Editing Hunts Point, Washington (section)

==Government and politics==
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| style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''[[United States presidential election in Washington (state), 2020|2020]]'''
|  style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Republican}}|39.29% ''121''
|  style="text-align:center; {{Party shading/Democratic}}|'''59.42%''' ''183''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.30% ''4''
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Hunts Point is part of the 48th Legislative District of [[Washington (state)|Washington]]. The district's legislators are:

* Senator [[Patty Kuderer]], [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]
* Representative [[Vandana Slatter]], Democrat
* Representative [[Joan McBride]], Democrat

Hunts Point is part of [[Washington's 1st congressional district]], represented by [[Suzan DelBene]], Democrat.

[[George W. Bush]] made a fund-raising stop in the town during each of his presidential campaigns. The August 22, 2003, visit cost the town $23,634.25 for police security.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=20040124&slug=bush24e|title=Hunts Point stuck with bill for Bush visit|access-date=August 7, 2023}}</ref>

The town of Hunts Point, along with neighboring Yarrow Point, has no agreement to participate in the [[King County Library System]], which precludes residents from holding library cards or using library services.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.kcls.org/usingthelibrary/librarycards/borrowing_areas.cfm|title = Library Cards &#124; Frequently Asked Questions}}</ref>

In the [[2016 United States presidential election|2016 presidential election]], [[Hillary Clinton]] defeated [[Donald Trump]] 161 votes to 116 in Hunts Point.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://data.kingcounty.gov/Election-results/2016-General-Election-Results-by-precinct-complete/b27z-cdmk/data|title = 2016 General - Election Results by precinct (Complete eCanvass dataset) &#124; King County &#124; Open Data}}</ref>