1730 Longworth HOB
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: (202) 225-7761
Fax: (202) 225-4282
I am honored to serve the residents of the 8th Congressional District of Washington. Here you can learn more about our district, browse the map, find local resources and contact my District Offices.
Half a century ago, the land east of Seattle's Lake Washington was quiet countryside. Orchards and vineyards flourished in the rich, moist soil just below the rise of the Cascades Mountains, while farms and broad pasturelands spread toward 14,411-foot Mount Rainier like a living green quilt. As the Seattle area has grown over the years, people have crossed the pontoon bridge across Mercer Island to Bellevue and have made this Eastside area one of the most vibrant parts of metropolitan Seattle.
The Eighth District's largest population center is Bellevue, which is one of the most diverse areas in the state with 27% of residents indicating Asian descent and 33% foreign-born. Bellevue is home to approximately 126,000 people, many of whom work heavily in the technology industry. While Microsoft is based outside of the district in Redmond, many Microsoft employees choose to live in the Eighth District, including founder Bill Gates.
The Eighth Congressional District includes Mount Rainier, one of the nation’s last inland old-growth rain forests. Mount Rainier is considered to be the most dangerous volcano in the Cascades because it is very steep, covered in large amounts of ice and snow, and near a large population that lives in lowland drainages.
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