1980Final results
1980 election for Washington Legislative District 42-1
Washington House of Representatives · Washington
Mary Kay Becker (D) won re-election with 51.7% of the vote, defeating Joe Elenbaas (R) by 3.3 points.
Mary Kay BeckerDemocrat · winner · incumbent
51.7%19,425
Joe ElenbaasRepublican
48.3%18,173
37,598 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)