OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington state will get a 10th congressional seat under the 2010 Census figures released Tuesday.
The 435 seats in the U.S. House are apportioned every 10 years among the 50 states based on population shifts. Washington last added another House seat after the 1990 Census. That seat, in the 9th Congressional District, is currently held by Democratic U.S. Rep. Adam Smith.
Where the seat will be added will be addressed next year by a bipartisan commission on redistricting. It has been speculated that the seat will represent the Olympia area, shrinking the 3rd Congressional District of Rep. Jaime Herrera, R-Camas.
Oregon remains at five congressional seats.
