Washington's 7th congressional district

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Washington's 7th congressional district
Current Representative		Jim McDermott (D–Seattle)
Population (2000)	654,902
Median income	$45,864
Ethnicity	69.3% White, 8.4% Black, 13.3% Asian, 5.8% Hispanic, 1.1% Native American, 1.5% other
Cook PVI	D+28

Washington's 7th congressional district encompasses most of Seattle, all of Vashon Island, and portions of Shoreline, Lake Forest Park, Tukwila, SeaTac, and Burien. Since 1989, the 7th District has been represented in the U.S. House of Representatives by Jim McDermott, a Democrat.

The 7th is the most Democratic district in the Pacific Northwest, and the most Democratic district on the West Coast outside of 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 by well over 70 percent of the vote. Al Gore swept the 7th District in 2000 with 72% of the vote while John Kerry won 79% of the vote in the district in 2004. Barack Obama took in 84% of the vote in the district in 2008.

Washington's seventh seat in the U.S. House was added following the 1950 census, but the state did not immediately reapportion. It was contested as a statewide at-large seat for 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.

The district from 2003 to 2013

Voting

Election results from presidential races
Year	Office	Results
1996	President	Clinton 67 - 20%
1992	President	Clinton 65 - 18%

List of representatives

Representative	Party	Term	District Home	Notes
District created		January 3, 1959
Donald H. Magnuson	Democratic	January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1963		Redistricted from the At-large district, lost re-election attempt in 1962
K. William Stinson	Republican	January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1965		Lost re-election attempt in 1964
Brock Adams	Democratic	January 3, 1965 – January 22, 1977		Resigned after being appointed U.S. Secretary of Transportation
Vacant		January 22, 1977 – May 17, 1977
John E. Cunningham	Republican	May 17, 1977 – January 3, 1979		Lost re-election attempt in 1978
Mike Lowry	Democratic	January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1989		Lost U.S. Senate election in 1988, won gubernatorial election in 1992
Jim McDermott	Democratic	January 3, 1989 – present		Incumbent

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

• 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

External links

• Washington State Redistricting Commission
• Find your new congressional district: a searchable map, Seattle Times, January 13, 2012