Washington's 9th congressional district

Washington's 9th congressional district
Washington's 9th congressional district
	Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative	Adam Smith; D–Bellevue
Population (2023)	765,854
Median household; income	$95,293
Ethnicity	40.6% White; 23.6% Asian; 14.3% Hispanic; 12.0% Black; 6.7% Two or more races; 1.8% Pacific Islander Americans; 1.1% other;
Cook PVI	D+21

Washington's 9th congressional district encompasses a long, somewhat narrow area in Western Washington, through the densely populated central Puget Sound region, from Auburn and Federal Way in the south to parts of Seattle and Bellevue in the north. Since 1997, the 9th district has been represented in the U.S. House of Representatives by Adam Smith, a Democrat from Bellevue.

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Established after the 1990 U.S. census, the 9th district was originally drawn as a "fair fight" district. The first representative from the 9th district, Mike Kreidler (D), was defeated after one term by Republican Randy Tate; Tate, in turn, was defeated after one term by Smith. Since being first elected in 1996, Smith's moderate voting record and a strong Democratic trend in the Puget Sound region turned the formerly contentious district into a fairly safe Democratic seat.

Al Gore and John Kerry each carried the 9th district, with 53% in 2000 and 2004, respectively. Barack Obama won the district in 2008, with 59% of the vote.

In 2011, the state began the process of redistricting in response to population changes determined by the 2010 census. In the final report by the bipartisan redistricting commission issued in January 2012, the 9th district shifted to the north. The new district covered Bellevue, Southeast Seattle, and Mercer Island, but only went as far south as the southern tip of Commencement Bay in Tacoma. As of the 2022 redistricting, it is a majority-minority district and the second-most Democratic district in the state; only the neighboring 7th district, covering the rest of Seattle, is more Democratic.

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Year	Office	Results^[3]^[4]^[5]
2008	President	Obama 67% - 31%
2012	President	Obama 69% - 31%
2016	President	Clinton 69% - 25%
	Senate	Murray 71% - 29%
	Governor	Inslee 66% - 34%
	Lt. Governor	Habib 67% - 33%
	Secretary of State	Podlodowski 57% - 43%
	Auditor	McCarthy 62% - 38%
	Attorney General	Ferguson 77% - 23%
2018	Senate	Cantwell 71% - 29%
2020	President	Biden 71% - 26%
	Governor	Inslee 71% - 29%
	Secretary of State	Tarleton 57% - 43%
	Treasurer	Pellicciotti 66% - 34%
	Auditor	McCarthy 71% - 29%
	Attorney General	Ferguson 69% - 31%
2022	Senate	Murray 71% - 29%
2022	Secretary of State (Spec.)	Hobbs 62% - 35%
2024	President	Harris 68% - 27%
	Senate	Cantwell 71% - 28%
	Governor	Ferguson 67% - 33%
	Lt. Governor	Heck 68% - 32%
	Secretary of State	Hobbs 71% - 29%
	Treasurer	Pellicciotti 69% - 31%
	Auditor	McCarthy 70% - 30%
	Attorney General	Brown 67% - 33%

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More information Member (District home), Party ...

Member (District home)	Party	Term	Cong ress	Electoral history	District location
District established January 3, 1993
Mike Kreidler (Olympia)	Democratic	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1995	103rd	Elected in 1992. Lost re-election.	1993–2003 Parts of King, Pierce, and Thurston
Randy Tate (Puyallup)	Republican	January 3, 1995 – January 3, 1997	104th	Elected in 1994. Lost re-election.
Adam Smith (Bellevue)	Democratic	January 3, 1997 – present	105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th 113th 114th 115th 116th 117th 118th 119th	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. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022. Re-elected in 2024.
					2003–2013 Parts of King, Pierce, and Thurston
					2013–2023 Parts of King and Pierce
					2023–present Parts of King