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1978Final results

1978 election for Washington Legislative District 30

Washington State Senate · Washington

Peter Vonreichbauer (D) won with 63.0% of the vote, defeating John Stender (R) by 25.9 points.

Peter VonreichbauerDemocrat · winner · incumbent
63.0%9,556
John StenderRepublican
37.0%5,623
15,179 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+25.91978R+7.31982R+10.41986R+2.71990R+5.31994D+6.61998

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET