Richard Norman "Doc" Hastings (born February 7, 1941) is the
U.S. RepresentativeThe United States House of Representatives is one of the two Houses of the United States Congress, the bicameral legislature which also includes the Senate.The composition and powers of the House are established in Article One of the Constitution...
for , serving since 1995. He is a member of the
Republican PartyThe Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
. The district includes most of the central part of the state, including Yakima, Wenatchee, and the
Tri-CitiesThe Tri-Cities is a mid-sized metropolitan area in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Washington, consisting of three neighboring cities: Kennewick, Pasco, and Richland. The cities are located at the confluence of the Yakima, Snake, and Columbia rivers in the semi-arid region of...
.
Early life, education and career
Doc Hastings was born in
Spokane, WashingtonSpokane is a city located in the Northwestern United States in the state of Washington. It is the largest city of Spokane County of which it is also the county seat, and the metropolitan center of the Inland Northwest region...
. He served in the
United States Army ReserveThe United States Army Reserve is the federal reserve force of the United States Army. Together, the Army Reserve and the Army National Guard constitute the reserve components of the United States Army....
from 1964 to 1969. He studied business administration at
Columbia Basin CollegeColumbia Basin College is a community college based in Pasco, Washington. The College offers many associate degrees and one baccalaureate business degree in applied management....
and Central Washington College but never finished either. Hastings was named Columbia Basin Alumni of the Year in 2001. He returned to Central Washington as
commencementA commencement speech or commencement address is a speech given to graduating students, generally at a university, although the term is also used for secondary education institutions. The "commencement" is a ceremony in which degrees or diplomas are conferred upon graduating students...
speaker in 2008.
Before being elected to Congress, Hastings ran his family-owned small business, Columbia Basin Paper and Supply. He was an active member of the
PascoPasco is a city in and the county seat of Franklin County, Washington, United States.Pasco is one of three cities that make up the Tri-Cities region of the state of Washington...
Chamber of CommerceA chamber of commerce is a form of business network, e.g., a local organization of businesses whose goal is to further the interests of businesses. Business owners in towns and cities form these local societies to advocate on behalf of the business community...
, the Pasco/Kennewick
Rotary ClubRotary International is an organization of service clubs known as Rotary Clubs located all over the world. The stated purpose of the organization is to bring together business and professional leaders to provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations, and help...
, the Pasco Downtown Development Association, and the Pasco
JayceesThe United States Junior Chamber is a leadership training and civic organization for people between the ages of 18 and 41. Areas of emphasis are business development, management skills, individual training, community service, and international connections. The U.S...
. He also served on the Board of Directors of Yakima Federal Savings.
His father, Ivan Hastings, passed away September 12, 2002 at age 89 and his mother, Florene, passed on May 22, 2011 at age 97.
Washington House of Representatives
Hastings served in the
Washington House of RepresentativesThe Washington House of Representatives is the lower house of the Washington State Legislature, the legislature of the U.S. State of Washington. It is composed of 98 Representatives from 49 districts, each of which elects two members. All members of the House are elected to a two-year term without...
from 1979 to 1987, where he was selected by his colleagues to be Assistant Majority Leader and Republican Caucus Chairman. Hastings voluntarily left the Legislature so he could be home with his kids as they experienced their high school years.
Political campaigns
Hastings first ran for the 4th District in
1992The United States House of Representatives elections in 1992 coincided with the 1992 presidential election, in which Democrats Bill Clinton and Al Gore were elected as President and Vice President, respectively, defeating Republican incumbent President George H. W...
, but lost to
DemocraticThe Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
State Representative
Jay InsleeJay Robert Inslee is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1999. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district includes many of Seattle's northern suburbs in King, Snohomish, and Kitsap counties...
by two percent. Although Hastings carried the Tri-Cities, he lost the rest of the district.
Hastings sought a rematch against Inslee in
1994The 1994 U.S. House of Representatives election was held on November 8, 1994, in the middle of President Bill Clinton's first term. As a result of a 54-seat swing in membership from Democrats to Republicans, the Republican Party gained a majority of seats in the United States House of...
. This time Hastings handily won by six percentage points, capitalizing on anger at Inslee's campaigning as a centrist while establishing one of the most liberal voting records in Congress. (Inslee later returned to Congress as a representative from the liberal leaning
1st DistrictWashington's 1st congressional district encompasses part of Northwest Seattle and largely suburban areas north and east of Seattle including Shoreline, Edmonds, Lynnwood, Mountlake Terrace, Bothell, Kirkland and Redmond as well as Bainbridge Island and part of the Kitsap Peninsula. It is currently...
.) Hastings was reelected in 1996 with 53% of the votes cast in his favor. Hastings has carried over 60% of the vote in each election since, and has become the most popular and recognizable politician in Central Washington.
Committee assignments
- Committee on Natural Resources (Chairman)
- As Chairman of the full committee, Rep. Hastings may serve as an ex officio member of all subcommittees.
Rep. Hastings was formerly the ranking member of the
Committee on Standards of Official ConductThe Committee on Ethics, often known simply as the Ethics Committee, is one of the committees of the United States House of Representatives. Prior to the 112th Congress it was known as the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct....
, also known as the House Ethics Committee, and a past chair of that committee. He replaced
Joel HefleyJoel M. Hefley is a U.S Republican politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives representing the 5th Congressional District of Colorado from 1987 to 2007. His wife, Dr. Lynn Hefley, is, like he, a former member of the Colorado State House of Representatives...
as chairman in 2005 when Hefley's term expired. He chaired the Ethics Committee for the duration of the 109th Congress and switched to ranking member when the Democrats won the majority for the 110th Congress.
Caucus Memberships
- House Nuclear Clean-Up Caucus (Chairman & founder)
- Northwest Energy Caucus (Co-chair)
- Rural Health Care Coalition
- Specialty Crop Caucus
Hastings is the senior Republican in the Northwest Congressional delegation.
Controversies
Congressman Hastings was instrumental in building the case that led to the expulsion of Democratic Congressman
James TraficantJames Anthony Traficant, Jr. is a former Democratic Representative in the United States Congress from Ohio . He represented the 17th Congressional District, which centered on his hometown of Youngstown and included parts of three counties in northeast Ohio's Mahoning Valley...
from the United States Congress in 2002. As Chairman of the Investigative Subcommittee of the United States House Committee on Ethics, Hastings was tasked with reviewing the file from Traficant's trial and other material to determine if there had been a violation of House rules. Hastings said on the floor of the House, "
After considering all of the evidence, I concluded that Mr. Traficant's offenses were so serious and so purposeful that expulsion from the House is the only appropriate sanction." The measure to remove Traficant from the House passed 420-1.
Hastings may have had ties to the lobbyist, Jack Abramoff, convicted of bribery of elected officials. In 1996, Abramoff and his lobbying firm had as many as 36 contacts with Hasting's office, resulting in as many as 85.57 billed hours regarding the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Abramoff bragged to the CNMI of having "excellent" ties to Hastings. Hastings' 2004 campaign had received $1,000 from Abramoff personally and an additional $5,647 from Abramoff's lobbying firm, which was also one of the largest law firms in the State of Washington, Preston Gates. However, Preston Gates, which was also
MicrosoftMicrosoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions...
's law and lobbying firm, also contributed to Washington Democrats during that cycle, including Congressman
Jim McDermottJames Adelbert "Jim" McDermott is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1989. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The 7th District includes most of Seattle and Vashon Island, and portions of Shoreline, Lake Forest Park, Tukwila, SeaTac, and Burien.He serves on the House Ways and Means...
of Seattle.
Following Hastings' work that led to Traficant's removal from the House, he was named to the Chairmanship of what was then a dysfunctional United States House Committee on Ethics. Soon after being named Chairman, two senior staff members for the committee were fired, and Hastings attempted to place his office Chief of Staff, Ed Cassidy, onto the Ethics Committee staff. Democrats cast this a partisan move, while Republicans pointed out that such a change in staff is the norm with the naming of a new committee chairman. The claim that Hastings fired the entire committee staff to protect Tom DeLay remains unsubstantiated. Hastings came under fire during his chairmanship of the Ethics Committee, due to perceived inaction regarding the unethical conduct of then-House Majority Leader Tom DeLay. By rule, the House Ethics Committee's work, votes, and investigative findings are kept strictly confidential.
In 2008, Hastings, by now the ranking member of the Ethics Committee, pushed the investigation of Charlie Rangel. A four-person investigative subcommittee was formed with Hastings as co-chair. The subcommittee's subsequent report led to Rangel's loss of the chairmanship of the powerful Ways and Means Committee and censure by the House in 2010.
Political Positions
On the Washington Congressional Election 2010 Political Courage Test, Hastings responded that he is favor of charter schools, gun owners' rights, and the
line-item vetoIn United States government, the line-item veto, or partial veto, is the power of an executive authority to nullify or cancel specific provisions of a bill, usually a budget appropriations bill, without vetoing the entire legislative package...
. He is in favor of establishing a "functional and enforceable guest worker program." He is favor of a reduction in spending in almost all areas of the Federal budget. He is in favor of eliminating Federal spending for the arts and the
United NationsThe United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...
, and favors decreasing spending on climate change, international aid, and welfare.
He is opposed to taxpayer-funded political campaigns. On social issues, he responded that he believes marriage should be between one man and one woman, that English should be the official language of the United States, that he does not support embryonic stem cell research, and that he thinks government should end affirmative-action programs.
"
Top priorities must be creating jobs, getting our economy back on track, and stopping reckless spending that has left our nation with the largest deficit in history," wrote Hastings in response to
Project Vote SmartProject Vote Smart is a non-profit, non-partisan research organization that collects and distributes information on candidates for public office in the United States...
.
Hastings is the chairman of the United States House Committee on Natural Resources and is a proponent of increasing domestic production of oil and gas, including drilling in the remote
Arctic National Wildlife RefugeThe Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is a national wildlife refuge in northeastern Alaska, United States. It consists of in the Alaska North Slope region. It is the largest National Wildlife Refuge in the country, slightly larger than the Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge...
in Alaska. He said, “Promoting new domestic energy production, including in the Arctic, will be a priority,” for the House National Resources Committee.
Interest Group Ratings
Hastings is rated as one of the most pro-business representatives in Congress, according to the
United States Chamber of CommerceThe United States Chamber of Commerce is an American lobbying group representing the interests of many businesses and trade associations. It is not an agency of the United States government....
which gives Hastings a score of 94 out of 100 based on his 16-year voting record. The conservative
Club for GrowthThe Club for Growth is a politically conservative 527 organization active in the United States of America, with an agenda focussed on taxation and other economic issues, and with an affiliated political action committee . The Club advocates lower taxes, limited government, less government spending,...
gives Hastings a grade of 94 out of 100. The
National Taxpayers UnionNational Taxpayers Union is a taxpayers advocacy organization and taxpayers union in the United States, founded in 1969 by James Dale Davidson. NTU advertises that it is the largest and oldest grassroots taxpayer organization in the nation, with 362,000 members nationwide. It is closely...
gives Hastings a grade of A. Hastings has been given an 'A' grade by Keep America Safe, a national security PAC formed by Liz Cheney. Hastings is a conservative, earning a 95.15 lifetime rating, as of 2010, from the
American Conservative UnionThe American Conservative Union is an American political organization advocating conservative policies, and is the oldest such conservative lobbying organization in the country.-Organization:...
.
Hastings is pro-life, demonstrated by consistent ratings of 100% from the National Right to Life Committee. Doc Hastings has received mixed ratings from some national agricultural groups. For 2009-2010 the
American Farm Bureau FederationThe American Farm Bureau Federation , commonly referred to as the Farm Bureau, is a nonprofit organization and the largest general farm organization in the United States...
gave Representative Hastings a rating of 66 percent. Hastings's rating from the
National Association of Wheat GrowersThe National Association of Wheat Growers is an advocacy group based in Washington, D.C. that supports the collective interests of wheat farmers in the United States....
was 25 percent in 2008. Hastings rates low with some unions. In 2009 and 2010, he received grades of D and F from the
National Education AssociationThe National Education Association is the largest professional organization and largest labor union in the United States, representing public school teachers and other support personnel, faculty and staffers at colleges and universities, retired educators, and college students preparing to become...
, and a rating of 0% from the
American Association of University WomenThe American Association of University Women advances equity for women and girls through advocacy, education, and research. It was founded in 1882 by Ellen Swallow Richards and Marion Talbot...
.
Hastings also rates poorly with some environmental groups. In his latest ratings he received a 0% from the League of Conservation voters and an 8% from Republicans for Environmental Protection. In 2009-2010
Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of AmericaIraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America , is an advocacy group dedicated to United States veterans of the War in Iraq and War in Afghanistan. The group claims to be the nation's first and largest nonprofit, nonpartisan organization for veterans of the wars and has more than 200,000 Member Veterans...
gave Representative Hastings a grade of D.
Personal life
In 1967, Hastings married his wife, Claire, in
Sacramento, CaliforniaSacramento is the capital city of the U.S. state of California and the county seat of Sacramento County. It is located at the confluence of the Sacramento River and the American River in the northern portion of California's expansive Central Valley. With a population of 466,488 at the 2010 census,...
. Together they have three children: Kirsten, Petrina, and Colin. They live in
PascoPasco is a city in and the county seat of Franklin County, Washington, United States.Pasco is one of three cities that make up the Tri-Cities region of the state of Washington...
.
Electoral history
{{about|the U.S. Representative from Washington|the Canadian footballer|Richard Hastings}}
Richard Norman "Doc" Hastings (born February 7, 1941) is the U.S. RepresentativeThe United States House of Representatives is one of the two Houses of the United States Congress, the bicameral legislature which also includes the Senate.The composition and powers of the House are established in Article One of the Constitution...
for {{ushr|WA|4}}, serving since 1995. He is a member of the Republican PartyThe Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
. The district includes most of the central part of the state, including Yakima, Wenatchee, and the Tri-CitiesThe Tri-Cities is a mid-sized metropolitan area in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Washington, consisting of three neighboring cities: Kennewick, Pasco, and Richland. The cities are located at the confluence of the Yakima, Snake, and Columbia rivers in the semi-arid region of...
.
Early life, education and career
Doc Hastings was born in Spokane, WashingtonSpokane is a city located in the Northwestern United States in the state of Washington. It is the largest city of Spokane County of which it is also the county seat, and the metropolitan center of the Inland Northwest region...
. He served in the United States Army ReserveThe United States Army Reserve is the federal reserve force of the United States Army. Together, the Army Reserve and the Army National Guard constitute the reserve components of the United States Army....
from 1964 to 1969. He studied business administration at Columbia Basin CollegeColumbia Basin College is a community college based in Pasco, Washington. The College offers many associate degrees and one baccalaureate business degree in applied management....
and Central Washington College but never finished either. Hastings was named Columbia Basin Alumni of the Year in 2001. He returned to Central Washington as commencementA commencement speech or commencement address is a speech given to graduating students, generally at a university, although the term is also used for secondary education institutions. The "commencement" is a ceremony in which degrees or diplomas are conferred upon graduating students...
speaker in 2008.
Before being elected to Congress, Hastings ran his family-owned small business, Columbia Basin Paper and Supply. He was an active member of the PascoPasco is a city in and the county seat of Franklin County, Washington, United States.Pasco is one of three cities that make up the Tri-Cities region of the state of Washington...
Chamber of CommerceA chamber of commerce is a form of business network, e.g., a local organization of businesses whose goal is to further the interests of businesses. Business owners in towns and cities form these local societies to advocate on behalf of the business community...
, the Pasco/Kennewick Rotary ClubRotary International is an organization of service clubs known as Rotary Clubs located all over the world. The stated purpose of the organization is to bring together business and professional leaders to provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations, and help...
, the Pasco Downtown Development Association, and the Pasco JayceesThe United States Junior Chamber is a leadership training and civic organization for people between the ages of 18 and 41. Areas of emphasis are business development, management skills, individual training, community service, and international connections. The U.S...
. He also served on the Board of Directors of Yakima Federal Savings.
His father, Ivan Hastings, passed away September 12, 2002 at age 89 and his mother, Florene, passed on May 22, 2011 at age 97.
Washington House of Representatives
Hastings served in the Washington House of RepresentativesThe Washington House of Representatives is the lower house of the Washington State Legislature, the legislature of the U.S. State of Washington. It is composed of 98 Representatives from 49 districts, each of which elects two members. All members of the House are elected to a two-year term without...
from 1979 to 1987, where he was selected by his colleagues to be Assistant Majority Leader and Republican Caucus Chairman. Hastings voluntarily left the Legislature so he could be home with his kids as they experienced their high school years.
Political campaigns
Hastings first ran for the 4th District in 1992The United States House of Representatives elections in 1992 coincided with the 1992 presidential election, in which Democrats Bill Clinton and Al Gore were elected as President and Vice President, respectively, defeating Republican incumbent President George H. W...
, but lost to DemocraticThe Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
State Representative Jay InsleeJay Robert Inslee is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1999. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district includes many of Seattle's northern suburbs in King, Snohomish, and Kitsap counties...
by two percent. Although Hastings carried the Tri-Cities, he lost the rest of the district.
Hastings sought a rematch against Inslee in 1994The 1994 U.S. House of Representatives election was held on November 8, 1994, in the middle of President Bill Clinton's first term. As a result of a 54-seat swing in membership from Democrats to Republicans, the Republican Party gained a majority of seats in the United States House of...
. This time Hastings handily won by six percentage points, capitalizing on anger at Inslee's campaigning as a centrist while establishing one of the most liberal voting records in Congress. (Inslee later returned to Congress as a representative from the liberal leaning 1st DistrictWashington's 1st congressional district encompasses part of Northwest Seattle and largely suburban areas north and east of Seattle including Shoreline, Edmonds, Lynnwood, Mountlake Terrace, Bothell, Kirkland and Redmond as well as Bainbridge Island and part of the Kitsap Peninsula. It is currently...
.) Hastings was reelected in 1996 with 53% of the votes cast in his favor. Hastings has carried over 60% of the vote in each election since, and has become the most popular and recognizable politician in Central Washington.
Committee assignments
- Committee on Natural Resources (Chairman)
- As Chairman of the full committee, Rep. Hastings may serve as an ex officio member of all subcommittees.
Rep. Hastings was formerly the ranking member of the Committee on Standards of Official ConductThe Committee on Ethics, often known simply as the Ethics Committee, is one of the committees of the United States House of Representatives. Prior to the 112th Congress it was known as the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct....
, also known as the House Ethics Committee, and a past chair of that committee. He replaced Joel HefleyJoel M. Hefley is a U.S Republican politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives representing the 5th Congressional District of Colorado from 1987 to 2007. His wife, Dr. Lynn Hefley, is, like he, a former member of the Colorado State House of Representatives...
as chairman in 2005 when Hefley's term expired. He chaired the Ethics Committee for the duration of the 109th Congress and switched to ranking member when the Democrats won the majority for the 110th Congress.
Caucus Memberships
- House Nuclear Clean-Up Caucus (Chairman & founder)
- Northwest Energy Caucus (Co-chair)
- Rural Health Care Coalition
- Specialty Crop Caucus
Hastings is the senior Republican in the Northwest Congressional delegation.
Controversies
Congressman Hastings was instrumental in building the case that led to the expulsion of Democratic Congressman James TraficantJames Anthony Traficant, Jr. is a former Democratic Representative in the United States Congress from Ohio . He represented the 17th Congressional District, which centered on his hometown of Youngstown and included parts of three counties in northeast Ohio's Mahoning Valley...
from the United States Congress in 2002. As Chairman of the Investigative Subcommittee of the United States House Committee on Ethics, Hastings was tasked with reviewing the file from Traficant's trial and other material to determine if there had been a violation of House rules. Hastings said on the floor of the House, "After considering all of the evidence, I concluded that Mr. Traficant's offenses were so serious and so purposeful that expulsion from the House is the only appropriate sanction." The measure to remove Traficant from the House passed 420-1.
Hastings may have had ties to the lobbyist, Jack Abramoff, convicted of bribery of elected officials. In 1996, Abramoff and his lobbying firm had as many as 36 contacts with Hasting's office, resulting in as many as 85.57 billed hours regarding the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Abramoff bragged to the CNMI of having "excellent" ties to Hastings. Hastings' 2004 campaign had received $1,000 from Abramoff personally and an additional $5,647 from Abramoff's lobbying firm, which was also one of the largest law firms in the State of Washington, Preston Gates. However, Preston Gates, which was also MicrosoftMicrosoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions...
's law and lobbying firm, also contributed to Washington Democrats during that cycle, including Congressman Jim McDermottJames Adelbert "Jim" McDermott is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1989. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The 7th District includes most of Seattle and Vashon Island, and portions of Shoreline, Lake Forest Park, Tukwila, SeaTac, and Burien.He serves on the House Ways and Means...
of Seattle.
Following Hastings' work that led to Traficant's removal from the House, he was named to the Chairmanship of what was then a dysfunctional United States House Committee on Ethics. Soon after being named Chairman, two senior staff members for the committee were fired, and Hastings attempted to place his office Chief of Staff, Ed Cassidy, onto the Ethics Committee staff. Democrats cast this a partisan move, while Republicans pointed out that such a change in staff is the norm with the naming of a new committee chairman. The claim that Hastings fired the entire committee staff to protect Tom DeLay remains unsubstantiated. Hastings came under fire during his chairmanship of the Ethics Committee, due to perceived inaction regarding the unethical conduct of then-House Majority Leader Tom DeLay. By rule, the House Ethics Committee's work, votes, and investigative findings are kept strictly confidential.
In 2008, Hastings, by now the ranking member of the Ethics Committee, pushed the investigation of Charlie Rangel. A four-person investigative subcommittee was formed with Hastings as co-chair. The subcommittee's subsequent report led to Rangel's loss of the chairmanship of the powerful Ways and Means Committee and censure by the House in 2010.
Political Positions
On the Washington Congressional Election 2010 Political Courage Test, Hastings responded that he is favor of charter schools, gun owners' rights, and the line-item vetoIn United States government, the line-item veto, or partial veto, is the power of an executive authority to nullify or cancel specific provisions of a bill, usually a budget appropriations bill, without vetoing the entire legislative package...
. He is in favor of establishing a "functional and enforceable guest worker program." He is favor of a reduction in spending in almost all areas of the Federal budget. He is in favor of eliminating Federal spending for the arts and the United NationsThe United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...
, and favors decreasing spending on climate change, international aid, and welfare.
He is opposed to taxpayer-funded political campaigns. On social issues, he responded that he believes marriage should be between one man and one woman, that English should be the official language of the United States, that he does not support embryonic stem cell research, and that he thinks government should end affirmative-action programs.
"Top priorities must be creating jobs, getting our economy back on track, and stopping reckless spending that has left our nation with the largest deficit in history," wrote Hastings in response to Project Vote SmartProject Vote Smart is a non-profit, non-partisan research organization that collects and distributes information on candidates for public office in the United States...
.
Hastings is the chairman of the United States House Committee on Natural Resources and is a proponent of increasing domestic production of oil and gas, including drilling in the remote Arctic National Wildlife RefugeThe Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is a national wildlife refuge in northeastern Alaska, United States. It consists of in the Alaska North Slope region. It is the largest National Wildlife Refuge in the country, slightly larger than the Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge...
in Alaska. He said, “Promoting new domestic energy production, including in the Arctic, will be a priority,” for the House National Resources Committee.
Interest Group Ratings
Hastings is rated as one of the most pro-business representatives in Congress, according to the United States Chamber of CommerceThe United States Chamber of Commerce is an American lobbying group representing the interests of many businesses and trade associations. It is not an agency of the United States government....
which gives Hastings a score of 94 out of 100 based on his 16-year voting record. The conservative Club for GrowthThe Club for Growth is a politically conservative 527 organization active in the United States of America, with an agenda focussed on taxation and other economic issues, and with an affiliated political action committee . The Club advocates lower taxes, limited government, less government spending,...
gives Hastings a grade of 94 out of 100. The National Taxpayers UnionNational Taxpayers Union is a taxpayers advocacy organization and taxpayers union in the United States, founded in 1969 by James Dale Davidson. NTU advertises that it is the largest and oldest grassroots taxpayer organization in the nation, with 362,000 members nationwide. It is closely...
gives Hastings a grade of A. Hastings has been given an 'A' grade by Keep America Safe, a national security PAC formed by Liz Cheney. Hastings is a conservative, earning a 95.15 lifetime rating, as of 2010, from the American Conservative UnionThe American Conservative Union is an American political organization advocating conservative policies, and is the oldest such conservative lobbying organization in the country.-Organization:...
.
Hastings is pro-life, demonstrated by consistent ratings of 100% from the National Right to Life Committee. Doc Hastings has received mixed ratings from some national agricultural groups. For 2009-2010 the American Farm Bureau FederationThe American Farm Bureau Federation , commonly referred to as the Farm Bureau, is a nonprofit organization and the largest general farm organization in the United States...
gave Representative Hastings a rating of 66 percent. Hastings's rating from the National Association of Wheat GrowersThe National Association of Wheat Growers is an advocacy group based in Washington, D.C. that supports the collective interests of wheat farmers in the United States....
was 25 percent in 2008. Hastings rates low with some unions. In 2009 and 2010, he received grades of D and F from the National Education AssociationThe National Education Association is the largest professional organization and largest labor union in the United States, representing public school teachers and other support personnel, faculty and staffers at colleges and universities, retired educators, and college students preparing to become...
, and a rating of 0% from the American Association of University WomenThe American Association of University Women advances equity for women and girls through advocacy, education, and research. It was founded in 1882 by Ellen Swallow Richards and Marion Talbot...
.
Hastings also rates poorly with some environmental groups. In his latest ratings he received a 0% from the League of Conservation voters and an 8% from Republicans for Environmental Protection. In 2009-2010 Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of AmericaIraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America , is an advocacy group dedicated to United States veterans of the War in Iraq and War in Afghanistan. The group claims to be the nation's first and largest nonprofit, nonpartisan organization for veterans of the wars and has more than 200,000 Member Veterans...
gave Representative Hastings a grade of D.
Personal life
In 1967, Hastings married his wife, Claire, in Sacramento, CaliforniaSacramento is the capital city of the U.S. state of California and the county seat of Sacramento County. It is located at the confluence of the Sacramento River and the American River in the northern portion of California's expansive Central Valley. With a population of 466,488 at the 2010 census,...
. Together they have three children: Kirsten, Petrina, and Colin. They live in PascoPasco is a city in and the county seat of Franklin County, Washington, United States.Pasco is one of three cities that make up the Tri-Cities region of the state of Washington...
.
Electoral history
{{about|the U.S. Representative from Washington|the Canadian footballer|Richard Hastings}}
Richard Norman "Doc" Hastings (born February 7, 1941) is the U.S. RepresentativeThe United States House of Representatives is one of the two Houses of the United States Congress, the bicameral legislature which also includes the Senate.The composition and powers of the House are established in Article One of the Constitution...
for {{ushr|WA|4}}, serving since 1995. He is a member of the Republican PartyThe Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
. The district includes most of the central part of the state, including Yakima, Wenatchee, and the Tri-CitiesThe Tri-Cities is a mid-sized metropolitan area in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Washington, consisting of three neighboring cities: Kennewick, Pasco, and Richland. The cities are located at the confluence of the Yakima, Snake, and Columbia rivers in the semi-arid region of...
.
Early life, education and career
Doc Hastings was born in Spokane, WashingtonSpokane is a city located in the Northwestern United States in the state of Washington. It is the largest city of Spokane County of which it is also the county seat, and the metropolitan center of the Inland Northwest region...
. He served in the United States Army ReserveThe United States Army Reserve is the federal reserve force of the United States Army. Together, the Army Reserve and the Army National Guard constitute the reserve components of the United States Army....
from 1964 to 1969. He studied business administration at Columbia Basin CollegeColumbia Basin College is a community college based in Pasco, Washington. The College offers many associate degrees and one baccalaureate business degree in applied management....
and Central Washington College but never finished either. Hastings was named Columbia Basin Alumni of the Year in 2001. He returned to Central Washington as commencementA commencement speech or commencement address is a speech given to graduating students, generally at a university, although the term is also used for secondary education institutions. The "commencement" is a ceremony in which degrees or diplomas are conferred upon graduating students...
speaker in 2008.
Before being elected to Congress, Hastings ran his family-owned small business, Columbia Basin Paper and Supply. He was an active member of the PascoPasco is a city in and the county seat of Franklin County, Washington, United States.Pasco is one of three cities that make up the Tri-Cities region of the state of Washington...
Chamber of CommerceA chamber of commerce is a form of business network, e.g., a local organization of businesses whose goal is to further the interests of businesses. Business owners in towns and cities form these local societies to advocate on behalf of the business community...
, the Pasco/Kennewick Rotary ClubRotary International is an organization of service clubs known as Rotary Clubs located all over the world. The stated purpose of the organization is to bring together business and professional leaders to provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations, and help...
, the Pasco Downtown Development Association, and the Pasco JayceesThe United States Junior Chamber is a leadership training and civic organization for people between the ages of 18 and 41. Areas of emphasis are business development, management skills, individual training, community service, and international connections. The U.S...
. He also served on the Board of Directors of Yakima Federal Savings.
His father, Ivan Hastings, passed away September 12, 2002 at age 89 and his mother, Florene, passed on May 22, 2011 at age 97.
Washington House of Representatives
Hastings served in the Washington House of RepresentativesThe Washington House of Representatives is the lower house of the Washington State Legislature, the legislature of the U.S. State of Washington. It is composed of 98 Representatives from 49 districts, each of which elects two members. All members of the House are elected to a two-year term without...
from 1979 to 1987, where he was selected by his colleagues to be Assistant Majority Leader and Republican Caucus Chairman. Hastings voluntarily left the Legislature so he could be home with his kids as they experienced their high school years.
Political campaigns
Hastings first ran for the 4th District in 1992The United States House of Representatives elections in 1992 coincided with the 1992 presidential election, in which Democrats Bill Clinton and Al Gore were elected as President and Vice President, respectively, defeating Republican incumbent President George H. W...
, but lost to DemocraticThe Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
State Representative Jay InsleeJay Robert Inslee is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1999. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district includes many of Seattle's northern suburbs in King, Snohomish, and Kitsap counties...
by two percent. Although Hastings carried the Tri-Cities, he lost the rest of the district.
Hastings sought a rematch against Inslee in 1994The 1994 U.S. House of Representatives election was held on November 8, 1994, in the middle of President Bill Clinton's first term. As a result of a 54-seat swing in membership from Democrats to Republicans, the Republican Party gained a majority of seats in the United States House of...
. This time Hastings handily won by six percentage points, capitalizing on anger at Inslee's campaigning as a centrist while establishing one of the most liberal voting records in Congress. (Inslee later returned to Congress as a representative from the liberal leaning 1st DistrictWashington's 1st congressional district encompasses part of Northwest Seattle and largely suburban areas north and east of Seattle including Shoreline, Edmonds, Lynnwood, Mountlake Terrace, Bothell, Kirkland and Redmond as well as Bainbridge Island and part of the Kitsap Peninsula. It is currently...
.) Hastings was reelected in 1996 with 53% of the votes cast in his favor. Hastings has carried over 60% of the vote in each election since, and has become the most popular and recognizable politician in Central Washington.
Committee assignments
- Committee on Natural Resources (Chairman)
- As Chairman of the full committee, Rep. Hastings may serve as an ex officio member of all subcommittees.
Rep. Hastings was formerly the ranking member of the Committee on Standards of Official ConductThe Committee on Ethics, often known simply as the Ethics Committee, is one of the committees of the United States House of Representatives. Prior to the 112th Congress it was known as the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct....
, also known as the House Ethics Committee, and a past chair of that committee. He replaced Joel HefleyJoel M. Hefley is a U.S Republican politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives representing the 5th Congressional District of Colorado from 1987 to 2007. His wife, Dr. Lynn Hefley, is, like he, a former member of the Colorado State House of Representatives...
as chairman in 2005 when Hefley's term expired. He chaired the Ethics Committee for the duration of the 109th Congress and switched to ranking member when the Democrats won the majority for the 110th Congress.
Caucus Memberships
- House Nuclear Clean-Up Caucus (Chairman & founder)
- Northwest Energy Caucus (Co-chair)
- Rural Health Care Coalition
- Specialty Crop Caucus
Hastings is the senior Republican in the Northwest Congressional delegation.
Controversies
Congressman Hastings was instrumental in building the case that led to the expulsion of Democratic Congressman James TraficantJames Anthony Traficant, Jr. is a former Democratic Representative in the United States Congress from Ohio . He represented the 17th Congressional District, which centered on his hometown of Youngstown and included parts of three counties in northeast Ohio's Mahoning Valley...
from the United States Congress in 2002. As Chairman of the Investigative Subcommittee of the United States House Committee on Ethics, Hastings was tasked with reviewing the file from Traficant's trial and other material to determine if there had been a violation of House rules. Hastings said on the floor of the House, "After considering all of the evidence, I concluded that Mr. Traficant's offenses were so serious and so purposeful that expulsion from the House is the only appropriate sanction." The measure to remove Traficant from the House passed 420-1.
Hastings may have had ties to the lobbyist, Jack Abramoff, convicted of bribery of elected officials. In 1996, Abramoff and his lobbying firm had as many as 36 contacts with Hasting's office, resulting in as many as 85.57 billed hours regarding the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Abramoff bragged to the CNMI of having "excellent" ties to Hastings. Hastings' 2004 campaign had received $1,000 from Abramoff personally and an additional $5,647 from Abramoff's lobbying firm, which was also one of the largest law firms in the State of Washington, Preston Gates. However, Preston Gates, which was also MicrosoftMicrosoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions...
's law and lobbying firm, also contributed to Washington Democrats during that cycle, including Congressman Jim McDermottJames Adelbert "Jim" McDermott is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1989. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The 7th District includes most of Seattle and Vashon Island, and portions of Shoreline, Lake Forest Park, Tukwila, SeaTac, and Burien.He serves on the House Ways and Means...
of Seattle.
Following Hastings' work that led to Traficant's removal from the House, he was named to the Chairmanship of what was then a dysfunctional United States House Committee on Ethics. Soon after being named Chairman, two senior staff members for the committee were fired, and Hastings attempted to place his office Chief of Staff, Ed Cassidy, onto the Ethics Committee staff. Democrats cast this a partisan move, while Republicans pointed out that such a change in staff is the norm with the naming of a new committee chairman. The claim that Hastings fired the entire committee staff to protect Tom DeLay remains unsubstantiated. Hastings came under fire during his chairmanship of the Ethics Committee, due to perceived inaction regarding the unethical conduct of then-House Majority Leader Tom DeLay. By rule, the House Ethics Committee's work, votes, and investigative findings are kept strictly confidential.
In 2008, Hastings, by now the ranking member of the Ethics Committee, pushed the investigation of Charlie Rangel. A four-person investigative subcommittee was formed with Hastings as co-chair. The subcommittee's subsequent report led to Rangel's loss of the chairmanship of the powerful Ways and Means Committee and censure by the House in 2010.
Political Positions
On the Washington Congressional Election 2010 Political Courage Test, Hastings responded that he is favor of charter schools, gun owners' rights, and the line-item vetoIn United States government, the line-item veto, or partial veto, is the power of an executive authority to nullify or cancel specific provisions of a bill, usually a budget appropriations bill, without vetoing the entire legislative package...
. He is in favor of establishing a "functional and enforceable guest worker program." He is favor of a reduction in spending in almost all areas of the Federal budget. He is in favor of eliminating Federal spending for the arts and the United NationsThe United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...
, and favors decreasing spending on climate change, international aid, and welfare.
He is opposed to taxpayer-funded political campaigns. On social issues, he responded that he believes marriage should be between one man and one woman, that English should be the official language of the United States, that he does not support embryonic stem cell research, and that he thinks government should end affirmative-action programs.
"Top priorities must be creating jobs, getting our economy back on track, and stopping reckless spending that has left our nation with the largest deficit in history," wrote Hastings in response to Project Vote SmartProject Vote Smart is a non-profit, non-partisan research organization that collects and distributes information on candidates for public office in the United States...
.
Hastings is the chairman of the United States House Committee on Natural Resources and is a proponent of increasing domestic production of oil and gas, including drilling in the remote Arctic National Wildlife RefugeThe Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is a national wildlife refuge in northeastern Alaska, United States. It consists of in the Alaska North Slope region. It is the largest National Wildlife Refuge in the country, slightly larger than the Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge...
in Alaska. He said, “Promoting new domestic energy production, including in the Arctic, will be a priority,” for the House National Resources Committee.
Interest Group Ratings
Hastings is rated as one of the most pro-business representatives in Congress, according to the United States Chamber of CommerceThe United States Chamber of Commerce is an American lobbying group representing the interests of many businesses and trade associations. It is not an agency of the United States government....
which gives Hastings a score of 94 out of 100 based on his 16-year voting record. The conservative Club for GrowthThe Club for Growth is a politically conservative 527 organization active in the United States of America, with an agenda focussed on taxation and other economic issues, and with an affiliated political action committee . The Club advocates lower taxes, limited government, less government spending,...
gives Hastings a grade of 94 out of 100. The National Taxpayers UnionNational Taxpayers Union is a taxpayers advocacy organization and taxpayers union in the United States, founded in 1969 by James Dale Davidson. NTU advertises that it is the largest and oldest grassroots taxpayer organization in the nation, with 362,000 members nationwide. It is closely...
gives Hastings a grade of A. Hastings has been given an 'A' grade by Keep America Safe, a national security PAC formed by Liz Cheney. Hastings is a conservative, earning a 95.15 lifetime rating, as of 2010, from the American Conservative UnionThe American Conservative Union is an American political organization advocating conservative policies, and is the oldest such conservative lobbying organization in the country.-Organization:...
.
Hastings is pro-life, demonstrated by consistent ratings of 100% from the National Right to Life Committee. Doc Hastings has received mixed ratings from some national agricultural groups. For 2009-2010 the American Farm Bureau FederationThe American Farm Bureau Federation , commonly referred to as the Farm Bureau, is a nonprofit organization and the largest general farm organization in the United States...
gave Representative Hastings a rating of 66 percent. Hastings's rating from the National Association of Wheat GrowersThe National Association of Wheat Growers is an advocacy group based in Washington, D.C. that supports the collective interests of wheat farmers in the United States....
was 25 percent in 2008. Hastings rates low with some unions. In 2009 and 2010, he received grades of D and F from the National Education AssociationThe National Education Association is the largest professional organization and largest labor union in the United States, representing public school teachers and other support personnel, faculty and staffers at colleges and universities, retired educators, and college students preparing to become...
, and a rating of 0% from the American Association of University WomenThe American Association of University Women advances equity for women and girls through advocacy, education, and research. It was founded in 1882 by Ellen Swallow Richards and Marion Talbot...
.
Hastings also rates poorly with some environmental groups. In his latest ratings he received a 0% from the League of Conservation voters and an 8% from Republicans for Environmental Protection. In 2009-2010 Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of AmericaIraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America , is an advocacy group dedicated to United States veterans of the War in Iraq and War in Afghanistan. The group claims to be the nation's first and largest nonprofit, nonpartisan organization for veterans of the wars and has more than 200,000 Member Veterans...
gave Representative Hastings a grade of D.
Personal life
In 1967, Hastings married his wife, Claire, in Sacramento, CaliforniaSacramento is the capital city of the U.S. state of California and the county seat of Sacramento County. It is located at the confluence of the Sacramento River and the American River in the northern portion of California's expansive Central Valley. With a population of 466,488 at the 2010 census,...
. Together they have three children: Kirsten, Petrina, and Colin. They live in PascoPasco is a city in and the county seat of Franklin County, Washington, United States.Pasco is one of three cities that make up the Tri-Cities region of the state of Washington...
.
Electoral history
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}: Results 1992–2006
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|1992
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|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Jay InsleeJay Robert Inslee is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1999. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district includes many of Seattle's northern suburbs in King, Snohomish, and Kitsap counties...
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} align="right" |106,556
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |51%
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|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Doc Hastings
|{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |103,028
|{{Party shading/Republican}} |49%
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|1994
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|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Jay InsleeJay Robert Inslee is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1999. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The district includes many of Seattle's northern suburbs in King, Snohomish, and Kitsap counties...
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} align="right" |81,198
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |47%
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|{{Party shading/Republican}} |{{nowrap|Doc Hastings}}
|{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |92,828
|{{Party shading/Republican}} |53%
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|1996
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|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Rick Locke
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} align="right" |96,502
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |47%
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|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Doc Hastings
|{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |108,647
|{{Party shading/Republican}} |53%
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|1998
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|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |{{nowrap|Gordon Allen Pross}}
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} align="right" |43,043
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |24%
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|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Doc Hastings
|{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |121,684
|{{Party shading/Republican}} |69%
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|{{Party shading/ReformUSA}} |Peggy S. McKerlie
|{{Party shading/ReformUSA}} |ReformThe Reform Party of the United States of America is a political party in the United States, founded in 1995 by Ross Perot...
|{{Party shading/ReformUSA}} align="right" |11,363
|{{Party shading/ReformUSA}} align="right" |6%
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|2000
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|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Jim Davis
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} align="right" |87,585
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |37%
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|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Doc Hastings
|{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |143,259
|{{Party shading/Republican}} |61%
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|{{Party shading/Libertarian}} |Fred D. Krauss
|{{Party shading/Libertarian}} |LibertarianThe Libertarian Party is the third largest and fastest growing political party in the United States. The political platform of the Libertarian Party reflects its brand of libertarianism, favoring minimally regulated, laissez-faire markets, strong civil liberties, minimally regulated migration...
|{{Party shading/Libertarian}} align="right" |4,260
|{{Party shading/Libertarian}} align="right" |2%
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|2002
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|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Craig Mason
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} align="right" |53,572
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |33%
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|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Doc Hastings
|{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |108,257
|{{Party shading/Republican}} |67%
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|2004
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|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |{{nowrap|Sandy Matheson}}
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} align="right" |92,486
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |37%
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|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Doc Hastings
|{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |154,627
|{{Party shading/Republican}} |63%
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|2006
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|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |{{nowrap|Richard Wright}}
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} align="right" |77,054
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |40%
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|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Doc Hastings
|{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |115,246
|{{Party shading/Republican}} |60%
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|2008
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|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |{{nowrap|George Fearing}}
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} align="right" |99,430
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |36.91%
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|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Doc Hastings
|{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |169,940
|{{Party shading/Republican}} |63.09%
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|2010
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|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Jay CloughJerame 'Jay' Clough is a candidate for congress in Washington's 4th congressional district for the 2012 election. He was unanimously endorsed as the 2012 congressional candidate by the Washington State Democratic Central Committee on April 16, 2011. Clough was also the Democratic nominee for...
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} align="right" |69,512
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |32.4%
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|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Doc Hastings
|{{Party shading/Republican}} align="right" |145,317
|{{Party shading/Republican}} |67.6%
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- central Washington
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- United States House Committee on Natural Resources
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- Washington's 4th congressional district
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