Citizenship Test Answers for Washington
Four of the 128 civics questions depend on where you live. Here is how to answer them if you live in Washington.
62. What is the capital of your state?
Answer for Washington
Olympia
This is the one state-specific answer that does not change. The three below change with elections. Every name on this page is checked each night against the congressional record and, for governors, two independent public records, and a name is left out rather than printed when the sources disagree.
23. Who is one of your state's U.S. senators now?
Answer for Washington now
- Maria Cantwell
- Patty Murray
You only need to give one of these names.
Washington has two U.S. senators, like every state. You only need to name one of them. Senators are elected to six-year terms, so this answer changes; give the name of a senator serving on the day of your interview.
Look up Washington's senators at senate.gov
29. Name your U.S. representative.
Your representative depends on your congressional district, not just your state, so it is different for two people living in the same city. Look it up by ZIP code.
All 10 of Washington's representatives, by district
| District | Representative |
|---|---|
| 1 | Suzan K. DelBene |
| 2 | Rick Larsen |
| 3 | Marie Gluesenkamp Perez |
| 4 | Dan Newhouse |
| 5 | Michael Baumgartner |
| 6 | Emily Randall |
| 7 | Pramila Jayapal |
| 8 | Kim Schrier |
| 9 | Adam Smith |
| 10 | Marilyn Strickland |
If you do not know your district, the lookup below finds it from your ZIP code.
Find your representative at house.gov
Residents of territories with nonvoting Delegates or Resident Commissioners may provide the name of that Delegate or Commissioner. Also acceptable is any statement that the territory has no (voting) representatives in Congress.
61. Who is the governor of your state now?
Answer for Washington now
Bob Ferguson
Governors are elected and change, so answer with whoever is serving on the day of your
interview. Your state government's official .gov website is the reliable
place to check.
Background on Washington
Olympia is Washington's capital, at the southern end of Puget Sound, while Seattle is roughly twenty times larger. Washington became the 42nd state in 1889, and it is the only state named after a president, which is why this page's capital question sometimes gets tangled with the questions about George Washington: the state is Washington, the national capital is Washington, D.C., and they sit on opposite coasts. The state has 10 congressional districts and 12 electoral votes. If you live here and are asked for your state capital, the answer is Olympia — not Washington and not Seattle. Only that answer stays fixed; the senators, representative and governor all change with elections.
This background section is written by US Citizenship Test Practice. It is not part of the USCIS question list, and it names no senator, representative or governor itself: those names change with elections, so they appear only in the answers above, which are checked every night.
The other 124 questions
Everything else on the civics test is the same no matter where you live.