Electoral History
| Year | Democrat | Votes | Pct | Republican | Votes | Pct | 3rd Party | Party | Votes | Pct | 3rd Party | Party | Votes | Pct | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | Henry M. Jackson | 595,288 | 56.23% | Harry P. Cain | 460,884 | 43.53% | Thomas C. Rabbitt | Progressive | 1,912 | 0.18% | Henry Killman | Socialist Labor | 651 | 0.06% | |||||
| 1958 | Henry M. Jackson | 597,040 | 67.32% | William B. Bantz | 278,271 | 31.38% | Henry Killman | Socialist Labor | 7,592 | 0.86% | Archie G. Idso | Constitution | 2,257 | 0.26% | |||||
| 1964 | Henry M. Jackson | 875,950 | 72.21% | Lloyd J. Andrews | 337,138 | 27.79% | |||||||||||||
| 1970 | Henry M. Jackson | 879,385 | 82.43% | Charles W. Elicker | 170,790 | 16.01% | William Massey | Socialist Workers | 9,255 | 0.87% | Edison Fisk | Buffalo | 7,377 | 0.69% | |||||
| 1976 | Henry M. Jackson | 1,071,219 | 71.84% | George M. Brown | 361,546 | 24.25% | Dave Smith | American Independent | 28,182 | 1.89% | Richard K. Kenney | Libertarian | 19,373 | 1.30% | |||||
| 1982 | Henry M. Jackson | 943,665 | 68.96% | Douglas Jewett | 332,273 | 24.28% | King Lysen | Independent | 72,297 | 5.28% | Jesse Chiang | Independent | 20,251 | 1.48% |
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