Washington's 4th congressional district

Infobox U.S. congressional district
state = Washington
district number = 4

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representative = Doc Hastings
party = Republican
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population = 654,901
population year = 2000
median income = 37,764
percent white = 75.7
percent black = 0.9
percent asian = 1.3
percent native american =2.2
percent hispanic = 26.4
percent other race = 0.8
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cpvi = R+13The Fourth Congressional District of Washington encompasses a large area of central Washington, covering the counties of Chelan, Douglas, Kittitas, Grant, Yakima, Franklin, Benton, Klickitat, and parts of Adams and Skamania counties. Since 1995, the Fourth has been represented in the U.S. House of Representatives by Richard N. "Doc" Hastings, a Republican from Pasco.

Established after the 1910 census, the Fourth District is predominantly rural and politically conservative, and has been dominated by the Republican Party for several decades, with the exception of the 103rd Congress from 1993 to 1995, when it was represented by Democrat Jay Inslee. Hastings defeated Inslee in the 1994 election and has served in Congress ever since; Inslee later moved to Bainbridge Island and was sent back to Congress representing the First District in the central Puget Sound area. The Fourth District remains solidly Republican in character, and Hastings won reelection easily in the 2006 election.

Representatives

ee also

*United States House of Representatives elections in Washington, 2006

External links

* [http://www.house.gov/hastings/ Web site of U.S. Rep. Doc Hastings]