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1970Final results

1970 election for Washington Legislative District 38-1

Washington House of Representatives · Washington

Richard King (D) won re-election with 65.9% of the vote, defeating John Woodward (R) by 31.7 points.

Richard KingDemocrat · winner · incumbent
65.9%14,448
John WoodwardRepublican
34.1%7,490
21,938 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+7.21968D+31.71970

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