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

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, covering the counties of Douglas, Okanogan,

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, Franklin, Benton, and Adams, and part of Walla Walla County. The district is dominated by the

and Tri-Cities areas. The fourth district is predominantly rural, and is considerably more conservative than the western part of the state. Its Republican dominance is long-established: no Democratic presidential candidate has carried any county in the district since

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in 1992 carried

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. None of the other counties in the district have backed a Democrat for President since

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, while Adams County has not voted Democratic since

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. George W. Bush carried the district in

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and 2004 with 62% and 63% of the vote, respectively. The 4th district also gave John McCain 58% of the vote in

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, his strongest showing in Washington. Only three Democrats have ever represented the district in Congress. The last Democrat to represent the district was

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, who held the seat during the

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Doc Hastings Richard Norman Hastings (born February 7, 1941) is an American politician and member of the Republican Party who served as the U.S. representative for from 1995 until his retirement in 2015. The district includes much of central Washington inc ...

, Inslee's Republican opponent in 1992, defeated Inslee in a 1994 rematch and served in Congress until he retired in 2014. After losing to Hastings in 1994, Inslee later moved to

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and was sent back to Congress representing the first district in the central

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area. Inslee was elected the state's governor in 2012, and took office in January 2013. In the 2008 election, Hastings easily defeated challenger George Fearing. The 4th district has been represented in the U.S. House of Representatives by

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since 2015, a

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from Sunnyside. WA04 109

Results from presidential elections

List of members representing the district

Recent election results

2012

2014

2016

2018

2020

References

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Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present
accessed November 8, 2014.

External links

Washington State Redistricting Commission
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