1980Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1980 election for Washington Legislative District 5
Washington State Senate · Washington
Jerry Hughes (D) won with 52.4% of the vote, defeating Robert H. Lewis (R) by 4.7 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Jerry HughesDemocrat · winner
52.4%18,209
Robert H. LewisRepublican · incumbent
47.6%16,572
34,781 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