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1976 general · November 2, 1976

1976 Washington House of Representatives election results, district by district

Every Washington House of Representatives district in the 1976 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.

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Seats after the election

Democrats controlled the chamber · 98 seats

After the electionD 62 · R 36
Races98
Changed party12
Unopposed13%13 races
Incumbents defeated7

Every district

D 62 · R 36

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
LD-1-1Audrey Gruger (D)12.7Flipped
LD-1-2Rick S. Bender (D)42.2
LD-2-1Wayne Ehlers (D)47.7
LD-2-2Phyllis Erickson (D)49.9
LD-3-1Margaret Hurley (D)Unopposed
LD-3-2William J. S. May (D)Unopposed
LD-4-1Jack Grier (D)3.2Flipped
LD-4-2Walt O. Knowles (D)11.1
LD-5-1Geraldine McCormick (D)19.5
LD-5-2Jerry Hughes (D)34.0
LD-6-1A. J. Pardini (R)Unopposed
LD-6-2Richard M. Bond (R)Unopposed
LD-7-1Helen Fancher (R)6.4Flipped
LD-7-2Scott Barr (R)15.9
LD-8-1James Boldt (D)8.9
LD-8-2Claude Oliver (R)15.5FlippedIncumbent lost
LD-9-1Otto Amen (R)63.0
LD-9-2E. G. Patterson (R)72.9
LD-10-1Simeon R. Wilson (R)10.0
LD-10-2Eleanor Fortson (D)15.2
LD-11-1Albert Shinpoch (D)32.8
LD-11-2John Bagnariol (D)Unopposed
LD-12-1Rolland Schmitten (R)10.8
LD-12-2Earl F. Tilly (R)Unopposed
LD-13-1S. E. Flanagan (R)7.8
LD-13-2Frank Hansen (D)Unopposed
LD-14-1Alex Deccio (R)18.9Flipped
LD-14-2Jim Whiteside (R)44.7
LD-15-1Irving Newhouse (R)20.4
LD-15-2Harold Clayton (R)2.2
LD-16-1Gene Struthers (R)17.9
LD-16-2Charles Kilbury (D)11.9
LD-17-1Dennis Heck (D)18.3
LD-17-2Harold S. Zimmerman (R)Unopposed
LD-18-1Alan Thompson (D)35.6
LD-18-2William Paris (R)24.5
LD-19-1Robert L. Charette (D)Unopposed
LD-19-2Carol Monohon (D)16.4
LD-20-1Joseph Enbody (D)10.5
LD-20-2W. H. Fuller (R)1.9FlippedIncumbent lost
LD-21-1John Fischer (D)5.5
LD-21-2Gary Nelson (R)19.0
LD-22-1Mike Kreidler (D)11.5Flipped
LD-22-2Ron Keller (D)3.4
LD-23-1Ellen Craswell (R)9.3Flipped
LD-23-2Rick Smith (D)38.5
LD-24-1Paul Conner (D)52.5
LD-24-2Brad Owen (D)25.9
LD-25-1George Walk (D)7.2
LD-25-2Dan Grimm (D)11.2
LD-26-1John R. Hawkins (D)5.1
LD-26-2Ron Hanna (D)23.2
LD-27-1Jim Salatino (D)59.2
LD-27-2A. A. Adams (D)24.8
LD-28-1Shirley Winsley (R)11.6
LD-28-2Ted Haley (R)28.6
LD-29-1P. J. Gallagher (D)Unopposed
LD-29-2Cathy Pearsall (D)54.6
LD-30-1Frank Warnke (D)34.6
LD-30-2Robert Gaines (D)33.8
LD-31-1Georgette Valle (D)37.9
LD-31-2King Lysen (D)51.5
LD-32-1Al Williams (D)50.8
LD-32-2Dick Nelson (D)48.0
LD-33-1Eleanor Lee (R)17.1
LD-33-2Richard Barnes (R)3.5
LD-34-1William S. Leckenby (R)10.6
LD-34-2Paul Pruitt (D)11.6
LD-35-1John Obrien (D)63.4
LD-35-2Eugene V. Lux (D)53.3
LD-36-1Helen Sommers (D)6.3Incumbent lost
LD-36-2Joe Taller (R)2.2
LD-37-1John Eng (D)71.5
LD-37-2Peggy Maxie (D)83.1
LD-38-1Richard King (D)33.2
LD-38-2John Martinis (D)Unopposed
LD-39-1Art Clemente (D)24.1
LD-39-2Paul Shinoda (R)12.2FlippedIncumbent lost
LD-40-1Jerry L. Vrooman (D)1.8FlippedIncumbent lost
LD-40-2Duane Berentson (R)15.1
LD-41-1William Polk (R)Unopposed
LD-41-2Ron Dunlap (R)27.8
LD-42-1Mary Kay Becker (D)17.2
LD-42-2Art Moreau (D)15.9
LD-43-1Jeff Douthwaite (D)7.7
LD-43-2Bill Burns (D)0.0FlippedIncumbent lost
LD-44-1Donn Charnley (D)18.6
LD-44-2George S. Hurley (D)3.0
LD-45-1Rodney Chandler (R)39.9
LD-45-2Will Knedlik (D)2.6FlippedIncumbent lost
LD-46-1Irv Greengo (R)6.7
LD-46-2Scott Blair (R)16.0
LD-47-1Marion Sherman (D)13.1
LD-47-2Frances North (D)33.3
LD-48-1James Gilleland (R)28.4
LD-48-2Kemper Freeman (R)34.9
LD-49-1Albert Bauer (D)50.1
LD-49-2John McKibbin (D)Unopposed

Washington House of Representatives

Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner