Washington's 4th congressional district

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Washington's 4th congressional district
Population (2000) 654,901
Median income $37,764
Ethnic composition 75.7% White, 0.9% Black, 1.3% Asian, 26.4% Hispanic, 2.2% Native American, 0.8% other
Cook PVI R+13

The Fourth Congressional District of Washington encompasses a large area of central Washington, covering the counties of Chelan, Douglas, Kittitas, Grant, Yakima, Franklin, Benton, Klickitat, and parts of Adams and Skamania counties. Since 1995, the Fourth has been represented in the U.S. House of Representatives by Richard N. "Doc" Hastings, a Republican from Pasco.

Established after the 1910 census, the Fourth District is predominantly rural and politically conservative, and has been dominated by the Republican Party for several decades, with the exception of the 103rd Congress from 1993 to 1995, when it was represented by Democrat Jay Inslee. Hastings defeated Inslee in the 1994 election and has served in Congress ever since; Inslee later moved to Bainbridge Island and was sent back to Congress representing the First District in the central Puget Sound area. The Fourth District remains solidly Republican in character, and Hastings won reelection easily in the 2006 election.

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Representative Party Term
William L. La Follette Republican 1915 – 1919
John William Summers Republican 1919 – 1933
Knute Hill Democratic 1933 – 1943
Otis Halbert Holmes Republican 1943 – 1959
Catherine Dean Barnes May Republican 1959 – 1971
Mike McCormack Democratic 1971 – 1981
Sidney Wallace Morrison Republican 1981 – 1993
Jay Robert Inslee Democratic 1993 – 1995
Richard Norman "Doc" Hastings Republican 1995 – present

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