Washington's 6th congressional district

Washington's 6th congressional district encompasses the Olympic Peninsula, most of the Kitsap Peninsula, and most of the city of Tacoma. Its counties include the entirety of Clallam, Jefferson, and Grays Harbor counties and part of Mason and Pierce counties. The 6th District has been represented in the U.S. House of Representatives by Derek Kilmer, a Democrat from Artondale, since January 2013. He succeeded 36-year incumbent and fellow Democrat Norm Dicks, at the time the dean of the Washington delegation.

"WA-6" redirects here. WA-6 may also refer to Washington State Route 6.
Washington's 6th congressional district
Representative
  Derek Kilmer
D–Artondale
Population (2000)654,902
Median income$63,129[1]
Ethnicity
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Established after the 1930 U.S. Census, the 6th District is a working class district, with many of its jobs provided by tourism and a declining timber industry on the Pacific and Juan de Fuca coasts, and by the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton.

Presidentially, the 6th leans Democratic. It was one of only two districts retained by the Democrats in the Republican wave of 1994.

Al Gore and John Kerry carried the district in 2000 and 2004 with 52% and 53% of the vote, respectively. Barack Obama swept the district in 2008 with 57% of the vote.

The district from 2003 to 2013

Voting
Election results from presidential races
Year Office Results
2016 President Clinton 51 - 39%
2012 President Obama 56 - 41%
2008 President Obama 57 - 40%
2004 President Kerry 53 - 36%
2000 President Gore 52 - 37
1996 President Clinton 50 - 36%
1992 President Clinton 43 - 31%

List of representatives representing the District
Representative Party Term Cong
ress		 District Home Notes
District created March 4, 1933
Wesley Lloyd Democratic March 4, 1933 – January 10, 1936 73rd
74th		 Died
Vacant January 10, 1936 – January 3, 1937
John Main Coffee Democratic January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1947 75th
76th
77th
78th
79th
Thor Carl Tollefson Republican January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1965 80th
81st
82nd
83rd
84th
85th
86th
87th
88th
Floyd Hicks Democratic January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1977 89th
90th
91st
92nd
93rd
94th
Norm Dicks Democratic January 3, 1977 – January 3, 2013 95th
96th
97th
98th
99th
100th
101st
102nd
103rd
104th
105th
106th
107th
108th
109th
110th
111th
112th		 Retired
Derek Kilmer Democratic January 3, 2013 – present 113th
114th
115th
116th		 Gig Harbor Incumbent
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See also
  • United States House of Representatives elections in Washington, 2008
  • United States House of Representatives elections in Washington, 2010
  • United States House of Representatives elections in Washington, 2012

References
  1. https://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=53&cd=06
  2. "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.

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