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1974Final results

1974 election for Washington Legislative District 23-2

Washington House of Representatives · Washington

Rick Smith (D) won re-election with 77.0% of the vote, defeating Calvin E. Marschall (R) by 58.5 points.

Rick SmithDemocrat · winner · incumbent
77.0%17,580
Calvin E. MarschallRepublican
18.6%4,235
Clark CrawfordIndependent
4.4%1,013
22,828 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+15.71972D+58.51974D+38.51976D+5.31978

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

The candidates

Rick Smith (D)Calvin E. Marschall (R)

Also on the ballot: Clark Crawford (Independent), 4.4%