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1978Final results

1978 election for Washington Legislative District 42-1

Washington House of Representatives · Washington

Mary Kay Becker (D) won re-election with 58.5% of the vote, defeating Charles Lind (R) by 17.1 points.

Mary Kay BeckerDemocrat · winner · incumbent
58.5%13,497
Charles LindRepublican
41.5%9,559
23,056 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+15.51972D+3.81974D+17.21976D+17.11978D+3.31980

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