Washington's 5th legislative district
Washington's 5th legislative district is one of forty-nine districts in Washington state for representation in the state legislature. The district borders Kittitas County on the east, the 31st legislative district on the south, parts of Maple Valley, Renton, and Issaquah on the west, and Sammamish on the north.[1]
The largely rural district is represented by state senator Victoria Hunt and is represented by state representatives Zach Hall (position 1) and Lisa Callan (position 2), all Democrats.
Past legislators
Statehood-1932
During this period, the state senate and state house districts were geographically distinct.[2]
| Year | Senate | House | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senator | Senate District Geography | House Position 1 | House Position 2 | House District Geography | |
| 1st (1889-1890) | A. T. Fariss (R)[a] | Whitman County | |||
| John C. Lawrence (R)[a] | |||||
| John T. Whalley (R)[a] | |||||
| 2nd (1891-1892) | Alexander Watt (R) | Spokane County (part) | House District Established | Spokane County (part) | |
| George Fellows (R) | Louis Walter (D) | ||||
| 3rd (1893-1894) | W. C. Belknap (R) | R. D. Speck (R) | C. F. Westfall (R) | ||
| 4th (1895-1896) | W. E. Runner (P.P.) | R. K. Kegley (P.P.) | |||
| 5th (1897-1898) | W. E. Runner (Pop.), (P.P.)[b] | C. E. Mohundro (Pop.) | Lewis Lindstrom (Pop.) | ||
| 6th (1899-1900) | F. P. Witter (R) | A. Harrison (R) | |||
| 7th (1901-1902) | Stanley Hallett (D) | C. W. Bowne (D) | James Puckett (D) | ||
| 8th (1903-1904) | A. J. Reise (D) | John Gray (D) | |||
| 9th (1905-1906) | E. C. Bratt (R) | George T. Crane (R) | N. E. Linsley (R) | ||
| 10th (1907-1908) | Emery P. Gilbert (R) | D. M. Thompson (R) | |||
| 11th (1909-1910) | Ellsworth C. Whitney (R) | Norman Buck (R)[c] | Lester P. Edge (D) | ||
| Vacant[d] | |||||
| 12th (1911-1912) | Guy B. Groff (R) | Lloyd E. Gandy (R) | |||
| 13th (1913-1914) | W. J. Sutton (R) | Hance Cleland (R) | John Gray (D) | ||
| 14th (1915-1916) | L. Frank Boyd (R) | Maurice Smith (R) | |||
| 15th (1917-1918) | E. Ben Johnson (R) | Maurice Smith (R)[e] | L. Frank Boyd (R) | ||
| 16th (1919-1920) | John D. Bassett (R) | ||||
| Cyrus Happy Jr. (R)[f] | |||||
| 17th (1921-1922) | W. J. Sutton (R) | John D. Bassett (R) | Floyd B. Danskin (R) | ||
| 18th (1923-1924) | |||||
| 19th (1925-1926) | Floyd B. Danskin (R)[g] | W. W. Zent (R) | |||
| 20th (1927-1928) | Lester P. Edge (R) | ||||
| 21st (1929-1930) | J. Phillips Post (R) | ||||
| 22nd (1931-1932) | John F. Davies (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 5th Legislative district's state senate and house seats are identical geographically from 1933 to the present day.[2]
| Year | Senate | House | District Geography | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senator | House Position 1 | House Position 2 | ||
| 23rd (1933-1934) | Kebel Murphy (D) | Harry C. Huse (D)[h] | Charles E. Peterson (R) | Spokane County (part) |
| James Cannon (D)[i] | ||||
| 24th (1935-1936) | George H. Johnston (D) | Raymond F. Kelly (D) | ||
| 25th (1937-1938) | Donald B. Miller (D) | |||
| 26th (1939-1940) | Wylie W. Brown (D) | |||
| 27th (1941-1942) | Bernard J. Gallagher (D) | George H. Johnston (D) | ||
| 28th (1943-1944) | George H. Johnston (D) | Donald B. Miller (D)[j] | ||
| Clarence D. Martin (D)[k] | ||||
| 29th (1945-1946) | Edwin A. Beck (D) | L. R. Anderson (D) | George H. Johnston (D) | |
| 30th (1947-1948) | James A. Blodgett (R) | Albert F. Canwell (R) | ||
| 31st (1949-1950) | Donald B. Miller (D) | Russell Hoopingarner (D) | Reuben T. Smiley (D) | |
| 32nd (1951-1952) | John L. Cooney (D) | Russell Hoopingarner (D) | ||
| 33rd (1953-1954) | Lloyd J. Andrews (R) | Thad Byrne (R) | Wilfred A. Gamon (R) | |
| 34th (1955-1956) | John L. Cooney (D) | |||
| 35th (1957-1958) | John L. Cooney (D) | Keith H. Campbell (D) | Bill McCormick (D) | |
| 36th (1959-1960) | ||||
| 37th (1961-1962) | ||||
| 38th (1963-1964) | ||||
| 39th (1965-1966) | Bill McCormick (D)[l] | Gerald L. Saling (R) | ||
| 40th (1967-1968) | 1965 Redistricting | |||
| Lester M. Merritt (D)[m] | Spokane County (part) | |||
| Geraldine McCormick (D)[n][o] | ||||
| 41st (1969-1970) | ||||
| 42nd (1971-1972) | Edward T. Luders (D)[p] | |||
| 43rd (1973-1974) | Bob Lewis (R) | 1972 Redistricting | ||
| Spokane County (part) | ||||
| 44th (1975-1976) | ||||
| Gladys Morgen (D)[q] | ||||
| Jerry M. Hughes (D)[r] | ||||
| 45th (1977-1978) | ||||
| 46th (1979-1980) | ||||
| 47th (1981-1982) | Jerry M. Hughes (D) | Richard H. Barrett (R) | ||
| 48th (1983-1984) | B. Jean Silver (R) | |||
| 49th (1985-1986) | Jerry Saling (R) | |||
| 50th (1987-1988) | Gary Bumgarner (R) | |||
| 51st (1989-1990) | Shirley Rector (D) | |||
| 52nd (1991-1992) | Todd Mielke (R) | |||
| 53rd (1993-1994) | Kathleen Drew (D) | Philip E. Dyer (R) | Brian Thomas (R) | King County (part) |
| 54th (1995-1996) | ||||
| 55th (1997-1998) | Dino Rossi (R)[s] | |||
| 56th (1999-2000) | Cheryl Pflug (R)[t] | |||
| 57th (2001-2002) | Glenn Anderson (R) | |||
| 58th (2003-2004) | ||||
| Cheryl Pflug (R)[t][u] | Jay Rodne (R)[v] | |||
| 59th (2005-2006) | ||||
| 60th (2007-2008) | ||||
| 61st (2009-2010) | ||||
| 62nd (2011-2012) | ||||
| Dino Rossi (R)[w] | ||||
| Mark Mullet (D)[x] | ||||
| 63rd (2013-2014) | Chad Magendanz (R) | |||
| 64th (2015-2016) | ||||
| 65th (2017-2018) | Paul Graves (R) | |||
| 66th (2019-2020) | Bill Ramos (D) | Lisa Callan (D) | ||
| 67th (2021-2022) | ||||
| 68th (2023-2024) | ||||
| 69th (2025-2026) | Bill Ramos (D)[y] | Victoria Hunt (D)[z] | ||
| Victoria Hunt (D)[z] | Zach Hall (D)[aa] | |||
Key
| Democratic (D) |
| Populist (Pop) |
| Republican (R) |
- P.P. is People's Party which was closely associate with the Populist Party.
See also
Notes
- 1 2 3 This district was represented by three senators simultaneously from 1889-1890.
- ↑ Changed party affiliation from Populist Party to People's Party in 1899
- ↑ Deceased Aug. 20, 1909
- ↑ Seat was vacant until after the 1910 general election. The legislature concluded their 1909 Ex. Session one day after the seat was vacated and did not meet afterwards.
- ↑ Resigned 1920, Elected Feb. 1920 Spokane City Commissioner
- ↑ Elected Mar. 17, 1920 to serve 1920 Ex. Session
- ↑ Elected Speaker of the House for the 19th legislative session (1925-26)
- ↑ Resigned May 16, 1933
- ↑ Appointed to serve 1933 Ex. Session
- ↑ Resigned Feb. 17, 1944
- ↑ Appointed to 1944 Ex. Session
- ↑ Deceased Jan. 24, 1968
- ↑ Appointed Mar. 14, 1968
- ↑ Elected Nov. 5, 1968 to serve unexpired term)
- ↑ Resigned Dec. 31, 1982
- ↑ Resigned Jan. 25, 1976
- ↑ Appointed Mar. 4, 1976
- ↑ Elected Nov. 2, 1976 to serve unexpired term
- ↑ Resigned Dec. 12, 2003 to run for Governor
- 1 2 Resigned house seat; Appointed Jan. 5, 2004 to the serve unexpired term in the state senate
- ↑ Resigned June 30, 2012; Appointed to WA Growth Management Hearings Board
- ↑ Appointed Jan. 20, 2004 to serve unexpired term
- ↑ Appointed July 9, 2012
- ↑ Elected Nov. 6, 2012; Sworn in Nov. 30, 2012 to serve unexpired term
- ↑ Deceased Apr. 19, 2025
- 1 2 Resigned house seat; Appointed June 3, 2025 to the serve unexpired term in the state senate
- ↑ Appointed June 3, 2025 to serve unexpired term
References
- ↑ "2011 Washington State Redistricting Commission website". Archived from the original on February 19, 2020. Retrieved January 27, 2013.
- 1 2 "State of Washington Members of the Legislature, 1889 – 2011" (PDF). Washington State Legislature. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 20, 2022.
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