1974Flipped from RepublicanFinal results
1974 election for Washington Legislative District 8-2
Washington House of Representatives · Washington
Pat Cochrane (D) won with 52.3% of the vote, defeating Lawrence Mabry (R) by 4.6 points, flipping a seat Republicans held.
Pat CochraneDemocrat · winner
52.3%11,633
Lawrence MabryRepublican
47.7%10,603
22,236 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)