1978Final results

1978 election for Washington Legislative District 15-1

Washington House of Representatives · Washington

Irving Newhouse (R) won re-election with 63.6% of the vote, defeating Cleo Anderson (D) by 27.1 points.

Irving NewhouseRepublican · winner · incumbent
63.6%8,493
36.4%4,870
13,363 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

EvenR+12.01972R+20.41976R+27.11978R+30.41980

Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)