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1972Final results

1972 election for Washington Legislative District 27

Washington State Senate · Washington

Joe Stortini (D) won with 93.9% of the vote, defeating Ed Jurkovskis (Ind) by 87.9 points.

Joe StortiniDemocrat · winner · incumbent
93.9%21,612
Ed JurkovskisIndependent
6.1%1,395
23,007 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+44.31984D+48.41988D+40.51996D+39.92004D+34.42008D+38.52016

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