1980Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1980 election for Washington Legislative District 37-1
Washington House of Representatives · Washington
John Eng (R) won re-election with 90.1% of the vote, defeating Marion Kinney (D) by 80.2 points, flipping a seat Democrats held.
John EngRepublican · winner · incumbent
90.1%20,324
Marion KinneyDemocrat
9.9%2,236
22,560 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
Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)