Washington's 6th congressional district

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Washington's 6th congressional district
Washington's 6th congressional district (since 2023).svg
Washington's 6th congressional district
Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023 (Kitsap County and Tacoma highlighted, where most of the district's population resides)
Representative
Population (2023)785,859
Median household
income
$88,876 [1]
Ethnicity
Cook PVI D+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.

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Established after the 1930 U.S. census, the 6th district is a working class district, with many of its jobs provided by tourism and the 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

YearOfficeResults
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

MemberPartyTermCong
ress
Electoral historyDistrict location
District established March 4, 1933
Wesley Lloyd (Washington state Congressman).jpg
Wesley Lloyd
(Tacoma)
Democratic March 4, 1933 –
January 10, 1936
73rd
74th
Elected in 1932.
Re-elected in 1934.
Died.
1933–1959
[ data missing ]
VacantJanuary 10, 1936 –
January 3, 1937
74th
John M. Coffee, 79th Congress.jpg
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.jpg
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 ]
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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 ]
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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
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Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, and Mason; parts of Kitsap and Pierce
Derek C. Kilmer 113th Congress.jpg
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
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Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, and Kitsap; parts of Mason and Pierce
2023–present
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Clallam, Grays Harbor, Jefferson, Kitsap, and Mason; parts of Pierce
Emily Randall (cropped).jpg
Emily Randall (elect)
(Bremerton)
Democratic January 3, 2025 Elected in 2024.

Recent election results

2012

Washington's 6th Congressional District, 2012 [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Derek Kilmer186,66159.0
Republican Bill Driscoll129,72541.0
Total votes316,386 100.0

2014

Washington's 6th congressional district, 2014 [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Derek Kilmer (incumbent) 141,265 63.0
Republican Marty McClendon83,02537.0
Total votes224,290 100.0
Democratic hold

2016

Washington's 6th congressional district, 2016 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Derek Kilmer (incumbent) 201,718 61.5
Republican Todd A. Bloom126,11638.5
Total votes327,834 100.0
Democratic hold

2018

Washington's 6th congressional district, 2018 [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Derek Kilmer (incumbent) 206,409 63.9
Republican Douglas Dightman116,67736.1
Total votes323,086 100.0
Democratic hold

2020

Washington's 6th congressional district, 2020 [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Derek Kilmer (incumbent) 247,429 59.3
Republican Elizabeth Kreiselmaier168,78340.5
Write-in 1,0040.2
Total votes417,216 100
Democratic hold

2022

Washington's 6th congressional district, 2022 [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Derek Kilmer (incumbent) 208,710 60.0
Republican Elizabeth Kreiselmaier138,75439.9
Write-in 4090.1
Total votes347,873 100
Democratic hold

Historical district boundaries

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The district from 2003 to 2013
The district from 2013 to 2023 WA CD 06-2013.pdf
The district from 2013 to 2023

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References

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