Washington's 10th legislative district is one of forty-nine districts in Washington state for representation in the state legislature. The district includes all of Island County, the northwestern tip of Snohomish, and the southwestern part of Skagit counties. Cities in the district include Oak Harbor, Coupeville, Langley, Mount Vernon, La Conner, and Stanwood.
The mostly rural district is represented by state senator Ron Muzzall (R) and state representatives Clyde Shavers (D; position 1), and Dave Paul (D; position 2). It is one of only three legislative districts to currently have a state senator who is from a different political party than either one of their state house members, the others being the 18th and 26th.
Past legislators
Statehood-1932 During this period, the state senate and state house districts were geographically distinct.
Year Senate House Senator Senate District Geography House Position 1 House District Geography 1st (1889-1890) Eugene T. Wilson (R)Kittitas County 2nd (1891-1892) Platt A. Preston (R)Walla Walla (part) House District EstablishedColumbia County M. M. Godman (D) 3rd (1893-1894) David Miller (D) S. W. Hamill (D) 4th (1895-1896)Cornelius Lyman (R) 5th (1897-1898)George Windust (Pop.) 6th (1899-1900)C. S. Jerard (R) 7th (1901-1902) W. P. Reser (D) 8th (1903-1904)E. Baumeister (R) W. L. Howell (D) 9th (1905-1906)Samuel S. Russell (R) Asotin, Columbia, and Garfield counties W. O. Long (R) Garfield CountyVacant 10th (1907-1908)John R. Stevenson (R) 11th (1909-1910)Henry C. Krouse (R) 12th (1911-1912)William James Kelly (R) 13th (1913-1914)J. C. Weatherford (D)Clarke G. Black (R) 14th (1915-1916) 15th (1917-1918)Elgin V. Kuykendall (R)J. T. Ledgerwood (D) 16th (1919-1920)Mack F. Gose (R) 17th (1921-1922)Homer L. Post (R)Charles M. Baldwin (R) 18th (1923-1924)19th (1925-1926) 20th (1927-1928)C. W. Cotton (D) 21st (1929-1930)W. A. Frary (R)Henry C. Krouse (R) 22nd (1931-1932)J. T. Ledgerwood (D)
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 10th Legislative district's state senate and house seats are identical geographically from 1933 to the present day.
Year Senate HouseDistrict Geography Senator House Position 1 House Position 2 23rd (1933-1934)John F. Worum (D)J. T. Ledgerwood (D)Homer L. Post (R)Asotin, Columbia, Garfield, and Whitman (part) 24th (1935-1936)W. F. McCauley (D)Asotin, Columbia, and Garfield counties 25th (1937-1938)Howard Roup (D)W. Newton Fry (D)J. T. Ledgerwood (D) 26th (1939-1940)Alva Ruark (D) 27th (1941-1942)Charles M. Baldwin (R)Tracy W. Lyman (R)28th (1943-1944)Henry C. Hartung (R)Tracy W. Lyman (R) 29th (1945-1946)Howard Roup (D)Sidney S. Jeffreys (R)A. Leroy Weeks (R) 30th (1947-1948)Tracy W. Lyman (R)31st (1949-1950)Dewey C. Donohue (D)Sidney S. Jeffreys (R) 32nd (1951-1952) 33rd (1953-1954) 34th (1955-1956)Gus Lybecker (R) 35th (1957-1958) 36th (1959-1960)Position removed in reapportionment 37th (1961-1962)Dewey C. Donohue (D)Gus Lybecker (R) 38th (1963-1964)39th (1965-1966)Ben F. Taplin (D)40th (1967-1968)Charles W. Elicker (R)Positionreestablished1965 RedistrictingPat Wanamaker (R) Island and Kitsap (part) 41st (1969-1970)Charles W. Elicker (R)Pat Wanamaker (R)Joe Mentor (R) 42nd (1971-1972)43rd (1973-1974)Pat Wanamaker (R)Simeon R. Wilson (R)Eleanor A. Fortson (D)1972 RedistrictingIsland and Snohomish (part) 44th (1975-1976)45th (1977-1978) 46th (1979-1980)Joan Houchen (R) 47th (1981-1982)Jack Metcalf (R)48th (1983-1984)Mary Margaret Haugen (D)Island, Skagit (part), Snohomish (part)49th (1985-1986)50th (1987-1988)51st (1989-1990)52nd (1991-1992) 53rd (1993-1994)Mary Margaret Haugen (D)Sue Karahalios (D)Barry Sehlin (R) 54th (1995-1996)Barney Beeksma (R)55th (1997-1998)Dave Anderson (D)56th (1999-2000)Kelly Barlean (R)57th (2001-2002)Barry Sehlin (R)58th (2003-2004)Barbara Bailey (R)59th (2005-2006)Chris Strow (R) 60th (2007-2008)Norma Smith (R)61st (2009-2010)62nd (2011-2012)63rd (2013-2014)Barbara Bailey (R)Dave Hayes (R) 64th (2015-2016) 65th (2017-2018) 66th (2019-2020)Dave Paul (D)Ron Muzzall (R)67th (2021-2022)Greg Gilday (R)68th (2023-2024)Clyde Shavers (D)69th (2025-2026)
Key
See also Washington Redistricting Commission Washington State Legislature Washington State Senate Washington House of Representatives Washington (state) legislative districts
Notes
References
External links Washington State Redistricting Commission Washington House of Representatives Map of Legislative Districts