Washington's 5th Congressional District

Washington's 5th Congressional District

Incumbent

Michael Baumgartner

Assumed office: January 3, 2025

Washington's 5th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives is represented by Michael Baumgartner (R).

As of the 2020 Census, Washington representatives represented an average of 771,595 residents. After the 2010 Census, each member represented 675,337 residents.

Elections

2024

See also: Washington's 5th Congressional District election, 2024

Washington's 5th Congressional District election, 2024 (August 6 top-two primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Washington District 5

Michael Baumgartner defeated Carmela Conroy in the general election for U.S. House Washington District 5 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Michael Baumgartner (R)	60.6	240,619
		Carmela Conroy (D)	39.3	156,074
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	593

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 397,286
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House Washington District 5

The following candidates ran in the primary for U.S. House Washington District 5 on August 6, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Michael Baumgartner (R)	27.5	55,859
✔		Carmela Conroy (D)	18.3	37,227
		Jacquelin Maycumber (R)	13.6	27,717
		Bernadine Bank (D)	11.9	24,111
		Brian Dansel (R)	10.8	21,983
		Ann Marie Danimus (D)	5.6	11,306
		Jonathan Bingle (R)	3.7	7,510
		Rene' Holaday (R)	3.0	6,180
		Rick Flynn (R)	2.4	4,822
		Matthew Welde (D)	2.1	4,183
		Bobbi Bennett-Wolcott (D)	1.1	2,336
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	175

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 203,409
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R)
• John Guenther (R)
• Jody Spurgeon (R)
• Terri Cooper (R)

2022

See also: Washington's 5th Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Washington District 5

Incumbent Cathy McMorris Rodgers defeated Natasha Hill in the general election for U.S. House Washington District 5 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R)	59.5	188,648
		Natasha Hill (D)	40.2	127,585
		Other/Write-in votes	0.2	773

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 317,006
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House Washington District 5

Incumbent Cathy McMorris Rodgers and Natasha Hill defeated Ann Marie Danimus and Sean Clynch in the primary for U.S. House Washington District 5 on August 2, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R)	51.5	106,072
✔		Natasha Hill (D)	30.0	61,851
		Ann Marie Danimus (D)	10.2	21,123
	Submit photo	Sean Clynch (R)	8.2	16,831
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	247

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 206,124
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2020

See also: Washington's 5th Congressional District election, 2020

General election

General election for U.S. House Washington District 5

Incumbent Cathy McMorris Rodgers defeated Dave Wilson in the general election for U.S. House Washington District 5 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R)	61.3	247,815
		Dave Wilson (D)	38.5	155,737
		Other/Write-in votes	0.2	808

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 404,360
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House Washington District 5

Incumbent Cathy McMorris Rodgers and Dave Wilson defeated Christopher Armitage (Unofficially withdrew), Stephen Major, and Brendan O'Regan in the primary for U.S. House Washington District 5 on August 4, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R)	52.7	122,744
✔		Dave Wilson (D)	24.3	56,492
		Christopher Armitage (D) (Unofficially withdrew)	12.1	28,180
		Stephen Major (R)	8.6	20,000
	Submit photo	Brendan O'Regan (Independent)	2.1	4,995
		Other/Write-in votes	0.2	385

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 232,796
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Rob Chase (R)

2018

See also: Washington's 5th Congressional District election, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House Washington District 5

Incumbent Cathy McMorris Rodgers defeated Lisa Brown in the general election for U.S. House Washington District 5 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R)	54.8	175,422
		Lisa Brown (D)	45.2	144,925

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 320,347
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House Washington District 5

Incumbent Cathy McMorris Rodgers and Lisa Brown defeated Dave Saulibio, Jered Gavin Bonneau, and Kari Ilonummi in the primary for U.S. House Washington District 5 on August 7, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R)	49.3	99,689
✔		Lisa Brown (D)	45.4	91,738
		Dave Saulibio (Trump Populist Party)	2.4	4,845
		Jered Gavin Bonneau (R)	2.2	4,453
	Submit photo	Kari Ilonummi (R)	0.7	1,507

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 202,232
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Krystol McGee (L)
• Eric Agnew (Independent)
• Matthew Sutherland (D)

2016

See also: Washington's 5th Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Republican. Incumbent Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R) defeated Joe Pakootas (D) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Rodgers and Pakootas defeated Tom Horne (R), Krystol McGee (L), and Dave Wilson (I) in the top-two primary on August 2, 2016.

U.S. House, Washington District 5 General Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Cathy McMorris Rodgers Incumbent	59.6%	192,959
	Democratic	Joe Pakootas	40.4%	130,575
Total Votes				323,534
Source: Washington Secretary of State

U.S. House, Washington District 5 Primary, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Cathy McMorris Rodgers Incumbent	42.2%	60,184
	Democratic	Joe Pakootas	31.5%	44,999
	Independent	Dave Wilson	13.3%	18,993
	Republican	Tom Horne	11.1%	15,830
	Libertarian	Krystol McGee	1.9%	2,678
Total Votes				142,684
Source: Washington Secretary of State

2014

See also: Washington's 5th Congressional District elections, 2014

The 5th Congressional District of Washington held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014. Incumbent Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R) defeated Joseph Pakootas (D) in the general election.

U.S. House, Washington District 5 General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Cathy McMorris Rodgers Incumbent	60.7%	135,470
	Democratic	Joseph Pakootas	39.3%	87,772
Total Votes				223,242
Source: Washington Secretary of State

2012

See also: Washington's 5th Congressional District elections, 2012

The 5th Congressional District of Washington held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012. Incumbent Cathy McMorris Rodgers won re-election in the district.

U.S. House, Washington District 5 General Election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Cathy McMorris Rodgers Incumbent	61.9%	191,066
	Democratic	Rich Cowan	38.1%	117,512
Total Votes				308,578
Source: Washington Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election"

2010
On November 2, 2010, Cathy McMorris Rodgers won re-election to the United States House. She defeated Daryl Romeyn (D) in the general election.

U.S. House, Washington District 5 General Election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Cathy McMorris Rodgers incumbent	67.6%	156,726
	Democratic	Daryl Romeyn	32.4%	74,973
Total Votes				231,699

2008
On November 4, 2008, Cathy McMorris Rodgers won re-election to the United States House. She defeated Mark Mays (D) in the general election.

U.S. House, Washington District 5 General Election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Cathy McMorris Rodgers incumbent	65.3%	211,305
	Democratic	Mark Mays	34.7%	112,382
Total Votes				323,687

2006
On November 7, 2006, Cathy McMorris won re-election to the United States House. She defeated Peter J. Goldmark (D) in the general election.

U.S. House, Washington General Election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Cathy McMorris incumbent	56.4%	134,967
	Democratic	Peter J. Goldmark	43.6%	104,357
Total Votes				239,324

2004
On November 2, 2004, Cathy McMorris won election to the United States House. She defeated Don Barbieri (D) in the general election.

U.S. House, Washington District 5 General Election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Cathy McMorris	59.7%	179,600
	Democratic	Don Barbieri	40.3%	121,333
Total Votes				300,933

2002
On November 5, 2002, George R. Nethercutt, Jr. won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Bart Haggin (D) and Rob Chase (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Washington District 5 General Election, 2002
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	George R. Nethercutt, Jr. incumbent	62.7%	126,757
	Democratic	Bart Haggin	32.2%	65,146
	Libertarian	Rob Chase	5.1%	10,379
Total Votes				202,282

2000
On November 7, 2000, George R. Nethercutt, Jr. won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Tom Keefe (D) and Greg Holmes (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Washington District 5 General Election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	George R. Nethercutt, Jr. incumbent	57.3%	144,038
	Democratic	Tom Keefe	38.9%	97,703
	Libertarian	Greg Holmes	3.8%	9,473
Total Votes				251,214

Redistricting

2020-2021

See also: Redistricting in Washington after the 2020 census

The Washington House approved a final congressional map proposal 88-7 on February 2, 2022, and the Senate approved the congressional plan on February 8, 2022, in a 35-14 vote. Washington’s four redistricting commissioners each released their proposed congressional maps on September 28, 2021. On November 16, 2021, the commission announced that it was not able to produce new maps by its November 15 deadline and had submitted plans to the Washington Supreme Court for consideration, as authority to draw new maps passes to the court if the commission fails to agree on maps before the deadline. The court decided to accept the final map drafts the commission submitted, ruling that it had "substantially complied" with the deadline. This map took effect for Washington's 2022 congressional elections.

How does redistricting in Washington work? In Washington, congressional and state legislative district boundaries are drawn by a five-member non-politician commission. The commission was established by constitutional amendment in 1983. The majority and minority leaders of the Washington State Senate and Washington House of Representatives each appoint one registered voter to the commission. These four commissioners appoint a fifth, non-voting member to serve as the commission's chair. In the event that the four voting commissioners cannot agree on a chair, the Washington Supreme Court must appoint one.

The Washington Constitution stipulates that no commission member may have been an elected official or party officer in the two-year period prior to his or her appointment. Individuals who have registered with the state as lobbyists within the past year are also prohibited from serving on the commission.

The Washington State Legislature may amend the commission's maps by a two-thirds vote in each legislative chamber.

The state constitution requires that congressional and state legislative districts "should be contiguous, compact, and convenient, and follow natural, geographic, artificial, or political subdivision boundaries." The constitution states that the redistricting commission "must not purposely draw plans to favor or discriminate against any political party or group."

State statutes require that congressional and state legislative districts "preserve areas recognized as communities of interest." State statutes also require the commission to draw districts that "provide fair and effective representation" and "encourage electoral competition."

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2010-2011

This is the 5th Congressional District of Washington after the 2001 redistricting process.

See also: Redistricting in Washington after the 2010 census

In 2011, the Washington State Legislature re-drew the congressional districts based on updated population information from the 2010 census.

District analysis

See also: The Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index

See also: FiveThirtyEight's elasticity scores

2024

Heading into the 2024 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was R+8. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 8 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Washington's 5th the 169th most Republican district nationally.

Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Donald Trump (R) would have defeated Joe Biden (D) 53.5%-43.5%.

2022

Heading into the 2022 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was R+8. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 8 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Washington's 5th the 167th most Republican district nationally.

Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Joe Biden (D) would have received 43.5% of the vote in this district and Donald Trump (R) would have received 53.5%.

2018

Heading into the 2018 elections, based on results from the 2016 and 2012 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was R+8. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 8 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Washington's 5th Congressional District the 168th most Republican nationally.

FiveThirtyEight's September 2018 elasticity score for states and congressional districts measured "how sensitive it is to changes in the national political environment." This district's elasticity score was 1.17. This means that for every 1 point the national political mood moved toward a party, the district was expected to move 1.17 points toward that party.

See also

• Redistricting in Washington
• Washington's 5th Congressional District election, 2024
• Washington's 5th Congressional District election, 2022
• Washington's 5th Congressional District election, 2020
• Washington's 5th Congressional District election, 2018

External links

• GovTrack District 5

Footnotes

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Washington's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Maria Cantwell (D)

Patty Murray (D)

Representatives

District 1

Suzan DelBene (D)

District 2

Rick Larsen (D)

District 3

Marie Gluesenkamp Pérez (D)

District 4

Dan Newhouse (R)

District 5

Michael Baumgartner (R)

District 6

Emily Randall (D)

District 7

Pramila Jayapal (D)

District 8

Kim Schrier (D)

District 9

D. Adam Smith (D)

District 10

Marilyn Strickland (D)

Democratic Party (10)

Republican Party (2)