1976Flipped from RepublicanFinal results

1976 election for Washington Legislative District 22

Name: 1976 election for Washington Legislative District 22
Start: 1976-11-02
Location: Washington

Washington State Senate · Washington

Del Bausch (D) won with 63.0% of the vote, defeating Harry Elway Jr. (R) by 26.1 points, a seat Republicans won last time.

Del BauschDemocrat · winner

63.0%23,768

37.0%13,943

37,711 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