Washington's 6th congressional district
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The Sixth Congressional District of Washington encompasses the Olympic Peninsula, most of the Kitsap Peninsula, and most of the city of Tacoma. Since 1977, the Sixth has been represented in the U.S. House of Representatives by Norm Dicks, a Democrat from Bremerton.
Established after the 1930 census, the Sixth is a working class district, with many of its jobs provided by tourism and a declining timber industry on the Pacific and Juan de Fuca coasts, and by the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton. Dicks, who has served in Congress for more than a decade longer than any other member of the Washington delegation, is known as a so-called "defense Democrat" who is hawkish on national defense and takes moderate positions on many issues. Dicks did not face serious opposition in the 2006 election.
[edit] Representatives
| Representative | Party | Term |
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| Wesley Lloyd | Democratic | 1933 – 1936 |
| John Main Coffee | Democratic | 1937 – 1947 |
| Thor Carl Tollefson | Republican | 1947 – 1965 |
| Floyd Verne Hicks | Democratic | 1965 – 1977 |
| Norman DeValois "Norm" Dicks | Democratic | 1977 – present |
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