Washington's 3rd congressional district

Infobox U.S. congressional district
state = Washington
district number = 3

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representative = Brian Baird
party = Democratic
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population = 654,898
population year = 2000
median income = 44,426
percent white = 89.8
percent black = 1.2
percent asian = 2.6
percent native american =1.1
percent hispanic = 4.6
percent other race = 0.4
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cpvi = D+0The Third Congressional District of Washington encompasses the southernmost portion of Western Washington, from Olympia south to the Columbia River. It includes the counties of Lewis, Pacific, Wahkiakum, Cowlitz, and Clark, and the majority of Thurston and Skamania counties. Since 1999, the Third has been represented in the U.S. House of Representatives by Brian Baird, a Democrat from Vancouver.

Established after the 1900 census, the Third District was represented by Democrats for most of the latter half of the 20th century, until Rep. Jolene Unsoeld was defeated by maverick Republican Linda Smith as part of the Republican Revolution of 1994. Smith retired after two terms and was succeeded by Baird.

Representatives

ee also

*United States House of Representatives elections in Washington, 2006