1976Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1976 election for Washington Legislative District 23-1
Washington House of Representatives · Washington
Ellen Craswell (R) won with 54.6% of the vote, defeating Ray A. Aardal (D) by 9.3 points, flipping a seat Democrats held.
Ellen CraswellRepublican · winner
54.6%19,076
Ray A. AardalDemocrat
45.4%15,840
34,916 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
Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)