Washington's 6th congressional district

Coordinates: 47°10′N 123°30′W / 47.167°N 123.500°W / 47.167; -123.500
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Washington's 6th congressional district
Map
Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023 (Kitsap County and Tacoma highlighted, where most of the district's population resides)
Representative
  Derek Kilmer
DGig Harbor
Population (2022)773,605
Median household
income
$84,233[1]
Ethnicity
Cook PVID+6[2]

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

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 in Washington retained by the Democrats in the Republican realignment election 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 and 2012, with 57% and 56% of the vote. Hillary Clinton won the district with 51% in 2016, with a diminished, but still large, margin. Joe Biden received 57% in the district in 2020.

Recent election results from presidential races[edit]

Year Office Results
1992 President Clinton 43 - 31%
1996 President Clinton 50 - 36%
2000 President Gore 52 - 37%
2004 President Kerry 53 - 36%
2008 President Obama 57 - 40%
2012 President Obama 56 - 41%
2016 President Clinton 51 - 39%
2020 President Biden 57 - 39%

List of members representing the district[edit]

Member Party Term Cong
ress
Electoral history District location
District established March 4, 1933

Wesley Lloyd
(Tacoma)
Democratic March 4, 1933 –
January 10, 1936
73rd
74th
Elected in 1932.
Re-elected in 1934.
Died.
1933–1959
[data missing]
Vacant January 10, 1936 –
January 3, 1937
74th

John M. Coffee
(Tacoma)
Democratic January 3, 1937 –
January 3, 1947
75th
76th
77th
78th
79th
Elected in 1936.
Re-elected in 1938.
Re-elected in 1940.
Re-elected in 1942.
Re-elected in 1944.
Lost re-election.

Thor C. Tollefson
(Tacoma)
Republican January 3, 1947 –
January 3, 1965
80th
81st
82nd
83rd
84th
85th
86th
87th
88th
Elected in 1946.
Re-elected in 1948.
Re-elected in 1950.
Re-elected in 1952.
Re-elected in 1954.
Re-elected in 1956.
Re-elected in 1958.
Re-elected in 1960.
Re-elected in 1962.
Lost re-election.
1959–1961
[data missing]
1961–1969
[data missing]

Floyd Hicks
(Tacoma)
Democratic January 3, 1965 –
January 3, 1977
89th
90th
91st
92nd
93rd
94th
Elected in 1964.
Re-elected in 1966.
Re-elected in 1968.
Re-elected in 1970.
Re-elected in 1972.
Re-elected in 1974.
Retired.
1969–1973
Kitsap and Pierce; parts of King
1973–1983
[data missing]

Norm Dicks
(Bremerton)
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
Elected in 1976.
Re-elected in 1978.
Re-elected in 1980.
Re-elected in 1982.
Re-elected in 1984.
Re-elected in 1986.
Re-elected in 1988.
Re-elected in 1990.
Re-elected in 1992.
Re-elected in 1994.
Re-elected in 1996.
Re-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.
Retired.
1983–1985
Parts of Kitsap, Mason, and Pierce
1985–1993
Parts of Kitsap and Pierce
1993–2003
Clallam, Jefferson, and Mason; parts of Grays Harbor, Kitsap, and Pierce
2003–2013

Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, and Mason; parts of Kitsap and Pierce

Derek Kilmer
(Gig Harbor)
Democratic January 3, 2013 –
present
113th
114th
115th
116th
117th
118th
Elected in 2012.
Re-elected in 2014.
Re-elected in 2016.
Re-elected in 2018.
Re-elected in 2020.
Re-elected in 2022.
Retiring at the end of term.
2013–2023

Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, and Kitsap; parts of Mason and Pierce
2023–present

Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, Kitsap, and Mason; parts of Pierce

Recent election results[edit]

2012[edit]

Washington's 6th Congressional District, 2012 [3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Derek Kilmer 186,661 59.0
Republican Bill Driscoll 129,725 41.0
Total votes 316,386 100.0

2014[edit]

Washington's 6th congressional district, 2014 [4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Derek Kilmer (incumbent) 141,265 63.0
Republican Marty McClendon 83,025 37.0
Total votes 224,290 100.0
Democratic hold

2016[edit]

Washington's 6th congressional district, 2016[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Derek Kilmer (incumbent) 201,718 61.5
Republican Todd A. Bloom 126,116 38.5
Total votes 327,834 100.0
Democratic hold

2018[edit]

Washington's 6th congressional district, 2018[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Derek Kilmer (incumbent) 206,409 63.9
Republican Douglas Dightman 116,677 36.1
Total votes 323,086 100.0
Democratic hold

2020[edit]

Washington's 6th congressional district, 2020[7]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Derek Kilmer (incumbent) 247,429 59.3
Republican Elizabeth Kreiselmaier 168,783 40.5
Write-in 1,004 0.2
Total votes 417,216 100
Democratic hold

2022[edit]

Washington's 6th congressional district, 2022
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Derek Kilmer (incumbent) 208,710 60.0
Republican Elizabeth Kreiselmaier 138,754 39.9
Write-in 409 0.1
Total votes 347,873 100
Democratic hold

Historical district boundaries[edit]

The district from 2003 to 2013
The district from 2013 to 2023

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "My Congressional District".
  2. ^ "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". Cook Political Report. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
  3. ^ "Federal - All Results". Washington Secretary of State. Retrieved November 27, 2012.
  4. ^ "Federal - All Results". Washington Secretary of State. November 4, 2014. Retrieved December 8, 2014.
  5. ^ "November 8, 2016 General Election Results". Washington Secretary of State. Retrieved December 3, 2016.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ "November 3, 2020 General Election Results". Washington Secretary of State. Retrieved December 4, 2020.

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