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Washington voters re-elect Senator Henry Jackson by a record margin, retain six of seven U.S. Representatives, and legalize abortion on November 3, 1970.

On November 3, 1970, Senator Henry M. "Scoop" Jackson (1912-1983) wins a record-setting victory, gaining 82 percent of the vote in defeating Republican state senator Charles W. Elicker. Six of Washing...

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Washington voters support legal abortion while rejecting term limits and aid in dying on November 5, 1991.

On November 5, 1991, Washington voters narrowly approve Initiative 120, the Reproductive Privacy Act, codifying the tenets of the United States Supreme Court's 1973 Roe v. Wade decision in state law a...

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