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1974 general · November 4, 1974

1974 Washington House of Representatives election results, district by district

Every Washington House of Representatives district in the 1974 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 62 · R 36
Races98
Changed party11
Unopposed15%15 races
Incumbents defeated2

Every district

D 62 · R 36

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
LD-1-1Arthur C. Brown (R)3.3
LD-1-2Rick S. Bender (D)7.7
LD-2-1Wayne Ehlers (D)51.4
LD-2-2Phyllis Erickson (D)43.7
LD-3-1Margaret Hurley (D)Unopposed
LD-3-2William J. S. May (D)Unopposed
LD-4-1Jim Kuehnle (R)12.5
LD-4-2Walt O. Knowles (D)3.5
LD-5-1Geraldine McCormick (D)8.7
LD-5-2Edward T. Luders (D)26.0
LD-6-1A. J. Pardini (R)31.9
LD-6-2Richard M. Bond (R)13.4
LD-7-1Joe D. Haussler (D)27.6
LD-7-2William Schumaker (R)11.8
LD-8-1James Boldt (D)14.6
LD-8-2Pat Cochrane (D)4.6Flipped
LD-9-1Otto Amen (R)Unopposed
LD-9-2E. G. Patterson (R)Unopposed
LD-10-1Simeon R. Wilson (R)1.9
LD-10-2Eleanor Fortson (D)32.5
LD-11-1Albert Shinpoch (D)34.0
LD-11-2John Bagnariol (D)75.5
LD-12-1Robert Curtis (R)Unopposed
LD-12-2Earl F. Tilly (R)17.4
LD-13-1S. E. Flanagan (R)Unopposed
LD-13-2Frank Hansen (D)86.8
LD-14-1Ed Seeberger (D)6.2FlippedIncumbent lost
LD-14-2Jim Whiteside (R)1.8FlippedIncumbent lost
LD-15-1Irving Newhouse (R)Unopposed
LD-15-2Alex Deccio (R)1.0
LD-16-1Jeannette Hayner (R)12.4
LD-16-2Charles Kilbury (D)11.5
LD-17-1Eugene Laughlin (D)40.3
LD-17-2Harold S. Zimmerman (R)9.2
LD-18-1Alan Thompson (D)Unopposed
LD-18-2William Paris (R)18.8
LD-19-1Robert L. Charette (D)41.2
LD-19-2Edward P. Smith (D)61.3
LD-20-1Elmer Jastad (D)27.0
LD-20-2Hugh Kalich (D)8.0
LD-21-1John Fischer (D)4.3Flipped
LD-21-2Gary Nelson (R)15.0
LD-22-1John Hendricks (R)9.3
LD-22-2Del Bausch (D)44.3
LD-23-1Robert Randall (D)1.0
LD-23-2Rick Smith (D)58.5
LD-24-1Paul Conner (D)74.8
LD-24-2Charles R. Savage (D)2.6
LD-25-1Leonard Sawyer (D)30.2
LD-25-2Marcus S. Gaspard (D)Unopposed
LD-26-1John R. Hawkins (D)29.7
LD-26-2Ron Hanna (D)12.7Flipped
LD-27-1Lorraine Wojahn (D)52.1
LD-27-2A. A. Adams (D)32.8
LD-28-1Helmut L. Jueling (R)1.0
LD-28-2Ted Haley (R)5.8Flipped
LD-29-1P. J. Gallagher (D)Unopposed
LD-29-2Mike Parker (D)Unopposed
LD-30-1Frank Warnke (D)44.2
LD-30-2Robert Gaines (D)6.8
LD-31-1Georgette Valle (D)37.8
LD-31-2King Lysen (D)58.5
LD-32-1Al Williams (D)33.6
LD-32-2Robert A. Perry (D)Unopposed
LD-33-1Eleanor Lee (R)15.7
LD-33-2Richard Barnes (R)2.0
LD-34-1William S. Leckenby (R)11.5
LD-34-2Dave Ceccarelli (D)Unopposed
LD-35-1John Obrien (D)56.1
LD-35-2William Chatalas (D)40.9
LD-36-1Helen Sommers (D)32.4
LD-36-2Kenneth O. Eikenberry (R)13.5
LD-37-1John Eng (D)Unopposed
LD-37-2Peggy Maxie (D)77.5
LD-38-1Richard King (D)Unopposed
LD-38-2John Martinis (D)25.1
LD-39-1Art Clemente (D)33.6
LD-39-2Charles Moon (D)4.4
LD-40-1Don Hansey (R)7.7
LD-40-2Duane Berentson (R)2.1
LD-41-1William Polk (R)34.3
LD-41-2Ron Dunlap (R)19.9
LD-42-1Mary Kay Becker (D)3.8
LD-42-2Art Moreau (D)8.3
LD-43-1Jeff Douthwaite (D)33.5Flipped
LD-43-2Warren Peterson (R)5.0Flipped
LD-44-1Donn Charnley (D)43.1
LD-44-2George S. Hurley (D)7.5Flipped
LD-45-1Rodney Chandler (R)35.7
LD-45-2Gary Lee Matthews (R)17.0
LD-46-1Paul Kraabel (R)21.7
LD-46-2Scott Blair (R)9.1
LD-47-1Marion Sherman (D)29.5Flipped
LD-47-2Frances North (D)23.5
LD-48-1James Gilleland (R)43.4
LD-48-2Kemper Freeman (R)37.2
LD-49-1Albert Bauer (D)46.9
LD-49-2John McKibbin (D)6.2Flipped

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