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1976-11-02 Senatorial Election Results for Washington (Class 1)


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County Turnout Henry Jackson*
(D)		 George Brown
(R)		 Dave Smith
(American Independent)		 Richard Kenney
(Libertarian)		 Other Margin TOTAL
Adams62%2,61955.9%1,81638.8%2034.3%00.0%461.0%803 4,684
Asotin57%3,96369.6%1,49626.3%1622.8%510.9%260.5%2,467 5,698
Benton60%25,57974.5%7,79022.7%5611.6%2880.8%1100.3%17,789 34,328
Chelan60%11,42965.3%5,76532.9%1821.0%950.5%420.2%5,664 17,513
Clallam61%12,52569.1%4,71726.0%5162.8%2221.2%1440.8%7,808 18,124
Clark59%44,40173.5%13,68022.7%1,3422.2%6721.1%2870.5%30,721 60,382
Columbia70%1,22363.2%67234.7%291.5%80.4%30.2%551 1,935
Cowlitz56%20,82178.6%5,11119.3%3371.3%1520.6%630.2%15,710 26,484
Douglas66%5,46065.8%2,70632.6%851.0%340.4%160.2%2,754 8,301
Ferry51%96965.5%43329.3%432.9%251.7%90.6%536 1,479
Franklin52%6,93770.9%2,53926.0%2162.2%610.6%270.3%4,398 9,780
Garfield86%90560.8%55837.5%161.1%70.5%30.2%347 1,489
Grant59%10,63564.9%5,04830.8%5083.1%1250.8%730.4%5,587 16,389
Grays Harbor50%15,21374.8%4,24220.9%4622.3%1840.9%2421.2%10,971 20,343
Island53%9,14771.3%3,44226.8%1020.8%890.7%410.3%5,705 12,821
Jefferson61%3,93668.8%1,48525.9%1332.3%1172.0%530.9%2,451 5,724
King63%386,68674.0%113,04721.6%8,2061.6%8,9601.7%5,2991.0%273,639 522,198
Kitsap61%40,34279.8%8,38516.6%1,0022.0%5231.0%2750.5%31,957 50,527
Kittitas53%6,67672.1%2,38325.7%670.7%901.0%450.5%4,293 9,261
Klickitat61%3,84469.9%1,45926.5%1292.3%581.1%110.2%2,385 5,501
Lewis64%13,57965.0%6,28230.1%7713.7%1710.8%980.5%7,297 20,901
Lincoln81%2,50149.9%2,32646.4%1192.4%470.9%240.5%175 5,017
Mason63%8,21473.3%2,48522.2%2642.4%1661.5%700.6%5,729 11,199
Okanogan62%7,32465.6%3,19928.6%4684.2%1471.3%340.3%4,125 11,172
Pacific63%5,41177.6%1,26318.1%1612.3%881.3%510.7%4,148 6,974
Pend Oreille66%2,09768.3%91329.7%301.0%230.7%80.3%1,184 3,071
Pierce51%114,97976.5%30,13120.0%3,1802.1%1,3730.9%7340.5%84,848 150,397
San Juan75%1,76454.2%1,36441.9%431.3%591.8%250.8%400 3,255
Skagit69%17,33065.2%8,28531.2%4561.7%3291.2%1680.6%9,045 26,568
Skamania57%1,88074.1%60023.7%291.1%210.8%60.2%1,280 2,536
Snohomish59%85,03674.2%25,60322.3%2,1021.8%1,3181.1%5650.5%59,433 114,624
Spokane61%80,76263.4%41,58032.6%2,7272.1%1,5811.2%7790.6%39,182 127,429
Stevens62%5,34959.3%3,05833.9%4184.6%1491.7%400.4%2,291 9,014
Thurston65%31,42572.0%10,26923.5%6841.6%7061.6%5321.2%21,156 43,616
Wahkiakum67%1,19777.8%32020.8%171.1%40.3%10.1%877 1,539
Walla Walla56%11,56867.5%5,14230.0%2811.6%1040.6%450.3%6,426 17,140
Whatcom60%24,13062.5%12,69032.9%7301.9%6841.8%3901.0%11,440 38,624
Whitman52%8,55358.0%5,33236.2%3272.2%2972.0%2251.5%3,221 14,734
Yakima50%34,81069.1%13,93027.7%1,0742.1%3060.6%2290.5%20,880 50,349
TOTAL 58% 1,071,21971.8% 361,54624.2% 28,1821.9% 19,3731.3% 10,7910.7% 709,673 1,491,111
Total R vote: 361,546 (24.2%)      Total D vote: 1,071,219 (71.8%)      Total Other vote: 58,346 (3.9%)
* incumbent
Campaign finance data for this election**:
Total Disbursements: $198,375 $10,841 $0 $0
Total Receipts: $0 $0 $0 $0

**Financial data shown here takes into account all elections for this office during this cycle, including primary, special and runoff elections, if any.
Source: https://www.fec.gov/data/elections/senate/WA/1976


Other candidates included: Karl Bermann (Socialist Workers), 7,402 votes ; William Wertz (U.S. Labor), 3,389 votes



1976 Senate class 1, Adams County
CandidateVotesPct
Henry Jackson* (D) 2,619 55.9%
George Brown (R) 1,816 38.8%
Dave Smith (AIP) 203 4.3%
Karl Bermann (SW) 39 0.8%
William Wertz (USL) 7 0.1%
TOTAL 4,684
Turnout: 62%


1976 Senate class 1, Asotin County
CandidateVotesPct
Henry Jackson* (D) 3,963 69.6%
George Brown (R) 1,496 26.3%
Dave Smith (AIP) 162 2.8%
Richard Kenney (Lbt) 51 0.9%
Karl Bermann (SW) 14 0.2%
William Wertz (USL) 12 0.2%
TOTAL 5,698
Turnout: 57%


1976 Senate class 1, Benton County
CandidateVotesPct
Henry Jackson* (D) 25,579 74.5%
George Brown (R) 7,790 22.7%
Dave Smith (AIP) 561 1.6%
Richard Kenney (Lbt) 288 0.8%
Karl Bermann (SW) 61 0.2%
William Wertz (USL) 49 0.1%
TOTAL 34,328
Turnout: 60%


1976 Senate class 1, Chelan County
CandidateVotesPct
Henry Jackson* (D) 11,429 65.3%
George Brown (R) 5,765 32.9%
Dave Smith (AIP) 182 1.0%
Richard Kenney (Lbt) 95 0.5%
Karl Bermann (SW) 31 0.2%
William Wertz (USL) 11 0.1%
TOTAL 17,513
Turnout: 60%


1976 Senate class 1, Clallam County
CandidateVotesPct
Henry Jackson* (D) 12,525 69.1%
George Brown (R) 4,717 26.0%
Dave Smith (AIP) 516 2.8%
Richard Kenney (Lbt) 222 1.2%
Karl Bermann (SW) 89 0.5%
William Wertz (USL) 55 0.3%
TOTAL 18,124
Turnout: 61%


1976 Senate class 1, Clark County
CandidateVotesPct
Henry Jackson* (D) 44,401 73.5%
George Brown (R) 13,680 22.7%
Dave Smith (AIP) 1,342 2.2%
Richard Kenney (Lbt) 672 1.1%
Karl Bermann (SW) 163 0.3%
William Wertz (USL) 124 0.2%
TOTAL 60,382
Turnout: 59%


1976 Senate class 1, Columbia County
CandidateVotesPct
Henry Jackson* (D) 1,223 63.2%
George Brown (R) 672 34.7%
Dave Smith (AIP) 29 1.5%
Richard Kenney (Lbt) 8 0.4%
Karl Bermann (SW) 3 0.2%
TOTAL 1,935
Turnout: 70%


1976 Senate class 1, Cowlitz County
CandidateVotesPct
Henry Jackson* (D) 20,821 78.6%
George Brown (R) 5,111 19.3%
Dave Smith (AIP) 337 1.3%
Richard Kenney (Lbt) 152 0.6%
Karl Bermann (SW) 31 0.1%
William Wertz (USL) 32 0.1%
TOTAL 26,484
Turnout: 56%


1976 Senate class 1, Douglas County
CandidateVotesPct
Henry Jackson* (D) 5,460 65.8%
George Brown (R) 2,706 32.6%
Dave Smith (AIP) 85 1.0%
Richard Kenney (Lbt) 34 0.4%
Karl Bermann (SW) 7 0.1%
William Wertz (USL) 9 0.1%
TOTAL 8,301
Turnout: 66%


1976 Senate class 1, Ferry County
CandidateVotesPct
Henry Jackson* (D) 969 65.5%
George Brown (R) 433 29.3%
Dave Smith (AIP) 43 2.9%
Richard Kenney (Lbt) 25 1.7%
Karl Bermann (SW) 5 0.3%
William Wertz (USL) 4 0.3%
TOTAL 1,479
Turnout: 51%


1976 Senate class 1, Franklin County
CandidateVotesPct
Henry Jackson* (D) 6,937 70.9%
George Brown (R) 2,539 26.0%
Dave Smith (AIP) 216 2.2%
Richard Kenney (Lbt) 61 0.6%
Karl Bermann (SW) 15 0.2%
William Wertz (USL) 12 0.1%
TOTAL 9,780
Turnout: 52%


1976 Senate class 1, Garfield County
CandidateVotesPct
Henry Jackson* (D) 905 60.8%
George Brown (R) 558 37.5%
Dave Smith (AIP) 16 1.1%
Richard Kenney (Lbt) 7 0.5%
Karl Bermann (SW) 1 0.1%
William Wertz (USL) 2 0.1%
TOTAL 1,489
Turnout: 86%


1976 Senate class 1, Grant County
CandidateVotesPct
Henry Jackson* (D) 10,635 64.9%
George Brown (R) 5,048 30.8%
Dave Smith (AIP) 508 3.1%
Richard Kenney (Lbt) 125 0.8%
Karl Bermann (SW) 41 0.3%
William Wertz (USL) 32 0.2%
TOTAL 16,389
Turnout: 59%


1976 Senate class 1, Grays Harbor County
CandidateVotesPct
Henry Jackson* (D) 15,213 74.8%
George Brown (R) 4,242 20.9%
Dave Smith (AIP) 462 2.3%
Richard Kenney (Lbt) 184 0.9%
Karl Bermann (SW) 74 0.4%
William Wertz (USL) 168 0.8%
TOTAL 20,343
Turnout: 50%


1976 Senate class 1, Island County
CandidateVotesPct
Henry Jackson* (D) 9,147 71.3%
George Brown (R) 3,442 26.8%
Dave Smith (AIP) 102 0.8%
Richard Kenney (Lbt) 89 0.7%
Karl Bermann (SW) 35 0.3%
William Wertz (USL) 6 0.0%
TOTAL 12,821
Turnout: 53%


1976 Senate class 1, Jefferson County
CandidateVotesPct
Henry Jackson* (D) 3,936 68.8%
George Brown (R) 1,485 25.9%
Dave Smith (AIP) 133 2.3%
Richard Kenney (Lbt) 117 2.0%
Karl Bermann (SW) 28 0.5%
William Wertz (USL) 25 0.4%
TOTAL 5,724
Turnout: 61%


1976 Senate class 1, King County
CandidateVotesPct
Henry Jackson* (D) 386,686 74.0%
George Brown (R) 113,047 21.6%
Dave Smith (AIP) 8,206 1.6%
Richard Kenney (Lbt) 8,960 1.7%
Karl Bermann (SW) 4,029 0.8%
William Wertz (USL) 1,270 0.2%
TOTAL 522,198
Turnout: 63%


1976 Senate class 1, Kitsap County
CandidateVotesPct
Henry Jackson* (D) 40,342 79.8%
George Brown (R) 8,385 16.6%
Dave Smith (AIP) 1,002 2.0%
Richard Kenney (Lbt) 523 1.0%
Karl Bermann (SW) 182 0.4%
William Wertz (USL) 93 0.2%
TOTAL 50,527
Turnout: 61%


1976 Senate class 1, Kittitas County
CandidateVotesPct
Henry Jackson* (D) 6,676 72.1%
George Brown (R) 2,383 25.7%
Dave Smith (AIP) 67 0.7%
Richard Kenney (Lbt) 90 1.0%
Karl Bermann (SW) 26 0.3%
William Wertz (USL) 19 0.2%
TOTAL 9,261
Turnout: 53%


1976 Senate class 1, Klickitat County
CandidateVotesPct
Henry Jackson* (D) 3,844 69.9%
George Brown (R) 1,459 26.5%
Dave Smith (AIP) 129 2.3%
Richard Kenney (Lbt) 58 1.1%
Karl Bermann (SW) 6 0.1%
William Wertz (USL) 5 0.1%
TOTAL 5,501
Turnout: 61%


1976 Senate class 1, Lewis County
CandidateVotesPct
Henry Jackson* (D) 13,579 65.0%
George Brown (R) 6,282 30.1%
Dave Smith (AIP) 771 3.7%
Richard Kenney (Lbt) 171 0.8%
Karl Bermann (SW) 61 0.3%
William Wertz (USL) 37 0.2%
TOTAL 20,901
Turnout: 64%


1976 Senate class 1, Lincoln County
CandidateVotesPct
Henry Jackson* (D) 2,501 49.9%
George Brown (R) 2,326 46.4%
Dave Smith (AIP) 119 2.4%
Richard Kenney (Lbt) 47 0.9%
Karl Bermann (SW) 12 0.2%
William Wertz (USL) 12 0.2%
TOTAL 5,017
Turnout: 81%


1976 Senate class 1, Mason County
CandidateVotesPct
Henry Jackson* (D) 8,214 73.3%
George Brown (R) 2,485 22.2%
Dave Smith (AIP) 264 2.4%
Richard Kenney (Lbt) 166 1.5%
Karl Bermann (SW) 37 0.3%
William Wertz (USL) 33 0.3%
TOTAL 11,199
Turnout: 63%


1976 Senate class 1, Okanogan County
CandidateVotesPct
Henry Jackson* (D) 7,324 65.6%
George Brown (R) 3,199 28.6%
Dave Smith (AIP) 468 4.2%
Richard Kenney (Lbt) 147 1.3%
Karl Bermann (SW) 27 0.2%
William Wertz (USL) 7 0.1%
TOTAL 11,172
Turnout: 62%


1976 Senate class 1, Pacific County
CandidateVotesPct
Henry Jackson* (D) 5,411 77.6%
George Brown (R) 1,263 18.1%
Dave Smith (AIP) 161 2.3%
Richard Kenney (Lbt) 88 1.3%
Karl Bermann (SW) 35 0.5%
William Wertz (USL) 16 0.2%
TOTAL 6,974
Turnout: 63%


1976 Senate class 1, Pend Oreille County
CandidateVotesPct
Henry Jackson* (D) 2,097 68.3%
George Brown (R) 913 29.7%
Dave Smith (AIP) 30 1.0%
Richard Kenney (Lbt) 23 0.7%
Karl Bermann (SW) 4 0.1%
William Wertz (USL) 4 0.1%
TOTAL 3,071
Turnout: 66%


1976 Senate class 1, Pierce County
CandidateVotesPct
Henry Jackson* (D) 114,979 76.5%
George Brown (R) 30,131 20.0%
Dave Smith (AIP) 3,180 2.1%
Richard Kenney (Lbt) 1,373 0.9%
Karl Bermann (SW) 360 0.2%
William Wertz (USL) 374 0.2%
TOTAL 150,397
Turnout: 51%


1976 Senate class 1, San Juan County
CandidateVotesPct
Henry Jackson* (D) 1,764 54.2%
George Brown (R) 1,364 41.9%
Dave Smith (AIP) 43 1.3%
Richard Kenney (Lbt) 59 1.8%
Karl Bermann (SW) 15 0.5%
William Wertz (USL) 10 0.3%
TOTAL 3,255
Turnout: 75%


1976 Senate class 1, Skagit County
CandidateVotesPct
Henry Jackson* (D) 17,330 65.2%
George Brown (R) 8,285 31.2%
Dave Smith (AIP) 456 1.7%
Richard Kenney (Lbt) 329 1.2%
Karl Bermann (SW) 126 0.5%
William Wertz (USL) 42 0.2%
TOTAL 26,568
Turnout: 69%


1976 Senate class 1, Skamania County
CandidateVotesPct
Henry Jackson* (D) 1,880 74.1%
George Brown (R) 600 23.7%
Dave Smith (AIP) 29 1.1%
Richard Kenney (Lbt) 21 0.8%
Karl Bermann (SW) 1 0.0%
William Wertz (USL) 5 0.2%
TOTAL 2,536
Turnout: 57%


1976 Senate class 1, Snohomish County
CandidateVotesPct
Henry Jackson* (D) 85,036 74.2%
George Brown (R) 25,603 22.3%
Dave Smith (AIP) 2,102 1.8%
Richard Kenney (Lbt) 1,318 1.1%
Karl Bermann (SW) 327 0.3%
William Wertz (USL) 238 0.2%
TOTAL 114,624
Turnout: 59%


1976 Senate class 1, Spokane County
CandidateVotesPct
Henry Jackson* (D) 80,762 63.4%
George Brown (R) 41,580 32.6%
Dave Smith (AIP) 2,727 2.1%
Richard Kenney (Lbt) 1,581 1.2%
Karl Bermann (SW) 453 0.4%
William Wertz (USL) 326 0.3%
TOTAL 127,429
Turnout: 61%


1976 Senate class 1, Stevens County
CandidateVotesPct
Henry Jackson* (D) 5,349 59.3%
George Brown (R) 3,058 33.9%
Dave Smith (AIP) 418 4.6%
Richard Kenney (Lbt) 149 1.7%
Karl Bermann (SW) 27 0.3%
William Wertz (USL) 13 0.1%
TOTAL 9,014
Turnout: 62%


1976 Senate class 1, Thurston County
CandidateVotesPct
Henry Jackson* (D) 31,425 72.0%
George Brown (R) 10,269 23.5%
Dave Smith (AIP) 684 1.6%
Richard Kenney (Lbt) 706 1.6%
Karl Bermann (SW) 439 1.0%
William Wertz (USL) 93 0.2%
TOTAL 43,616
Turnout: 65%


1976 Senate class 1, Wahkiakum County
CandidateVotesPct
Henry Jackson* (D) 1,197 77.8%
George Brown (R) 320 20.8%
Dave Smith (AIP) 17 1.1%
Richard Kenney (Lbt) 4 0.3%
Karl Bermann (SW) 1 0.1%
TOTAL 1,539
Turnout: 67%


1976 Senate class 1, Walla Walla County
CandidateVotesPct
Henry Jackson* (D) 11,568 67.5%
George Brown (R) 5,142 30.0%
Dave Smith (AIP) 281 1.6%
Richard Kenney (Lbt) 104 0.6%
Karl Bermann (SW) 24 0.1%
William Wertz (USL) 21 0.1%
TOTAL 17,140
Turnout: 56%


1976 Senate class 1, Whatcom County
CandidateVotesPct
Henry Jackson* (D) 24,130 62.5%
George Brown (R) 12,690 32.9%
Dave Smith (AIP) 730 1.9%
Richard Kenney (Lbt) 684 1.8%
Karl Bermann (SW) 305 0.8%
William Wertz (USL) 85 0.2%
TOTAL 38,624
Turnout: 60%


1976 Senate class 1, Whitman County
CandidateVotesPct
Henry Jackson* (D) 8,553 58.0%
George Brown (R) 5,332 36.2%
Dave Smith (AIP) 327 2.2%
Richard Kenney (Lbt) 297 2.0%
Karl Bermann (SW) 183 1.2%
William Wertz (USL) 42 0.3%
TOTAL 14,734
Turnout: 52%


1976 Senate class 1, Yakima County
CandidateVotesPct
Henry Jackson* (D) 34,810 69.1%
George Brown (R) 13,930 27.7%
Dave Smith (AIP) 1,074 2.1%
Richard Kenney (Lbt) 306 0.6%
Karl Bermann (SW) 124 0.2%
William Wertz (USL) 105 0.2%
TOTAL 50,349
Turnout: 50%

Campaign finance data for this election**:

Henry Jackson*
Total Disbursements: $198,375

**Financial data shown here takes into account all elections for this office during this cycle, including primary, special and runoff elections, if any.
Source: https://www.fec.gov/data/elections/senate/WA/1976

George Brown
Total Disbursements: $10,841

Open Primary
Pos Candidate Party Votes %
1   Henry Jackson* D 549,974 68.3%
2   Dennis Kelley D 54,470 6.8%
3   George Brown R 51,885 6.4%
4   Warren Hanson R 43,905 5.5%
5   Henry Nielsen R 28,030 3.5%
6   Paul Gumbel D 24,559 3.1%
7   Wilbur Parkin R 21,639 2.7%
8   William Davis R 16,881 2.1%
9   Clarice Privette R 13,526 1.7%
TOTAL VOTES 804,869