1976Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1976 election for Washington Legislative District 8-2
Washington House of Representatives · Washington
Claude Oliver (R) won with 57.7% of the vote, defeating Pat Cochrane (D) by 15.5 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Claude OliverRepublican · winner
57.7%18,824
Pat CochraneDemocrat · incumbent
42.3%13,780
32,604 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: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET