There will be just one new face this legislative session from the 45th and 48th districts.

But two races have gone from upset, to a possible recount, to nearly over in the incumbent’s favor in one week as the newest vote totals on Tuesday afternoon were released.

State Rep. Roger Goodman holds a 1,196-vote lead against challenger Republican Kevin Haistings. The race for Pos. 1 in the 45th District is looking less likely for a recount with the difference being more than the state’s 150-vote threshold. In first returns, Haistings held a 3 percent lead on the incumbent Democrat, but as the week progressed Goodman turned the tide at 51.15-48.81.

One change in this year’s election occurred in the State Senate race from the 45th District. Republican Andy Hill has defeated incumbent Eric Oemig, 51.15-48.76 percent. Oemig has been in the State Senate since 2006 and the Reporter confirmed with Hill that Oemig has conceded.

“I knocked on 12,000 doors and it was pretty clear people wanted to get the budget back on track and make education the No. 1 priority and that’s what I plan to do,” said Hill. “That’s why I ran, there was a big disconnect between what people wanted and what was going on in Olympia.”

The trend since election day has gone in the incumbent’s favor, but as of Tuesday he still trailed by 1,264 votes.

Hill said one of the keys to victory was getting the votes of the Independent voters and “I also got people to cross over.”

Hill, who is a lung cancer survivor, said he feels like he has “a second chance in life” and is ready to bring reason and reform to Olympia.

He said getting “the budget back on track” will be a top priority, along with improving the state’s education system.

“I’m very passionate about education,” he said. “I want to go down (to Olympia) and really try to bring some true reform to our school system. Things we have done haven’t moved the needle. … I think we need to look a wholesale change in education.”

Hill said he never guessed he would be a State Senator a year and half ago when he was diagnosed with lung cancer.

“It’s interesting how things change,” said Hill, who is now cancer-free. “It will be quite a challenge, onto a new adventure. I’m really excited.”

Republican challenger Gregg Bennett for State Senator in the 48th District has watched a very narrow half percentage point lead on election night turn to a narrow lead for incumbent Rodney Tom.

“We worked our tails off to get voters out,” said Tom. “I made hundreds and hundreds of calls the last couple of days.”

Those calls may have been the difference, as the current State Sentator holds a 52.39-47.5 percent lead.

“It is quite a change from election night,” said Tom. “It has been a 5.5 percent change.”

Two more races that began close have trended toward the incumbent since election day. Democrat incumbent State Rep. Ross Hunter, who holds Pos. 1 for the 48th District, has claimed victory with a 53.68-46.22 percent advantage against challenger Diane Tebelius.

“Today I called state Rep. Ross Hunter to congratulate him on his re-election,” said the challenger in an e-mail to supporters on Monday. “Over the past few months we have had a vigorous debate over the future of our great state. Washington’s fiscal health must be restored by growing jobs in the private sector and not growing government.”

The largest margin of victory was given to 45th District State Rep. Larry Springer who defeated Republican challenger Mark Isaacs 57.86-42.05 percent for Pos. 2.

“One of the outcomes to this race is that we will have less of a majority,” said Springer. “I think the message was sent that people want us to see solutions and for us to work together. I hope we heed that call.”

But one of the biggest surprises for Springer, who said he has won most of his races by 20 percent, was Isaacs’ response to the loss.

“He is the only opponent in four runs for the legislature to call and offer congratulations,” said Springer. “It was very gracious and he is a good guy.”

Another race that ended early in the week was for State Representative Pos. 2 in the 48th District. Incumbent Democrat Deb Eddy won with 56.89 percent of the vote against her challenger Philip Wilson.

Bill Christianson of the Redmond Reporter contributed to this report.