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1974Final results

1974 election for Washington Legislative District 40-1

Washington House of Representatives · Washington

Don Hansey (R) won re-election with 53.8% of the vote, defeating Don Pierson (D) by 7.7 points.

Don HanseyRepublican · winner · incumbent
53.8%13,263
Don PiersonDemocrat
46.2%11,374
24,637 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

EvenR+0.21972R+7.71974D+1.81976D+10.51978

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