Washington's 4th congressional district

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Washington's 4th congressional district encompasses a large area of central Washington, covering the counties of Douglas, Okanogan, Grant, Yakima, Benton, and Klickitat; and parts of Adams and Franklin counties. The district is dominated by the Yakima and Tri-Cities areas. With a Cook Partisan Voting Index rating of R+10, it is the most Republican district in Washington. Its Republican dominance is long-established. Apart from Klickitat County, which was won six times by Democrats between 1968 and 2008 — though never with more than 51 percent of the ballots — no Democratic presidential candidate has carried any county in the district since Bill Clinton in 1992 carried Okanogan County. None of the other counties in the district have backed a Democrat for President since Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964, while Adams County has not voted Democratic since Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1936. John McCain won the district in 2008 with 58% of the vote. Mitt Romney won the district with 60% in 2012, while Donald...

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