1980Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1980 election for Washington Legislative District 22
Washington State Senate · Washington
Dick Hemstad (R) won with 51.8% of the vote, defeating Del Bausch (D) by 3.7 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Dick HemstadRepublican · winner
51.8%24,493
Del BauschDemocrat · incumbent
48.2%22,756
47,249 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