Washington's congressional districts

From the time that Washington Territory was formed in 1853, through statehood in 1889, Washington Territory elected an at-large non-voting Delegate to the United States House of Representatives. At different times in its history, the state of Washington has also elected one or more representatives At-large statewide.

• Washington Territory's at-large congressional district
• Washington's at-large congressional district

List of members of the Washington United States House delegation, their terms, their district boundaries, and the districts' political ratings according to the CPVI. The delegation has a total of 10 members, including 7 Democrats and 3 Republicans.

District	Representative	Party	CPVI	Incumbent time in office	District map
1st	Suzan DelBene (D–Medina)	Democratic	D+6	November 13, 2012 – present
2nd	Rick Larsen (D–Everett)	Democratic	D+10	January 3, 2001 – present
3rd	Jaime Herrera Beutler (R–Battle Ground)	Republican	R+4	January 3, 2011 – present
4th	Dan Newhouse (R–Sunnyside)	Republican	R+13	January 3, 2015 – present
5th	Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R–Spokane)	Republican	R+8	January 3, 2005 – present
6th	Derek Kilmer (D–Gig Harbor)	Democratic	D+6	January 3, 2013 – present
7th	Pramila Jayapal (D–Seattle)	Democratic	D+33	January 3, 2017 – present
8th	Kim Schrier (D–Issaquah)	Democratic	EVEN	January 3, 2019 – present
9th	Adam Smith (D–Bellevue)	Democratic	D+21	January 3, 1997 – present
10th	Marilyn Strickland (D–Tacoma)	Democratic	D+5	January 3, 2021 – present

Table of United States congressional district boundary maps in the State of Washington, presented chronologically.[1] All redistricting events that took place in Washington between 1973 and 2013 are shown.

Year	Statewide map	Puget Sound highlight
1973–1982
1983–1984
1985–1992[2]
1993–2002
2003–2013
Since 2013

Washington is one of 22 states that do not give direct control of redistricting to the state's legislature.

The state's congressional districts are determined by a four-member Washington State Redistricting Commission that is appointed every ten years. Two members are appointed by both of the state's legislative branches, with the majority leader and minority leader from each selecting one person. The four appointed members then vote to appoint a fifth, non-partisan chairperson that cannot vote. The commission is disbanded once they have approved a redistricting plan.[3]

In 1981 Republicans attempted to gerrymander Tom Foley's fifth district by cracking Spokane into two districts, but this was vetoed by Governor John Spellman.[4] After they redrew districts in 1982, a federal court threw out the map for excessive population variation. New maps were drawn in 1983 by a five-member commission appointed by the legislature to avoid continued deadlock under a court-imposed deadline;[5] the legislature had historically often failed to redistrict.[4] In 1983, the voters approved a ballot measure to amend the state constitution to permanently establish a redistricting commission. The first commission created under the changes completed their work as part of the 1991 redistricting.[6]

• List of United States congressional districts

• Washington State Redistricting Commission
• Find your new congressional district: a searchable map, Seattle Times, January 13, 2012