Washington's 7th legislative district

Washington's 7th legislative district is one of 49 districts in Washington for representation in the state legislature. The district is in the extreme northeast of the state and borders Canada's British Columbia on the north and Idaho on the east. It includes all of Ferry, Okanogan, Pend Orielle, and Stevens counties, along with portions of Chelan, Douglas and Spokane counties.[1] An earlier redistricting proposal from 2021 would have divided Okanogan County between the 7th and 13th districts.[2] The district was most recently redrawn by court order in the 2024 case Soto Palmer v. Hobbs.[3]

The largely rural district is represented by Shelly Short in the state senate and state representatives Andrew Engell (R-pos. 1) and Hunter Abell (R-pos. 2).

Recent election results

State senator

2006 general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Bob Morton (inc.) 31,243 68.0%
Democratic Chris Zaferes 14,439 32.0%
2010 general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Bob Morton (inc.) 37,649 74.86%
Democratic Barbara Mowrey 13,359 26.17%
2013 special election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Brian Dansel 18,873 53.63%
Republican John Smith (inc.) 16,324 46.37%
2014 general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Brian Dansel (inc.) 32,702 72.17%
Republican Tony Booth 12,612 27.83%
2017 special election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Shelly Short (inc.) 25,444 68.29%
Democratic Karen Hardy 11,814 31.71%
2018 general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Shelly Short (inc.) 48,042 69.01%
Democratic Karen Hardy 21,592 30.99%

Past legislators

Statehood-1932

During this period, the state senate and state house districts were geographically distinct.[4]

Year Senate House
Senator Senate District Geography House Position 1 House Position 2 House District Geography
1st (1889-1890) H. H. Wolfe (R) Columbia County
2nd (1891-1892) Thomas J. Smith (R) Whitman County (part) House District Established Whitman County (part)
Joseph Arrasmith (R)[a] O. E. Young (R)
3rd (1893-1894) E. H. Letterman (R)
4th (1895-1896) Oliver Hall (R) Moses Bull (R) W. S. Johnston (R)
5th (1897-1898) John L. Canutt (Pop.) Miles T. Hooper (Pop.)
6th (1899-1900) William L. La Follette (R) Wilford Allen (R)
7th (1901-1902) G. W. Barkhuff (D) E. J. Durham (R)
8th (1903-1904) Huber Rasher (D) Spokane County (part) E. J. Durham (R) Charles L. Mackenzie (D)
9th (1905-1906) Peter McGregor (R) LeRoy Stilson (R)
10th (1907-1908) Harry Rosenhaupt (R) J. Hugh Sherfey (R) Mark W. Whitlow (D)
11th (1909-1910) O. E. Young (R) Hugh C. Todd (D)
12th (1911-1912) Charles R. Larue (D)
13th (1913-1914) George H. Newman (R) Charles L. Chamberlin (R)
14th (1915-1916) Frank A. Chase (R) James H. T. Smith (R) George H. Watt (R)
15th (1917-1918) C. E. Hoover (R) Roy Jones (R)
16th (1919-1920) Edwin T. Coman (R) Frank E. Sanger (R)
17th (1921-1922) Roy Jones (R) Frank E. Sanger (R)
18th (1923-1924) Reba Hurn (R) A. E. Olson (R) John M. Klemgard (D)
19th (1925-1926) Roy Jones (R)
20th (1927-1928)
21st (1929-1930)
22nd (1931-1932) Charles H. Voss (R)

1933-Present

After the passage of Initiative 57 and the 1930 redistricting cycle, the state senate and state house districts were geographically similar. While some senate districts would occasionally be broken up into house seats A and B, seats A and B were always contained in the Senate district boundaries.

The 7th Legislative district's state senate and house seats are identical geographically from 1933 to the present day.[4]

Year Senate House District Geography
Senator House Position 1 House Position 2
23rd (1933-1934) Charles H. Voss (R) Frank Anderson (D) Dave Cohn (D) Spokane County (part)
24th (1935-1936) Joseph Drumheller (D) David C. Cowen (D) Edward J. Reilly (D)[b]
25th (1937-1938)
26th (1939-1940)
27th (1941-1942)
28th (1943-1944) David C. Cowen (D) P. J. Oldershaw (R)
29th (1945-1946) Edward T. Chambers (D) William H. Price Jr. (D)
30th (1947-1948) Howard T. Ball (R) Harry W. Pierong (R)
31st (1949-1950) James P. Dillard (D)
32nd (1951-1952) C. A. Orndorff (R)
33rd (1953-1954) Edward J. Reilly (D)
34th (1955-1956) Edward F. Harris (R)
35th (1957-1958) Edward F. Harris (R) Richard W. Morphis (R)
36th (1959-1960)
37th (1961-1962)
38th (1963-1964)
39th (1965-1966)
40th (1967-1968) Robert W. Twigg (R) Carlton A. Gladder (R) Edward F. Harris (R) 1965 Redistricting
Spokane County (part)
41st (1969-1970)
42nd (1971-1972)
43rd (1973-1974) Joe Haussler (D) Bill Schumaker (R) 1972 Redistricting
Ferry, Lincoln, Pend Oreille, Stevens, Okanogan (part), and Spokane (part)
44th (1975-1976) Bruce A. Wilson (D)
45th (1977-1978) Helen Fancher (R) Scott Barr (R)
46th (1979-1980)
47th (1981-1982)
48th (1983-1984) Scott Barr (R)[c] Steve Fuhrman (R) Louis M. Egger (D)
49th (1985-1986) Tom Bristow (D)[d]
50th (1987-1988)
51st (1989-1990)
Neal Kirby (D)[e]
Bob Morton (R)[f][g]
52nd (1991-1992)
53rd (1993-1994)
Bob Morton (R)[g][h] Cathy McMorris (R)
54th (1995-1996)
55th (1997-1998) Bob Sump (R)
56th (1999-2000)
57th (2001-2002)
58th (2003-2004)
59th (2005-2006) Joel Kretz (R)
60th (2007-2008)
61st (2009-2010) Shelly Short (R)[i]
62nd (2011-2012)
63rd (2013-2014) John Smith (R)[j] Ferry, Pend Oreille, Stevens, Okanogan (part), and Spokane (part)
Brian Dansel (R)[k][l]
64th (2015-2016)
65th (2017-2018)
Shelly Short (R)[i] Jacquelin Maycumber (R)[m]
66th (2019-2020)
67th (2021-2022)
68th (2023-2024) Ferry, Okanogan, Pend Oreille, Stevens, Douglas (part), Grant (part), and Spokane (part)
69th (2025-2026) Andrew Engell (R) Hunter Abell (R) Ferry, Okanogan, Pend Oreille, Stevens, Chelan (part), Douglas (part), and Spokane (part)[n]

Key

Democratic (D)
Populist (Pop)
Republican (R)

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Elected Speaker of the House for the 3rd legislative session (1893-94
  2. ^ Elected Speaker of the House for the 25th, 27th, & 28th legislative sessions (1937-38, 41-44)
  3. ^ Resigned Dec. 16, 1993
  4. ^ Resigned Dec. 1, 1989
  5. ^ Appointed Dec. 29, 1989
  6. ^ Elected Nov. 6, 1990 to serve unexpired term
  7. ^ a b Resigned house seat; Appointed Jan. 5, 1994 to the serve unexpired term in the state senate
  8. ^ Resigned Dec. 31, 2012
  9. ^ a b Resigned house seat; Appointed Jan. 30; Sworn in Feb. 1; Elected Nov. 8, 2017 to serve unexpired term in the state senate
  10. ^ Appointed Jan. 3; Sworn in Jan. 14, 2013
  11. ^ Elected Nov. 5, 2013; Sworn in Dec. 6, 2013 to serve unexpired term
  12. ^ Resigned Jan. 24, 2017
  13. ^ Appointed Feb. 1, 2017; Elected Nov. 8, 2017 to serve unexpired term)
  14. ^ 2024 court ordered redistricting in Soto Palmer v. Hobbs

References

  1. ^ Adopted Legislative District 7 (PDF) (Map). Washington State Redistricting Commission. 2022. Retrieved February 10, 2024.
  2. ^ Johnson, Natalie (October 6, 2021). "New maps could change Okanogan County leadership". Methow Valley News. Retrieved February 10, 2024.
  3. ^ "U.S. judge picks new WA legislative map, moving Latino district". Cascade PBS. March 15, 2024. Retrieved April 10, 2026.
  4. ^ a b "State of Washington Members of the Legislature, 1889 – 2011" (PDF). Washington State Legislature. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 20, 2022.

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