6995, name: 'STEVE VERHEY'},{value: 96, name: ' WRITE-IN'}] }]}
ALEX YBARRA	Republican	16,406	69.82%
STEVE VERHEY	Democratic	6,995	29.77%
WRITE-IN	No Affiliation	96	0.41%
Election Date: 2019-08-06, Valid Votes: 23,497, Margin: 29.36%

2019 Washington State House Special Election in District 13 (Position 2) (General) - Results by County
County	Alex Ybarra Republican		Steve Verhey Democratic		Write-In No Affiliation		Valid Votes	Margin
	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%
Grant	11,640	79.23%	3,028	20.61%	23	0.16%	14,691	58.62%
Kittitas	8,526	66.16%	4,333	33.63%	27	0.21%	12,886	32.54%
Lincoln	3,253	81.77%	725	18.23%	-	-	3,978	63.55%
Yakima	792	81.06%	185	18.94%	-	-	977	62.13%
Total	24,211	74.42%	8,271	25.42%	50	0.15%	32,532	49.00%

2019 Washington State House Special Election in District 13 (Position 2) (Primary) - Results by County
County	ALEX YBARRA Republican		STEVE VERHEY Democratic		Write-In No Affiliation		Valid Votes	Margin
	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%
Grant	7,777	75.46%	2,494	24.20%	35	0.34%	10,306	51.26%
Kittitas	5,825	61.07%	3,657	38.34%	56	0.59%	9,538	22.73%
Lincoln	2,110	77.04%	629	22.96%	-	-	2,739	54.07%
Yakima	694	75.93%	215	23.52%	5	0.55%	914	52.41%
Total	16,406	69.82%	6,995	29.77%	96	0.41%	23,497	40.05%

Grant

Results by Precinct in Grant - District 13 (Position 2) (General)
Precinct	Alex Ybarra	Steve Verhey	Write-In	All
1 - Airport 1 001	140	48	1	189
2 - Beverly 002	15	6	1	22
3 - Block 71 003	437	50	-	487
4 - Cascade Fairgrnd 004	97	48	1	146
6 - Coulee Cty Rur W 006	59	21	-	80
8 - Ephrata 5 008	149	47	-	196
9 - Ephrata 2 009	243	49	1	293
10 - Ephrata 3 010	102	44	1	147
11 - Ephrata 4 011	264	85	2	351
12 - Ephrata 7 012	204	49	1	254
13 - Ephrata 9 013	376	111	2	489
15 - George 015	39	14	-	53
16 - George Rural 016	402	60	1	463
17 - Gloyd 017	217	32	-	249
20 - Hartline Rural S 020(*)	-	-	-	-
21 - Lakeview Park 021	209	41	-	250
22 - Longview 022	280	59	-	339
23 - Mae 023	577	101	-	678
24 - Marlin 024	11	3	1	15
25 - Marlin Rural 025	35	6	-	41
26 - Mattawa 026	33	58	-	91
27 - Mattawa Rural 027	371	167	-	538
28 - McConihe 1 028	117	36	-	153
29 - Moses Lake 5 029	183	55	1	239
30 - Moses Lake 3 030	305	91	1	397
31 - Moses Lake 4 031	190	85	1	276
32 - Moses Lake 6 032	251	114	-	365
33 - Moses Lake 7 033	294	106	-	400
34 - Moses Lake 8 034	350	123	-	473
35 - Moses Lake 11 035	389	97	-	486
36 - Moses Lake 12 036	217	66	-	283
38 - O Sullivan Dam 1 038	327	38	1	366
39 - Quincy 1 039	172	67	-	239
40 - Quincy 4 040	93	26	-	119
41 - Quincy 6 041	371	48	-	419
43 - Royal Camp 043	311	83	-	394
44 - Royal City 044	64	28	-	92
45 - Ruff 045	36	4	-	40
46 - Smyrna 1 046	84	16	-	100
48 - Soap Lake Rur E 048	54	12	-	66
49 - Stratford 049(*)	-	-	-	-
50 - Warden 050	105	37	2	144
51 - Warden Rural 051	277	46	-	323
53 - Westslope 1 053	68	13	-	81
54 - Wheeler 1 054	156	25	-	181
55 - Wilson Creek 055	43	25	-	68
56 - Wilson Crk Rural 056	19	2	-	21
57 - Airport 2 057	95	36	-	131
58 - Cascade Valley 058	385	142	1	528
59 - Westslope 2 059	56	10	-	66
60 - Smyrna 2 060	19	2	-	21
61 - East Wahluke 061	80	11	-	91
62 - Coulee Cty Rur E 062	16	2	-	18
63 - McConihe 2 063	123	26	-	149
64 - Quincy Rural S 064	371	62	2	435
65 - Greenfield 065	35	11	-	46
66 - Moses Lake 1 066	125	39	-	164
67 - Moses Lake 2 067	136	61	1	198
68 - Moses Lake 9 068	296	75	-	371
69 - O Sullivan Dam 2 069	472	82	-	554
70 - Wheeler 2 070	424	81	-	505
74 - Ephrata Rural E 074	222	46	-	268
Total	11,591	3,028	22	14,641
Official Total	11,640	3,028	23	14,691

Results by Precinct in Grant - District 13 (Position 2) (Primary)
Precinct	ALEX YBARRA	STEVE VERHEY	WRITE-IN	All
1 - Airport 1 001	95	31	-	128
2 - Beverly 002	9	7	-	16
3 - Block 71 003	246	48	-	296
4 - Cascade Fairgrnd 004	75	36	-	113
6 - Coulee Cty Rur W 006	28	16	-	44
8 - Ephrata 5 008	110	41	-	152
9 - Ephrata 2 009	170	36	-	206
10 - Ephrata 3 010	85	53	-	139
11 - Ephrata 4 011	163	64	-	228
12 - Ephrata 7 012	123	44	-	168
13 - Ephrata 9 013	253	93	-	346
15 - George 015	22	5	-	27
16 - George Rural 016	318	49	-	367
17 - Gloyd 017	118	24	-	142
20 - Hartline Rural S 020	17	1	-	18
21 - Lakeview Park 021	124	33	-	158
22 - Longview 022	189	55	-	244
23 - Mae 023	382	94	-	478
24 - Marlin 024	7	2	-	9
25 - Marlin Rural 025	19	8	-	27
26 - Mattawa 026	13	28	-	41
27 - Mattawa Rural 027	216	114	-	332
28 - McConihe 1 028	87	34	-	122
29 - Moses Lake 5 029	125	57	-	182
30 - Moses Lake 3 030	203	85	-	288
31 - Moses Lake 4 031	124	76	-	201
32 - Moses Lake 6 032	170	84	-	254
33 - Moses Lake 7 033	169	93	-	262
34 - Moses Lake 8 034	225	114	-	339
35 - Moses Lake 11 035	256	84	-	341
36 - Moses Lake 12 036	160	61	-	225
38 - O Sullivan Dam 1 038	198	37	-	239
39 - Quincy 1 039	148	47	-	196
40 - Quincy 4 040	72	26	-	98
41 - Quincy 6 041	315	41	-	357
43 - Royal Camp 043	231	63	-	296
44 - Royal City 044	38	18	-	56
45 - Ruff 045	17	4	-	21
46 - Smyrna 1 046	60	13	-	73
48 - Soap Lake Rur E 048	45	9	-	54
49 - Stratford 049	24	2	-	26
50 - Warden 050	65	31	-	96
51 - Warden Rural 051	186	36	-	222
53 - Westslope 1 053	50	15	-	65
54 - Wheeler 1 054	120	20	-	140
55 - Wilson Creek 055	19	20	-	39
56 - Wilson Crk Rural 056	15	-	-	15
57 - Airport 2 057	49	34	-	83
58 - Cascade Valley 058	244	99	-	344
59 - Westslope 2 059	30	9	-	39
60 - Smyrna 2 060	17	1	-	18
61 - East Wahluke 061	32	9	-	41
62 - Coulee Cty Rur E 062	13	-	-	13
63 - McConihe 2 063	90	26	-	116
64 - Quincy Rural S 064	283	42	-	328
65 - Greenfield 065	20	8	-	28
66 - Moses Lake 1 066	88	33	-	121
67 - Moses Lake 2 067	108	66	-	175
68 - Moses Lake 9 068	212	55	-	267
69 - O Sullivan Dam 2 069	306	72	-	378
70 - Wheeler 2 070	255	56	-	311
74 - Ephrata Rural E 074	126	32	-	158
Total	7,777	2,494	-	10,306

Kittitas

Results by Precinct in Kittitas - District 13 (Position 2) (General)
Precinct	Alex Ybarra	Steve Verhey	Write-In	All
1 - CLE ELUM 1	126	43	3	172
2 - CLE ELUM 2	91	41	-	132
3 - CLE ELUM 3	37	25	-	62
4 - CLE ELUM 4	145	63	-	208
5 - DENMARK	356	83	1	440
6 - EAST SANDERS	263	71	-	334
7 - EASTON	238	85	1	324
8 - ELLENSBURG 1	18	23	-	41
9 - ELLENSBURG 2	30	61	-	91
11 - ELLENSBURG 4	25	33	-	58
12 - ELLENSBURG 5	38	47	1	86
13 - ELLENSBURG 6	23	56	-	79
14 - ELLENSBURG 7	37	40	-	77
15 - ELLENSBURG 8	44	46	-	90
16 - ELLENSBURG 9	45	48	-	93
17 - ELLENSBURG 10	45	61	-	106
18 - ELLENSBURG 11	54	83	1	138
19 - ELLENSBURG 12	70	66	-	136
20 - ELLENSBURG 13	49	58	-	107
21 - ELLENSBURG 14	65	54	1	120
22 - ELLENSBURG 15	86	73	-	159
23 - ELLENSBURG 16	173	107	-	280
24 - ELLENSBURG 17	159	181	1	341
25 - ELLENSBURG 18	42	68	-	110
26 - ELLENSBURG 19	143	155	-	298
27 - ELLENSBURG 20	39	49	-	88
28 - ELLENSBURG 21	57	53	-	110
29 - ELLENSBURG 22	114	83	-	197
30 - ELLENSBURG 23	105	79	1	185
31 - ELLENSBURG 24	318	168	-	486
32 - HYAK	70	48	-	118
33 - KITTITAS 1	106	29	-	135
34 - MANASTASH	181	97	-	278
35 - MOUNTAIN	110	68	-	178
36 - NORTH CENTRAL	159	85	1	245
37 - NORTH ELLENSBURG	344	132	-	476
38 - PARK	281	64	1	346
39 - PEOH POINT	267	70	-	337
40 - RIDGEWAY	344	131	3	478
41 - ROSLYN 1	115	126	1	242
42 - ROSLYN 2	78	98	1	177
43 - DRY CREEK	302	80	-	382
44 - WESTSIDE	369	163	-	532
45 - ROSLYN OUTLYING	62	16	-	78
46 - SANDERS	108	43	2	153
47 - SOUTH CLE ELUM	137	40	-	177
48 - SOUTH ELLENSBURG	318	107	1	426
50 - SWAUK	192	44	-	236
51 - TEANAWAY	274	75	1	350
52 - THORP	232	90	-	322
53 - VANTAGE	15	8	-	23
54 - FAIRVIEW	151	35	-	186
55 - NORTHEAST FAIRVIEW	239	73	-	312
56 - THRALL	222	93	-	315
58 - DAMMAN	184	92	2	278
59 - KACHESS	91	30	2	123
60 - KITTITAS 2	113	36	-	149
61 - ELLENSBURG 25	303	195	2	500
62 - RONALD	124	62	-	186
Total	8,526	4,333	27	12,886

Results by Precinct in Kittitas - District 13 (Position 2) (Primary)
Precinct	ALEX YBARRA	STEVE VERHEY	WRITE-IN	All
1 - CLE ELUM 1	85	36	-	125
2 - CLE ELUM 2	55	33	-	88
3 - CLE ELUM 3	31	23	-	54
4 - CLE ELUM 4	101	41	-	142
5 - DENMARK	264	85	-	350
6 - EAST SANDERS	192	65	-	258
7 - EASTON	178	70	-	249
8 - ELLENSBURG 1	9	18	-	27
9 - ELLENSBURG 2	13	42	-	55
11 - ELLENSBURG 4	14	21	-	36
12 - ELLENSBURG 5	29	42	-	71
13 - ELLENSBURG 6	25	43	-	68
14 - ELLENSBURG 7	20	28	-	48
15 - ELLENSBURG 8	24	31	-	56
16 - ELLENSBURG 9	29	33	-	65
17 - ELLENSBURG 10	34	54	-	88
18 - ELLENSBURG 11	41	71	-	112
19 - ELLENSBURG 12	51	63	-	114
20 - ELLENSBURG 13	39	50	-	89
21 - ELLENSBURG 14	50	59	-	110
22 - ELLENSBURG 15	74	60	-	134
23 - ELLENSBURG 16	113	93	-	207
24 - ELLENSBURG 17	84	134	-	221
25 - ELLENSBURG 18	6	6	-	12
26 - ELLENSBURG 19	88	134	-	224
27 - ELLENSBURG 20	18	47	-	67
28 - ELLENSBURG 21	36	43	-	79
29 - ELLENSBURG 22	88	71	-	160
30 - ELLENSBURG 23	92	84	-	177
31 - ELLENSBURG 24	246	157	-	405
32 - HYAK	48	31	-	79
33 - KITTITAS 1	79	26	-	106
34 - MANASTASH	113	71	-	185
35 - MOUNTAIN	76	47	-	125
36 - NORTH CENTRAL	108	83	-	191
37 - NORTH ELLENSBURG	223	109	-	335
38 - PARK	187	63	-	250
39 - PEOH POINT	186	61	-	251
40 - RIDGEWAY	230	106	-	337
41 - ROSLYN 1	74	104	-	178
42 - ROSLYN 2	54	93	-	147
43 - DRY CREEK	171	66	-	238
44 - WESTSIDE	237	146	-	383
45 - ROSLYN OUTLYING	39	17	-	56
46 - SANDERS	78	47	-	125
47 - SOUTH CLE ELUM	110	32	-	144
48 - SOUTH ELLENSBURG	232	110	-	345
50 - SWAUK	118	31	-	151
51 - TEANAWAY	165	70	-	236
52 - THORP	162	86	-	249
53 - VANTAGE	7	8	-	15
54 - FAIRVIEW	102	31	-	133
55 - NORTHEAST FAIRVIEW	177	78	-	255
56 - THRALL	183	86	-	271
58 - DAMMAN	140	75	-	218
59 - KACHESS	55	28	-	83
60 - KITTITAS 2	80	29	-	110
61 - ELLENSBURG 25	192	136	-	331
62 - RONALD	70	50	-	120
Total	5,825	3,657	-	9,538

Lincoln

Results by Precinct in Lincoln - District 13 (Position 2) (General)
Precinct	Alex Ybarra	Steve Verhey	All
1 - ALMIRA RURAL	28	4	32
2 - BLUESTEM(*)	-	-	-
3 - CANBY	29	6	35
4 - CRESTON RURAL	45	6	51
5 - WHEATLAND	72	7	79
6 - DAVENPORT RURAL	65	7	72
7 - DOWNS	18	2	20
8 - EARL	29	3	32
9 - EDWALL	55	11	66
10 - EGYPT	90	21	111
11 - ENOS(*)	-	-	-
12 - GOVAN	11	3	14
13 - GRAND COULEE	16	7	23
14 - GRAVELLE	27	3	30
15 - HARR RURAL	43	3	46
16 - HAWK CREEK	76	24	100
17 - IRBY(*)	-	-	-
18 - KELLER	38	14	52
19 - LAKEVIEW	85	30	115
20 - LAMONA	15	9	24
21 - EAST LARENE	81	9	90
22 - WEST LARENE	20	12	32
23 - LAYTON(*)	-	-	-
24 - LONG LAKE	44	9	53
25 - MOHLER	38	3	41
26 - MONDOVI	56	15	71
27 - ODESSA RURAL	56	10	66
28 - PEACH	99	33	132
29 - N REARDAN RURAL	31	3	34
30 - S REARDAN RURAL	40	2	42
31 - RIVERVIEW	125	56	181
32 - SEVEN BAYS	39	12	51
33 - SHERMAN	54	10	64
34 - SPRAGUE RURAL	67	13	80
35 - SPRING CREEK	60	19	79
36 - WILBUR RURAL	68	8	76
37 - WAUKON	28	5	33
38 - WILSON CREEK	22	4	26
39 - ALMIRA IN	85	13	98
40 - CRESTON IN	51	15	66
41 - DAVENPORT IN	459	105	564
42 - HARRINGTON IN	135	19	154
43 - ODESSA IN	270	60	330
44 - REARDAN IN	145	36	181
45 - SPRAGUE IN	106	34	140
46 - WILBUR IN	274	56	330
Total	3,195	721	3,916
Official Total	3,253	725	3,978

Results by Precinct in Lincoln - District 13 (Position 2) (Primary)
Precinct	ALEX YBARRA	STEVE VERHEY	All
1 - ALMIRA RURAL	21	4	25
2 - BLUESTEM	9	1	10
3 - CANBY	22	3	25
4 - CRESTON RURAL	26	8	34
5 - WHEATLAND	31	3	34
6 - DAVENPORT RURAL	40	3	43
7 - DOWNS	14	1	15
8 - EARL	16	4	20
9 - EDWALL	29	10	39
10 - EGYPT	54	15	69
11 - ENOS	12	3	15
12 - GOVAN	8	-	8
13 - GRAND COULEE	16	7	23
14 - GRAVELLE	17	3	20
15 - HARR RURAL	31	1	32
16 - HAWK CREEK	47	23	70
17 - IRBY	15	2	17
18 - KELLER	18	8	26
19 - LAKEVIEW	65	30	95
20 - LAMONA	8	6	14
21 - EAST LARENE	57	8	65
22 - WEST LARENE	11	11	22
23 - LAYTON	6	-	6
24 - LONG LAKE	29	3	32
25 - MOHLER	27	3	30
26 - MONDOVI	49	13	62
27 - ODESSA RURAL	46	4	50
28 - PEACH	65	22	87
29 - N REARDAN RURAL	16	4	20
30 - S REARDAN RURAL	23	2	25
31 - RIVERVIEW	103	54	157
32 - SEVEN BAYS	34	12	46
33 - SHERMAN	40	12	52
34 - SPRAGUE RURAL	45	8	53
35 - SPRING CREEK	39	17	56
36 - WILBUR RURAL	29	6	35
37 - WAUKON	28	2	30
38 - WILSON CREEK	11	4	15
39 - ALMIRA IN	59	21	80
40 - CRESTON IN	35	15	50
41 - DAVENPORT IN	276	73	349
42 - HARRINGTON IN	78	24	102
43 - ODESSA IN	176	50	226
44 - REARDAN IN	95	32	127
45 - SPRAGUE IN	75	36	111
46 - WILBUR IN	159	58	217
Total	2,110	629	2,739

Yakima

Results by Precinct in Yakima - District 13 (Position 2) (General)
Precinct	Alex Ybarra	Steve Verhey	All
3900	287	60	347
3901	130	31	161
3903	375	94	469
Total	792	185	977

Results by Precinct in Yakima - District 13 (Position 2) (Primary)
Precinct	ALEX YBARRA	STEVE VERHEY	WRITE-IN	All
3900	241	81	-	325
3901	122	29	-	151
3903	331	105	-	438
Total	694	215	-	914

See Also

• 2022 Washington State House Election
• 2020 Washington State House Election
• 2018 Washington State House Election
• 2017 Washington State House Special Election
• 2016 Washington State House Election
• 2015 Washington State House Special Election
• 2014 Washington State House Election
• 2011 Washington State House Special Election
• 2010 Washington State House Election
• 2009 Washington State House Special Election
• 2008 Washington State House Election