1974Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1974 election for Washington Legislative District 14-2
Washington House of Representatives · Washington
Jim Whiteside (R) won with 50.9% of the vote, defeating Ed Ellis (D) by 1.8 points, flipping a seat Democrats held.
Jim WhitesideRepublican · winner
50.9%10,901
Ed EllisDemocrat · incumbent
49.1%10,512
21,413 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
Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)