Give you a statement and table with its title in Markdown format, please determine whether the statement is supported or refuted by, or is unrelated to the table. It'a binary classification problem, you should choose the answer between supported and refuted. Table cells in one row are seperated by '|', and different rows are seperated by '
'.

Table:
| district | incumbent | party | elected | status | 2008 candidates | results |
| washington 1 | jay inslee | democrat | 1998 | running | jay inslee (d) (cw) larry ishmael (r) (cw) | 68% 32% |
| washington 2 | rick larsen | democrat | 2000 | running | rick larsen (d) (cw) rick bart (r) (cw) | 62% 38% |
| washington 3 | brian baird | democrat | 1998 | running | brian baird (d) (cw) michael delavar (r) (cw) | 64% 36% |
| washington 4 | doc hastings | republican | 1994 | running | doc hastings (r) (cw) george fearing (d) (cw) | 63% 37% |
| washington 5 | cathy mcmorris | republican | 2004 | running | cathy mcmorris (r) (cw) mark mays (d) (cw) | 65% 35% |
| washington 6 | norm dicks | democrat | 1976 | running | norm dicks (d) (cw) doug cloud (r) (cw) | 67% 33% |
| washington 7 | jim mcdermott | democrat | 1988 | running | jim mcdermott (d) (cw) steve beren (r) (cw) | 84% 16% |
| washington 8 | dave reichert | republican | 2004 | running | dave reichert (r) (cw) darcy burner (d) (cw) | 53% 47% |
| washington 9 | adam smith | democrat | 1996 | running | adam smith (d) (cw) james postma (r) (cw) | 65% 35% |
Title:
united states house of representatives elections in washington , 2008
Statement:
2 out of 3 republicans have been in office longer than any of the democrats
Answer:
refuted