Washington's 7th legislative district

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 Douglas, Ferry, Okanogan, Pend Orielle, and Stevens counties, along with portions of Grant and Spokane counties.^[1] An earlier redistricting proposal from 2021 would have divided Okanogan County between the 7th and 13th districts.^[2]

Washington state, 7th legislative district map

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).

Recent election results

State senator

2006 general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bob Morton (inc.)	31,243	68.0%
	Democratic	Chris Zaferes	14,439	32.0%

2010 general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bob Morton (inc.)	37,649	74.86%
	Democratic	Barbara Mowrey	13,359	26.17%

2013 special election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Brian Dansel	18,873	53.63%
	Republican	John Smith (inc.)	16,324	46.37%

2014 general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Brian Dansel (inc.)	32,702	72.17%
	Republican	Tony Booth	12,612	27.83%

2017 special election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Shelly Short (inc.)	25,444	68.29%
	Democratic	Karen Hardy	11,814	31.71%

2018 general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Shelly Short (inc.)	48,042	69.01%
	Democratic	Karen Hardy	21,592	30.99%