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1978Final results

1978 election for Washington Legislative District 27-2

Washington House of Representatives · Washington

A. A. Adams (D) won re-election with 64.7% of the vote, defeating Alvin Carlson (R) by 29.3 points.

A. A. AdamsDemocrat · winner · incumbent
64.7%7,241
Alvin CarlsonRepublican
35.3%3,958
11,199 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+34.01972D+32.81974D+24.81976D+29.31978D+38.91980

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