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Election 1970 Results

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1970 US Senate election in Washington

Scoop Jackson (Democrat) beat Charles W. Elicker (Republican) in Washington in 1970, 82.4% to 16.0%, a margin of 66.4 points and 708,595 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1964, when Scoop Jackson also won.

Democrats led in 39 of the 39 counties as they stood then. The largest, King, cast 377,089 votes and went to the Democrat by 67.2 points. The closest was Garfield, where 786 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Senate

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Scoop Jackson won Democratic 879,385 82.4%
Charles W. Elicker Republican 170,790 16.0%
All other candidates 16,632 1.6%
Total1,066,807

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
King 311,208 82.5% 57,717 15.3% 8,164 377,089 D+67.2
Pierce 94,905 83.8% 16,450 14.5% 1,894 113,249 D+69.3
Spokane 70,695 79.8% 17,281 19.5% 666 88,642 D+60.3
Snohomish 63,799 85.0% 10,351 13.8% 865 75,015 D+71.2
Yakima 34,291 83.4% 6,318 15.4% 493 41,102 D+68.1
Clark 28,151 83.9% 4,842 14.4% 563 33,556 D+69.5
Kitsap 26,426 83.6% 4,880 15.4% 309 31,615 D+68.2
Thurston 23,969 82.8% 4,640 16.0% 341 28,950 D+66.8
Whatcom 22,192 79.1% 5,165 18.4% 703 28,060 D+60.7
Benton 22,218 89.3% 2,512 10.1% 138 24,868 D+79.2
Cowlitz 16,582 81.8% 3,351 16.5% 343 20,276 D+65.3
Skagit 15,866 80.3% 3,770 19.1% 113 19,749 D+61.2
Grays Harbor 16,410 85.3% 2,618 13.6% 212 19,240 D+71.7
Lewis 12,295 78.6% 3,222 20.6% 116 15,633 D+58.0
Chelan 10,510 76.5% 3,060 22.3% 168 13,738 D+54.2
Walla Walla 9,665 77.1% 2,718 21.7% 150 12,533 D+55.4
Clallam 9,842 81.2% 2,174 17.9% 103 12,119 D+63.3
Grant 9,652 82.3% 1,921 16.4% 151 11,724 D+65.9
Whitman 8,121 72.4% 2,631 23.5% 460 11,212 D+49.0
Okanogan 6,594 81.9% 1,416 17.6% 44 8,054 D+64.3
Franklin 6,999 89.0% 794 10.1% 69 7,862 D+78.9
Mason 6,203 83.1% 1,197 16.0% 62 7,462 D+67.1
Kittitas 6,072 81.6% 1,250 16.8% 121 7,443 D+64.8
Island 5,670 76.8% 1,663 22.5% 49 7,382 D+54.3
Stevens 5,136 80.2% 1,236 19.3% 34 6,406 D+60.9
Douglas 4,808 82.5% 991 17.0% 27 5,826 D+65.5
Pacific 4,843 85.4% 762 13.4% 64 5,669 D+72.0
Asotin 3,617 82.0% 776 17.6% 20 4,413 D+64.4
Klickitat 3,600 84.9% 612 14.4% 30 4,242 D+70.4
Lincoln 3,333 79.1% 867 20.6% 15 4,215 D+58.5
Jefferson 3,221 83.0% 605 15.6% 54 3,880 D+67.4
Adams 2,628 79.6% 661 20.0% 14 3,303 D+59.6
Pend Oreille 1,942 82.3% 406 17.2% 13 2,361 D+65.1
Skamania 1,871 84.5% 323 14.6% 20 2,214 D+69.9
San Juan 1,364 69.9% 571 29.3% 17 1,952 D+40.6
Columbia 1,473 80.9% 344 18.9% 3 1,820 D+62.0
Wahkiakum 1,183 82.1% 249 17.3% 9 1,441 D+64.8
Ferry 1,023 81.4% 224 17.8% 9 1,256 D+63.6
Garfield 1,008 81.6% 222 18.0% 6 1,236 D+63.6

Counties as they stood in 1970; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Washington Senate elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Maria Cantwell (D) D+18.5
2022 Patty Murray (D) D+14.6
2018 Maria Cantwell (D) D+16.9
2016 Patty Murray (D) D+18.0
2012 Maria Cantwell (D) D+20.9
2010 Patty Murray (D) D+4.7
2006 Maria Cantwell (D) D+16.9
2004 Patty Murray (D) D+12.2
2000 Maria Cantwell (D) D+0.1
1998 Patty Murray (D) D+16.8
1994 Slade Gorton (R) R+11.5
1992 Patty Murray (D) D+8.0
1988 Slade Gorton (R) R+2.2
1986 Brock Adams (D) D+2.0
1982 Henry M. Jackson (D) D+44.7
1980 Slade Gorton (R) R+8.3
1976 Henry M. Jackson (D) D+47.6
1974 Warren Magnuson (D) D+24.6
1970 Scoop Jackson (D) D+66.4
1968 Warren Magnuson (D) D+29.1
1964 Scoop Jackson (D) D+44.4
1962 Warren Magnuson (D) D+4.8
1958 Scoop Jackson (D) D+35.9
1956 Warren Magnuson (D) D+22.2
1952 Scoop Jackson (D) D+12.7
1950 Warren Magnuson (D) D+7.4
1946 Harry P. Cain (R) R+9.1
1944 Warren Magnuson (D) D+10.7
1940 Monrad C. Wallgren (D) D+8.3
1938 Homer T. Bone (D) D+25.5
1934 Lewis Schwellenbach (D) D+26.9
1932 Homer T. Bone (D) D+27.9
1928 Clarence C. Dill (D) D+7.0
1926 Wesley L. Jones (R) R+4.8
1922 Clarence C. Dill (D) D+1.3
1920 Wesley L. Jones (R) R+38.6
1916 Miles Poindexter (R) R+18.3
1914 Wesley L. Jones (R) R+11.2