2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Washington

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All 10 Washington seats to theUnited States House of Representatives
Majority party Minority party   Party Democratic Republican Seats before 7 3 Seats after 8 2 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 1,751,582 1,261,961 Percentage 57.88% 41.70% Swing 1.46% 2.52%
Party gains District results County results Democratic:   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%   80–90% Republican:   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%   80–90% Winners:   Democratic hold   Democratic gain   Republican hold

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The2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Washington were held on November 8, 2022, to elect the 10U.S. representatives from the state ofWashington, one from each of the state's 10congressional districts. The elections coincided withother elections to the House of Representatives,elections to theUnited States Senate and variousstate andlocal elections. Going into this election, theDemocratic Party represented seven seats, while theRepublican Party represented three seats.

These were the first elections to the House of Representatives held in Washington state after the2020 redistricting cycle. The Democratic Party gained a seat, flipping the3rd district from Republican to Democratic control, and reducing the Republicans' share of the delegation to just two districts.

Washington state has used a bipartisanredistricting commission to draw its districts since the passage of aballot initiative in 1983. The Democratic and Republican parties each appoint two people to the commission, and the four appointees select a fifth member to serve as the nonvoting chair of the commission. For the2020 redistricting cycle, the Democrats appointed April Sims, secretary-treasurer of theWashington State Labor Council, andBrady Piñero Walkinshaw, CEO ofGrist and a former member of theWashington House of Representatives. The Republicans chosePaul Graves, a lawyer and former member of the Washington House of Representatives, andJoe Fain, president and CEO of theBellevueChamber of Commerce and a former member of theWashington Senate. They selected Sarah Augustine, executive director of the Dispute Resolution Center forYakima andKittitas counties, as chair.^[1]

The commission was required to approve a final set of district maps by 11:59 PM on November 15, 2021. However, for the first time since the process was enacted in 1983, the deadline was not met. Although the commission approved a set of maps with seconds to go before midnight, they did not vote to transmit those maps until after the deadline had passed.^[2] The members of the commission faced widespread criticism for missing the deadline and for making negotiations behind closed doors rather than in front of the public. Some speculated that the actions of the commission may have violated Washington's Open Public Meetings Act, which generally prohibits public commissions from making decisions in private, and theWashington Supreme Court demanded that the redistricting commission produce a detailed timeline of what occurred in the hours before the deadline. Because the commission failed to meet the deadline, the Washington Supreme Court took over responsibility for the state's maps.^[3][4]

Several Washington politicians expressed disappointment that the commission failed and that the supreme court would be drawing the state's maps. Republican former state senatorAnn Rivers claimed that it was "fair to wonder" if some members of the commission wanted to miss the deadline so that the majority-liberal supreme court could take over redistricting.^[5] TheLeague of Women Voters called for the entire process to be reformed, believing it should be more transparent and that the commissioners should be given more time and training.^[6]Washington SenateMajority LeaderAndy Billig said his caucus would introduce legislation to require that the final version of the commission's map be released to the public before the final vote to prevent future commissions from missing the deadline.^[7]

Some speculated that maps drawn by the supreme court may have been more favorable to the Democratic Party compared to those drawn by the bipartisan commission, as five out of the court's nine justices were originally appointed by Democratic governors (three byJay Inslee and two byChristine Gregoire).^[3][4][5][8] The members of the commission urged the supreme court to adopt the maps that it drew but did not approve in time. However, commissioner Walkinshaw acknowledged that there may be questions about whether the maps' handling of theYakima River Valley may have violated theVoting Rights Act due to its distribution of Latinos. TheUCLA Voting Rights Project claimed that the maps demonstrated "racially polarized voting patterns" in the region and urged the supreme court to address these issues.^[9] The supreme court granted the commission's request and adopted its maps, but it emphasized that its decision to use the commission's maps "does not render any opinion on the plan's compliance with any statutory and constitutional requirements," meaning that the maps could still be challenged in court.^[10]

Washington's new congressional map leaves the districts largely the same, though it makes the 1st and 10th districts somewhat more liberal. The most notable change was to the 1st district, which previously reached up to theCanada–United States border. Under the new map, it is more compact, withMedina andBellevue in the south andArlington in the north.^[11] Much of the areas cut out from the 1st district were added to the 2nd district. Previously a primarily coastal district, the 2nd now reaches further inland, taking inSkagit andWhatcom counties. The 8th district was also extended. It now reaches intoSnohomish County, taking in the city ofSultan, and northernKing County, taking in the city ofSkykomish. Although both Snohomish and King are liberal counties, giving 58.5% and 75.0% of their vote respectively to DemocratJoe Biden in the2020 presidential election, the portions of these counties that are inside the 8th are still notably more conservative than the counties as a whole. This, in addition to the presence of Trump-supportingChelan andKittitas counties and a portion ofPierce County, makes the district highly competitive.^[9]

2022 Washington's 1st congressional district election

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Candidate Suzan DelBene Vincent Cavaleri Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 181,992 104,329 Percentage 63.5% 36.4%

County results Precinct results DelBene:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90% Cavaleri:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90% Tie:     50%     No data

U.S. Representative before election Suzan DelBene Democratic Elected U.S. Representative Suzan DelBene Democratic

Before redistricting, the 1st congressional district spanned thenortheastern Seattle suburbs, includingRedmond andKirkland, along theCascades to theCanada–United States border. The incumbent was DemocratSuzan DelBene, who was first elected to the 1st district in 2012. DelBene ran for re-election to a sixth full term in 2022 and won the general election with 63.5% of the vote.^[12]

• Vincent Cavaleri (Republican),Mill Creek city councilor andSnohomish County Sheriff's deputy^[13]
• Suzan DelBene (Democratic), incumbent U.S. Representative and Chair of theNew Democrat Coalition^[14]

• Derek Chartrand (Republican), sales executive and candidate for this seat in2020
• Matthew Heines (Republican), educator and candidate for this seat in2020
• Tom Spears (independent), petroleum landman andU.S. Marine Corps veteran^[15][16]

2022 Washington's 2nd congressional district election

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Candidate Rick Larsen Dan Matthews Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 202,980 134,335 Percentage 60.1% 39.7%

County results Precinct results Larsen:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90% Matthews     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90% Tie:     50%     No data

U.S. Representative before election Rick Larsen Democratic Elected U.S. Representative Rick Larsen Democratic

Before redistricting, the 2nd congressional district encompassed the northernPuget Sound area, includingEverett andBellingham. The incumbent was DemocratRick Larsen, who had represented the 2nd district since 2001. Larsen most recently ran for re-election in 2022, winning 60.2% of the vote in the general election.^[36]

• Rick Larsen (Democratic), incumbent U.S. Representative^[37]
• Dan Matthews (Republican)

• Jason Call (Democratic), teacher and candidate for this district in2020^[38][16]
• Cody Hart (Republican), engineering firm owner,U.S. Navy veteran, and candidate forthis district in2020^[16]
• Leif Johnson (Republican), businessman^[39][16]
• Carrie Kennedy (Republican), conservative activist and candidate forthis district in2020^[40]
• Jon Welch (Republican)^[41]
• Bill Wheeler (Republican), businessman,U.S. Air Force veteran, and write-in candidate forEverett Mayor in 2021^[42][16]

2022 Washington's 3rd congressional district election

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Candidate Marie Gluesenkamp Perez Joe Kent Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 160,323 157,690 Percentage 50.1% 49.3%

County results Precinct results Gluesenkamp Perez:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90% Kent:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90% Tie:     40–50%     50%     No data

U.S. Representative before election Jaime Herrera Beutler Republican Elected U.S. Representative Marie Gluesenkamp Perez Democratic

Before redistricting, the 3rd district encompassed the southernmost portion ofwestern andcentral Washington. It included the counties ofLewis,Pacific,Wahkiakum,Cowlitz,Clark,Skamania, andKlickitat, as well as a small sliver of southernThurston county. The incumbent was RepublicanJaime Herrera Beutler, who was re-elected with 56.4% of the vote in 2020,^[49] but was eliminated in the primary; as one of the ten Republican representatives to vote for impeachment, her primary opponent was endorsed by Trump. Beutler was the first incumbent U.S. Representative from Washington to fail to advance to the general election since the introduction of thetop-two primary system in2008.^[50]

Despite every major election predictor predicting this race to be "Lean R" or better for Republicans, the race was won by DemocratMarie Gluesenkamp Perez by a small margin.^[51] The race has been called a microcosm of many of those across the U.S., with a far-right challenger to the incumbent being defeated in the general election withelection denial and abortion rights being major issues.^[52] Other issues include the expansion of mass transit into WA-3. Kent was opposed to it while Perez supported it.

• Joe Kent (Republican), technology project manager, formerU.S. Armychief warrant officer, formerGreen Beret, and widower ofShannon M. Kent^[53][16]
• Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (Democratic), small business owner^[54]

• Oliver Black (American Solidarity)
• Chris Byrd (independent)
• Leslie French (Republican), businessman^[55]
• Jaime Herrera Beutler (Republican), incumbent U.S. Representative^[56]
• Vicki Kraft (Republican),state representative from the17th district^[57]
• Davy Ray (Democratic), college instructor, retired musician, and candidate for this district in2020^[58][16]
• Heidi St. John (Republican), author and speaker^[53][16]

• Brent Hennrich (Democratic), installation site supervisor(endorsed Gluesenkamp Perez)^[14][59]
• Lucy Lauser (Democratic), artist, musician, andSkamania delegate forBernie Sanders in2016^[60][16][61]
• Christopher Maynard (Democratic), business owner(endorsed Hennrich)^[62][63][64]
• Wadi Yakhour (Republican), former special assistant to theU.S. Department of the Interior andU.S. Navy veteran^[65]

2022 Washington's 4th congressional district election

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Candidate Dan Newhouse Doug White Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 150,619 70,710 Percentage 66.5% 31.2%

County results Precinct results Newhouse:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90% White     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90% Tie:     40–50%     50%     No data

U.S. Representative before election Dan Newhouse Republican Elected U.S. Representative Dan Newhouse Republican

Before redistricting, the 4th congressional district encompassed ruralcentral Washington, includingYakima andTri-Cities area. The incumbent was RepublicanDan Newhouse, who had represented the 4th district since 2015. Newhouse was one of ten Republicans in the House to vote to open impeachment proceedings against Donald Trump in his second impeachment trial in the aftermath of the January 6th insurrection. Trump targeted him in the primary and endorsed another GOP candidate, Loren Culp, as a result of Newhouse's vote.^[111] Newhouse defeated Culp in the blanket primary and advanced to the general election, which he won by garnering 66.5% of the vote.^[112]

• Dan Newhouse (Republican), incumbent U.S. Representative^[113]
• Doug White (Democratic), farmer^[114]

• Loren Culp (Republican), formerRepublic police chief,U.S. Army veteran, and nominee forGovernor of Washington in2020^[113]
• Benancio Garcia III (Republican),U.S. Army veteran^[115][16]
• Corey Gibson (Republican), business owner^[116]
• Brad Klippert (Republican),state representative for the8th district and candidate for U.S. Senate in2004 and2006^[117]
• Jacek Kobiesa (Republican), mechanical engineer^[118]
• Jerrod Sessler (Republican), formerNASCAR driver andU.S. Navy veteran^[119]

2022 Washington's 5th congressional district election

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Candidate Cathy McMorris Rodgers Natasha Hill Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 188,648 127,585 Percentage 59.5% 40.2%

County results Precinct results McMorris Rodgers:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90% Hill:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90% Tie:     40–50%     50%     No data

U.S. Representative before election Cathy McMorris Rodgers Republican Elected U.S. Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers Republican

Before redistricting, the 5th district encompassedeastern Washington, and included the city ofSpokane. The incumbent was RepublicanCathy McMorris Rodgers, who had represented the 5th district since 2005. McMorris Rodgers was most recently re-elected in 2022, garnering 59.7% of the vote.^[126]

• Natasha Hill (Democratic), attorney^[127]
• Cathy McMorris Rodgers (Republican), incumbent U.S. Representative^[14]

• Sean Clynch (Republican)^[128]
• Ann Marie Danimus (Democratic), business owner^[129]

2022 Washington's 6th congressional district election

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Candidate Derek Kilmer Elizabeth Kreiselmaier Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 208,710 138,754 Percentage 60.0% 39.9%

County results Precinct results Kilmer:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90% Kreiselmaier:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90% Tie:     40–50%     50%     No data

U.S. Representative before election Derek Kilmer Democratic Elected U.S. Representative Derek Kilmer Democratic

Before redistricting, the 6th district was based on theOlympic Peninsula, and included westernTacoma. The incumbent was DemocratDerek Kilmer, who had represented the 6th district since 2013. Kilmer was most recently re-elected in 2022, garnering 60.1% of the vote in the general election.^[134]

• Derek Kilmer (Democratic), incumbent U.S. Representative^[14]
• Elizabeth Kreiselmaier (Republican), Special Education Research and Program Evaluator and runner-up forthis district in2020^[14]

• Chris Binns (Republican)
• Todd Bloom (Republican)
• Rebecca Parson (Democratic), copywriter and candidate forthis district in2020^[14]
• Tom Triggs (independent)

• Aaron Hansen (Republican), automobile assembler^[135][136]

2022 Washington's 7th congressional district election

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Candidate Pramila Jayapal Cliff Moon Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 295,998 49,207 Percentage 85.4% 14.2%

County results Precinct results Jayapal:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%

U.S. Representative before election Pramila Jayapal Democratic Elected U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal Democratic

Before redistricting, the 7th congressional district encompassed most ofSeattle, as well asEdmonds,Shoreline,Lake Forest Park,Vashon Island, andBurien. The incumbent was DemocratPramila Jayapal, who had represented the 7th district since 2017. Jayapal was most recently re-elected in 2022, garnering 85.7% of the vote.^[141]

• Pramila Jayapal (Democratic), incumbent U.S. Representative and Chair of theCongressional Progressive Caucus^[14]
• Cliff Moon (Republican)

• Paul Glumaz (Republican),LaRouche activist^[14]
• Jesse James (independent)

• Earnest Thompson (independent)^[14]

2022 Washington's 8th congressional district election

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Candidate Kim Schrier Matt Larkin Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 179,003 155,976 Percentage 53.3% 46.4%

County results Precinct results Schrier:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90% Larkin:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90% Tie:     40–50%     50%     No data

U.S. Representative before election Kim Schrier Democratic Elected U.S. Representative Kim Schrier Democratic

Before redistricting, the 8th district encompassed the eastern suburbs ofSeattle includingSammamish,Maple Valley,Covington,Hobart,Issaquah, andAuburn and stretched into ruralcentral Washington, includingChelan County andKittitas County, as well as taking in easternPierce County. The incumbent was DemocratKim Schrier, who had represented the 8th district since 2019. Schrier was re-elected, garnering 53.4% of the vote in the general election.^[148]

• Matt Larkin (Republican), manufacturing executive and runner-up forWashington Attorney General in2020^[149]
• Kim Schrier (Democratic), incumbent U.S. Representative^[149]

• Keith Arnold (Democratic), perennial candidate
• Ryan Burkett (independent), perennial candidate
• Dave Chapman (Republican)
• Patrick Dillon (independent), candidate for this district in2018
• Reagan Dunn (Republican),King County Councilor and son of former U.S. RepresentativeJennifer Dunn^[150]
• Justin Greywolf (Libertarian), software engineer^[14]
• Jesse Jensen (Republican),U.S. Army veteran,Amazon senior project manager, and runner-up for this district in2020^[149][151]
• Scott Stephenson (Republican), program manager
• Emet Ward (Democratic)