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1976Final results

1976 election for Washington Legislative District 42-1

Washington House of Representatives · Washington

Mary Kay Becker (D) won re-election with 58.6% of the vote, defeating Hugh Pottle (R) by 17.2 points.

Mary Kay BeckerDemocrat · winner · incumbent
58.6%19,082
Hugh PottleRepublican
41.4%13,477
32,559 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+15.51972D+3.81974D+17.21976D+17.11978D+3.31980

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