Washington's 6th legislative district
Washington's 6th legislative district is one of forty-nine districts in Washington state for representation in the state legislature. The district is entirely within Spokane County. The district includes part or all of the cities of Airway Heights, Medical Lake, and Spokane. It was most recently redrawn by the 2021 Washington State Redistricting Commission.[1]
The district is represented by state senator Jeff Holy (R) and state representatives Mike Volz (R; position 1), and Jenny Graham (R; position 2).[2]
Past legislators
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) | C. G. Austin (R) | Asotin and Garfield Counties | |||
| 2nd (1891-1892) | R. C. McCroskey (D) | Whitman County (part) | House District Established | Whitman County (part) | |
| F. L. Moore (D) | D. M. Holt (D) | ||||
| 3rd (1893-1894) | D. F. Anderson (R) | Thomas G. Mulkey (D) | |||
| 4th (1895-1896) | L. C. Crow (P.P.) | Neal Cheetham (P.P.) | Cleveland Smith (P.P.), (Pop.)[a] | ||
| 5th (1897-1898) | H. D. Smith (Pop.) | ||||
| 6th (1899-1900) | John H. Carper (Pop.)[b] | B. F. Totten (R) | J. B. Frick (R) | ||
| L. C. Crow (D)[c] | |||||
| 7th (1901-1902) | C. W. Waters (D) | T. C. Miles (D) | |||
| 8th (1903-1904) | Will G. Graves (D) | Spokane County (part) | Joseph B. Lindsley (R) | Dana Child (D) | Spokane County (part) |
| 9th (1905-1906) | G. T. Doolittle (R) | Joseph B. Lindsley (R) | |||
| 10th (1907-1908) | L. P. Hornberger (R) | Alexander H. Gregg (R) | |||
| 11th (1909-1910) | James W. McArthur (R) | John Anderson (R) | |||
| 12th (1911-1912) | George W. Shaefer (R) | Harve H. Phipps (R) | E. H. Eshleman (R) | ||
| 13th (1913-1914) | Frank W. Middaugh (Prog.) | Max M. Neumann (Prog.) | |||
| 14th (1915-1916) | Guy B. Groff (R) | Alex M. Winston (R) | John Anderson (R) | ||
| 15th (1917-1918) | Fred A. Adams (R) | ||||
| 16th (1919-1920) | John Anderson (R) | Fred A. Adams (R)[d] | |||
| 17th (1921-1922) | W. H. Winfree (R) | John Anderson (R) | |||
| 18th (1923-1924) | Charles H. Voss (R) | ||||
| 19th (1925-1926) | |||||
| 20th (1927-1928) | Harry L. Williams (R) | John Anderson (R) | Chan Wakefield (R) | ||
| 21st (1929-1930) | Chan Wakefield (R) | John Anderson (R) | |||
| 22nd (1931-1932) | John Anderson (R) | W. Storey Buck (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 2nd 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) | Harry L. Williams (R) | Fred Schade (D) | Will W. Wentworth (D) | Spokane County (part) |
| 24th (1935-1936) | Fred S. Duggan (D) | Lyle D. Keith (D) | ||
| 25th (1937-1938) | ||||
| 26th (1939-1940) | Charles C. Finucane (D) | |||
| 27th (1941-1942) | Duke Taft (R) | Harold Zent (R)[e] | ||
| 28th (1943-1944) | Virgil A. Warren (R) | |||
| 29th (1945-1946) | ||||
| 30th (1947-1948) | John H. Happy (R) | Elmer E. Johnston (R) | ||
| 31st (1949-1950) | ||||
| 32nd (1951-1952) | ||||
| Richard W. Axtell (R)[f] | ||||
| 33rd (1953-1954) | Alfred O. Adams (R) | Elmer E. Johnston (R)[g] | ||
| 34th (1955-1956) | ||||
| 35th (1957-1958) | ||||
| 36th (1959-1960) | ||||
| 37th (1961-1962) | ||||
| Marjorie Happy (R)[h] | ||||
| 38th (1963-1964) | Sam C. Guess (R) | |||
| 39th (1965-1966) | ||||
| Jerry C. Kopet (R)[i] | ||||
| 40th (1967-1968) | 1965 Redistricting | |||
| Spokane County (part) | ||||
| 41st (1969-1970) | Jerry C. Kopet (R) | A. J. Pardini (R) | ||
| 42nd (1971-1972) | ||||
| 43rd (1973-1974) | 1972 Redistricting | |||
| Spokane County (part) | ||||
| 44th (1975-1976) | A. J. Pardini (R) | Dick Bond (R) | ||
| 45th (1977-1978) | ||||
| 46th (1979-1980) | Michael R. McGinnis (R) | |||
| 47th (1981-1982) | ||||
| 48th (1983-1984) | James E. West (R) | |||
| 49th (1985-1986) | ||||
| 50th (1987-1988) | James E. West (R)[j] | Duane Sommers (R) | John A. Moyer (R) | |
| 51st (1989-1990) | ||||
| 52nd (1991-1992) | ||||
| 53rd (1993-1994) | B. Jean Silver (R) | Todd Mielke (R)[k] | ||
| 54th (1995-1996) | ||||
| Duane Sommers (R)[l] | ||||
| 55th (1997-1998) | Brad Benson (R) | |||
| 56th (1999-2000) | ||||
| 57th (2001-2002) | John Ahern (R) | |||
| 58th (2003-2004) | ||||
| Brian Murray (R)[m] | ||||
| Brad Benson (R)[n][o] | ||||
| 59th (2005-2006) | John Serben (R) | |||
| Jon Wyss (R)[p] | ||||
| Brad Benson (R)[o] | ||||
| 60th (2007-2008) | Chris Marr (D) | Don Barlow (D) | ||
| 61st (2009-2010) | Kevin Parker (R) | John F. Driscoll (D) | ||
| 62nd (2011-2012) | Michael Baumgartner (R) | John Ahern (R) | ||
| 63rd (2013-2014) | Jeff Holy (R) | |||
| 64th (2015-2016) | ||||
| 65th (2017-2018) | Mike Volz (R) | |||
| 66th (2019-2020) | Jeff Holy (R) | Jenny Graham (R) | ||
| 67th (2021-2022) | ||||
| 68th (2023-2024) | ||||
| 69th (2025-2026) | ||||
Key
| Democratic (D) |
| Populist (Pop) |
| Progressive (Bull Moose) (Prog) |
| Republican (R) |
- P.P. is People's Party which was closely associate with the Populist Party.
See also
Notes
- ↑ Switched from P.P. to Pop. for the 1896 election and the following session
- ↑ Deceased Feb. 27, 1900
- ↑ Elected to serve unexpired term
- ↑ Elected Speaker of the House
- ↑ Deceased Aug. 24, 1951
- ↑ Appointed to serve 1951 2nd Ex. Session
- ↑ Resigned Feb. 14, 1966; Named Chief Examiner of the Transportation & Utility Commission
- ↑ Appointed 1962 to serve unexpired term
- ↑ Appointed Apr. 18, 1966; Elected Nov. 8, 1966 to serve unexpired term
- ↑ Resigned Dec. 23, 2003; Elected Mayor of Spokane
- ↑ Resigned October 29, 1995
- ↑ Appointed Nov. 14, 1995 to serve unexpired term
- ↑ Appointed December 24, 2003
- ↑ Elected November 2, 2004 to serve unexpired term
- 1 2 On leave of absence for military duty Apr. 14, 2005 to Apr. 16, 2005
- ↑ Appointed to serve from Apr. 14, 2005 until Apr. 16, 2005
References
- ↑ "District Maps & Handouts". www.redistricting.wa.gov. Retrieved 2026-03-17.
- ↑ "The page title". Default. Retrieved 2026-03-17.
- 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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