Washington's 8th legislative district is one of forty-nine districts in Washington state for representation in the state legislature. The district includes parts of Benton and Franklin Counties. The district includes part or all of the cities of Kennewick, Pasco, Richland, and West Richland. It was most recently redrawn as a part of the Soto Palmer v. Hobbs decision in 2024.

The district is represented by state senator Matt Boehnke (R) and state representatives Stephanie Barnard (R; position 1), and April Connors (R; position 2).

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 Position 2 House District Geography 1st (1889-1890) Platt A. Preston (R) Walla Walla County George T. Thompson (R) 2nd (1891-1892) C. G. Austin (R)Asotin, Columbia, and Garfield House District EstablishedAsotin CountyWilliam Farrish (R) 3rd (1893-1894) J. A. Kellogg (R) 4th (1895-1896)C. E. Gibson (P.P) 5th (1897-1898)J. C. Van Patten (Pop.), (P.P)R. W. Caywood (Pop.) 6th (1899-1900)John F. Chrisman (R) 7th (1901-1902)Edward Baumeister (R) 8th (1903-1904)G. B. Wilson (R) Whitman County (part)J. A. Dix (R) Position Established Whitman County (part)George M. Witter (R) 9th (1905-1906)E. E. Smith (R)G. C. Kenoyer (R) 10th (1907-1908)Peter McGregor (R)F. P. Connell (R)G. W. Peddycord (R) 11th (1909-1910)S. J. Boone (R)H. S. McClure (R) 12th (1911-1912)Oliver Hall (R)W. C. McCoy (R) 13th (1913-1914)J. E. Turnbow (D)T. C. Miles (D) 14th (1915-1916)E. W. Wagner (R)George A. Weldon (R) 15th (1917-1918)George A. Weldon (R)C. W. McCall (D) 16th (1919-1920)D. F. Trimble (R)W. M. Anderson (R) 17th (1921-1922)George H. Arland (R)D. F. Trimble (R) 18th (1923-1924)Harry Goldsworthy (R)Willis Mahoney (D)19th (1925-1926)Thomas W. Hemp (R) 20th (1927-1928)Frank A. Ratliffe (R) 21st (1929-1930) 22nd (1931-1932)Will R. Heglar (R)

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 8th 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)W. P. Gray (R)Richard B. Ott (R)Grant A. Stewart (R) Adams, Lincoln, and Ferry Counties 24th (1935-1936)J. P. Keller (D)Carl E. Devenish (D)Richard B. Ott (R) 25th (1937-1938)Harry Harder (D) 26th (1939-1940)David Phillips (D) 27th (1941-1942) 28th (1943-1944)J. H. Robertson (R)David Phillips (D)W. C. Raugust (R)John Shimek (D) 29th (1945-1946)David Hoefel (R) 30th (1947-1948) 31st (1949-1950)W. C. Raugust (R)Clyde Massie (D) 32nd (1951-1952)Robert D. Timm (R) 33rd (1953-1954) 34th (1955-1956)Delbert Pence (R) 35th (1957-1958) 36th (1959-1960)Donald W. Moos (R)Position removed in reapportionment 37th (1961-1962) 38th (1963-1964)39th (1965-1966)40th (1967-1968)Damon Canfield (R)Irving Newhouse (R)Position reestablished1965 RedistrictingWalt Reese (R) Benton (part) and Yakima (part) 41st (1969-1970)Max E. Benitz (R) 42nd (1971-1972)43rd (1973-1974)Doris Johnson (D)1972 Redistricting Benton (part) 44th (1975-1976)Max E. Benitz (R)James M. Boldt (D)Claude L. Oliver (R) 45th (1977-1978)Linda Wynne (D)Ray Isaacson (R) 46th (1979-1980)Shirley Hankins (R) 47th (1981-1982)48th (1983-1984)49th (1985-1986)50th (1987-1988)Jim Jesernig (D) 51st (1989-1990)Shirley Hankins (R)VacantJim Jesernig (D)Vacant52nd (1991-1992)Lane Bray (D)Curtis Ludwig (D) 53rd (1993-1994)Curtis Ludwig (D)Thomas Moak (D)Patricia Hale (R)Jerome Delvin (R) 54th (1995-1996)Shirley Hankins (R)55th (1997-1998)56th (1999-2000)57th (2001-2002) 58th (2003-2004)Jerome Delvin (R)Sean McGrath (R)Larry Haler (R)59th (2005-2006)60th (2007-2008)61st (2009-2010)Brad Klippert (R)62nd (2011-2012) 63rd (2013-2014)Sharon Brown (R)64th (2015-2016) 65th (2017-2018)66th (2019-2020)Matt Boehnke (R)67th (2021-2022)68th (2023-2024)Matt Boehnke (R)Stephanie Barnard (R)April Connors (R)Benton (part) and Yakima (part)69th (2025-2026)

Key

P.P. is People's Party which was closely associate with the Populist Party.

See also Washington Redistricting Commission Washington State Legislature Washington State Senate Washington House of Representatives Washington (state) legislative districts

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