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Election 1976 Results

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1976 US Senate election in Washington

Henry M. Jackson (Democrat) beat George M. Brown (Republican) in Washington in 1976, 71.8% to 24.2%, a margin of 47.6 points and 709,673 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1970, when Scoop Jackson won.

Democrats led in 39 of the 39 counties as they stood then. The largest, King, cast 522,198 votes and went to the Democrat by 52.4 points. The closest was Lincoln, where 175 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

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Henry M. Jackson won	Democratic	1,071,219	71.8%
George M. Brown	Republican	361,546	24.2%
All other candidates		58,346	3.9%
Total		1,491,111

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
King	386,686 74.0%	113,047 21.6%	22,465	522,198	D+52.4
Pierce	114,979 76.5%	30,131 20.0%	5,287	150,397	D+56.4
Spokane	80,762 63.4%	41,580 32.6%	5,087	127,429	D+30.7
Snohomish	85,036 74.2%	25,603 22.3%	3,985	114,624	D+51.9
Clark	44,401 73.5%	13,680 22.7%	2,301	60,382	D+50.9
Kitsap	40,342 79.8%	8,385 16.6%	1,800	50,527	D+63.2
Yakima	34,810 69.1%	13,930 27.7%	1,609	50,349	D+41.5
Thurston	31,425 72.0%	10,269 23.5%	1,922	43,616	D+48.5
Whatcom	24,130 62.5%	12,690 32.9%	1,804	38,624	D+29.6
Benton	25,579 74.5%	7,790 22.7%	950	34,319	D+51.8
Skagit	17,330 65.2%	8,285 31.2%	953	26,568	D+34.0
Cowlitz	20,821 78.6%	5,111 19.3%	552	26,484	D+59.3
Lewis	13,579 65.0%	6,282 30.1%	1,040	20,901	D+34.9
Grays Harbor	15,213 74.8%	4,242 20.9%	888	20,343	D+53.9
Clallam	12,525 69.1%	4,717 26.0%	882	18,124	D+43.1
Chelan	11,429 65.3%	5,765 32.9%	319	17,513	D+32.3
Walla Walla	11,568 67.5%	5,142 30.0%	430	17,140	D+37.5
Grant	10,635 64.9%	5,048 30.8%	706	16,389	D+34.1
Whitman	8,553 58.0%	5,332 36.2%	849	14,734	D+21.9
Island	9,147 71.3%	3,442 26.8%	232	12,821	D+44.5
Mason	8,214 73.3%	2,485 22.2%	500	11,199	D+51.2
Okanogan	7,324 65.6%	3,199 28.6%	649	11,172	D+36.9
Franklin	6,937 70.9%	2,539 26.0%	304	9,780	D+45.0
Kittitas	6,676 72.1%	2,383 25.7%	202	9,261	D+46.4
Stevens	5,349 59.3%	3,058 33.9%	607	9,014	D+25.4
Douglas	5,460 65.8%	2,706 32.6%	135	8,301	D+33.2
Pacific	5,411 77.6%	1,263 18.1%	300	6,974	D+59.5
Jefferson	3,936 68.8%	1,485 25.9%	303	5,724	D+42.8
Asotin	3,963 69.6%	1,496 26.3%	239	5,698	D+43.3
Klickitat	3,844 69.9%	1,459 26.5%	198	5,501	D+43.4
Lincoln	2,501 49.9%	2,326 46.4%	190	5,017	D+3.5
Adams	2,619 55.9%	1,816 38.8%	249	4,684	D+17.1
San Juan	1,764 54.2%	1,364 41.9%	127	3,255	D+12.3
Pend Oreille	2,097 68.3%	913 29.7%	61	3,071	D+38.6
Skamania	1,880 74.1%	600 23.7%	56	2,536	D+50.5
Columbia	1,223 63.2%	672 34.7%	40	1,935	D+28.5
Wahkiakum	1,197 77.8%	320 20.8%	22	1,539	D+57.0
Garfield	905 60.8%	558 37.5%	26	1,489	D+23.3
Ferry	969 65.5%	433 29.3%	77	1,479	D+36.2

Counties as they stood in 1976; 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

Year	Winner	Margin
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

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