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1974Final results

1974 election for Washington Legislative District 1-2

Washington House of Representatives · Washington

Rick S. Bender (D) won re-election with 53.8% of the vote, defeating Bill Kiskaddon (R) by 7.7 points.

Rick S. BenderDemocrat · winner · incumbent
53.8%8,796
Bill KiskaddonRepublican
46.2%7,543
16,339 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 1974

Races before and after

EvenD+0.61972D+7.71974D+42.21976D+5.11978

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