1976Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1976 election for Washington Legislative District 16
Washington State Senate · Washington
Jeannette Hayner (R) won with 51.0% of the vote, defeating Gary F. Strohmaier (D) by 2.0 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Jeannette HaynerRepublican · winner
51.0%13,960
Gary F. StrohmaierDemocrat
49.0%13,419
27,379 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