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1976Final results

1976 election for Washington Legislative District 26-1

Washington House of Representatives · Washington

John R. Hawkins (D) won re-election with 52.6% of the vote, defeating Nora Schultheis (R) by 5.1 points.

John R. HawkinsDemocrat · winner · incumbent
52.6%17,460
Nora SchultheisRepublican
47.4%15,763
33,223 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

EvenD+13.91972D+29.71974D+5.11976D+11.71978D+8.31980

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