Editing Doc Hastings (section)

===Elections===
Incumbent Republican [[Sid Morrison]], of [[Washington's 4th congressional district]], decided to retire in 1992 in order to run for [[Governor of Washington]]. Hastings ran, but lost in the general election to [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] State Representative [[Jay Inslee]], 51%–49%.<ref name="ourcampaigns.com">{{cite web | url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=28453 | title=Our Campaigns - WA District 4 Race - Nov 03, 1992 }}</ref> Although Hastings carried the Tri-Cities, he lost the rest of the district. He won three (Benton, Franklin, and Adams) of the district's ten counties.<ref name="ourcampaigns.com"/>

Hastings sought a rematch against Inslee in [[United States House elections, 1994|1994]], and defeated him, 53%–47%, winning eight of the district's ten counties.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=29004 | title=Our Campaigns - WA District 4 Race - Nov 08, 1994 }}</ref> In 1996, he was re-elected to a second term, defeating Democrat Rick Locke 53%–47%.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=29623 | title=Our Campaigns - WA District 4 Race - Nov 05, 1996 }}</ref> He never faced another contest anywhere near that close, and was reelected eight more times with at least 60% of the vote.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=30246 | title=Our Campaigns - WA District 4 Race - Nov 03, 1998 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=685 | title=Our Campaigns - WA District 4 Race - Nov 07, 2000 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=1340 | title=Our Campaigns - WA District 4 Race - Nov 05, 2002 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=4402 | title=Our Campaigns - WA District 4 Race - Nov 02, 2004 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=139507 | title=Our Campaigns - WA District 4 Race - Nov 07, 2006 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=322373 | title=Our Campaigns - WA District 4 Race - Nov 04, 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=487804 | title=Our Campaigns - WA District 4 Race - Nov 02, 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=773792|title=Our Campaigns - WA District 4 Race - Nov 06, 2012}}</ref>