1978Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1978 election for Washington Legislative District 26
Washington State Senate · Washington
Art Gallaghan (R) won with 55.8% of the vote, defeating C. W. Beck (D) by 11.6 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Art GallaghanRepublican · winner
55.8%12,528
C. W. BeckDemocrat · incumbent
44.2%9,919
22,447 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: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET