Washington's 2nd Congressional District

Washington's 2nd Congressional District

Incumbent

Rick Larsen

Assumed office: January 3, 2001

Washington's 2nd Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives is represented by Rick Larsen (D).

As of the 2020 Census, Washington representatives represented an average of 771,595 residents. After the 2010 Census, each member represented 675,337 residents.

Elections

2024

See also: Washington's 2nd Congressional District election, 2024

Washington's 2nd Congressional District election, 2024 (August 6 top-two primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Washington District 2

Incumbent Rick Larsen defeated Cody Hart in the general election for U.S. House Washington District 2 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Rick Larsen (D)	63.8	263,750
		Cody Hart (MAGA Republican Party)	35.9	148,167
		Other/Write-in votes	0.3	1,303

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 413,220
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House Washington District 2

The following candidates ran in the primary for U.S. House Washington District 2 on August 6, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Rick Larsen (D)	48.1	106,276
✔		Cody Hart (MAGA Republican Party)	19.8	43,637
		Leif Johnson (R)	10.6	23,340
		Daniel Miller (R)	5.3	11,781
		Joshua Binda (D)	4.8	10,497
		Devin Hermanson (D)	4.3	9,578
		Jason Call (G)	3.5	7,787
		Edwin Stickle (D)	3.5	7,692
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	197

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 220,785
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2022

See also: Washington's 2nd Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Washington District 2

Incumbent Rick Larsen defeated Dan Matthews in the general election for U.S. House Washington District 2 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Rick Larsen (D)	60.1	202,980
		Dan Matthews (R)	39.8	134,335
		Other/Write-in votes	0.2	608

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 337,923
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House Washington District 2

The following candidates ran in the primary for U.S. House Washington District 2 on August 2, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Rick Larsen (D)	45.8	100,631
✔		Dan Matthews (R)	17.0	37,393
		Jason Call (D)	14.6	31,991
		Cody Hart (MAGA Republican Party)	10.1	22,176
		Bill Wheeler (R)	4.2	9,124
		Carrie Kennedy (R)	4.0	8,802
		Leif Johnson (R)	2.5	5,582
		Jon Welch (Conservative Party)	0.8	1,699
	Submit photo	Brandon Stalnaker (R)	0.6	1,366
	Submit photo	Doug Revelle (Independent)	0.4	927
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	161

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 219,852
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2020

See also: Washington's 2nd Congressional District election, 2020

General election

General election for U.S. House Washington District 2

Incumbent Rick Larsen defeated Timothy Hazelo in the general election for U.S. House Washington District 2 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Rick Larsen (D)	63.1	255,252
		Timothy Hazelo (R)	36.7	148,384
		Other/Write-in votes	0.2	962

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 404,598
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House Washington District 2

The following candidates ran in the primary for U.S. House Washington District 2 on August 4, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Rick Larsen (D)	48.5	120,694
✔		Timothy Hazelo (R)	14.9	37,104
		Jason Call (D)	13.9	34,537
		Tim Uy (Trump Republican Party)	9.9	24,613
		Cody Hart (R)	5.7	14,255
		Carrie Kennedy (R)	3.6	9,069
	Submit photo	James Golder (R)	2.1	5,343
	Submit photo	Kari Ilonummi (R)	1.2	2,889
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	284

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 248,788
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2018

See also: Washington's 2nd Congressional District election, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House Washington District 2

Incumbent Rick Larsen defeated Brian Luke in the general election for U.S. House Washington District 2 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Rick Larsen (D)	71.3	210,187
		Brian Luke (L)	28.7	84,646

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 294,833
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House Washington District 2

The following candidates ran in the primary for U.S. House Washington District 2 on August 7, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Rick Larsen (D)	64.9	101,497
✔		Brian Luke (L)	7.9	12,320
	Submit photo	Gary Franco (Independent)	7.8	12,269
		Collin Richard Carlson (D)	7.7	12,058
	Submit photo	Uncle Mover (Moderate GOP Party)	7.6	11,832
	Submit photo	Stonewall Jackson Bird (G)	4.2	6,525

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 156,501
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2016

See also: Washington's 2nd Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Democratic. Incumbent Rick Larsen (D) defeated Marc Hennemann (R) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Larsen and Henneman defeated Mike Lapointe (D), Brian Luke (L), and Kari Ilonummi (I) in the top-two primary on August 2, 2016.

U.S. House, Washington District 2 General Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Rick Larsen Incumbent	64%	208,314
	Republican	Marc Hennemann	36%	117,094
Total Votes				325,408
Source: Washington Secretary of State

U.S. House, Washington District 2 Primary, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Rick Larsen Incumbent	51.8%	71,955
	Republican	Marc Hennemann	32.3%	44,822
	Democratic	Mike Lapointe	10.6%	14,697
	Libertarian	Brian Luke	3.4%	4,771
	Independent	Kari Ilonummi	1.9%	2,628
Total Votes				138,873
Source: Washington Secretary of State

2014

See also: Washington's 2nd Congressional District elections, 2014

The 2nd Congressional District of Washington held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014. Incumbent Rick Larsen (D) defeated B.J. Guillot (R) in the general election.

U.S. House, Washington District 2 General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Rick Larsen Incumbent	60.6%	122,173
	Republican	B.J. Guillot	39.4%	79,518
Total Votes				201,691
Source: Washington Secretary of State

2012

See also: Washington's 2nd Congressional District elections, 2012

The 2nd Congressional District of Washington held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012. Incumbent Rick Larsen won re-election in the district.

U.S. House, Washington District 2 General Election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Rick Larsen Incumbent	61.1%	184,826
	Republican	Dan Matthews	38.9%	117,465
Total Votes				302,291
Source: Washington Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election"

2010
On November 2, 2010, Rick Larsen won re-election to the United States House. He defeated John Koster (R) in the general election.

U.S. House, Washington District 2 General Election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Rick Larsen incumbent	51.1%	155,241
	Republican	John Koster	48.9%	148,722
Total Votes				303,963

2008
On November 4, 2008, Rick Larsen won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Rick Bart (R) in the general election.

U.S. House, Washington District 2 General Election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Rick Larsen incumbent	62.4%	217,416
	Republican	Rick Bart	37.6%	131,051
Total Votes				348,467

2006
On November 7, 2006, Rick Larsen won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Doug Roulstone (R) in the general election.

U.S. House, Washington District 2 General Election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Rick Larsen incumbent	64.2%	157,064
	Republican	Doug Roulstone	35.8%	87,730
Total Votes				244,794

2004
On November 2, 2004, Rick Larsen won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Suzanne Sinclair (R) and Bruce Guthrie (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Washington District 2 General Election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Rick Larsen incumbent	63.9%	202,383
	Republican	Suzanne Sinclair	33.6%	106,333
	Libertarian	Bruce Guthrie	2.5%	7,966
Total Votes				316,682

2002
On November 5, 2002, Rick Larsen won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Norma Smith (R), Bruce Guthrie (L) and Bernard Patrick "Bern" Haggerty (G) in the general election.

U.S. House, Washington District 2 General Election, 2002
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Rick Larsen incumbent	50.1%	101,219
	Republican	Norma Smith	45.8%	92,528
	Libertarian	Bruce Guthrie	2.1%	4,326
	Green	Bernard Patrick "Bern" Haggerty	2%	4,077
Total Votes				202,150

2000
On November 7, 2000, Rick Larsen won election to the United States House. He defeated John Koster (R), Stuart Andrews (L) and Glen S. Johnson (Natural Law) in the general election.

U.S. House, Washington District 2 General Election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Rick Larsen	50%	146,617
	Republican	John Koster	45.9%	134,660
	Libertarian	Stuart Andrews	2.6%	7,672
	Natural Law	Glen S. Johnson	1.4%	4,231
Total Votes				293,180

Redistricting

2020-2021

See also: Redistricting in Washington after the 2020 census

The Washington House approved a final congressional map proposal 88-7 on February 2, 2022, and the Senate approved the congressional plan on February 8, 2022, in a 35-14 vote. Washington’s four redistricting commissioners each released their proposed congressional maps on September 28, 2021. On November 16, 2021, the commission announced that it was not able to produce new maps by its November 15 deadline and had submitted plans to the Washington Supreme Court for consideration, as authority to draw new maps passes to the court if the commission fails to agree on maps before the deadline. The court decided to accept the final map drafts the commission submitted, ruling that it had "substantially complied" with the deadline. This map took effect for Washington's 2022 congressional elections.

How does redistricting in Washington work? In Washington, congressional and state legislative district boundaries are drawn by a five-member non-politician commission. The commission was established by constitutional amendment in 1983. The majority and minority leaders of the Washington State Senate and Washington House of Representatives each appoint one registered voter to the commission. These four commissioners appoint a fifth, non-voting member to serve as the commission's chair. In the event that the four voting commissioners cannot agree on a chair, the Washington Supreme Court must appoint one.

The Washington Constitution stipulates that no commission member may have been an elected official or party officer in the two-year period prior to his or her appointment. Individuals who have registered with the state as lobbyists within the past year are also prohibited from serving on the commission.

The Washington State Legislature may amend the commission's maps by a two-thirds vote in each legislative chamber.

The state constitution requires that congressional and state legislative districts "should be contiguous, compact, and convenient, and follow natural, geographic, artificial, or political subdivision boundaries." The constitution states that the redistricting commission "must not purposely draw plans to favor or discriminate against any political party or group."

State statutes require that congressional and state legislative districts "preserve areas recognized as communities of interest." State statutes also require the commission to draw districts that "provide fair and effective representation" and "encourage electoral competition."

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2010-2011

This is the 2nd Congressional District of Washington after the 2001 redistricting process.

See also: Redistricting in Washington after the 2010 census

In 2011, the Washington State Legislature re-drew the congressional districts based on updated population information from the 2010 census.

District analysis

See also: The Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index

See also: FiveThirtyEight's elasticity scores

2026

Heading into the 2026 elections, based on results from the 2024 and 2020 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district is D+12. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 12 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made Washington's 2nd the 113th most Democratic district nationally.

2024

Heading into the 2024 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was D+9. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 9 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made Washington's 2nd the 130th most Democratic district nationally.

Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Joe Biden (D) would have defeated Donald Trump (R) 60.1%-37.2%.

2022

Heading into the 2022 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was D+9. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 9 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made Washington's 2nd the 129th most Democratic district nationally.

Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Joe Biden (D) would have received 60.1% of the vote in this district and Donald Trump (R) would have received 37.2%.

2018

Heading into the 2018 elections, based on results from the 2016 and 2012 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was D+10. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 10 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made Washington's 2nd Congressional District the 118th most Democratic nationally.

FiveThirtyEight's September 2018 elasticity score for states and congressional districts measured "how sensitive it is to changes in the national political environment." This district's elasticity score was 1.00. This means that for every 1 point the national political mood moved toward a party, the district was expected to move 1.00 points toward that party.

See also

• Redistricting in Washington
• Washington's 2nd Congressional District election, 2024
• Washington's 2nd Congressional District election, 2022
• Washington's 2nd Congressional District election, 2020
• Washington's 2nd Congressional District election, 2018

External links

• GovTrack District 2

Footnotes

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Washington's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Maria Cantwell (D)

Patty Murray (D)

Representatives

District 1

Suzan DelBene (D)

District 2

Rick Larsen (D)

District 3

Marie Gluesenkamp Pérez (D)

District 4

Dan Newhouse (R)

District 5

Michael Baumgartner (R)

District 6

Emily Randall (D)

District 7

Pramila Jayapal (D)

District 8

Kim Schrier (D)

District 9

D. Adam Smith (D)

District 10

Marilyn Strickland (D)

Democratic Party (10)

Republican Party (2)