It’s official: We get a 10th congressional seat!
U.S. Census officials, including Commerce Secretary Gary Locke, our former governor, recently gave us the good news that our population (6,724,540 souls) has grown enough to warrant another congressional district. Today, we got the official notification. The clerk of the U.S. House, Karen L. Haas, sent Secretary of State Sam Reed a “certificate of entitlement” that says Washington gets, and we quote, “TEN REPRESENTATIVES.” Here is the certificate. And the letter to Governor Gregoire. Just a few hours earlier, the…