1970Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1970 election for Washington Legislative District 44-1
Washington House of Representatives · Washington
Donn Charnley (D) won with 54.6% of the vote, defeating Dwight S. Hawley (R) by 9.2 points, flipping a seat Republicans held.
Donn CharnleyDemocrat · winner
54.6%11,724
Dwight S. HawleyRepublican · incumbent
45.4%9,743
21,467 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)