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1972Final results

1972 election for Washington Legislative District 5-2

Washington House of Representatives · Washington

Edward T. Luders (D) won re-election with 63.2% of the vote, defeating Robert J. Dreyer (R) by 26.3 points.

Edward T. LudersDemocrat · winner · incumbent
63.2%20,254
36.8%11,815
32,069 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 1972

Races before and after

EvenD+26.31972D+26.01974D+34.01976

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