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1980Final results

1980 election for Washington Legislative District 27-1

Washington House of Representatives · Washington

Jim Salatino (D) won re-election with 69.2% of the vote, defeating Ronald M. Wilson (R) by 38.4 points.

Jim SalatinoDemocrat · winner · incumbent
69.2%16,706
30.8%7,431
24,137 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 1980

The seat's recent races

EvenD+50.31972D+52.11974D+59.21976D+42.31978D+38.41980

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