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1970Final results

1970 election for Washington Legislative District 23-1

Washington House of Representatives · Washington

C. W. Beck (D) won re-election with 77.3% of the vote, defeating Martin Hotvet (R) by 54.6 points.

C. W. BeckDemocrat · winner · incumbent
77.3%13,781
Martin HotvetRepublican
22.7%4,049
17,830 votes

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET

The seat over time

D − R margin in this seat's races around 1970

The seat's recent races

EvenD+25.91968D+54.61970

Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)