The 7th is the most Democratic district in the Pacific Northwest, and the most Democratic district on the West Coast outside the
San Francisco Bay Area or
Los Angeles. It is also the most Democratic majority-white district in the United States. Democrats dominate every level of government, and routinely win elections with well over 70% of the vote.
Al Gore won the 7th in
2000 with 72% of the vote, while
John Kerry won 79% in
2004.
Barack Obama took 84% of the vote in
2008.
Washington's seventh seat in the U.S. House was added after the
1950 census, but the state did not immediately reapportion. It was contested as a statewide
at-large seat in three elections,
1952,
1954, and
1956, and voters cast ballots for two congressional seats, their district and the at-large. Democrat
Donald H. Magnuson won all three at-large elections. The
1958 election was the first after the state reapportioned to seven districts; Magnuson was elected to the new district in 1958 and
1960, but lost in
1962.
The 7th is the most Democratic district in the Pacific Northwest, and the most Democratic district on the West Coast outside the
San Francisco Bay Area or
Los Angeles. It is also the most Democratic majority-white district in the United States. Democrats dominate every level of government, and routinely win elections with well over 70% of the vote.
Al Gore won the 7th in
2000 with 72% of the vote, while
John Kerry won 79% in
2004.
Barack Obama took 84% of the vote in
2008.
Washington's seventh seat in the U.S. House was added after the
1950 census, but the state did not immediately reapportion. It was contested as a statewide
at-large seat in three elections,
1952,
1954, and
1956, and voters cast ballots for two congressional seats, their district and the at-large. Democrat
Donald H. Magnuson won all three at-large elections. The
1958 election was the first after the state reapportioned to seven districts; Magnuson was elected to the new district in 1958 and
1960, but lost in
1962.