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1980Final results

1980 election for Washington Legislative District 49

Washington State Senate · Washington

Albert Bauer (D) won with 65.8% of the vote, defeating Martin Wolf (R) by 31.5 points.

Albert BauerDemocrat · winner
65.8%21,929
Martin WolfRepublican
34.2%11,411
33,340 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

EvenD+36.21984D+42.71988D+17.01992D+27.21996R+6.92000D+1.32004

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