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 | first elected | result | candidates |
| washington 1 | rick white | republican | 1994 | re - elected | rick white (r) 53.74% jeff coopersmith (d) 46.26% |
| washington 3 | linda smith | republican | 1994 | re - elected | linda smith (r) 50.18% brian baird (d) 49.82% |
| washington 4 | doc hastings | republican | 1994 | re - elected | doc hastings (r) 52.96% rick locke (d) 47.04% |
| washington 5 | george nethercutt | republican | 1994 | re - elected | george nethercutt (r) 55.58% judy olson (d) 44.41% |
| washington 7 | jim mcdermott | democratic | 1988 | re - elected | jim mcdermott (d) 80.96% frank kleschen (r) 19.04% |
Title:
united states house of representatives elections , 1996
Statement:
the person first elected in 1988 is a republican
Answer:
refuted