1980Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1980 election for Washington Legislative District 1
Washington State Senate · Washington
Bill Kiskaddon (R) won with 56.2% of the vote, defeating Ray Vanhollebeke (D) by 12.3 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Bill KiskaddonRepublican · winner
56.2%15,938
Ray VanhollebekeDemocrat · incumbent
43.8%12,438
28,376 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET