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November 1954 General

Initiative to the People 194

Yes/NoVotesPercentage
For20774625.23%
Against61579474.77%
Ballot Title:
An act to prohibit television advertising of alcoholic beverages between the hours of 8 a.m. and 10 p.m.; declaring the use, sale and advertising of such beverages to be a matter of public policy; providing penalties for the violation of this act and repealing all acts in conflict therewith.
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Initiative to the People 188

CandidateVotesPercentage
For32017939.37%
Against49310860.63%
Ballot Title:
RAISING STANDARDS FOR CHIROPRACTIC EXAMINATIONS An act raising the educational requirements for a license to practice chiropractic; establishing a Board of Chiropractic Examiners; adding to the chiropractic examination the subjects of chemistry and pathology and transferring jurisdiction for examination of chiropractic applicants from the Basic Sciences Examining Committee to the Board of Chiropractic Examiners.
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Initiative to the People 192

CandidateVotesPercentage
For23700429.92%
Against55515170.08%
Ballot Title:
REGULATION OF COMMERCIAL SALMON FISHING An act relating to salmon fishing for commercial purposes; defining districts wherein it is unlawful to fish commercially for salmon, except during prescribed seasons which the director may shorten; establishing preserves in which salmon fishing for commercial purposes is prohibited; prohibiting the construction, installation, use, operation or maintenance of certain specified gear or any fixed applicances for the purposes of catching salmon; authorizing seizures without warrants by certain officials; prescribing penalties; and repealing all laws in conflict herewith.
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Initiative to the People 193

CandidateVotesPercentage
For37000544.71%
Against45752955.29%
Ballot Title:
STATEWIDE DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME An act providing that at two o'clock antemeridian Pacific Standard Time of the last Sunday in April each year the time of the State of Washington shall be advanced one hour, and at two o'clock antemeridian Pacific Standard Time of the last Sunday in September in each year the time of the State of Washington shall, by the retarding of one hour, be returned to Pacific Standard Time.
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House Joint Resolution 16

CandidateVotesPercentage
For36438255.15%
Against29636244.85%
Ballot Title:
ALIEN LAND OWNERSHIP; CORPORATION AMENDMENT. Shall Article II, section 33 as amended by Amendment 24 of the Constitution of the State of Washington, be amended by redefining "alien", thereby permitting the legislature to determine the policy of the state respecting the ownership of land by corporations having alien shareholders?
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U. S. Representative District #1

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Thomas M. PellyR10191352.63%
Hugh B. MitchellD9172147.37%
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Representative

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Al CanwellR34208942.24%
Don MagnusonD46404557.30%
Henry KillmanSL36610.45%
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U. S. Representative District #2

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Jack WestlandR7326452.15%
Harry F. HensonD6723247.85%
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U. S. Representative District #3

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Russell V. MackR7084464.88%
Clyde V. TisdaleD3834435.12%
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U. S. Representative District #4

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Hal HolmesR6717161.02%
Fred YoderD4291138.98%
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U. S. Representative District #5

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Walt HoranR6862858.57%
Art GartonD4854241.43%
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U. S. Representative District #6

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Thor C. TollefsonR8024155.24%
John T. McCutcheonD6501144.76%
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State Representative District #1 Position #1

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Frank B. MalloyR470318.47%
Alice Biles McNettR444517.45%
Wilbur G. HallauerD828732.54%
Horace W. BozarthD803131.54%
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State Representative District #2 Position #1

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Earl G. GriffithR435227.31%
Kenneth W. PhillipsR363222.79%
K.O. RosenbergD458528.77%
Charles Wilson SmoldonD336721.13%
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State Senator District #2

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
B.J. DahlR455955.58%
Fred C. AshleyD364444.42%
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State Representative District #3 Position #1

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Thomas M. (Hat) FreemanR866023.71%
Mrs. Myron C. YeagerR860423.56%
Mrs. Joseph E. HurleyD1009627.65%
Bernard J. GallagherD915925.08%
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State Representative District #4 Position #1

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
William A. WeitzmanR1253127.42%
Arthur D. Jones Jr.R1199826.25%
Kathryn EptonD1195326.15%
Walt HefnerD921920.17%
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State Representative District #5 Position #1

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Thad ByrneR902824.57%
Dr. Wilfred A. GamonR854823.27%
John L. CooneyD1022027.82%
Ketih H. CampbellD894524.35%
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State Representative District #6 Position #1

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Elmer E. JohnstonR376431.64%
Dr. Alfred O. AdamsR362530.47%
Hart SnyderD241720.32%
Walt O. KnowlesD209017.57%
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State Senator District #6

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
John H. HappyR356058.44%
C.S. (Bud) DrumhellerD253241.56%
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State Representative District #7 Position #1

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Edward F. HarrisR371328.49%
Howard T. BallR371028.47%
Frank R. FreemanD313324.04%
Dean HelbigD247619.00%
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State Senator District #7

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Arthur Joseph ZerbachR278141.88%
Dr. David C. CowenD386058.12%
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State Representative District #8 Position #1

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Robert D. TimmR526141.72%
Delbert PenceR435734.55%
Mrs. Florence W. MyersD299123.72%
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State Senator District #8

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
W.C. RaugustR5531100%
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State Representative District #9 Position #1

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Marshall A. NeillR716541.10%
J. Chester GordonR658537.77%
Franklin D. RockwellD368421.13%
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State Representative District #10 Position #1

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Gus LybeckerR362527.47%
Leslie R. KuehlR179513.60%
Dewey C. DonohueD469735.60%
Howard EngleD307723.32%
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State Representative District #11 Position #1

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Lester L. RobisonR727628.48%
Milton R. LoneyR706927.67%
Arthur A. BergevinD601623.55%
Ernest A. CowellD518920.31%
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State Representative District #12 Position #1

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Eva AndersonR794629.52%
Kenneth BixlerR627123.30%
H.B. (Jerry) HannaD826730.71%
J.M. RhodesD443316.47%
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State Representative District #13 Position #1

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
James (Don) TinnelR395814.86%
Urban L. DrewR383414.40%
Roy MundyD965036.24%
R.C. (Brigham) YoungD918734.50%
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State Senator District #13

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Virgil WestR402828.51%
Nat WashingtonD1010271.49%
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State Representative District #14 Position #1

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Catherine D. MayR1595934.35%
Harold J. PetrieR1526632.86%
Lincoln E. ShropshireR1523232.79%
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State Representative District #15 Position #1

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Cecil C. ClarkR987650.32%
Damon R. CanfieldR975249.68%
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State Senator District #15

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
E.J. FlanaganR802659.56%
Wes WendtD544940.44%
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State Representative District #16 Position #1

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Kermit W. McKayR1324224.61%
Ken CampbellR1086920.20%
Ole H. OlsonD1529328.43%
Al HenryD1439326.75%
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State Representative District #17 Position #1

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Ella WintlerR1441418.54%
Fred MasonR1262516.24%
Morris S. SwanR1255516.15%
Mark V. HollidayD1298116.69%
W.E. CartyD1296316.67%
Kenneth E. TeterD1222115.72%
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State Representative District #18 Position #1

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Roy CountrymanR860026.05%
Julia Butler HansenD1418642.97%
Clyde J. (Jim) MillerD1022830.98%
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State Representative District #19 Position #1

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Chauncey (C.D.) DavisR362828.88%
Robert C. BaileyD497539.61%
Chet KingD395831.51%
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State Representative District #20 Position #1

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Harry A. SilerR868120.12%
Joe ChytilR845519.60%
Morrill F. FolsomR800618.56%
Jack SarvelaD656015.20%
W.E. ComptonD632914.67%
A.H. BoothD511511.86%
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State Representative District #21 Position #1

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Harry S. Elway Jr.R865217.99%
John K. YearoutR827517.21%
M.M. StewartR43128.97%
Elmer HuhtaD1078222.42%
Stanley J. KrauseD817317.00%
Paul B. FournierD789616.42%
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State Senator District #21

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Lester T. ParkerR669442.19%
Andrew WinbergD917357.81%
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State Representative District #22 Position #1

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Claude H. LorimerR959526.00%
Ray W. JohnsonD927625.13%
Tom MartinD989926.82%
Victor F. DegarmoD813822.05%
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State Representative District #23 Position #1

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Arnold S. WangR1550828.81%
Roy A. HollandR1033919.21%
Ralph PurvisD1535528.53%
Henry A. BrownD1262523.45%
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State Representative District #24 Position #1

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Evalyn E. EdmistonR743214.09%
Arthur PooltonR671212.73%
Maxwell (Max) LoomisR648112.29%
Gordon SandisonD1208122.90%
Charles R. SavageD1014719.24%
Dr. James L. McFaddenD989118.75%
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State Representative District #25 Position #1

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Tom MontgomeryR787921.88%
W.T. (Wally) StaatzR672818.69%
Elmer A. HyppaD1095030.41%
Leonard A. SawyerD1044929.02%
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State Representative District #26 Position #1

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
A.B. ComfortR1313327.78%
Mrs. Thomas A. SwayzeR1271326.89%
John A. PetrichD1251326.47%
Perry McCormick Jr.D891818.86%
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State Senator District #26

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
R.C. (Russ) BarlowR1336855.23%
Louise S. TaylorD1083744.77%
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State Representative District #27 Position #1

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
A.E. (Al) FarrarR284026.03%
Mrs. Eda BallR219620.13%
George W. KupkaD323429.64%
J. Bruce BurnsD264124.20%
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State Representative District #28 Position #1

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Ben HansonR313019.58%
Robert K. (Bob) PetersenR268216.78%
A.L. (Slim) RasmussenD569535.62%
C.V. MunseyD448028.02%
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State Representative District #29 Position #1

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
J.S. RobertsR850918.09%
Hal HughesR847418.02%
John G. McCutcheonD1685935.85%
Gordon J. BrownD1318628.04%
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State Senator District #29

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Lloyd DymentR945239.47%
H.N. (Barney) JacksonD1449660.53%
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State Representative District #30 Position #1

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Maurice J. CostelloR723222.12%
Paul J. PalmerR715921.90%
W.J. BeierleinD1051032.15%
Mel T. NealD778723.82%
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State Senator District #30

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Dayton A. WittenR869148.45%
Louis E. HofmeisterD924651.55%
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State Representative District #31 Position #1

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
C. Elmer SorensenD1719720.72%
Gilbert L. DuffyR1610019.39%
Andy HessD2658132.02%
Ed MunroD2313727.87%
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State Senator District #31

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Hugo OswaldR1776441.65%
John N. ToddD2489158.35%
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State Representative District #32 Position #1

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Richard RuoffR698928.54%
Hartney A. OakesR640326.15%
Robert M. FordD608724.86%
George S. HurleyD501020.46%
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State Senator District #32

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
William C. GoodloeR667052.63%
R.E. (Ray) MorrisD600347.37%
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State Representative District #33 Position #1

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Maynard S. HolmquistR431616.05%
Dorothy A. WarrenR423715.75%
John L. O'BrienD976036.29%
Frank ConnorD858531.92%
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State Senator District #33

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
H. Edwin NotbohmR385727.00%
Albert D. RoselliniD1042673.00%
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State Representative District #34 Position #1

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
C.A. RicheyR769023.52%
Harry V. Wenger Jr.R715021.87%
Jeanette TestuD953129.15%
Max WedekindD832325.46%
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State Senator District #34

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Joseph B. SmithR674738.82%
R.R. (Bob) GreiveD1063261.18%
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State Representative District #35 Position #1

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Fred R. MastR457724.60%
Earl DillerR442123.76%
Ray OlsenD527728.36%
Michael T. GrayD433223.28%
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State Senator District #35

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Edward R. BillodueD415444.45%
Edward F. RileyD519155.55%
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State Representative District #36 Position #1

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Douglas G. (Doug) KirkR686133.84%
Henry HeckendornR658032.45%
Edo VanniD375318.51%
Lou M. GorrieD308315.20%
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State Senator District #36

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Victor ZednickR687967.16%
E.K. MarohnD336332.84%
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State Representative District #37 Position #1

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Donald F. McDermottR542025.19%
Louis MagriniR478522.24%
Fred H. DoreD648630.15%
Paul RevelleD482322.42%
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State Senator District #37

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Charles M. StokesR584047.26%
Patrick D. SutherlandD651652.74%
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State Representative District #38 Position #1

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
George P. DuecyR1366315.56%
Jack BennettR1363215.52%
Arthur HumphriesR1211713.80%
Wally CarmichaelD1627218.53%
August P. MardesichD1614418.39%
Paul M. StockerD1598118.20%
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State Senator District #38

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Dr. Ross W. EarlywineR1289444.02%
Howard S. BargreenD1639555.98%
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State Representative District #39 Position #1

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Mrs. Victor (Wilamena) DeBaerR637323.00%
Warren H. QuastR592521.38%
Herb HansonD828929.91%
Robert (Bob) BernethyD712325.71%
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State Representative District #40 Position #1

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Don EldridgeR895819.82%
James T. OvenellR875219.36%
Warren W. RussellR728816.12%
Emma Abbott RidgwayD843418.66%
Violet P. BoedeD653914.46%
Robert W. (Bob) GinnettD523711.58%
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State Representative District #41 Position #1

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
William A. FisherR606727.07%
Mrs. Irwin I. LeCocqR529823.64%
A.E. EdwardsD604126.95%
Daily S. WyattD500922.35%
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State Representative District #42 Position #1

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Hal G. Arnason Jr.R729628.16%
Malcolm McBeathR715427.61%
Margaret L. NixonD586522.64%
Kenneth AltoseD559221.58%
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State Senator District #42

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Don E. SatterleeR617446.61%
Homer O. NunamakerD707353.39%
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State Representative District #43 Position #1

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
R. Mort FraynR1089735.45%
Newman H. ClarkR1061834.54%
Muriel MawerD481915.68%
Marian W. GunbyD440614.33%
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State Senator District #43

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
William D. ShannonR1047567.32%
Solie M. RingoldD508632.68%
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State Representative District #44 Position #1

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Dwight S. HawleyR1438531.25%
John F. StromR1403830.50%
Ralph W. BostromD907919.72%
Harmon TruaxD852918.53%
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State Senator District #44

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Ted G. PetersonR1438558.95%
George E. StarrD1001641.05%
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State Representative District #45 Position #1

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Earle C. DouglasR865523.35%
Ray RoyalR864923.33%
Floyd C. MillerD1029127.76%
Mark Litchman Jr.D947425.56%
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State Senator District #45

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Joseph C. LawrenceR896945.46%
Michael J. GallagherD1076154.54%
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State Representative District #46 Position #1

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Mrs. Vincent F. JonesR2542833.03%
Vernon A. SmithR2475832.16%
Claude D. WebsterD1479219.21%
Harvey L. IngramD1201715.61%
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State Senator District #46

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
John N. RyderR2518562.80%
James B. WilsonD1491737.20%
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State Supreme Court Justice Position #2

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Joseph A. MalleryNP449877100%
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State Supreme Court Justice Position #1

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Hugh J. RoselliniNP511597100%
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State Supreme Court Justice Position #3

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Frank P. WeaverNP436898100%
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