Washington's 7th congressional district
Washington's 7th congressional district encompasses most of Seattle and Burien, and all of Vashon Island, Lake Forest Park, Edmonds, Shoreline, and Normandy Park. Since 2017, the 7th district has been represented in the U.S. House of Representatives by Democrat Pramila Jayapal. With a Cook Partisan Voting Index rating of D+36, it is the most Democratic district in Washington.[2]
Washington's 7th congressional district | |||
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Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023, with Seattle highlighted in red. | |||
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Population (2022) | 783,927 | ||
Median household income | $115,418[1] | ||
Ethnicity |
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Cook PVI | D+36[2] |
The 7th is the most Democratic district in the Pacific Northwest, and the most Democratic district on the West Coast outside the San Francisco Bay Area or Los Angeles. It is also the most Democratic majority-white district in the United States. Democrats dominate every level of government, and routinely win elections with well over 70% of the vote. Al Gore won the 7th in 2000 with 72% of the vote, while John Kerry won 79% in 2004. Barack Obama took 84% of the vote in 2008.
Washington's seventh seat in the U.S. House was added after the 1950 census, but the state did not immediately reapportion. It was contested as a statewide at-large seat in three elections, 1952, 1954, and 1956, and voters cast ballots for two congressional seats, their district and the at-large. Democrat Donald H. Magnuson won all three at-large elections. The 1958 election was the first after the state reapportioned to seven districts; Magnuson was elected to the new district in 1958 and 1960, but lost in 1962.
Election results from presidential races
Year | Office | Results |
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1964 | President | Johnson 62 - 38% |
1968 | President | Humphrey 52 - 40% |
1972 | President | Nixon 56 - 44% |
1976 | President | Carter 48 - 48% |
1980 | President | Reagan 44 - 42% |
1984 | President | Mondale 58 - 41% |
1988 | President | Dukakis 66 - 32% |
1992 | President | B. Clinton 65 - 18% |
1996 | President | B. Clinton 67 - 20% |
2000 | President | Gore 72 - 20% |
2004 | President | Kerry 79 - 19% |
2008 | President | Obama 84 - 15% |
2012 | President | Obama 79 - 18% |
2016 | President | H. Clinton 82 - 12% |
2020 | President | Biden 86 - 12% |
List of members representing the district
Recent election results
2012
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Jim McDermott (Incumbent) | 298,368 | 79.6 | |
Republican | Ron Bemis | 76,212 | 20.4 | |
Total votes | 374,580 | 100.0 |
2014
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Jim McDermott (incumbent) | 203,954 | 81.0 | |
Republican | Craig Keller | 47,921 | 19.0 | |
Total votes | 251,875 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
2016
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Pramila Jayapal | 212,010 | 56.0 | |
Democratic | Brady Walkinshaw | 166,744 | 44.0 | |
Total votes | 378,754 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
2018
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Pramila Jayapal (incumbent) | 329,800 | 83.6 | |
Republican | Craig Keller | 64,881 | 16.4 | |
Total votes | 394,681 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
2020
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Pramila Jayapal (incumbent) | 387,109 | 82.99 | |
Republican | Craig Keller | 78,240 | 16.77 | |
Write-in | 1,113 | 0.24 | ||
Total votes | 466,462 | 100 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
2022
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Pramila Jayapal (incumbent) | 295,998 | 85.4 | |
Republican | Cliff Moon | 49,207 | 14.2 | |
Write-in | 1,442 | 0.42 | ||
Total votes | 346,647 | 100 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
Historical district boundaries
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See also
References
- "My Congressional District".
- "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". Cook Political Report. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
- "Federal - All Results". Washington Secretary of State. Retrieved November 27, 2012.
- "Federal - All Results". Washington Secretary of State. November 4, 2014. Retrieved December 8, 2014.
- "November 8, 2016 General Election Results". Washington Secretary of State. Retrieved December 3, 2016.
- Johnson, Cheryl L. (February 28, 2019). "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 6, 2018". Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives. Retrieved April 27, 2019.
- "November 3, 2020 General Election Results". Washington Secretary of State. Retrieved December 4, 2020.
- "November 8, 2022 General Election Results". Washington Secretary of State. Retrieved November 26, 2022.
- Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
- Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
- Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present