Washington's 9th congressional district

"WA-9" redirects here. WA-9 may also refer to Washington State Route 9.

Washington's 9th congressional district
File:WA CD 09-2013.pdf
Current Representative		Adam Smith (D–Bellevue)
Population (2010)	672,460
Ethnicity	49.7% White, 11.17% Black, 21.2% Asian, 11.8% Hispanic, 0.8% Native American, 5.8% other
Cook PVI	D+15

Washington's 9th congressional district encompasses a long, somewhat narrow area in western Washington through the densely populated central Puget Sound region, from Tacoma in the south to 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.

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 conservative Republican Randy Tate; Tate, in turn, was defeated after one term by Smith. Kreidler currently serves as the Washington Commissioner of Insurance, and Tate went on to succeed Ralph Reed as executive director of the Christian Coalition. Since being first elected in 1996, Smith's moderate voting record and a strong Democratic trend in the Puget Sound region have turned the formerly contentious district into a fairly safe Democratic seat. He won reelection easily in the 2008 election.

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 shifts District 9 to the north to encompass Bellevue, southeast Seattle, and Mercer Island but only goes as far south as the southern tip of Commencement Bay in Tacoma. As of the 2012 redistricting, it is now a majority minority district.

The district from 2003 to 2013

Voting

Election results from presidential races
Year	Office	Results
1996	President	Clinton 51 - 36%
1992	President	Clinton 42 - 31%

List of representatives

Congress	Representative	Party	Dates	District Home	Notes
District created			January 3, 1993
103rd	Mike Kreidler	Democratic	January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1995
104th	Randy Tate	Republican	January 3, 1995 – January 3, 1997
105th - 113th	75px Adam Smith	Democratic	January 3, 1997 – present		Incumbent

See also

• United States House of Representatives elections in Washington, 2008
• United States House of Representatives elections in Washington, 2010
• United States House of Representatives elections in Washington, 2012

References

• Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present

External links

• Interactive Map at Adam Smith's House website
• Washington State Redistricting Commission
• Find your new congressional district: a searchable map, Seattle Times, January 13, 2012