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1970Final results

1970 election for Washington Legislative District 26

Washington State Senate · Washington

Booth Gardner (D) won with 56.2% of the vote, defeating Lawrence Faulk (R) by 12.4 points.

Booth GardnerDemocrat · winner
56.2%15,250
Lawrence FaulkRepublican
43.8%11,879
27,129 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

Races before and after

EvenR+11.61978D+18.41982D+5.11986R+6.51990R+32.91994R+3.11998

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