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1974Final results

1974 election for Washington Legislative District 31-2

Washington House of Representatives · Washington

King Lysen (D) won re-election with 79.2% of the vote, defeating Joe M. Carson (R) by 58.5 points.

King LysenDemocrat · winner · incumbent
79.2%11,649
Joe M. CarsonRepublican
20.8%3,054
14,703 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+54.41972D+58.51974D+51.51976D+18.11978

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