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1978Flipped from DemocraticFinal results

1978 election for Washington Legislative District 24-2

Washington House of Representatives · Washington

Andrew Nisbet (R) won with 63.0% of the vote, defeating Don McDonald (D) by 25.9 points, flipping a seat Democrats held.

Andrew NisbetRepublican · winner
63.0%15,711
Don McDonaldDemocrat
37.0%9,237
24,948 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

EvenD+0.21972D+2.61974D+25.91976R+25.91978R+28.41980

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