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1972 general · February 1, 1972

1972 Washington House of Representatives election results, district by district

Every Washington House of Representatives district in the 1972 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.

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Seats after the election

Democrats controlled the chamber · 98 seats

After the electionD 57 · R 41
Races98
Changed party0
Unopposed7%7 races
Incumbents defeated11

Every district

D 57 · R 41

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
LD-1-1Arthur C. Brown (R)1.3
LD-1-2Rick S. Bender (D)0.6Incumbent lost
LD-2-1Wayne Ehlers (D)42.4
LD-2-2Phyllis Erickson (D)33.8
LD-3-1Margaret Hurley (D)Unopposed
LD-3-2William J. S. May (D)53.3
LD-4-1Jim Kuehnle (R)17.7
LD-4-2Walt O. Knowles (D)3.8
LD-5-1Geraldine McCormick (D)7.1
LD-5-2Edward T. Luders (D)26.3
LD-6-1A. J. Pardini (R)32.8
LD-6-2Jerry C. Kopet (R)Unopposed
LD-7-1Joe D. Haussler (D)24.8
LD-7-2William Schumaker (R)22.5
LD-8-1Doris Johnson (D)6.1
LD-8-2Max Benitz (R)8.9
LD-9-1Otto Amen (R)Unopposed
LD-9-2E. G. Patterson (R)Unopposed
LD-10-1Simeon R. Wilson (R)10.2Incumbent lost
LD-10-2Eleanor Fortson (D)4.9
LD-11-1Albert Shinpoch (D)34.7
LD-11-2John Bagnariol (D)26.0
LD-12-1Robert Curtis (R)34.8
LD-12-2Earl F. Tilly (R)9.1Incumbent lost
LD-13-1S. E. Flanagan (R)16.3
LD-13-2Frank Hansen (D)11.4
LD-14-1Donald G. Garrett (R)53.0
LD-14-2Ed Ellis (D)12.9Incumbent lost
LD-15-1Irving Newhouse (R)12.0
LD-15-2Sidney Morrison (R)31.3
LD-16-1Jeannette Hayner (R)3.7
LD-16-2Charles Kilbury (D)3.0
LD-17-1Eugene Laughlin (D)9.9
LD-17-2Harold S. Zimmerman (R)10.5
LD-18-1Alan Thompson (D)26.2
LD-18-2William Paris (R)25.2
LD-19-1Robert L. Charette (D)Unopposed
LD-19-2Eric O. Anderson (D)2.2
LD-20-1Elmer Jastad (D)30.2
LD-20-2Hugh Kalich (D)5.3Incumbent lost
LD-21-1Dale E. Hoggins (R)5.3
LD-21-2Gary Nelson (R)8.6
LD-22-1John Hendricks (R)13.1
LD-22-2Del Bausch (D)13.9
LD-23-1Rick Smith (D)1.2Incumbent lost
LD-23-2Robert Randall (D)15.7
LD-24-1Paul Conner (D)53.4
LD-24-2Charles R. Savage (D)0.2
LD-25-1Leonard Sawyer (D)39.3
LD-25-2Marcus S. Gaspard (D)21.8
LD-26-1C. W. Beck (D)13.9
LD-26-2Thomas A. Swayze Jr. (R)1.0
LD-27-1Lorraine Wojahn (D)50.3
LD-27-2A. A. Adams (D)34.0
LD-28-1Helmut L. Jueling (R)10.6
LD-28-2Richard J. Kelley (D)9.4Incumbent lost
LD-29-1P. J. Gallagher (D)61.9
LD-29-2Mike Parker (D)55.8
LD-30-1Frank Warnke (D)16.3
LD-30-2Robert Gaines (D)0.1
LD-31-1Georgette Valle (D)24.7
LD-31-2King Lysen (D)54.4
LD-32-1Al Williams (D)41.5
LD-32-2Robert A. Perry (D)46.9
LD-33-1John E. Cunningham (R)13.5
LD-33-2Paul Barden (R)17.6
LD-34-1William S. Leckenby (R)0.9Incumbent lost
LD-34-2Dave Ceccarelli (D)6.1
LD-35-1John Obrien (D)88.8
LD-35-2William Chatalas (D)Unopposed
LD-36-1Helen Sommers (D)7.1Incumbent lost
LD-36-2Kenneth O. Eikenberry (R)3.9
LD-37-1John Eng (D)17.3Incumbent lost
LD-37-2Peggy Maxie (D)49.1
LD-38-1Richard King (D)32.3
LD-38-2John Martinis (D)Unopposed
LD-39-1Art Clemente (D)1.0
LD-39-2Charles Moon (D)11.3
LD-40-1Don Hansey (R)0.2
LD-40-2Duane Berentson (R)2.2
LD-41-1Axel Julin (R)25.0
LD-41-2William Polk (R)24.2
LD-42-1H. A. Goltz (D)15.5Incumbent lost
LD-42-2Dan Vandyk (D)16.6
LD-43-1John Rabel (R)33.3
LD-43-2Jeff Douthwaite (D)15.5
LD-44-1Donn Charnley (D)15.2
LD-44-2Lois North (R)21.2
LD-45-1Alan Bluechel (R)22.2
LD-45-2Gary Lee Matthews (R)13.8
LD-46-1Paul Kraabel (R)35.6
LD-46-2Scott Blair (R)26.6
LD-47-1Kent Pullen (R)2.3
LD-47-2Frances North (D)3.1
LD-48-1James Gilleland (R)35.5
LD-48-2John D. Jones (R)41.3
LD-49-1Albert Bauer (D)37.7
LD-49-2Richard L. Smythe (R)1.1

Washington House of Representatives

Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner