1976Final results

1976 election for Washington Legislative District 40

Name: 1976 election for Washington Legislative District 40
Start: 1976-11-02
Location: Washington

Washington State Senate · Washington

Lowell Peterson (D) won with 53.2% of the vote, defeating Alice Oosterhof (R) by 6.5 points.

Lowell PetersonDemocrat · winner · incumbent

53.2%19,052

46.8%16,737

35,789 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