Washington's 6th congressional district encompasses the Olympic Peninsula , the Kitsap Peninsula , and most of the city of Tacoma . Its counties include the entirety of Clallam , Kitsap , Mason , Jefferson , and Grays Harbor counties, and part of Pierce County . 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.
Washington's 6th congressional district Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023 (
Kitsap County and
Tacoma highlighted, where most of the district's population resides)
Representative Population (2023) 785,859 Median household $88,876[ 1] Ethnicity Cook PVI D+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 the 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 in Washington 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. Joe Biden received 57% in the district in 2020 .
Recent election results from presidential races
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List of members representing the district
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Member
Party
Term
Cong
Electoral history
District location
District established March 4, 1933
Wesley Lloyd (Tacoma )
Democratic
March 4, 1933 –
73rd 74th
Elected in 1932 .Re-elected in 1934 .1933–1959 [data missing
Vacant
January 10, 1936 –
74th
John M. Coffee (Tacoma )
Democratic
January 3, 1937 –
75th 76th 77th 78th 79th
Elected in 1936 .Re-elected in 1938 .Re-elected in 1940 .Re-elected in 1942 .Re-elected in 1944 .
Thor C. Tollefson (Tacoma )
Republican
January 3, 1947 –
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 .
1959–1961 [data missing
1961–1969 [data missing
Floyd Hicks (Tacoma )
Democratic
January 3, 1965 –
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 .
1969–1973 Kitsap and Pierce ; parts of King
1973–1983 [data missing
Norm Dicks (Bremerton )
Democratic
January 3, 1977 –
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 .
1983–1985 Kitsap , Mason , and Pierce
1985–1993 Kitsap and Pierce
1993–2003 Clallam , Jefferson , and Mason ; parts of Grays Harbor , Kitsap , and Pierce
2003–2013 Clallam , Grays Harbor , Jefferson , and Mason ; parts of Kitsap and Pierce
Derek Kilmer (Gig Harbor )
Democratic
January 3, 2013 –
113th 114th 115th 116th 117th 118th
Elected in 2012 .Re-elected in 2014 .Re-elected in 2016 .Re-elected in 2018 .Re-elected in 2020 .Re-elected in 2022 .2013–2023 Clallam , Grays Harbor , Jefferson , and Kitsap ; parts of Mason and Pierce
2023–present Clallam , Grays Harbor , Jefferson , Kitsap , and Mason ; parts of Pierce
Emily Randall (elect) (Bremerton )
Democratic
January 3, 2025
119th
Elected in 2024.
Recent election results
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Historical district boundaries
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The district from 2003 to 2013 The district from 2013 to 2023
^ "My Congressional District" .^ "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List" . Cook Political Report . July 12, 2022. Retrieved January 10, 2023 .^ "Federal - All Results" . Washington Secretary of State. Retrieved October 28, 2024 .^ "Federal - All Results" . Washington Secretary of State. November 4, 2014. Retrieved December 8, 2014 .^ "November 8, 2016 General Election Results" . Washington Secretary of State . Retrieved December 3, 2016 .^ Johnson, Cheryl L. (February 28, 2019). "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 6, 2018" . Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives . Retrieved April 27, 2019 . ^ "November 3, 2020 General Election Results" . Washington Secretary of State . Retrieved December 4, 2020 .^ "November 8, 2022 General Election Results" . Washington Secretary of State . Retrieved October 28, 2024 .
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