1980Final results

1980 election for Washington Legislative District 43-2

Washington House of Representatives · Washington

Bill Burns (D) won with 67.0% of the vote, defeating Drake Harrison Sisley (R) by 33.9 points.

Bill BurnsDemocrat · winner · incumbent
67.0%21,457
33.0%10,592
32,049 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

Races before and after

EvenR+5.01974Even1976D+37.81978D+33.91980D+18.81982D+56.11984

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