1980 general · November 4, 1980
1980 Washington State Senate election results, district by district
Every Washington State Senate district in the 1980 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.
Seats after the election
Democrats controlled the chamber · 49 seats
After the electionD 25 · R 24
Races26
Changed party10
Unopposed15%4 races
Incumbents defeated6
Every district
D 12 · R 14
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| LD-1 | Bill Kiskaddon (R) | 12.3 | FlippedIncumbent lost |
| LD-2 | R. Ted Bottiger (D) | 9.5 | |
| LD-3 | Margaret Hurley (D) | 43.3 | |
| LD-4 | Bob McCaslin (R) | 13.3 | FlippedIncumbent lost |
| LD-5 | Jerry Hughes (D) | 4.7 | FlippedIncumbent lost |
| LD-9 | E. G. Patterson (R) | Unopposed | Flipped |
| LD-10 | Jack Metcalf (R) | 25.4 | |
| LD-11 | Albert Shinpoch (D) | 9.3 | |
| LD-12 | George L. Sellar (R) | 86.2 | |
| LD-14 | Alex Deccio (R) | Unopposed | |
| LD-16 | Jeannette Hayner (R) | Unopposed | |
| LD-17 | Harold S. Zimmerman (R) | 5.6 | FlippedIncumbent lost |
| LD-18 | Don Talley (D) | 29.0 | |
| LD-19 | J. T. Quigg Jr. (R) | 1.2 | Flipped |
| LD-20 | W. H. Fuller (R) | 24.9 | Flipped |
| LD-22 | Dick Hemstad (R) | 3.7 | FlippedIncumbent lost |
| LD-23 | Ellen Craswell (R) | 47.0 | FlippedIncumbent lost |
| LD-24 | Paul Conner (D) | 21.5 | |
| LD-25 | Marcus S. Gaspard (D) | 26.0 | |
| LD-27 | Lorraine Wojahn (D) | 45.5 | |
| LD-28 | Ted Haley (R) | 42.8 | |
| LD-39 | Dianne Woody (D) | 2.2 | |
| LD-40 | Lowell Peterson (D) | 4.8 | |
| LD-41 | George W. Clarke (R) | Unopposed | |
| LD-44 | Donn Charnley (D) | 6.4 | Flipped |
| LD-49 | Albert Bauer (D) | 31.5 |
Washington State Senate
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