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1976Flipped from RepublicanFinal results

1976 election for Washington Legislative District 22-1

Washington House of Representatives · Washington

Mike Kreidler (D) won with 55.8% of the vote, defeating John L. Jendricks (R) by 11.5 points, flipping a seat Republicans held.

Mike KreidlerDemocrat · winner
55.8%20,952
44.2%16,617
37,569 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 1976

Races before and after

EvenR+13.11972R+9.31974D+11.51976D+4.11978D+23.61980

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