Mike Sells (D) To top of page. 39th District. Represents the eastern part of Skagit and Snohomish counties, and the northeast part of King County including Sedro Woolley, Concrete, Arlington, Darrington, Granite Falls, Monroe, Sultan, Gold Bar Index, Skykomish and part of Marysville.
Answer: Four presidents took office without winning the popular vote. In other words, they did not receive a plurality in terms of the popular vote. They were elected, instead, by the electoral college or in the case of John Quincy Adams by the House of Representatives after a tie in the electoral votes. They were: 1  John Quincy Adams who lost by 44,804 votes to Andrew Jackson in 1824. 2  Rutherford B. Hayes who lost by 264,292 votes to Samuel J. Tilden in 1876.
1 Election No. 10 ( 1824 ) No candidate having received a majority of the Electoral Vote for President ( by now , under terms of the 12th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution , Electors voted separately for President and Vice-President : John Calhoun had already received a majority of the Electoral Vote for Vice-President ) , the U.S. House of ...