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1970 general · November 3, 1970

1970 Washington House of Representatives election results, district by district

Every Washington House of Representatives district in the 1970 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.

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Seats after the election

Republicans controlled the chamber · 99 seats

After the electionD 49 · R 50
Races99
Changed party14
Unopposed12%12 races
Incumbents defeated7

Every district

D 49 · R 50

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
LD-1-1Alan Bluechel (R)17.1
LD-1-2Arthur C. Brown (R)33.6
LD-2AJoe D. Haussler (D)27.6
LD-2BWilliam Schumaker (R)13.2
LD-3-1Margaret Hurley (D)Unopposed
LD-3-2William J. S. May (D)Unopposed
LD-4-1Jim Kuehnle (R)9.5
LD-4-2Walt O. Knowles (D)2.5FlippedIncumbent lost
LD-5AGeraldine McCormick (D)6.1
LD-5BEdward T. Luders (D)15.0Flipped
LD-6-1A. J. Pardini (R)93.4
LD-6-2Jerry C. Kopet (R)Unopposed
LD-7-1Edward F. Harris (R)22.8
LD-7-2Carlton A. Gladder (R)30.4
LD-8AIrving Newhouse (R)30.1
LD-8BMax Benitz (R)8.5
LD-9ARobert F. Goldsworthy (R)Unopposed
LD-9BOtto Amen (R)Unopposed
LD-10-1Joe Mentor (R)12.0
LD-10-2F. Wanamaker (R)25.0
LD-11AVaughn Hubbard (R)Unopposed
LD-11BTom Copeland (R)Unopposed
LD-12-1Robert Curtis (R)42.0
LD-12-2Horace W. Bozarth (D)11.3
LD-13-1S. E. Flanagan (R)33.1
LD-13-2Stewart Bledsoe (R)23.5
LD-14-1Marjorie Lynch (R)20.6
LD-14-2Chet Hatfield (D)80.8Flipped
LD-15-1Keith J. Spanton (R)5.8
LD-15-2Sidney Morrison (R)51.0
LD-16ADoris Johnson (D)2.8FlippedIncumbent lost
LD-16BDan Jolly (D)42.8
LD-17-1Albert Bauer (D)7.1FlippedIncumbent lost
LD-17-2Harold S. Zimmerman (R)14.2
LD-18-1William Paris (R)15.6Flipped
LD-18-2Alan Thompson (D)37.2
LD-19-1Robert L. Charette (D)Unopposed
LD-19-2Eric O. Anderson (D)28.3
LD-20-1Elmer Jastad (D)21.9
LD-20-2Warren Smith (R)3.8FlippedIncumbent lost
LD-21-1Dale E. Hoggins (R)7.2
LD-21-2Bill Kiskaddon (R)5.8
LD-22-1Hal Wolf (R)6.2
LD-22-2Floyd Conway (R)0.7
LD-23-1C. W. Beck (D)54.6
LD-23-2Robert Randall (D)17.5
LD-24-1Paul Conner (D)Unopposed
LD-24-2Charles R. Savage (D)4.1
LD-25-1Frank Brouillet (D)9.0
LD-25-2Leonard Sawyer (D)2.0
LD-26-1A. A. Adams (D)8.3
LD-26-2Thomas A. Swayze Jr. (R)7.1
LD-27-1Lorraine Wojahn (D)72.7
LD-27-2Frank Marzano (D)63.9
LD-28-1Helmut L. Jueling (R)22.7
LD-28-2Ned Shera (R)16.3
LD-29-1P. J. Gallagher (D)43.5
LD-29-2R. Ted Bottiger (D)51.2
LD-30-1Norwood Cunningham (R)4.9
LD-30-2Paul Barden (R)27.1
LD-31-1H. Stan Bradley (D)14.9
LD-31-2King Lysen (D)30.1Flipped
LD-32AJeff Douthwaite (D)17.7Flipped
LD-32BAl Williams (D)32.3
LD-33-1John Obrien (D)Unopposed
LD-33-2William Chatalas (D)91.2
LD-34-1John M. Rosellini (D)43.6
LD-34-2Dave Ceccarelli (D)48.3
LD-35-1John Merrill (D)44.6
LD-35-2John Bagnariol (D)Unopposed
LD-36-1Gladys Kirk (R)19.3
LD-36-2Kenneth O. Eikenberry (R)41.0
LD-37-1Michael Ross (R)11.7Flipped
LD-37-2Peggy Maxie (D)35.3
LD-38-1Richard King (D)31.7
LD-38-2John Martinis (D)41.3
LD-39-1Henry Backstrom (D)15.0
LD-39-2Charles Moon (D)29.3
LD-40-1Jim Costanti (R)2.5
LD-40-2Duane Berentson (R)1.0
LD-41-1Axel Julin (R)24.7
LD-41-2George W. Clarke (R)23.1
LD-42-1Don Hansey (R)5.5FlippedIncumbent lost
LD-42-2Cas Farr (R)25.8
LD-42-3Dan Vandyk (D)7.1FlippedIncumbent lost
LD-43-1John Rabel (R)28.1
LD-43-2James A. McDermott (D)15.2Flipped
LD-44-1Donn Charnley (D)9.2FlippedIncumbent lost
LD-44-2Lois North (R)38.4
LD-45-1Mark Litchman (D)27.3
LD-45-2Robert A. Perry (D)Unopposed
LD-46-1Paul Kraabel (R)30.5
LD-46-2Scott Blair (R)9.4
LD-47-1Gary Grant (D)36.5
LD-47-2Albert Shinpoch (D)37.1
LD-48-1James Gilleland (R)26.8
LD-48-2Richard U. Chapin (R)33.2
LD-49-1Dan Marsh (D)18.2
LD-49-2Richard L. Smythe (R)1.0

Washington House of Representatives

Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner