1970Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1970 election for Washington Legislative District 42-1
Washington House of Representatives · Washington
Don Hansey (R) won with 52.7% of the vote, defeating Dick J. Kink (D) by 5.5 points, flipping a seat Democrats held.
Don HanseyRepublican · winner
52.7%14,418
Dick J. KinkDemocrat · incumbent
47.3%12,915
27,333 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
Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)