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1982 general · November 2, 1982

1982 Washington House of Representatives election results, district by district

Every Washington House of Representatives district in the 1982 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.

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Seats after the election

Democrats controlled the chamber · 98 seats

After the electionD 54 · R 44
Races98
Changed party0
Unopposed3%3 races
Incumbents defeated13

Every district

D 54 · R 44

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
LD-1-1Nancy Rust (D)23.9
LD-1-2Donn Charnley (D)12.1
LD-2-1Wayne Ehlers (D)14.1
LD-2-2Duane L. Kaiser (D)25.5
LD-3-1Lois Stratton (D)52.1
LD-3-2Dennis Dellwo (D)9.8Incumbent lost
LD-4-1Ren Taylor (R)17.9
LD-4-2Mike Padden (R)7.3
LD-5-1B. Jean Silver (R)7.4
LD-5-2Richard H. Barrett (R)4.2
LD-6-1Jim West (R)4.3
LD-6-2Richard M. Bond (R)12.0
LD-7-1Steve Fuhrman (R)7.6
LD-7-2Louis M. Egger (D)10.5
LD-8-1Ray Isaacson (R)1.5
LD-8-2Shirley Hankins (R)33.4
LD-9-1Darwin Nealey (R)1.9
LD-9-2Eugene A. Prince (R)29.7
LD-10-1Simeon R. Wilson (R)10.4
LD-10-2Mary Margaret Haugen (D)8.5
LD-11-1Avery Garrett (D)43.4
LD-11-2Eugene V. Lux (D)34.1
LD-12-1Clyde Ballard (R)22.8
LD-12-2Earl F. Tilly (R)11.0
LD-13-1Glyn Chandler (R)3.9
LD-13-2Curt Smith (R)24.7
LD-14-1Ed Ellis (D)2.2Incumbent lost
LD-14-2Jim Lewis (R)41.1
LD-15-1Lyle J. Dickie (R)25.8
LD-15-2Harold Clayton (R)12.5
LD-16-1Gene Struthers (R)27.0
LD-16-2Richard Hastings (R)9.0
LD-17-1Dennis Heck (D)29.0
LD-17-2Dean Sutherland (D)20.2Incumbent lost
LD-18-1Alan Thompson (D)36.5
LD-18-2Joe Tanner (D)32.0
LD-19ABob Williams (R)11.1
LD-19BCarol Monohon (D)Unopposed
LD-20-1Stuart Halsan (D)7.2Incumbent lost
LD-20-2J. Vanderstoep (R)4.2
LD-21-1Katherine Allen (R)4.2
LD-21-2Gary Nelson (R)17.4
LD-22-1Mike Kreidler (D)35.2
LD-22-2Jennifer Belcher (D)6.0Incumbent lost
LD-23-1Paul Zellinsky (D)2.6Incumbent lost
LD-23-2Karen Schmidt (R)5.5
LD-24-1Richard E. Fisch (D)1.0
LD-24-2Barney McClure (D)10.7Incumbent lost
LD-25-1George Walk (D)35.9
LD-25-2Dan Grimm (D)45.1
LD-26-1Carolyn Powers (D)8.1
LD-26-2Bill Smitherman (D)1.2Incumbent lost
LD-27-1Ruth Fisher (D)33.2
LD-27-2Art Wang (D)59.3
LD-28-1Art Broback (R)34.3
LD-28-2Stanley C. Johnson (R)34.7
LD-29-1P. J. Gallagher (D)42.0
LD-29-2Brian Ebersole (D)50.3
LD-30-1Dick Schoon (R)7.4
LD-30-2Jean Marie Brough (R)24.3
LD-31-1Mike Todd (D)15.2
LD-31-2Ernest Crane (D)7.3
LD-32-1Joanne Brekke (D)55.6
LD-32-2Dick Nelson (D)47.0
LD-33-1Lorraine Hine (D)33.0
LD-33-2Richard Barnes (R)6.4
LD-34-1Bruce Addison (R)11.2Incumbent lost
LD-34-2Paul Pruitt (D)7.7Incumbent lost
LD-35-1Doug Sayan (D)34.4
LD-35-2Max Vekich (D)30.4
LD-36-1Helen Sommers (D)33.2
LD-36-2Seth Armstrong (D)32.0
LD-37-1John Obrien (D)66.0
LD-37-2Gary Locke (D)67.9
LD-38-1Richard King (D)3.8
LD-38-2John Martinis (D)Unopposed
LD-39AJames Mitchell (R)5.2
LD-39BCharles Moon (D)5.6
LD-40-1Pat Fiske (R)3.3
LD-40-2Patrick McMullen (D)7.0Incumbent lost
LD-41-1Emilio Cantu (R)32.5
LD-41-2Joseph L. Williams (R)0.0
LD-42-1Dennis Braddock (D)12.9
LD-42-2Roger Vandyken (R)25.1
LD-43-1Janice Niemi (D)69.6
LD-43-2Bill Burns (D)18.8
LD-44-1Jeanine Long (R)0.5
LD-44-2Paul King (D)5.2
LD-45-1John Betrozoff (R)19.1
LD-45-2Louise Miller (R)15.5
LD-46-1Marlin Appelwick (D)5.5
LD-46-2Ken Jacobsen (D)4.6Incumbent lost
LD-47-1Bruce Holland (R)0.1Incumbent lost
LD-47-2Mike Patrick (R)8.6
LD-48-1Dan McDonald (R)38.4
LD-48-2Paul Sanders (R)32.7
LD-49-1Joe King (D)35.1
LD-49-2Shirley Galloway (D)Unopposed

Washington House of Representatives

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