Washington's 6th congressional district encompasses the

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, the

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, and most of the city of

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. Its counties include the entirety of Clallam, Kitsap, Mason, Jefferson, and

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counties, and part of Pierce County. The 6th district has been represented in the

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Emily Randall Emily Elissa Randall (born October 30, 1985) is an American politician and activist who is a U.S. representative for Washington's 6th congressional district and a former member of the Washington State Senate.Democrat from Bremerton, since January 2025. Established after the 1930 U.S. census, the 6th district is a

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district, with many of its jobs provided by

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and the

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on the Pacific and Juan de Fuca coasts, and by the

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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.

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swept the district in

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and

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, with 57% of the vote each time.

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won the district with 52% in

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

, with a diminished, but still large, margin.

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received 57% in the district in

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and

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received 58% here in

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Recent election results from statewide races

Composition

For the 118th and successive Congresses (based on redistricting following the 2020 census), the district contains all or portions of the following counties and communities:https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/cong_dist/cd118/cd_based/ST53/CD118_WA06.pdf
/ref> Clallam County (12) : All 12 communities Grays Harbor County (33) : All 33 communities Jefferson County (7) : All 7 communities Kitsap County (28) : All 28 communities Mason County (7) : All 7 communities Pierce County (22) : Artondale, Browns Point, Canterwood, Dash Point,

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, Fife Heights, Fox Island, Gig Harbor, Herron Island,

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, Key Center, Longbranch, Maplewood, Milton (part; also 9th), Purdy, Rosedale, Ruston, Stansberry Lake,

(part; also 10th), Vaughn, Wauna, Wollochet

List of members representing the district

Recent election results

2012

2014

2016

2018

2020

2022

2024

Historical district boundaries

References

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Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present

External links

Washington State Redistricting Commission
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