Washington's 4th congressional district

Washington's 4th congressional district
Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023. Points indicate major cities in the district (Yakima, the Tri-Cities (Kennewick, Pasco, and Richland), and Moses Lake respectively).
Representative	Dan Newhouse R–Sunnyside
Population (2022)	783,190
Median household income	$73,355[1]
Ethnicity	51.1% White 39.8% Hispanic 3.8% Two or more races 2.2% Native American 1.7% Asian 0.8% Black 0.6% other
Cook PVI	R+11[2]

Washington's 4th congressional district encompasses a large area of

Its Republican dominance is long-established. Apart from Klickitat County, which was won six times by Democrats between 1968 and 2008 — though never with more than 51 percent of the ballots — no Democratic presidential candidate has carried any county in the district since Bill Clinton in 1992 carried Okanogan County. None of the other counties in the district have backed a Democrat for President since Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964, while Adams County has not voted Democratic since Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1936.

George W. Bush carried the district in 2000 and 2004 with 62% and 63% of the vote, respectively. The 4th district also gave John McCain 58% of the vote in 2008, his strongest showing in Washington.

Only three

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Results from presidential elections

Year	Winner & margin
1952	Eisenhower (R) 62 – 38%
1956	Eisenhower (R) 58 – 42%
1960	Nixon (R) 56 – 44%
1964	Johnson (D) 58 – 42%
1968	Nixon (R) 53 – 39%
1972	Nixon (R) 59 – 41%
1976	Ford (R) 52 – 44%
1980	Reagan (R) 55 – 36%
1984	Reagan (R) 63 – 34%
1988	Bush (R) 57 – 41%
1992	Bush (R) 42 – 35%
1996	Dole (R) 48 – 40%
2000	Bush (R) 62 – 34%
2004	Bush (R) 63 – 35%
2008	McCain (R) 58 – 40%
2012	Romney (R) 60 – 38%
2016	Trump (R) 56 – 34%
2020	Trump (R) 58 – 39%

List of members representing the district

Member (District Home)	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history	District location
District established March 4, 1915
William La Follette (Pullman)	Republican	March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1919	64th 65th	Redistricted from the Re-elected in 1916 . Lost renomination.
John W. Summers (Walla Walla)	Republican	March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1933	66th 67th 68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd	Re-elected in 1930 . Lost re-election.
Knute Hill (Prosser)	Democratic	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1943	73rd 74th 75th 76th 77th	Re-elected in 1940 . Lost re-election.
Hal Holmes (Ellensburg)	Republican	January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1959	78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th	Re-elected in 1956 . Retired.
Catherine Dean May (Yakima)	Republican	January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1971	86th 87th 88th 89th 90th 91st	Re-elected in 1968 . Lost re-election.
Mike McCormack (Richland)	Democratic	January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1981	92nd 93rd 94th 95th 96th	Re-elected in 1978 . Lost re-election.
Sid Morrison (Zillah)	Republican	January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1993	97th 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd	Re-elected in 1990. Retired to run for governor .
Jay Inslee (Selah)	Democratic	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1995	103rd	Elected in 1992 . Lost re-election.
Doc Hastings (Pasco)	Republican	January 3, 1995 – January 3, 2015	104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th 113th	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. Re-elected in 2012 . Retired.
					2003–2013
					2013–2023
Dan Newhouse (Sunnyside)	Republican	January 3, 2015 – present	114th 115th 116th 117th 118th	Elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022.
					2023–present

Recent election results

2012

Washington's 4th Congressional District, 2012 ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Doc Hastings (Incumbent)	154,749	66.2
	Democratic	Mary Baechler	78,940	33.8
Total votes			233,689	100.0

2014

Washington's 4th congressional district, 2014 ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dan Newhouse	77,772	50.8
	Republican	Clint Didier	75,307	49.2
Total votes			153,079	100.0
	Republican hold

2016

Washington's 4th congressional district, 2016^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dan Newhouse (incumbent)	132,517	57.6
	Republican	Clint Didier	97,402	42.4
Total votes			229,919	100.0
	Republican hold

2018

Washington's 4th congressional district, 2018^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dan Newhouse (incumbent)	141,551	62.8
	Democratic	Christine Brown	83,785	37.2
Total votes			225,336	100.0
	Republican hold

2020

Washington's 4th congressional district, 2020^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dan Newhouse (incumbent)	202,108	66.2
	Democratic	Douglas McKinley	102,667	33.6
	Write-in		488	0.2
Total votes			305,263	100
	Republican hold

2022

Washington's 4th congressional district, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dan Newhouse (incumbent)	150,619	66.5
	Democratic	Doug White	70,710	31.2
	Write-in		5,318	2.3
Total votes			226,647	100
	Republican hold

Historical district boundaries

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
• United States House of Representatives elections in Washington, 2014

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; accessed November 8, 2014.

External links

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

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