Washington's 6th congressional district

Washington's 6th congressional district
Current Representative		Derek Kilmer (D–Artondale)
Population (2000)	654,902
Median income	$39,205
Ethnicity	79.8% White, 5.7% Black, 4.5% Asian, 5.1% Hispanic, 2.4% Native American, 1.3% other
Cook PVI	D+5[1]

Washington's 6th congressional district encompasses the Olympic Peninsula, most of the Kitsap Peninsula, and most of the city of Tacoma. The 6th District has been represented in the U.S. House of Representatives by Derek Kilmer, a Democrat from Artondale, since January 2013. He succeeded 36-year incumbent and fellow Democrat Norm Dicks, at the time the dean of the Washington delegation.

Established after the 1930 U.S. Census, the 6th District 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.

Presidentially, the 6th leans Democratic. Al Gore and John Kerry carried the district in 2000 and 2004 with 52% and 53% of the vote, respectively. Barack Obama swept the district in 2008 with 57% of the vote.

The district from 2003 to 2013

Voting

List of representatives

Representative	Party	Dates	District Home	Notes
District created		March 4, 1933
Wesley Lloyd	Democratic	March 4, 1933 – January 10, 1936		Died
Vacant		January 10, 1936 – January 3, 1937
John Main Coffee	Democratic	January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1947
Thor Carl Tollefson	Republican	January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1965
Floyd Verne Hicks	Democratic	January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1977
Norm Dicks	Democratic	January 3, 1977 – January 3, 2013
Derek Kilmer	Democratic	January 3, 2013 – present	Gig Harbor	Incumbent

See also

• United States House of Representatives elections in Washington, 2008
• United States House of Representatives elections in Washington, 2010
• United States House of Representatives elections in Washington, 2012

References

• Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company. 
• Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company. 
• Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present

External links

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

Coordinates: 47°10′N 123°30′W / 47.167°N 123.500°W / 47.167; -123.500