State redistricting looking like a conservative shift for southwest

Southwest Washington's 3rd Congressional District, which has been controlled by Democrats for most of the last half century, likely would become more Republican under four plans to redraw the state's congressional districts presented in Olympia on Tuesday.
All four proposals would lop off most of Thurston County, a traditional Democratic stronghold, from the north end of the 3rd District. To be elected, candidates would need to woo more conservative voters in the southern part of the district, which currently includes Cowlitz, Lewis, Wahkiakum, Pacific and parts of Clark and Thurston counties.
The four proposals were unveiled by the four-member Washington State Redistricting Commission. The proposals could cause some big shakesups in state legislative districts in Southwest Washington.