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Washington's 9th Congressional District
Washington's 9th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives is represented by D. Adam Smith (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
See also: Washington's 9th Congressional District election, 2030
There are no official candidates yet for this election.
See also: United States House of Representatives elections in Washington, 2028
There are no official candidates yet for this election.
See also: Washington's 9th Congressional District election, 2026
General election
The primary will occur on August 4, 2026. The general election will occur on November 3, 2026. General election candidates will be added here following the primary.
Nonpartisan primary
Nonpartisan primary election for U.S. House Washington District 9
Incumbent D. Adam Smith (D), Melissa Chaudhry (D), Janis Clark (R), C. Mark Greene (R), and Kshama Sawant (Independent) are running in the primary for U.S. House Washington District 9 on August 4, 2026.
Candidate | ||
 | D. Adam Smith (D) | |
 | Melissa Chaudhry (D) | |
 | Janis Clark (R) | |
 | C. Mark Greene (R) | |
 | Kshama Sawant (Independent) | |
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See also: Washington's 9th Congressional District election, 2024
General election
General election for U.S. House Washington District 9
Incumbent D. Adam Smith (D) defeated Melissa Chaudhry (D) in the general election for U.S. House Washington District 9 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | D. Adam Smith (D) | 65.4 | 182,780 |
| | Melissa Chaudhry (D) | 32.4 | 90,601 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 2.1% | 5,917 | ||
| Total votes: 279,298 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary
Nonpartisan primary election for U.S. House Washington District 9
Incumbent D. Adam Smith (D) and Melissa Chaudhry (D) defeated Paul Martin (R), C. Mark Greene (R), and David Ishii (Bipartisan Party) in the primary for U.S. House Washington District 9 on August 6, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | D. Adam Smith (D) | 53.8 | 78,761 |
| ✔ | | Melissa Chaudhry (D) | 20.7 | 30,229 |
 | Paul Martin (R) | 18.2 | 26,646 | |
| | C. Mark Greene (R) | 6.5 | 9,459 | |
 | David Ishii (Bipartisan Party) | 0.7 | 963 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2% | 248 | ||
| Total votes: 146,306 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
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See also: Washington's 9th Congressional District election, 2022
General election
General election for U.S. House Washington District 9
Incumbent D. Adam Smith (D) defeated Douglas Michael Basler (R) in the general election for U.S. House Washington District 9 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | D. Adam Smith (D) | 71.6 | 171,746 |
 | Douglas Michael Basler (R) | 28.2 | 67,631 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2% | 471 | ||
| Total votes: 239,848 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
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Nonpartisan primary
Nonpartisan primary election for U.S. House Washington District 9
The following candidates ran in the primary for U.S. House Washington District 9 on August 2, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | D. Adam Smith (D) | 55.2 | 78,272 |
| ✔ | | Douglas Michael Basler (R) | 20.6 | 29,144 |
 | Stephanie Gallardo (D) | 15.9 | 22,531 | |
| Sea Chan (R) | 3.8 | 5,338 | ||
 | Seth Pedersen (R) | 3.4 | 4,781 | |
| David Michael Anderson (Independent) | 1.1 | 1,541 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1% | 153 | ||
| Total votes: 141,760 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- David Ishii (D)
- Krystal Marx (D)
- Amelia Paz (D)
See also: Washington's 9th Congressional District election, 2020
General election
General election for U.S. House Washington District 9
Incumbent D. Adam Smith (D) defeated Douglas Michael Basler (R) in the general election for U.S. House Washington District 9 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | D. Adam Smith (D) | 74.1 | 258,771 |
| | Douglas Michael Basler (R) | 25.7 | 89,697 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2% | 582 | ||
| Total votes: 349,050 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
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Nonpartisan primary
Nonpartisan primary election for U.S. House Washington District 9
Incumbent D. Adam Smith (D) and Douglas Michael Basler (R) defeated Joshua Campbell (R) and Jorge Besada (L) in the primary for U.S. House Washington District 9 on August 4, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | D. Adam Smith (D) | 73.6 | 145,601 |
| ✔ | | Douglas Michael Basler (R) | 15.6 | 30,923 |
| Joshua Campbell (R) | 8.1 | 15,983 | ||
| Jorge Besada (L) | 2.4 | 4,792 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.3% | 560 | ||
| Total votes: 197,859 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
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See also: United States House of Representatives elections in Washington, 2018
General election
General election for U.S. House Washington District 9
Incumbent D. Adam Smith (D) defeated Sarah Smith (D) in the general election for U.S. House Washington District 9 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | D. Adam Smith (D) | 67.9 | 163,345 |
 | Sarah Smith (D) | 32.1 | 77,222 | |
| Total votes: 240,5670 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary
Nonpartisan primary election for U.S. House Washington District 9
Incumbent D. Adam Smith (D) and Sarah Smith (D) defeated Douglas Michael Basler (R) in the primary for U.S. House Washington District 9 on August 7, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | D. Adam Smith (D) | 48.4 | 71,035 |
| ✔ | | Sarah Smith (D) | 26.9 | 39,409 |
| | Douglas Michael Basler (R) | 24.7 | 36,254 | |
| Total votes: 146,6980 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
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District map
Redistricting
2020-2021
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.[10][11] 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.[12]
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.[12]
The Washington State Legislature may amend the commission's maps by a two-thirds vote in each legislative chamber.[12]
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."[12]
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."[12]
2020
2024
2010-2011
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+22. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 22 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made Washington's 9th the 45th most Democratic district nationally.[13]
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+21. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 21 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made Washington's 9th the 59th most Democratic district nationally.[14]
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) 71.5%-26.3%.[15]
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+21. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 21 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made Washington's 9th the 59th most Democratic district nationally.[16]
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 71.5% of the vote in this district and Donald Trump (R) would have received 26.3%.[17]
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+21. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 21 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made Washington's 9th Congressional District the 62nd most Democratic nationally.[18]
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 0.87. This means that for every 1 point the national political mood moved toward a party, the district was expected to move 0.87 points toward that party.[19]
See also
- Redistricting in Washington
- Washington's 9th Congressional District election, 2024
- Washington's 9th Congressional District election, 2022
- Washington's 9th Congressional District election, 2020
- Washington's 9th Congressional District election, 2018
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Washington Secretary of State, "Unofficial List of Candidates in Ballot Order," accessed May 23, 2016
- ↑ Politico, "Washington House Primaries Results," August 2, 2016
- ↑ Politico, "2012 Election Map, Washington"
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 4, 2008," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 2006," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2004," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 5, 2002," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 2000," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ The Spokesman-Review, "State Senate passes changes to redistricting process as House approves final maps with changes," February 2, 2022
- ↑ Washington State Legislature, "HCR 4407 - 2021-22," accessed February 9, 2022
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 All About Redistricting, "Washington," accessed May 6, 2015
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "2025 Cook PVI℠: District Map and List (119th Congress)," accessed July 1, 2025
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "The 2022 Cook Partisan Voting Index (Cook PVI℠)," accessed January 10, 2024
- ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' 2020 presidential results by congressional district, for new and old districts," accessed September 15, 2022
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "The 2022 Cook Partisan Voting Index (Cook PVI℠)," accessed February 6, 2023
- ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' 2020 presidential results by congressional district, for new and old districts," accessed September 15, 2022
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "Introducing the 2017 Cook Political Report Partisan Voter Index," April 7, 2017
- ↑ FiveThirtyEight, "Election Update: The Most (And Least) Elastic States And Districts," September 6, 2018
