Washington's 6th congressional district

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Washington's 6th congressional district
Population (2000)	654,902
Median income	$39,205
Ethnic composition	79.8% White, 5.7% Black, 4.5% Asian, 5.1% Hispanic, 2.4% Native American, 1.3% other
Cook PVI	D+6

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
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

[edit] See also

• Washington United States House elections, 2006

[edit] External links

• Web site of U.S. Rep. Norm Dicks

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