Washington's 4th congressional district

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Washington's 4th congressional district
Washington's 4th congressional district
Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023. Points indicate major cities in the district (Yakima, the Tri-Cities (Kennewick, Pasco, and Richland), and Moses Lake respectively).
Representative
  Dan Newhouse
RSunnyside
Population (2022)783,190
Median household
income
$73,355 [1]
Ethnicity
Cook PVI R+11 [2]

Washington's 4th congressional district encompasses a large area of central Washington, covering the counties of Douglas, Okanogan, Grant, Yakima, Benton, and Klickitat; and parts of Adams and Franklin counties. The district is dominated by the Yakima and Tri-Cities areas. With a Cook Partisan Voting Index rating of R+11, it is the most Republican district in Washington. [2]

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Its Republican dominance is long-established. Apart from Klickitat County, which was won six times by Democrats between 1968 and 2008 — though never with more than 51 percent of the ballots — no Democratic presidential candidate has carried any county in the district since Bill Clinton in 1992 carried Okanogan County. None of the other counties in the district have backed a Democrat for President since Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964, while Adams County has not voted Democratic since Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1936.

George W. Bush carried the district in 2000 and 2004 with 62% and 63% of the vote, respectively. The 4th district also gave John McCain 58% of the vote in 2008, his strongest showing in Washington.

Only three Democrats have ever represented the district in Congress. The last Democrat to represent the district was Jay Inslee, who held the seat during the 103rd Congress. Doc Hastings, Inslee's Republican opponent in 1992, defeated Inslee in a 1994 rematch and served in Congress until he retired in 2014. After losing to Hastings in 1994, Inslee later moved to Bainbridge Island and was sent back to Congress representing the first district in the central Puget Sound area. Inslee was elected the state's governor in 2012, and took office in January 2013. In the 2008 election, Hastings easily defeated challenger George Fearing. The 4th district has been represented in the U.S. House of Representatives by Dan Newhouse since 2015, a Republican from Sunnyside.

Results from presidential elections

YearWinner & margin
1952 Eisenhower (R) 62 – 38%
1956 Eisenhower (R) 58 – 42%
1960 Nixon (R) 56 – 44%
1964 Johnson (D) 58 – 42%
1968 Nixon (R) 53 – 39%
1972 Nixon (R) 59 – 41%
1976 Ford (R) 52 – 44%
1980 Reagan (R) 55 – 36%
1984 Reagan (R) 63 – 34%
1988 Bush (R) 57 – 41%
1992 Bush (R) 42 – 35%
1996 Dole (R) 48 – 40%
2000 Bush (R) 62 – 34%
2004 Bush (R) 63 – 35%
2008 McCain (R) 58 – 40%
2012 Romney (R) 60 – 38%
2016 Trump (R) 56 – 34%
2020 Trump (R) 58 – 39%

List of members representing the district

Member
(District Home)
PartyYearsCong
ress
Electoral historyDistrict location
District established March 4, 1915
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William La Follette
(Pullman)
Republican March 4, 1915 –
March 3, 1919
64th
65th
Redistricted from the 3rd district and re-elected in 1914.
Re-elected in 1916.
Lost renomination.
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John W. Summers
(Walla Walla)
Republican March 4, 1919 –
March 3, 1933
66th
67th
68th
69th
70th
71st
72nd
Elected in 1918.
Re-elected in 1920.
Re-elected in 1922.
Re-elected in 1924.
Re-elected in 1926.
Re-elected in 1928.
Re-elected in 1930.
Lost re-election.
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Knute Hill
(Prosser)
Democratic March 4, 1933 –
January 3, 1943
73rd
74th
75th
76th
77th
Elected in 1932.
Re-elected in 1934.
Re-elected in 1936.
Re-elected in 1938.
Re-elected in 1940.
Lost re-election.
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Hal Holmes
(Ellensburg)
Republican January 3, 1943 –
January 3, 1959
78th
79th
80th
81st
82nd
83rd
84th
85th
Elected in 1942.
Re-elected in 1944.
Re-elected in 1946.
Re-elected in 1948.
Re-elected in 1950.
Re-elected in 1952.
Re-elected in 1954.
Re-elected in 1956.
Retired.
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Catherine Dean May
(Yakima)
Republican January 3, 1959 –
January 3, 1971
86th
87th
88th
89th
90th
91st
Elected in 1958.
Re-elected in 1960.
Re-elected in 1962.
Re-elected in 1964.
Re-elected in 1966.
Re-elected in 1968.
Lost re-election.
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Mike McCormack
(Richland)
Democratic January 3, 1971 –
January 3, 1981
92nd
93rd
94th
95th
96th
Elected in 1970.
Re-elected in 1972.
Re-elected in 1974.
Re-elected in 1976.
Re-elected in 1978.
Lost re-election.
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Sid Morrison
(Zillah)
Republican January 3, 1981 –
January 3, 1993
97th
98th
99th
100th
101st
102nd
Elected in 1980.
Re-elected in 1982.
Re-elected in 1984.
Re-elected in 1986.
Elected in 1988.
Re-elected in 1990.
Retired to run for governor.
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Jay Inslee
(Selah)
Democratic January 3, 1993 –
January 3, 1995
103rd Elected in 1992.
Lost re-election.
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Doc Hastings
(Pasco)
Republican January 3, 1995 –
January 3, 2015
104th
105th
106th
107th
108th
109th
110th
111th
112th
113th
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.
Re-elected in 2012.
Retired.
2003–2013
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2013–2023
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Dan Newhouse
(Sunnyside)
Republican January 3, 2015 –
present
114th
115th
116th
117th
118th
Elected in 2014.
Re-elected in 2016.
Re-elected in 2018.
Re-elected in 2020.
Re-elected in 2022.
2023–present
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Recent election results

2012

Washington's 4th Congressional District, 2012 [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Doc Hastings (Incumbent)154,74966.2
Democratic Mary Baechler78,94033.8
Total votes233,689 100.0

2014

Washington's 4th congressional district, 2014 [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Dan Newhouse 77,772 50.8
Republican Clint Didier 75,30749.2
Total votes153,079 100.0
Republican hold

2016

Washington's 4th congressional district, 2016 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Dan Newhouse (incumbent) 132,517 57.6
Republican Clint Didier 97,40242.4
Total votes229,919 100.0
Republican hold

2018

Washington's 4th congressional district, 2018 [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Dan Newhouse (incumbent) 141,551 62.8
Democratic Christine Brown83,78537.2
Total votes225,336 100.0
Republican hold

2020

Washington's 4th congressional district, 2020 [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Dan Newhouse (incumbent) 202,108 66.2
Democratic Douglas McKinley102,66733.6
Write-in 4880.2
Total votes305,263 100
Republican hold

2022

Washington's 4th congressional district, 2022
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Dan Newhouse (incumbent) 150,619 66.5
Democratic Doug White70,71031.2
Write-in 5,3182.3
Total votes226,647 100
Republican hold

Historical district boundaries

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The district from 2003 to 2013
The district from 2013 to 2023 WA CD 04-2013.pdf
The district from 2013 to 2023

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