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1974Final results

1974 election for Washington Legislative District 22-2

Washington House of Representatives · Washington

Del Bausch (D) won re-election with 72.2% of the vote, defeating Paul W. Ellis (R) by 44.3 points.

Del BauschDemocrat · winner · incumbent
72.2%19,728
Paul W. EllisRepublican
27.8%7,615
27,343 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+13.91972D+44.31974D+3.41976D+1.61978

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