Washington's 6th congressional district

Washington's 6th congressional district encompasses the Olympic Peninsula, most of the Kitsap Peninsula, and most of the city of Tacoma. Its counties include the entirety of Clallam, Kitsap, Jefferson, and Grays Harbor counties and part of Mason and Pierce counties. The 6th District has been represented in the U.S. House of Representatives by Derek Kilmer, a Democrat from Gig Harbor, since January 2013. He succeeded 36-year incumbent and fellow Democrat Norm Dicks, at the time the dean of the Washington delegation.

"WA-6" redirects here. WA-6 may also refer to Washington State Route 6.
Washington's 6th congressional district
Representative
  Derek Kilmer
D–Gig Harbor
Population (2019)726,540
Median household
income		$72,169[1]
Ethnicity
Cook PVID+6[2]

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. It was one of only two districts retained by the Democrats in the Republican realignment election of 1994.

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 and 2012 with 57% and 56% of the vote. Hillary Clinton won the district with 51% in 2016 with a diminished but still large margin.

The district from 2003 to 2013

Recent election results from presidential races
Year Office Results
1992 President Clinton 43 - 31%
1996 President Clinton 50 - 36%
2000 President Gore 52 - 37
2004 President Kerry 53 - 36%
2008 President Obama 57 - 40%
2012 President Obama 56 - 41%
2016 President Clinton 51 - 39%
2020 President Biden 57 - 39%

List of members representing the district
Member
(District Home)		 Party Term Cong
ress		 Electoral history
District created March 4, 1933

Wesley Lloyd		 Democratic March 4, 1933 –
January 10, 1936		 73rd
74th		 Elected in 1932.
Re-elected in 1934.
Died.
Vacant January 10, 1936 –
January 3, 1937		 74th

John M. Coffee		 Democratic January 3, 1937 –
January 3, 1947		 75th
76th
77th
78th
79th		 Elected in 1936.
Re-elected in 1938.
Re-elected in 1940.
Re-elected in 1942.
Re-elected in 1944.
Lost re-election.

Thor C. Tollefson		 Republican January 3, 1947 –
January 3, 1965		 80th
81st
82nd
83rd
84th
85th
86th
87th
88th		 Elected in 1946.
Re-elected in 1948.
Re-elected in 1950.
Re-elected in 1952.
Re-elected in 1954.
Re-elected in 1956.
Re-elected in 1958.
Re-elected in 1960.
Re-elected in 1962.
Lost re-election.

Floyd Hicks		 Democratic January 3, 1965 –
January 3, 1977		 89th
90th
91st
92nd
93rd
94th		 Elected in 1964.
Re-elected in 1966.
Re-elected in 1968.
Re-elected in 1970.
Re-elected in 1972.
Re-elected in 1974.
Retired.

Norm Dicks		 Democratic January 3, 1977 –
January 3, 2013		 95th
96th
97th
98th
99th
100th
101st
102nd
103rd
104th
105th
106th
107th
108th
109th
110th
111th
112th		 Elected in 1976.
Re-elected in 1978.
Re-elected in 1980.
Re-elected in 1982.
Re-elected in 1984.
Re-elected in 1986.
Re-elected in 1988.
Re-elected in 1990.
Re-elected in 1992.
Re-elected in 1994.
Re-elected in 1996.
Re-elected in 1998.
Re-elected in 2000.
Re-elected in 2002.
Re-elected in 2004.
Re-elected in 2006.
Re-elected in 2008.
Re-elected in 2010.
Retired.

Derek Kilmer		 Democratic January 3, 2013 –
present		 113th
114th
115th
116th
117th		 Elected in 2012.
Re-elected in 2014.
Re-elected in 2016.
Re-elected in 2018.
Re-elected in 2020.

Recent election results

2012
Washington's 6th Congressional District, 2012 [3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Derek Kilmer 186,661 59.0
Republican Bill Driscoll 129,725 41.0
Total votes 316,386 100.0

2014
Washington's 6th congressional district, 2014 [4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Derek Kilmer (incumbent) 141,265 63.0
Republican Marty McClendon 83,025 37.0
Total votes 224,290 100.0
Democratic hold

2016
Washington's 6th congressional district, 2016[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Derek Kilmer (incumbent) 201,718 61.5
Republican Todd A. Bloom 126,116 38.5
Total votes 327,834 100.0
Democratic hold

2018
Washington's 6th congressional district, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Derek Kilmer (incumbent) 206,409 63.9
Republican Douglas Dightman 116,677 36.1
Total votes 323,086 100.0
Democratic hold

2020
Washington's 6th congressional district, 2020[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Derek Kilmer (incumbent) 247,429 59.3
Republican Elizabeth Kreiselmaier 168,783 40.45
Write-in 1,004 0.24
Total votes 417,216 100
Democratic hold


See also

References
  1. https://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=53&cd=06
  2. "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.

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