U.S. House district for Washington
Washington's 1st congressional district Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative Population (2023) 786,950 Median household $131,682[ 1] Ethnicity Cook PVI D+13[ 2]
Washington's 1st congressional district encompasses parts of King and Snohomish counties. The district covers several cities in the north of the Seattle metropolitan area , east of Interstate 5 , including parts of Bellevue , Marysville , and up north toward Arlington .
In presidential elections, the 1st district has leaned Democratic. Under the old boundaries, Al Gore and John Kerry narrowly carried the district in 2000 and 2004 , with 48% and 51% of the vote, respectively. In 2008 , Barack Obama swept the district with 55.60% of the vote, while John McCain received 42%. Similarly, Hillary Clinton won the district in 2016 with 54% of the vote over Donald Trump with 38%, and in 2020 Joe Biden polled 59% to 38% for Donald Trump .
The district from 2003 to 2013 Prior to the 2012 redistricting, the district encompassed part of Northwest Seattle and largely suburban areas north and east of Seattle, including Shoreline , Edmonds , Lynnwood , Mountlake Terrace , Kenmore , Bothell , Kirkland , and Redmond , as well as Bainbridge Island and part of the Kitsap Peninsula . Until March 20, 2012, it was represented by Democrat Jay Inslee from Bainbridge Island . Inslee resigned to focus on his run for Governor of the state;[ 3] [ 4] [ 5]
The former House seat of powerful U.S. Senator Warren G. Magnuson , the district was a swing district throughout much of the 1990s, changing hands and parties three times in four elections. Before the election of future U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell in 1992 , the district had been in Republican hands for 40 years (and 42 of the previous 46 years). Since the 1998 election, when Inslee was first elected, the growing Democratic trend in the Seattle area enabled him to turn it into a fairly safe seat. He had been re-elected six times, with little difficulty, most recently in 2010 .
The district from 2013 to 2023 The 2012 redistricting drastically changed the 1st district. Much of this area was previously part of the 2nd district, but in the new map, the 2nd has shrunk significantly. Jay Inslee (D) was the representative of the 1st district until resigning to run for governor of the state, but most of the district has been represented by Rick Larsen (D), of the 2nd district , in the past.
Soon after the 2012 general election polls closed, the Seattle Times and national news organizations called the district for Democrat Suzan DelBene , defeating Republican John Koster with a margin that the Seattle Times called "unexpectedly decisive",[ 6] [ 7]
Recent election results from presidential races [ edit ] List of members representing the district [ edit ] Beginning in 1909, members were elected from districted seats, instead of at-large statewide. (See Washington's at-large congressional district
Member
Party
Years
Cong
Electoral history
District location
District established March 4, 1909
William E. Humphrey (Seattle )
Republican
March 4, 1909 –
61st 62nd 63rd 64th
Redistricted from the at-large district re-elected in 1908 .Re-elected in 1910 .Re-elected in 1912 .Re-elected in 1914 .run for U.S. senator .
John Franklin Miller (Seattle )
Republican
March 4, 1917 –
65th 66th 67th 68th 69th 70th 71st
Elected in 1916 .Re-elected in 1918 .Re-elected in 1920 .Re-elected in 1922 .Re-elected in 1924 .Re-elected in 1926 .Re-elected in 1928 .
Ralph Horr (Seattle )
Republican
March 4, 1931 –
72nd
Elected in 1930 .
Marion Zioncheck (Seattle )
Democratic
March 4, 1933 –
73rd 74th
Elected in 1932 .Re-elected in 1934 .
Vacant
August 7, 1936 –
74th
Warren Magnuson (Seattle )
Democratic
January 3, 1937 –
75th 76th 77th 78th
Elected in 1936 .Re-elected in 1938 .Re-elected in 1940 .Re-elected in 1942 .run for U.S. senator and resigned when elected.
Vacant
December 13, 1944 –
78th
Hugh De Lacy (Seattle )
Democratic
January 3, 1945 –
79th
Elected in 1944 .
Homer Jones (Bremerton )
Republican
January 3, 1947 –
80th
Elected in 1946 .
Hugh Mitchell (Seattle )
Democratic
January 3, 1949 –
81st 82nd
Elected in 1948 .Re-elected in 1950 .run for Governor of Washington .
Thomas Pelly (Seattle )
Republican
January 3, 1953 –
83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd
Elected in 1952 .Re-elected in 1954 .Re-elected in 1956 .Re-elected in 1958 .Re-elected in 1960 .Re-elected in 1962 .Re-elected in 1964 .Re-elected in 1966 .Re-elected in 1968 .Re-elected in 1970 .
Joel Pritchard (Seattle )
Republican
January 3, 1973 –
93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th 98th
Elected in 1972 .Re-elected in 1974 .Re-elected in 1976 .Re-elected in 1978 .Re-elected in 1980 .Re-elected in 1982 .
John Miller (Seattle )
Republican
January 3, 1985 –
99th 100th 101st 102nd
Elected in 1984 .Re-elected in 1986 .Re-elected in 1988 .Re-elected in 1990 .
Maria Cantwell (Mountlake Terrace )
Democratic
January 3, 1993 –
103rd
Elected in 1992 .
Rick White (Bainbridge Island )
Republican
January 3, 1995 –
104th 105th
Elected in 1994 .Re-elected in 1996 .
Jay Inslee (Bainbridge Island )
Democratic
January 3, 1999 –
106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th
Elected in 1998 .Re-elected in 2000 .Re-elected in 2002 .Re-elected in 2004 .Re-elected in 2006 .Re-elected in 2008 .Re-elected in 2010 .run for Governor of Washington .
2003–2013
Vacant
March 20, 2012 –
112th
Suzan DelBene (Medina )
Democratic
November 6, 2012 –
112th 113th 114th 115th 116th 117th 118th
Elected to finish Inslee's term .Elected to full term in 2012 .Re-elected in 2014 .Re-elected in 2016 .Re-elected in 2018 .Re-elected in 2020 .Re-elected in 2022 .Re-elected in 2024 .
2013–2023
2023–present
Recent election results [ edit ] [ edit ]
^ DelBene was the incumbent by virtue of winning the simultaneous One Month Short Term election
^ Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District" . www.census.gov . ^ "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List" . Cook Political Report . Retrieved January 5, 2023 .^ Congressman Inslee to step down and focus on run for governor , Reuters^ Cornfield, Jerry (March 29, 2012). "Gregoire: Election in works to replace Inslee" . HeraldNet . The Daily Herald. Retrieved March 31, 2012 . ^ RCW 29A.28.041 Congress — Special election , Revised Code of Washington^ DelBene beats Koster in race for U.S. House , Seattle Times^ "Federal - All Results" . Washington Secretary of State Sam Reed . Retrieved December 10, 2012 .^ "November 4, 2014 General Election Results" . Washington Secretary of State. November 4, 2014. Retrieved January 8, 2015 .^ "November 8, 2016 General Election Results" . Washington Secretary of State. November 8, 2016. Retrieved June 2, 2017 .^ "Official Canvass of the Returns" (PDF) . Secretary of State of Washington . Retrieved December 3, 2024 .^ "Official Canvass of the Returns" (PDF) . Secretary of State of Washington . Retrieved December 3, 2024 .^ "Official Canvass of the Returns" (PDF) . Secretary of State of Washington . Retrieved December 4, 2024 .
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