1976 general · November 2, 1976
1976 Washington State Senate election results, district by district
Every Washington State Senate district in the 1976 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.
Seats after the election
Democrats controlled the chamber · 49 seats
After the electionD 30 · R 19
Races25
Changed party2
Unopposed20%5 races
Incumbents defeated0
Every district
D 18 · R 7
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| LD-1 | Ray Vanhollebeke (D) | 22.2 | |
| LD-2 | R. Ted Bottiger (D) | 49.4 | |
| LD-3 | James E. Keefe (D) | 5.6 | |
| LD-4 | William S. Day (D) | Unopposed | |
| LD-5 | Robert H. Lewis (R) | Unopposed | |
| LD-9 | Hubert F. Donohue (D) | 6.5 | |
| LD-10 | F. Wanamaker (R) | 0.2 | |
| LD-11 | Gary Grant (D) | 19.3 | |
| LD-12 | George L. Sellar (R) | 23.3 | |
| LD-14 | Jim Matson (R) | 36.4 | |
| LD-16 | Jeannette Hayner (R) | 2.0 | Flipped |
| LD-17 | Al Henry (D) | 22.9 | |
| LD-18 | Don Talley (D) | Unopposed | |
| LD-19 | Robert C. Bailey (D) | Unopposed | |
| LD-20 | Gary Odegaard (D) | 28.0 | |
| LD-22 | Del Bausch (D) | 26.1 | Flipped |
| LD-23 | Gordon L. Walgren (D) | 51.9 | |
| LD-24 | Gordon Sandison (D) | 31.4 | |
| LD-25 | Marcus S. Gaspard (D) | 47.4 | |
| LD-27 | Lorraine Wojahn (D) | 49.4 | |
| LD-28 | Charles Newschwander (R) | 18.9 | |
| LD-39 | Frank Woody (D) | 18.4 | |
| LD-40 | Lowell Peterson (D) | 6.5 | |
| LD-41 | George W. Clarke (R) | 9.6 | |
| LD-49 | Dan Marsh (D) | Unopposed |
Washington State Senate
Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner