Washington's 7th congressional district

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Washington's 7th congressional district
Representative	Pramila Jayapal D–Seattle
Population (2010)	683,158
Median household income	61,747
Ethnicity	76% White 10.5% Asian 7.3% Hispanic 5.3% Black 1% Native American
Cook PVI	D+33

Washington's 7th congressional district encompasses most of Seattle, all of Vashon Island, Edmonds, Shoreline, Kenmore, and parts of Burien, Lake Forest Park, Mountlake Terrace, and Normandy Park. Since 2017, the 7th District has been represented in the U.S. House of Representatives by Pramila Jayapal, 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

Election results from presidential races

Year	Office	Results
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	Clinton 65 - 18%
1996	President	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	Clinton 82 - 12%

List of representatives

Representative	Party	Dates	Electoral history
District created		January 3, 1959
Donald H. Magnuson	Democratic	January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1963	Redistricted from the At-large district. Lost re-election.
K. William Stinson	Republican	January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1965	Lost re-election.
Brock Adams	Democratic	January 3, 1965 – January 22, 1977	Resigned to become 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.
Mike Lowry	Democratic	January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1989	Retired to run for U.S. Senator.
Jim McDermott	Democratic	January 3, 1989 – January 3, 2017	Retired.
Pramila Jayapal	Democratic	January 3, 2017 – Present	Elected in 2016 Re-elected in 2018

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. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
• Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
• 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