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November 1948 General

House Joint Resolution 4

Yes/NoVotesPercentage
For33755454.45%
Against28232445.55%
Ballot Title:
Proposed Amendment to the Constitution repealing Section 7, Article XI, which existing section renders any county officer ineligible to hold his office more than two terms in succession.
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Initiative to the Legislature 13

CandidateVotesPercentage
For20833725.71%
Against60214174.29%
Ballot Title:
An act prohibiting the retail sale of beer and wine by any person other than the State of Washington, repealing all provisions of existing law pertaining to licensing for retail sale of beer and wine, revoking existing licenses and providing penalties.
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Initiative to the People 169

CandidateVotesPercentage
For43851856.52%
Against33741043.48%
Ballot Title:
An act providing for the payment of additional compensation to veterans of World War II; establishing administrative procedures; authorizing the issuance and sale of state bonds and allocating the revenues thereof to a compensation fund; providing for the retirement of the bonds through the proceeds of a tobacco tax; making an appropriation and providing penalties.
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Initiative to the People 171

CandidateVotesPercentage
For41622752.71%
Against37341847.29%
Ballot Title:
An act providing for the regulation and control of the sale of intoxicating liquor by the drink; restricting licenses to restaurants, hotels, clubs, certain places on trains, boats and airplanes, and qualified tourist establishments; limiting such licenses to one for each fifteen hundred (1500) of population; prescribing license fees up to one thousand dollars ($1,000) per annum and surety bond of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for payment of penalties; providing terms of office for liquor board members, with removal for cause only; distributing such license fees to the State College and University for medical and biological research; defining terms and repealing conflicting acts.
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Initiative to the People 172

CandidateVotesPercentage
For42075154.40%
Against35264245.60%
Ballot Title:
An act relating to Citizens' Security, providing a minimum standard of living of sixty dollars ($60) a month for needy Senior Citizens and needy Blind, establishing uniform standards for eligibility and amounts of assistance for all categories of public assistance, providing for additional care and funeral benefits, providing for administrative procedures and conformance with Federal Social Security laws, abolishing liens, repealing certain acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith, and appropriating six million five hundred thousand dollars ($6,500,000).
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House Joint Resolution 13

CandidateVotesPercentage
For29169950.34%
Against28781349.66%
Ballot Title:
PROPOSED AMENDMENT to the Constitution permitting the formation, under a charter, of combined city and county municipal corporations having a population of 300,000 or more.
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Senate Joint Resolution 4

CandidateVotesPercentage
For31831950.62%
Against31051649.38%
Ballot Title:
PROPOSED AMENDMENT to the Constitution to permit the legislature to fix the salaries of the elected state officials.
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Senate Joint Resolution 5

CandidateVotesPercentage
For29662452.44%
Against26901847.56%
Ballot Title:
PROPOSED AMENDMENT to Constitution to permit counties to adopt "Home Rule" charters.
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President/Vice President

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Truman/BarkleyD47616552.67%
Dewey/WarrenR38631542.73%
Watson/LearnPR61170.68%
Thomas/SmithS35340.39%
Wallace/TaylorP316923.51%
Teichert/EmerySL11330.13%
Dobbs/CarlsonSW1030.01%
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U. S. Representative District #1

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Hugh B. MitchellD10003050.80%
Homer R. JonesR9221546.83%
William J. PennockP46722.37%
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U. S. Representative District #2

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Henry M. JacksonD8382461.64%
Payson PetersonR4841235.60%
Elmer D. NeedhamP37532.76%
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U. S. Representative District #3

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Charles R. SavageD5694747.93%
Russell V. MackR6185652.07%
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U. S. Representative District #4

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
John F. EubankD5119546.84%
Hal HolmesR5810553.16%
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U. S. Representative District #5

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
John F. McKayD5634345.40%
Walt HoranR6775754.60%
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U. S. Representative District #6

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Jack E. KnudsenD5416640.89%
Thor C. TollefsonR7298855.10%
Ernest Thor OlsonP53144.01%
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Attorney General

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Smith TroyD45984756.84%
Owen ClarkeR33107940.92%
Clarence G. CastorP181322.24%
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Commissioner of Public Lands

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Jack TaylorD39632248.95%
Otto A. CaseR39483048.76%
Lyle MercerP176732.18%
Clayton Van LydegrafC8760.11%
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Governor

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Mon C. WallgrenD41703547.22%
Arthur B. LanglieR44595850.50%
Russell H. FluentP192242.18%
Henry KillmanSL7800.09%
Daniel RobertsSW1440.02%
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Insurance Commissioner

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
William A. SullivanD44163756.05%
Fred C. BeckerR32840541.68%
L.C. HuntamerP178582.27%
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Lt. Governor

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Victor A. MeyersD41412749.24%
Herbert M. HamblenR40767748.47%
Thomas C. RabbittP183602.18%
Harry MortonSL8780.10%
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Secretary of State

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Earl CoeD46486357.23%
Agnes M. GehrmanR32832740.42%
Edna ListerP190142.34%
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State Auditor

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Cliff YelleD45548656.64%
E.B. RileyR33046941.09%
Emmett A. GraggP182492.27%
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State Treasurer

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Tom MartinD42604753.07%
Charles R. MayburyR35799644.59%
Herman DeHartP187532.34%
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Superintendent of Public Instruction

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Pearl A. WanamakerNP397885100.02%
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State Representative District #1 Position #1

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
John R. JonesD658327.52%
Wilbur G. HallauerD628626.27%
Frank S. EmertR555323.21%
Frank B. MalloyR550323.00%
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State Senator District #1

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Ralph L. DunningD622049.07%
Robert M. FrenchR645650.93%
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State Representative District #2 Position #1

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Charles W. HoddeD533432.73%
K.O. RosenbergD398224.44%
Earl G. GriffithR358922.03%
Lee W. CagleR339020.80%
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State Representative District #3 Position #1

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Bernard J. GallagherD1295629.64%
W.O. (Bill) AllenD1260428.84%
Walt PetersR954821.85%
Thomas (Hat) FreemanR859719.67%
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State Senator District #3

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
James KeefeD1320357.63%
Emmett S. HennesseyR947441.35%
Ray SmithP2341.02%
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State Representative District #4 Position #1

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Robert E. BlairD1177827.11%
Carl F. MohrD1076124.77%
Charles L. VaughanR1024823.59%
Vincent M. MooreR1048724.14%
William L. (Bill) GrahamP1650.38%
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State Senator District #4

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Roderick A. LindsayD1329455.62%
T.H. BienzR1060944.38%
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State Representative District #5 Position #1

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Rueben T. SmileyD820529.32%
Russell T. HoopingarnerD773927.65%
W. Edward GarnerR620022.15%
H.S. (Stan) SpearR555919.86%
Richard MurphyP1500.54%
Orlin B. FayP1350.48%
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State Senator District #5

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Don MillerD851254.81%
Albert F. CanwellR701945.19%
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State Representative District #6 Position #1

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Irene M. FieldD328522.22%
Fred SchadeD266218.01%
Harold (Judge) ZentR442429.93%
Elmer E. JohnstonR441029.84%
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State Representative District #7 Position #1

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
James P. DillardD505026.97%
Mel ButlerD455924.34%
Howard T. BallR478825.57%
H.W. (Nick) PierongR422622.57%
Alice B. WoodroffeP1040.56%
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State Representative District #8 Position #1

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
W.C. RaugustR524951.42%
David HoefelR495948.58%
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State Representative District #9 Position #1

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
A.J. ScholzD403718.63%
Dave J. DoneenD483322.30%
J. Chester GordonR611228.20%
Asa V. ClarkR669330.88%
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State Senator District #9

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Dr. Graham S. McConnellD418936.65%
Ernest C. HuntleyR724263.35%
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State Representative District #10 Position #1

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Dewey C. DonohueD402833.24%
M.C. NewellD258921.37%
Tracy W. LymanR273122.54%
Sidney S. JeffreysR276922.85%
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State Senator District #10

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Howard RoupD366257.34%
John L. WallaceR272542.66%
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State Representative District #11 Position #1

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Arthur A. BergevinD682726.22%
Joseph Wm. DenneyD522320.06%
Milton R. LoneyR682526.21%
James D. StonecipherR716727.52%
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State Senator District #11

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Dr. Elmer HillD602943.26%
Henry J. CopelandR790856.74%
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State Representative District #12 Position #1

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
W.H. (Jack) RamseyD666528.73%
Mrs. Eva AndersonR872037.58%
J.V. (Jack) RogersR781733.69%
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State Senator District #12

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Wilder R. JonesR9403100%
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State Representative District #13 Position #1

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
R.C. (Brigham) YoungD835232.82%
Nat W. WashingtonD826032.45%
Russell HansenR464618.25%
David R. McCrackenR419316.47%
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State Representative District #14 Position #1

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
J.P. TonkoffD1022615.29%
Paul Clair EdmondsonD999814.95%
Gerald L. EnrightD965414.44%
F. Stuart FosterR1302819.48%
O.R. SchumannR1185617.73%
Loomis J. ShadboltR1177717.61%
Robert RamseyP1720.26%
Arthur F. SwagertP1550.23%
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State Senator District #14

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
A.E. LaagerD975542.49%
Leslie V. MorganR1305156.84%
F.L. ConnellP1540.67%
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State Representative District #15 Position #1

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Orson BeckesD548221.42%
Fred W. ThomasD552721.60%
Perry B. WoodallR783330.61%
Alfred S. HillyerR675126.38%
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State Representative District #16 Position #1

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Ole H. OlsonD1197030.47%
C.C. (Cy) MillerD1130028.77%
George F. ChristensenR869722.14%
Wilbur Y. DentR731318.62%
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State Senator District #16

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Stanton GandersD1263658.28%
Wendell P. BrownR904441.72%
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State Representative District #17 Position #1

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
W.E. (Bill) CartyD1580420.29%
Mark HollidayD1397017.94%
Abner B. McPhersonD1280216.44%
Miss Ella WintlerR1278416.41%
A.W. (Art) CalderR1006512.92%
John F. (Jack) CampR1067813.71%
Laurence W. JacobsonP6260.80%
Maysen H. GustafsonP5820.75%
Charles E. QuigleyP5760.74%
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State Senator District #17

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Robert R. RayD1308648.54%
Dale McMullenR1321549.02%
William J. BakerP6592.44%
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State Representative District #18 Position #1

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Julia Butler HansenD1241535.10%
Clyde J. (Jim) MillerD982627.78%
Harry R. BidlakeR707920.01%
Louella WestR563215.92%
Rev. Helen MitchellP4211.19%
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State Senator District #18

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
E.H. KohlhaseD927548.55%
Tom HallR983051.45%
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State Representative District #19 Position #1

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Chet KingD442028.61%
Ralph A. SmithD392225.39%
Todd EliasR346322.42%
Theodore G. WilsonR342622.18%
E.L. (Ed) CrabtreeP2161.40%
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State Senator District #19

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Clyde V. TisdaleD449453.94%
Ernest R. LeberR383746.06%
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State Representative District #20 Position #1

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
William R. WallD726015.97%
Charles E. BoughnerD631813.90%
Jessie HawkinsD687615.12%
Arthur S. CoryR840418.48%
Ray W. SpragueR851218.72%
George R. ThompsonR809817.81%
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State Senator District #20

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Walt LunsfordR764347.17%
Virgil R. LeeR828651.14%
Robert DakterP2731.68%
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State Representative District #21 Position #1

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Arthur L. CallowD917316.96%
Grace KelleyD972217.98%
Andrew WinbergD991418.33%
Warner PoyhonenR847315.67%
Harold B. KelloggR875116.18%
Archie D. GilliesR694012.83%
Ted DakterP5631.04%
Wiley MathesonP5380.99%
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State Representative District #22 Position #1

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Edwin A. HendersonD990827.17%
Clayton FarringtonD972926.68%
Doane BrodieR880324.14%
Walter H. DrahamR748220.51%
Grace Hopp NelsonP5491.51%
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State Senator District #22

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Carl C. MohlerD812242.40%
Carlton I. SearsR1038854.23%
Joe PierreP6453.37%
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State Representative District #23 Position #1

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Henry A. BrownD1571530.20%
Robert M. (Bob) FordD1578630.34%
James E. BorgenR907417.44%
Willard W. ParkerR1104421.23%
Alfred L. LongP4120.79%
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State Senator District #23

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Jack H. RogersD1981772.53%
Clifford PrichardR713126.10%
Chas. L. MeyerP3751.37%
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State Representative District #24 Position #1

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
George N. AdamsD1069021.39%
Gordon SandisonD1040820.82%
Edward A. BuseD895517.92%
George H. NorthrupR674013.48%
William S. PorterR571811.44%
Virginia C. MalloyR659113.19%
Theodore H. JacobsonP4510.90%
J.W. (Jack) McKenzieP4310.86%
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State Senator District #24

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Francis PearsonD1071261.07%
Frank L. ChristmanR682938.93%
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State Representative District #25 Position #1

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Reuben A. KnoblauchD1217036.87%
Kenneth H. SimmonsD855525.92%
Tom MontgomeryR651119.73%
Roger H. RyanR510315.46%
R.S. BixbyP6652.01%
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State Senator District #25

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Ted F. SchroederD1070964.99%
Stanley W. StaatzR576835.01%
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State Representative District #26 Position #1

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Willard HedlundD944623.05%
Fred T. HaleyD965723.57%
Arthur H. BassettR1120827.35%
A.B. ComfortR1066626.03%
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State Representative District #27 Position #1

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
G. Frank RhodesD321527.38%
George W. KupkaD298825.44%
James K. CopelandR293725.01%
Dr. W.P. GoffR224619.12%
Paul G. SoveyP1701.45%
Edna Alice PearsonP1881.60%
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State Senator District #27

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Carl R. LindstromD326452.59%
S. Christian EricksenR271143.68%
Edward L. PettusP2323.74%
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State Representative District #28 Position #1

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Arthur R. PaulsenD562438.26%
A.L. RasmussenD526635.82%
Ed SorgerR200313.62%
Frank M. SmithR155410.57%
John GreenP2541.73%
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State Senator District #28

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Gerald G. (Gerry) DixonD573172.42%
W.D. LaskyR218327.58%
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State Representative District #29 Position #1

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Z.A. VaneD1423334.23%
Gordon J. BrownD1270030.54%
W.G. (Gerry) BottR726317.47%
P. Oscar StorlieR559213.45%
Vera KeatingP9222.22%
Rodney John PetersonP8712.09%
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State Representative District #30 Position #1

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
W.J. (Joe) BeierleinD955730.81%
Louis E. HofmeisterD843827.20%
Lawrence J. CostelloR698822.53%
Charles H. LawR530617.10%
Ray GloverR7322.36%
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State Representative District #31 Position #1

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
John N. WilsonD2297930.18%
James G. WatsonD2080427.33%
Harry F. KittlemanR1558720.47%
Asa T. (Ace) JonesR1370518.00%
Pauline PuhichP16222.13%
Will ParryP14361.89%
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State Representative District #32 Position #1

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
R.E. (Ray) MorrisD626725.17%
Victor G. SkinnerD546121.93%
Wesley R. EldridgeR677627.21%
Hartney A. OakesR570722.92%
Walter BelkaP3701.49%
Paul V. LedbetterP3221.29%
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State Representative District #33 Position #1

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
John L. O'BrienD923932.61%
James M. CarrollD824729.11%
Milton E. PloegerR513218.11%
Paul J. AlexanderR487117.19%
Ruth BonnevieP4431.56%
Carl BrooksP4021.42%
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State Representative District #34 Position #1

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Jeanette TestuD926131.86%
Max WedekindD762826.25%
Charles A. RicheyR658222.65%
Roy F. TrolsonR559319.24%
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State Representative District #35 Position #1

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Edward F. RileyD661032.25%
David M. RoderickD515325.14%
John T. CarrollR435721.26%
Percy L. LongR346516.91%
Mazie R. O'ConnellP5002.44%
Jerry TylerP4112.01%
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State Representative District #36 Position #1

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Ed Joseph VanniD524122.29%
A. Lou CohenD389816.57%
George C. KinnearR766532.59%
B. Roy AndersonR642827.33%
Fred G. BerryP2861.22%
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State Representative District #37 Position #1

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Patrick D. SutherlandD723927.14%
Harry J. MartinD627623.53%
George V. PowellR643424.12%
Newell J. BanksR567321.27%
John CaughlanP5702.14%
Lillie CollinsP4841.81%
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State Representative District #38 Position #1

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Howard S. BargreenD1644320.08%
W.I. (Wally) CarmichaelD1456117.78%
Tony P. MardesichD1623819.83%
Harold H. CookR1040212.70%
Louise W. DoblerR1094613.37%
Michael DonovanR1003012.25%
Chart PittP14051.72%
Berlin C. SmithP9711.19%
Florence M. MorrisseyP8801.07%
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State Representative District #39 Position #1

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Robert BernethyD830829.16%
Oscar WenbergD780327.39%
Louise Stilke SoperR615721.61%
Ernest R. WashburnR622421.84%
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State Senator District #39

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Ray J. HutchinsonD776750.40%
W.G. GrimmR690844.82%
Verle F. HemekeP7374.78%
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State Representative District #40 Position #1

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Emma Abbott RidgwayD1010819.74%
Violet P. BoedeD853016.66%
Donald J. MaloyD782015.27%
Robert F. BuckR786715.36%
Grant C. SissonR821616.04%
Ed M. SchwartzR792215.47%
Dora BelnapP3830.75%
Laurence RatzowP3640.71%
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State Senator District #40

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Jess V. SappD970753.08%
Sverre N. OmdahlR858246.92%
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State Representative District #41 Position #1

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Daily S. WyattD601626.36%
Clyde A. KendallD536623.51%
Charles A. PedersenR573725.14%
Tom CarterR511622.42%
Karrie M. ElnorP2991.31%
Roy BondP2901.27%
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State Senator District #41

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
A.E. EdwardsD639853.04%
Myron F. HawleyR566446.96%
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State Representative District #42 Position #1

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Vaughan BrownD675925.46%
Homer O. NunamakerD698426.31%
Leslie J. PetersonR603322.73%
Leo C. GoodmanR626523.60%
Fred R. CoryP5031.89%
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State Representative District #43 Position #1

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Solie M. RingoldD521118.25%
William Swenson LewisD391513.71%
William D. ShannonR986434.55%
R. Mort FraynR901431.58%
Ted AstleyP2981.04%
Peggy HoppP2450.86%
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State Representative District #44 Position #1

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Paul CoughlinD965226.50%
Anthony V. (Tony) UlaciaD833222.88%
Chester D. ForsheeR921225.29%
Philip H. LutherR874224.00%
Vernon G. OlsonP4861.33%
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State Representative District #45 Position #1

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Michael J. GallagherD957129.79%
Floyd C. MillerD823225.63%
Earle C. DouglasR757623.58%
Phil McIntoshR674521.00%
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State Representative District #46 Position #1

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Harry L. IngramD1265321.00%
Wm. P. BowieD1179619.58%
Vernon A. SmithR1741528.91%
Mrs. Vincent F. JonesR1687028.00%
Dorothy LassersP7471.24%
Dr. Richard L. NelsonP7681.27%
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State Supreme Court Justice Position #2

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
John S. RobinsonNP32807761.28%
Robert C. FinleyNP20730738.72%
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State Supreme Court Justice Position #1

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
William J. MillardNP26850147.73%
Thomas E. GradyNP29398552.27%
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State Supreme Court Justice Position #3

CandidatePartyVotesPercentage
Joseph A. MalleryNP441472100%
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