Maryland's 8th congressional district

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Maryland's 8th congressional district
Maryland US Congressional District 8 (since 2013).tif
Maryland's 8th congressional district since January 3, 2013
Representative
  Jamie Raskin
D–Takoma Park
Area297.06 sq mi (769.4 km2)
Distribution
  • 88.08% urban
  • 11.92% rural
Population (2019)776,393
Median household
income		$109,016[1]
Ethnicity
Cook PVID+17[2]

Maryland's 8th congressional district stretches from the northern Washington, D.C. suburbs north to the Pennsylvania border. The district is currently represented by Democrat Jamie Raskin.

History[]

The district was created after the 1790 census in time for the 1792 election, was abolished after the 1830 census, and was reinstated after the 1960 census.

During redistricting after the 2000 census, the Democratic-dominated Maryland legislature sought to unseat then-incumbent Republican Connie Morella[citation needed]. One proposal went so far as to divide the district in two, effectively giving one to state Senator Christopher Van Hollen, Jr. and forcing then-incumbent Connie Morella to run against popular Maryland State Delegate and Kennedy political family member Mark Kennedy Shriver[citation needed]. The final redistricting plan was less ambitious, restoring an eastern, heavily Democratic spur of Montgomery County removed in the 1990 redistricting to the 8th District[citation needed], as well as adding an adjacent portion from heavily Democratic Prince George's County located in Maryland's 5th congressional district. Although it forced Van Hollen and Shriver to run against each other in an expensive primary, the shift still made the district even more Democratic than its predecessor, and Van Hollen defeated Morella in 2002.

From 2003 to 2013 the district mostly consisted of the larger part of Montgomery County, also including a small portion of Prince George's County. The district now includes most of Frederick County (but not the City of Frederick), southern Carroll County, and a swath of Montgomery County that narrows in the north and then widens in the south to encompass nearly all of the area "inside the beltway." The redrawn district is slightly less Democratic than its predecessor. While the Carroll and Frederick portions of the districts tilt strongly Republican, the Montgomery County portion has twice as many people as the rest of the district combined, and Montgomery's Democratic tilt is enough to keep the district in the Democratic column. Since Morella left office, no Republican has crossed the 40 percent mark.

When Van Hollen left his seat in a successful bid to succeed Barbara Mikulski in the U.S. Senate, Jamie Raskin won the Democratic primary, all but assuring he would take over the seat in the general election. The primary campaign was the most expensive House race in 2016, due primarily to the large amounts spent by wealthy businessman and runner-up David Trone.[3]

Recent elections[]

1960s[]

Maryland's 8th congressional district election (new district), 1966[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Gilbert Gude 71,050 54.40
Democratic Royce Hanson 59,568 45.60
Total votes 130,618 100.00
Maryland's 8th congressional district election, 1968[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Gilbert Gude (Incumbent) 109,167 60.89
Democratic Margaret C. Schweinhaut 70,109 39.11
Total votes 179,276 100.00
Republican hold

1970s[]

Maryland's 8th congressional district election, 1970[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Gilbert Gude (Incumbent) 104,647 63.38
Democratic Thomas Hale Boggs, Jr. 60,456 36.62
Total votes 165,103 100.00
Republican hold
Maryland's 8th congressional district election, 1972[7]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Gilbert Gude (Incumbent) 137,287 63.90
Democratic Joseph G. Anastasi 77,551 36.10
Total votes 214,838 100.00
Republican hold
Maryland's 8th congressional district election, 1974[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Gilbert Gude (Incumbent) 104,675 65.92
Democratic Sidney Kramer 54,112 34.08
Total votes 158,787 100.00
Republican hold
Maryland's 8th congressional district election, 1976[9]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Newton Steers 111,274 46.82
Democratic Lanny Davis 100,343 42.22
Independent Robin Ficker 26,035 10.96
Total votes 237,652 100.00
Republican hold
Maryland's 8th congressional district election, 1978[10]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Michael D. Barnes 81,851 51.27
Republican Newton Steers (Incumbent) 77,807 48.73
Total votes 159,658 100.00
Democratic gain from Republican

1980s[]

Maryland's 8th congressional district election, 1980[11]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Michael D. Barnes (Incumbent) 148,301 59.33
Republican Newton Steers 101,659 40.67
Total votes 249,960 100.00
Democratic hold
Maryland's 8th congressional district election, 1982[12]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Michael D. Barnes (Incumbent) 121,761 71.34
Republican Elizabeth W. Spencer 48,910 28.66
Total votes 170,671 100.00
Democratic hold
Maryland's 8th congressional district election, 1984[13]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Michael D. Barnes (Incumbent) 181,947 71.47
Republican Albert Ceccone 70,715 27.78
Libertarian Samuel K. Grove 1,903 0.75
Write-ins 4 <0.01
Total votes 254,569 100.00
Democratic hold
Maryland's 8th congressional district election, 1986[14]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Connie Morella 92,917 52.87
Democratic Stewart Bainum 82,825 47.13
Total votes 175,742 100.00
Republican gain from Democratic
Maryland's 8th congressional district election, 1988[15]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Connie Morella (Incumbent) 172,619 62.75
Democratic Peter Franchot 102,478 37.25
Total votes 275,097 100.00
Republican hold

1990s[]

Maryland's 8th congressional district election, 1990[16]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Connie Morella (Incumbent) 130,059 73.53
Democratic James Walker 39,343 22.24
Independent Sidney Altman 7,485 4.23
Total votes 176,887 100.00
Republican hold
Maryland's 8th congressional district election, 1992[17]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Connie Morella (Incumbent) 203,377 72.53
Democratic Edward J. Heffernan 77,042 27.47
Total votes 280,419 100.00
Republican hold
Maryland's 8th congressional district election, 1994[18]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Connie Morella (Incumbent) 143,449 70.28
Democratic Steven Van Grack 60,660 29.72
Total votes 204,109 100.00
Republican hold
Maryland's 8th congressional district election, 1996[19]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Connie Morella (Incumbent) 152,538 61.22
Democratic Donald Mooers 96,229 38.62
Total votes 249,146 100.00
Republican hold
Maryland's 8th congressional district election, 1998[20]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Connie Morella (Incumbent) 133,145 60.34
Democratic Ralph G. Neas 87,497 39.66
Total votes 220,642 100.00
Republican hold

2000s[]

Maryland's 8th congressional district election, 2000[21]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Connie Morella (Incumbent) 156,241 52.00
Democratic Terry Lierman 136,840 45.54
Constitution Brian D. Saunders 7,017 2.34
Write-ins 371 0.12
Total votes 300,469 100.00
Republican hold
Maryland's 8th congressional district election, 2002[22]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Chris Van Hollen 112,788 51.74
Republican Connie Morella (Incumbent) 103,587 47.52
Write-ins 1,599 0.73
Total votes 217,974 100.00
Democratic gain from Republican
Maryland's 8th congressional district election, 2004[23]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Chris Van Hollen (Incumbent) 215,129 74.91
Republican Chuck Floyd 71,989 25.07
Write-ins 79 0.03
Total votes 287,197 100.00
Democratic hold
Maryland's 8th congressional district election, 2006[24]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Chris Van Hollen (Incumbent) 168,872 76.52
Republican Jeffrey M. Stein 48,324 21.90
Green Gerard P. Giblin 3,298 1.49
Write-ins 191 0.09
Total votes 220,685 100.00
Democratic hold
Maryland's 8th congressional district election, 2008[25]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Chris Van Hollen (Incumbent) 229,740 75.08
Republican Steve Hudson 66,351 21.68
Green Gordon Clark 6,828 2.23
Libertarian Ian Thomas 2,562 0.84
Write-in All write-ins 533 0.17
Total votes 306,014 100.00
Democratic hold

2010s[]

Maryland's 8th congressional district election, 2010[26]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Chris Van Hollen (Incumbent) 153,613 73.27
Republican Michael Lee Philips 52,421 25.00
Libertarian Mark Grannis 2,713 1.29
Constitution Fred Nordhorn 696 0.33
No party Write-ins 224 0.11
Total votes 209,667 100.00
Democratic hold
Maryland's 8th congressional district election, 2012[27]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Chris Van Hollen (Incumbent) 217,531 63.37
Republican Kenneth R. Timmerman 113,033 32.93
Libertarian Mark Grannis 7,235 2.11
Green George Gluck 5,064 1.48
N/A Others (write-in) 393 0.11
Total votes 343,256 100
Democratic hold
Maryland's 8th congressional district election, 2014[28]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Chris Van Hollen (Incumbent) 136,722 60.74
Republican Dave Wallace 87,859 39.03
N/A Others (write-in) 516 0.23
Total votes 225,097 100.00
Democratic hold
Maryland's 8th congressional district election, 2016[29]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jamie Raskin 220,657 60.6
Republican Dan Cox 124,651 34.2
Green Nancy Wallace 11,201 3.1
Libertarian Jasen Wunder 7,283 2.0
N/A Others (write-in) 532 0.1
Total votes 364,324 100.00
Democratic hold
Maryland's 8th congressional district, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jamie Raskin (Incumbent) 217,679 68.2
Republican John Walsh 96,525 30.2
Libertarian Jasen Wunder 4,853 1.5
n/a Write-ins 273 0.1
Total votes 319,330 100.0
Democratic hold

2020s[]

Maryland's 8th congressional district, 2020[30]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jamie Raskin (incumbent) 274,716 68.2
Republican Gregory Thomas Coll 127,157 31.6
Write-in 741 0.2
Total votes 402,614 100.0
Democratic hold

List of members representing the district[]

# Member Party Years Con-
gress 		Electoral history District location
District created in 1793
1 William Vans Murray.jpg
William Vans Murray 		Pro-Administration March 4, 1793 –
March 3, 1795 		3rd
4th 		Redistricted from the 5th district and re-elected in 1792.
Re-elected in 1794.
Retired. 		1793–1803
[data unknown/missing]
Federalist March 4, 1795 –
March 3, 1797
2 JohnDennisI.jpg
John Dennis 		Federalist March 4, 1797 –
March 3, 1805 		5th
6th
7th
8th 		Elected in 1796.
Re-elected in 1798.
Re-elected in 1801.
Re-elected in 1803.
Retired.
1803–1813
[data unknown/missing]
3 Charles Goldsborough, 1802 painting.jpg
Charles Goldsborough 		Federalist March 4, 1805 –
March 3, 1817 		9th
10th
11th
12th
13th
14th 		Elected in 1804.
Re-elected in 1806.
Re-elected in 1808.
Re-elected in 1810.
Re-elected in 1812.
Re-elected in 1814.
Retired.
1813–1823
[data unknown/missing]
4 Thomas Bayly Federalist March 4, 1817 –
March 3, 1823 		15th
16th
17th 		Elected in 1816.
Re-elected in 1818.
Re-elected in 1820.
Retired.
5 John S. Spence Democratic-Republican[a] March 4, 1823 –
March 3, 1825 		18th Elected in 1822.
Lost re-election. 		1823–1833
[data unknown/missing]
6 Robert N. Martin Anti-Jacksonian March 4, 1825 –
March 3, 1827 		19th Elected in 1824.
Retired.
7 Ephraim King Wilson Anti-Jacksonian March 4, 1827 –
March 3, 1829 		20th
21st 		Re-elected in 1826.
Re-elected in 1829.
Retired.
Jackson March 4, 1829 –
March 3, 1831
8 John S. Spence Anti-Jacksonian March 4, 1831 –
March 3, 1833 		22nd Elected in 1831.
[data unknown/missing]
9 John T. Stoddert Jackson March 4, 1833 –
March 3, 1835 		23rd Elected in 1833.
Retired. 		1833–1835
[data unknown/missing]
Seat abolished in 1835
Seat reinstated in 1967
10 Gilbert Gude.jpg
Gilbert Gude 		Republican January 3, 1967 –
January 3, 1977 		90th
91st
92nd
93rd
94th 		Elected in 1966.
Re-elected in 1968.
Re-elected in 1970.
Re-elected in 1972.
Re-elected in 1974.
Retired. 		1967–1973
Montgomery
1973–1983
Montgomery
11 Newton Steers.jpg
Newton Steers 		Republican January 3, 1977 –
January 3, 1979 		95th Elected in 1976.
Lost re-election.
12 Michael D Barnes US Congress Photo Portrait.jpg
Michael D. Barnes 		Democratic January 3, 1979 –
January 3, 1987 		96th
97th
98th
99th 		Elected in 1978.
Re-elected in 1980.
Re-elected in 1982.
Re-elected in 1984.
Retired to run for U.S. Senator.
1983–1993
Montgomery
13 Connie morella.jpg
Connie Morella 		Republican January 3, 1987 –
January 3, 2003 		100th
101st
102nd
103rd
104th
105th
106th
107th 		Elected in 1986.
Re-elected in 1988.
Re-elected in 1990.
Re-elected in 1992.
Re-elected in 1994.
Re-elected in 1996.
Re-elected in 1998.
Re-elected in 2000.
Lost re-election after redistricting.
1993–2003
Montgomery
14 Chris van hollen.jpg
Chris Van Hollen 		Democratic January 3, 2003 –
January 3, 2017 		108th
109th
110th
111th
112th
113th
114th 		Elected in 2002.
Re-elected in 2004.
Re-elected in 2006.
Re-elected in 2008.
Re-elected in 2010.
Re-elected in 2012.
Re-elected in 2014.
Retired to run for U.S. Senator. 		2003–2013
United States House of Representatives, Maryland District 8 map.png
Montgomery, Prince George's
2013–present
Maryland US Congressional District 8 (since 2013).tif
Montgomery, Frederick, Carroll
15 Jamie Raskin official.jpg
Jamie Raskin 		Democratic January 3, 2017 –
present 		115th
116th
117th 		Elected in 2016.
Re-elected in 2018.
Re-elected in 2020.

See also[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Supported the Adams-Clay faction in the 1824 United States presidential election

External links[]

Sources[]

  1. ^ "My Congressional District".
  2. ^ "Introducing the 2021 Cook Political Report Partisan Voter Index". The Cook Political Report. April 15, 2021.
  3. ^ Turque, Bill (April 27, 2016). "Raskin wins Md.'s 8th Congressional District primary". The Washington Post. Retrieved July 13, 2017.
  4. ^ Clerk of the House of Representatives (March 31, 1967). "Statistics of the Contressional Election of November 8, 1966" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office. Retrieved June 5, 2017.
  5. ^ Clerk of the House of Representatives (July 1, 1969). "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 5, 1968" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office. Retrieved June 5, 2017.
  6. ^ Clerk of the House of Representatives (May 1, 1971). "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 3, 1970" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office. Retrieved June 5, 2017.
  7. ^ Clerk of the House of Representatives (March 15, 1973). "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 7, 1972" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office. Retrieved June 5, 2017.
  8. ^ Clerk of the House of Representatives (August 1, 1975). "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 4, 1974" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office. Retrieved June 5, 2017.
  9. ^ Clerk of the House of Representatives (April 15, 1977). "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 2, 1976" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office. Retrieved June 5, 2017.
  10. ^ Clerk of the House of Representatives (April 1, 1979). "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 1978" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office. Retrieved June 5, 2017.
  11. ^ Clerk of the House of Representatives (April 15, 1981). "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 4, 1980" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office. Retrieved June 5, 2017.
  12. ^ Clerk of the House of Representatives (May 5, 1983). "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 1982" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office. Retrieved June 5, 2017.
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  27. ^ Clerk of the House of Representatives (February 28, 2013). "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 6, 2012" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office. Retrieved June 5, 2017.
  28. ^ "Official 2014 Gubernatorial General Election results for Representative in Congress". Maryland State Board of Elections. December 2, 2014. Retrieved June 5, 2017.
  29. ^ "Official 2016 Presidential General Election results for Representative in Congress". Maryland State Board of Elections. December 9, 2016. Retrieved June 5, 2017.
  30. ^ "Official 2020 Presidential General Election results for Representative in Congress". Maryland State Board of Elections. Retrieved December 14, 2020.

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