1976Flipped from DemocraticFinal results

1976 election for Washington Legislative District 7-1

Name: 1976 election for Washington Legislative District 7-1
Start: 1976-11-02
Location: Washington

Washington House of Representatives · Washington

Helen Fancher (R) won with 53.2% of the vote, defeating Ron Schmidt (D) by 6.4 points, a seat Democrats won last time.

Helen FancherRepublican · winner

53.2%16,941

46.8%14,905

31,846 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

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET