Washington's 7th congressional district | |
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Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023, with Seattle highlighted in red. | |
Representative | |
Population (2023) | 773,546 |
Median household income | $123,358 [1] |
Ethnicity |
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Cook PVI | D+36 [2] |
Washington's 7th congressional district encompasses most of Seattle and Burien, and all of Vashon Island, Lake Forest Park, Shoreline, and Normandy Park. Since 2017, the 7th district has been represented in the U.S. House of Representatives by Democrat Pramila Jayapal. With a Cook Partisan Voting Index rating of D+36, it is the most Democratic district in Washington. [2]
The 7th is the most Democratic district in the Pacific Northwest, and the most Democratic district on the West Coast outside 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 with well over 80% of the vote in this district. Barack Obama swept the district in 2008 and 2012, with 82% and 83% of the vote, respectively. Hillary Clinton won the district with 83% in 2016, Joe Biden received 86% in the district in 2020, and Kamala Harris received 85% here in 2024.
Washington's seventh seat in the U.S. House was added after the 1950 census, but the state did not immediately reapportion. It was contested as a statewide at-large seat in 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.
Year | Office | Results [3] [4] [5] |
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2008 | President | Obama 82% - 17% |
2012 | President | Obama 83% - 17% |
2016 | President | Clinton 83% - 11% |
Senate | Murray 84% - 16% | |
Governor | Inslee 80% - 20% | |
Lt. Governor | Habib 82% - 18% | |
Secretary of State | Podlodowski 71% - 29% | |
Auditor | McCarthy 76% - 24% | |
Attorney General | Ferguson 86% - 14% | |
2018 | Senate | Cantwell 86% - 14% |
2020 | President | Biden 86% - 11% |
Governor | Inslee 86% - 14% | |
Secretary of State | Tarleton 69% - 31% | |
Treasurer | Pellicciotti 78% - 22% | |
Auditor | McCarthy 85% - 15% | |
Attorney General | Ferguson 84% - 16% | |
2022 | Senate | Murray 87% - 13% |
Secretary of State (Spec.) | Hobbs 75% - 24% | |
2024 | President | Harris 85% - 11% |
Senate | Cantwell 86% - 13% | |
Governor | Ferguson 84% - 16% | |
Lt. Governor | Heck 85% - 15% | |
Secretary of State | Hobbs 88% - 12% | |
Treasurer | Pellicciotti 85% - 14% | |
Auditor | McCarthy 86% - 13% | |
Attorney General | Brown 84% - 16% | |
Commissioner of Public Lands | Upthegrove 79% - 21% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Jim McDermott (Incumbent) | 298,368 | 79.6 | |
Republican | Ron Bemis | 76,212 | 20.4 | |
Total votes | 374,580 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Jim McDermott (incumbent) | 203,954 | 81.0 | |
Republican | Craig Keller | 47,921 | 19.0 | |
Total votes | 251,875 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Pramila Jayapal | 212,010 | 56.0 | |
Democratic | Brady Walkinshaw | 166,744 | 44.0 | |
Total votes | 378,754 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Pramila Jayapal (incumbent) | 329,800 | 83.6 | |
Republican | Craig Keller | 64,881 | 16.4 | |
Total votes | 394,681 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Pramila Jayapal (incumbent) | 387,109 | 83.0 | |
Republican | Craig Keller | 78,240 | 16.8 | |
Write-in | 1,113 | 0.2 | ||
Total votes | 466,462 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Pramila Jayapal (incumbent) | 295,998 | 85.4 | |
Republican | Cliff Moon | 49,207 | 14.2 | |
Write-in | 1,442 | 0.4 | ||
Total votes | 346,647 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Pramila Jayapal (incumbent) | 352,286 | 83.9 | |
Republican | Dan Alexander | 66,220 | 15.8 | |
Write-in | 1,313 | 0.3 | ||
Total votes | 419,819 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
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