Washington's 7th congressional district

Washington's 7th congressional district
Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023, with Seattle highlighted in red.
Representative	Pramila Jayapal D–Seattle
Population (2023)	773,546
Median household income	$123,358[1]
Ethnicity	62.5% White 14.4% Asian 9.5% Hispanic 7.2% Two or more races 4.9% Black 1.5% other
Cook PVI	D+36[2]

Washington's 7th congressional district encompasses most of Seattle and Burien, and all of Vashon Island, Lake Forest Park, Shoreline, and Normandy Park. Since 2017, the 7th district has been represented in the U.S. House of Representatives by Democrat Pramila Jayapal. With a Cook Partisan Voting Index rating of D+36, it is the most Democratic district in Washington.^[2]

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.

Member	Party	Dates	Cong ress	Electoral history	District location
District established January 3, 1959
Donald H. Magnuson (Seattle)	Democratic	January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1963	86th 87th	Redistricted from the at-large district and re-elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Lost re-election.	1959–1961 [data missing]
					1961–1969 [data missing]
K. William Stinson (Bellevue)	Republican	January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1965	88th	Elected in 1962. Lost re-election.
Brock Adams (Seattle)	Democratic	January 3, 1965 – January 22, 1977	89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd 94th 95th	Elected in 1964. Elected in 1966. Elected in 1968. Elected in 1970. Elected in 1972. Elected in 1974. Elected in 1976. Resigned to become U.S. Secretary of Transportation.
					1969–1973 Parts of King
					1973–1983 [data missing]
Vacant		January 22, 1977 – May 17, 1977	95th
John E. Cunningham (Seattle)	Republican	May 17, 1977 – January 3, 1979		Elected to finish Adams's term. Lost re-election.
Mike Lowry (Renton)	Democratic	January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1989	96th 97th 98th 99th 100th	Elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Retired to run for U.S. Senator.
					1983–1985 [data missing]
					1985–1993 [data missing]
Jim McDermott (Seattle)	Democratic	January 3, 1989 – January 3, 2017	101st 102nd 103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th 113th 114th	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. Re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Retired.
					1993–2003 Parts of King
					2003–2013 Parts of King
					2013–2023 Parts of King and Snohomish
Pramila Jayapal (Seattle)	Democratic	January 3, 2017 – present	115th 116th 117th 118th	Elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022. Re-elected in 2024.
					2023–present Parts of King

• 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

• 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

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

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