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1978 general · November 7, 1978

1978 Washington House of Representatives election results, district by district

Every Washington House of Representatives district in the 1978 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.

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Seats after the election

Republicans controlled the chamber · 98 seats

After the electionD 48 · R 50
Races98
Changed party16
Unopposed24%24 races
Incumbents defeated10

Every district

D 48 · R 50

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
LD-1-1Audrey Gruger (D)0.4
LD-1-2Rick S. Bender (D)5.1
LD-2-1Wayne Ehlers (D)Unopposed
LD-2-2Phyllis Erickson (D)Unopposed
LD-3-1Margaret Hurley (D)43.2
LD-3-2William J. S. May (D)3.5
LD-4-1Ren Taylor (R)2.9FlippedIncumbent lost
LD-4-2Walt O. Knowles (D)5.6
LD-5-1Geraldine McCormick (D)14.7
LD-5-2Jerry Hughes (D)36.7
LD-6-1Michael R. McGinnis (R)28.4
LD-6-2Richard M. Bond (R)27.0
LD-7-1Helen Fancher (R)36.4
LD-7-2Scott Barr (R)14.4
LD-8-1Ray Isaacson (R)22.8Flipped
LD-8-2Claude Oliver (R)17.9
LD-9-1Otto Amen (R)Unopposed
LD-9-2E. G. Patterson (R)Unopposed
LD-10-1Simeon R. Wilson (R)15.1
LD-10-2Joan Houchen (R)7.3FlippedIncumbent lost
LD-11-1Avery Garrett (D)0.9
LD-11-2John Bagnariol (D)Unopposed
LD-12-1Rolland Schmitten (R)Unopposed
LD-12-2Earl F. Tilly (R)Unopposed
LD-13-1S. E. Flanagan (R)23.8
LD-13-2Curt Smith (R)16.1Flipped
LD-14-1Alex Deccio (R)46.4
LD-14-2Jim Whiteside (R)Unopposed
LD-15-1Irving Newhouse (R)27.1
LD-15-2Harold Clayton (R)Unopposed
LD-16-1Gene Struthers (R)46.1
LD-16-2Richard Hastings (R)24.9FlippedIncumbent lost
LD-17-1Dennis Heck (D)38.7
LD-17-2Harold S. Zimmerman (R)9.5
LD-18-1Alan Thompson (D)Unopposed
LD-18-2Bob Williams (R)26.6
LD-19-1Carol Monohon (D)15.4
LD-19-2John Erak (D)30.6
LD-20-1Wilma Rosbach (R)6.9FlippedIncumbent lost
LD-20-2W. H. Fuller (R)21.7
LD-21-1Walt Sprague (R)18.3FlippedIncumbent lost
LD-21-2Gary Nelson (R)37.8
LD-22-1Mike Kreidler (D)4.1
LD-22-2Ron Keller (D)1.6
LD-23-1Ellen Craswell (R)32.9
LD-23-2Rick Smith (D)5.3
LD-24-1Brad Owen (D)Unopposed
LD-24-2Andrew Nisbet (R)25.9Flipped
LD-25-1George Walk (D)1.6
LD-25-2Dan Grimm (D)20.3
LD-26-1Barbara Granlund (D)11.7
LD-26-2Daniel L. Dawson (R)1.2FlippedIncumbent lost
LD-27-1Jim Salatino (D)42.3
LD-27-2A. A. Adams (D)29.3
LD-28-1Shirley Winsley (R)59.6
LD-28-2Ted Haley (R)Unopposed
LD-29-1P. J. Gallagher (D)Unopposed
LD-29-2Wendell Brown (D)Unopposed
LD-30-1Frank Warnke (D)Unopposed
LD-30-2Bob Eberle (R)17.3FlippedIncumbent lost
LD-31-1Georgette Valle (D)29.2
LD-31-2John Jovanovich (D)18.1
LD-32-1Joanne Brekke (D)38.0
LD-32-2Dick Nelson (R)80.9Flipped
LD-33-1Eric Rohrbach (R)0.6
LD-33-2Richard Barnes (R)32.9
LD-34-1Bruce Addison (R)24.7
LD-34-2Paul Pruitt (D)22.5
LD-35-1John Obrien (D)Unopposed
LD-35-2Eugene V. Lux (D)52.7
LD-36-1Helen Sommers (D)25.8
LD-36-2Joe Taller (R)42.0
LD-37-1John Eng (D)42.4
LD-37-2Peggy Maxie (D)81.9
LD-38-1Richard King (D)25.4
LD-38-2John Martinis (D)Unopposed
LD-39-1James Mitchell (R)21.5Flipped
LD-39-2Gary Scott (D)25.4FlippedIncumbent lost
LD-40-1Jerry L. Vrooman (D)10.5
LD-40-2Duane Berentson (R)27.1
LD-41-1William Polk (R)46.8
LD-41-2Ron Dunlap (R)Unopposed
LD-42-1Mary Kay Becker (D)17.1
LD-42-2Roger Vandyken (R)14.8FlippedIncumbent lost
LD-43-1Jeff Douthwaite (D)9.6
LD-43-2Bill Burns (D)37.8
LD-44-1Donn Charnley (D)17.3
LD-44-2Steve Tupper (R)17.6FlippedIncumbent lost
LD-45-1Rodney Chandler (R)Unopposed
LD-45-2Delores E. Teutsch (R)41.1Flipped
LD-46-1Irv Greengo (R)1.5
LD-46-2Scott Blair (R)Unopposed
LD-47-1Marion Sherman (D)10.9
LD-47-2Frances North (D)29.0
LD-48-1Dan McDonald (R)Unopposed
LD-48-2Paul Sanders (R)Unopposed
LD-49-1Albert Bauer (D)Unopposed
LD-49-2Shirley Galloway (D)Unopposed

Washington House of Representatives

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