1978Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1978 election for Washington Legislative District 10-2
Washington House of Representatives · Washington
Joan Houchen (R) won with 53.6% of the vote, defeating Eleanor Fortson (D) by 7.3 points, flipping a seat Democrats held.
Joan HouchenRepublican · winner
53.6%11,299
Eleanor FortsonDemocrat · incumbent
46.4%9,765
21,064 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 1978
Races before and after
Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)