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1980 general · November 4, 1980

1980 Washington House of Representatives election results, district by district

Every Washington House of Representatives district in the 1980 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.

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Seats after the election

Republicans controlled the chamber · 98 seats

After the electionD 41 · R 57
Races98
Changed party11
Unopposed9%9 races
Incumbents defeated5

Every district

D 41 · R 57

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
LD-1-1Audrey Gruger (D)0.9
LD-1-2Rick S. Bender (D)3.2
LD-2-1Wayne Ehlers (D)5.6
LD-2-2Phyllis Erickson (D)33.8
LD-3-1Lois Stratton (D)26.6
LD-3-2Margaret Leonard (R)0.5FlippedIncumbent lost
LD-4-1Ren Taylor (R)30.8
LD-4-2Mike Padden (R)10.9Flipped
LD-5-1Geraldine McCormick (D)14.7
LD-5-2Richard H. Barrett (R)14.8Flipped
LD-6-1Michael R. McGinnis (R)47.1
LD-6-2Richard M. Bond (R)29.7
LD-7-1Helen Fancher (R)35.7
LD-7-2Scott Barr (R)40.3
LD-8-1Ray Isaacson (R)36.3
LD-8-2Shirley Hankins (R)54.2
LD-9-1Otto Amen (R)Unopposed
LD-9-2Eugene A. Prince (R)14.2
LD-10-1Simeon R. Wilson (R)11.5
LD-10-2Joan Houchen (R)12.0
LD-11-1Avery Garrett (D)1.9
LD-11-2Mike Patrick (R)11.0Flipped
LD-12-1Rolland Schmitten (R)87.8
LD-12-2Earl F. Tilly (R)84.4
LD-13-1S. E. Flanagan (R)38.5
LD-13-2Curt Smith (R)35.4
LD-14-1Noel Bickham (R)6.6
LD-14-2Jim Lewis (R)45.0
LD-15-1Irving Newhouse (R)30.4
LD-15-2Harold Clayton (R)35.6
LD-16-1Gene Struthers (R)Unopposed
LD-16-2Richard Hastings (R)39.8
LD-17-1Dennis Heck (D)43.3
LD-17-2Robert L. Chamberlain (R)2.1
LD-18-1Alan Thompson (D)17.7
LD-18-2Bob Williams (R)14.3
LD-19-1Carol Monohon (D)35.3
LD-19-2John Erak (D)29.5
LD-20-1Wilma Rosbach (R)39.5
LD-20-2J. Vanderstoep (R)14.3
LD-21-1Walt Sprague (R)30.2
LD-21-2Gary Nelson (R)45.6
LD-22-1Mike Kreidler (D)23.6
LD-22-2W. H. Garson Jr. (R)1.6FlippedIncumbent lost
LD-23-1Harry C. James (R)13.7
LD-23-2Karen Schmidt (R)5.6FlippedIncumbent lost
LD-24-1Brad Owen (D)21.0
LD-24-2Andrew Nisbet (R)28.4
LD-25-1George Walk (D)10.6
LD-25-2Dan Grimm (D)29.7
LD-26-1Barbara Granlund (D)8.3
LD-26-2Daniel L. Dawson (R)8.2
LD-27-1Jim Salatino (D)38.4
LD-27-2Art Wang (D)38.9
LD-28-1Shirley Winsley (R)Unopposed
LD-28-2Stanley C. Johnson (R)34.9
LD-29-1P. J. Gallagher (D)32.3
LD-29-2Wendell Brown (D)44.7
LD-30-1Frank Warnke (D)11.5
LD-30-2Bob Eberle (R)19.7
LD-31-1Georgette Valle (D)48.7
LD-31-2Jeanette Berleen (R)2.3FlippedIncumbent lost
LD-32-1Joanne Brekke (D)42.6
LD-32-2Dick Nelson (D)35.0Flipped
LD-33-1Lorraine Hine (D)9.0Flipped
LD-33-2Richard Barnes (R)25.6
LD-34-1Bruce Addison (R)8.3
LD-34-2Paul Pruitt (D)10.5
LD-35-1John Obrien (D)Unopposed
LD-35-2Eugene V. Lux (D)57.6
LD-36-1Helen Sommers (D)8.5
LD-36-2Joe Taller (R)33.1
LD-37-1John Eng (R)80.2Flipped
LD-37-2Peggy Maxie (D)39.5
LD-38-1Richard King (D)23.0
LD-38-2John Martinis (D)29.8
LD-39-1James Mitchell (R)32.7
LD-39-2Gary Scott (D)30.8
LD-40-1Pat Fiske (R)16.4FlippedIncumbent lost
LD-40-2Homer Lundquist (R)8.7
LD-41-1William Polk (R)Unopposed
LD-41-2Emilio Cantu (R)45.1
LD-42-1Mary Kay Becker (D)3.3
LD-42-2Roger Vandyken (R)19.7
LD-43-1Nita Rinehart (D)16.9
LD-43-2Bill Burns (D)33.9
LD-44-1Nancy Rust (D)5.6
LD-44-2Steve Tupper (R)26.8
LD-45-1Rodney Chandler (R)49.5
LD-45-2Delores E. Teutsch (R)42.5
LD-46-1Irv Greengo (R)19.1
LD-46-2William H. Ellis (R)16.4
LD-47-1Marion Sherman (D)5.2
LD-47-2Frances North (D)Unopposed
LD-48-1Dan McDonald (R)Unopposed
LD-48-2Paul Sanders (R)Unopposed
LD-49-1Joe King (D)1.4
LD-49-2Shirley Galloway (D)Unopposed

Washington House of Representatives

Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner