| State: | Washington |
| District Number: | 6 |
| Image Caption: | Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023 (Kitsap County and Tacoma highlighted, where most of the district's population resides) |
| Representative: | Derek Kilmer |
| Party: | Democratic |
| Residence: | Gig Harbor |
| Population: | 785,859 |
| Population Year: | 2023 |
| Median Income: | $88,876[1] |
| Percent White: | 72.5 |
| Percent Black: | 3.4 |
| Percent Asian: | 4.3 |
| Percent Native American: | 2.1 |
| Percent Hispanic: | 9.1 |
| Percent Other Race: | 0.6 |
| Percent Native Hawaiian: | 0.9 |
| Percent More Than One Race: | 7.8 |
| Cpvi: | D+6[2] |
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.
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.
| Year | Office | Results | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | President | Clinton 43 - 31% | |
| 1996 | President | Clinton 50 - 36% | |
| 2000 | President | Gore 52 - 37% | |
| 2004 | President | Kerry 53 - 36% | |
| 2008 | President | Obama 57 - 40% | |
| 2012 | President | Obama 56 - 41% | |
| 2016 | President | Clinton 51 - 39% | |
| 2020 | President | Biden 57 - 39% |
| Member | Party | Term | Cong ress | Electoral history | width=350 | District location | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| District established March 4, 1933 | ||||||||
| align=left | Wesley Lloyd | Democratic | nowrap | March 4, 1933 – January 10, 1936 | Elected in 1932. Re-elected in 1934. Died. | 1933–1959 | ||
| Colspan=2 | Vacant | nowrap | January 10, 1936 – January 3, 1937 | |||||
| align=left | John M. Coffee | Democratic | nowrap | January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1947 | Elected in 1936. Re-elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1940. Re-elected in 1942. Re-elected in 1944. Lost re-election. | |||
Thor C. Tollefson | Republican | January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1965 | 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. Lost re-election. | |||||
| 1959–1961 | ||||||||
| 1961–1969 | ||||||||
Floyd Hicks | Democratic | January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1977 | Elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Re-elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. Retired. | |||||
| 1969–1973 Kitsap and Pierce; parts of King | ||||||||
| 1973–1983 | ||||||||
Norm Dicks | Democratic | January 3, 1977 – January 3, 2013 | 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. Retired. | |||||
| 1983–1985 Parts of Kitsap, Mason, and Pierce | ||||||||
| 1985–1993 Parts of 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 | Democratic | January 3, 2013 – present | Elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022. Retiring at the end of term. | 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 | ||||||||
| align=left | Emily Randall (elect) | Democratic | January 3, 2025 | Elected in 2024. | ||||