Washington's 7th legislative district
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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).
State senator
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Bob Morton (inc.) | 31,243 | 68.0% | |
| Democratic | Chris Zaferes | 14,439 | 32.0% | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Bob Morton (inc.) | 37,649 | 74.86% | |
| Democratic | Barbara Mowrey | 13,359 | 26.17% | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Brian Dansel | 18,873 | 53.63% | |
| Republican | John Smith (inc.) | 16,324 | 46.37% | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Brian Dansel (inc.) | 32,702 | 72.17% | |
| Republican | Tony Booth | 12,612 | 27.83% | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Shelly Short (inc.) | 25,444 | 68.29% | |
| Democratic | Karen Hardy | 11,814 | 31.71% | |
| 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] | |
