Washington's 8th legislative district
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Washington's 8th legislative district is one of forty-nine districts in Washington state for representation in the state legislature. The district includes parts of Benton and Franklin Counties. The district includes part or all of the cities of Kennewick, Pasco, Richland, and West Richland. It was most recently redrawn as a part of the Soto Palmer v. Hobbs decision in 2024.[1]
The district is represented by state senator Matt Boehnke (R) and state representatives Stephanie Barnard (R; position 1), and April Connors (R; position 2).[2]
Statehood-1932
During this period, the state senate and state house districts were geographically distinct.[3]
| Year | Senate | House | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senator | Senate District Geography | House Position 1 | House Position 2 | House District Geography | |
| 1st (1889-1890) | Platt A. Preston (R)[a] | Walla Walla County | |||
| George T. Thompson (R)[a] | |||||
| 2nd (1891-1892) | C. G. Austin (R) | Asotin, Columbia, and Garfield | House District Established | Asotin County | |
| William Farrish (R)[b] | |||||
| 3rd (1893-1894) | J. A. Kellogg (R) | ||||
| 4th (1895-1896) | C. E. Gibson (P.P) | ||||
| 5th (1897-1898) | J. C. Van Patten (Pop.), (P.P)[c] | R. W. Caywood (Pop.) | |||
| 6th (1899-1900) | John F. Chrisman (R) | ||||
| 7th (1901-1902) | Edward Baumeister (R) | ||||
| 8th (1903-1904) | G. B. Wilson (R) | Whitman County (part) | J. A. Dix (R) | Position Established | Whitman County (part) |
| George M. Witter (R) | |||||
| 9th (1905-1906) | E. E. Smith (R) | G. C. Kenoyer (R) | |||
| 10th (1907-1908) | Peter McGregor (R) | F. P. Connell (R) | G. W. Peddycord (R) | ||
| 11th (1909-1910) | S. J. Boone (R) | H. S. McClure (R) | |||
| 12th (1911-1912) | Oliver Hall (R) | W. C. McCoy (R) | |||
| 13th (1913-1914) | J. E. Turnbow (D) | T. C. Miles (D) | |||
| 14th (1915-1916) | E. W. Wagner (R) | George A. Weldon (R) | |||
| 15th (1917-1918) | George A. Weldon (R) | C. W. McCall (D) | |||
| 16th (1919-1920) | D. F. Trimble (R) | W. M. Anderson (R) | |||
| 17th (1921-1922) | George H. Arland (R) | D. F. Trimble (R) | |||
| 18th (1923-1924) | Harry Goldsworthy (R) | Willis Mahoney (D) | |||
| 19th (1925-1926) | Thomas W. Hemp (R) | ||||
| 20th (1927-1928) | Frank A. Ratliffe (R) | ||||
| 21st (1929-1930) | |||||
| 22nd (1931-1932) | Will R. Heglar (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 8th Legislative district's state senate and house seats are identical geographically from 1933 to the present day.[3]
| Year | Senate | House | District Geography | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senator | House Position 1 | House Position 2 | ||
| 23rd (1933-1934) | W. P. Gray (R) | Richard B. Ott (R) | Grant A. Stewart (R) | Adams, Lincoln, and Ferry Counties |
| 24th (1935-1936) | J. P. Keller (D) | Carl E. Devenish (D) | Richard B. Ott (R) | |
| 25th (1937-1938) | Harry Harder (D) | |||
| 26th (1939-1940) | David Phillips (D) | |||
| 27th (1941-1942) | ||||
| 28th (1943-1944) | J. H. Robertson (R)[d] | David Phillips (D)[e] | W. C. Raugust (R)[f] | |
| John Shimek (D)[g] | ||||
| 29th (1945-1946) | David Hoefel (R) | |||
| 30th (1947-1948) | ||||
| 31st (1949-1950) | ||||
| W. C. Raugust (R)[f] | Clyde Massie (D)[h] | |||
| 32nd (1951-1952) | Robert D. Timm (R) | |||
| 33rd (1953-1954) | ||||
| 34th (1955-1956) | Delbert Pence (R) | |||
| 35th (1957-1958) | ||||
| 36th (1959-1960) | Donald W. Moos (R) | Position removed in reapportionment | ||
| 37th (1961-1962) | ||||
| 38th (1963-1964) | ||||
| 39th (1965-1966) | ||||
| 40th (1967-1968) | Damon Canfield (R) | Irving Newhouse (R) | Position reestablished | 1965 Redistricting |
| Walt Reese (R) | Benton (part) and Yakima (part) | |||
| 41st (1969-1970) | Max E. Benitz (R) | |||
| 42nd (1971-1972) | ||||
| 43rd (1973-1974) | Doris Johnson (D) | 1972 Redistricting | ||
| Benton (part) | ||||
| 44th (1975-1976) | Max E. Benitz (R)[i] | James M. Boldt (D)[j] | Claude L. Oliver (R) | |
| 45th (1977-1978) | ||||
| Linda Wynne (D)[k] | ||||
| Ray Isaacson (R)[l] | ||||
| 46th (1979-1980) | Shirley Hankins (R)[m] | |||
| 47th (1981-1982) | ||||
| 48th (1983-1984) | ||||
| 49th (1985-1986) | ||||
| 50th (1987-1988) | Jim Jesernig (D) | |||
| 51st (1989-1990) | ||||
| Shirley Hankins (R)[m] | Vacant[n] | |||
| Jim Jesernig (D)[o][p] | Vacant[q] | |||
| 52nd (1991-1992) | Lane Bray (D) | Curtis Ludwig (D)[r] | ||
| 53rd (1993-1994) | ||||
| Curtis Ludwig (D)[r] | Thomas Moak (D)[s] | |||
| Patricia Hale (R)[t][u] | Jerome Delvin (R) [v] | |||
| 54th (1995-1996) | Shirley Hankins (R) | |||
| 55th (1997-1998) | ||||
| 56th (1999-2000) | ||||
| 57th (2001-2002) | ||||
| 58th (2003-2004) | ||||
| Jerome Delvin (R)[w][x] | Sean McGrath (R)[y] | |||
| Larry Haler (R)[z] | ||||
| 59th (2005-2006) | ||||
| 60th (2007-2008) | ||||
| 61st (2009-2010) | Brad Klippert (R) | |||
| 62nd (2011-2012) | ||||
| 63rd (2013-2014) | ||||
| Sharon Brown (R)[aa] | ||||
| 64th (2015-2016) | ||||
| 65th (2017-2018) | ||||
| 66th (2019-2020) | Matt Boehnke (R) | |||
| 67th (2021-2022) | ||||
| 68th (2023-2024) | Matt Boehnke (R) | Stephanie Barnard (R) | April Connors (R) | Benton (part) and Yakima (part)[ab] |
| 69th (2025-2026) | ||||
Key
| Democratic (D) |
| Populist (Pop) |
| Republican (R) |
- P.P. is People's Party which was closely associate with the Populist Party.