Maryland's 8th congressional district
Maryland's 8th congressional district is concentrated entirely in Montgomery County. Adjacent to Washington, D.C., the 8th district takes in many of the city’s wealthiest inner-ring suburbs, including Bethesda, Chevy Chase, and Potomac. It also includes several more economically and racially diverse communities, the most populous of which are Rockville and Silver Spring.
Maryland's 8th congressional district | |||
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Representative |
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Area | 297.06 sq mi (769.4 km2) | ||
Distribution |
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Population (2022) | 755,348 | ||
Median household income | $123,494[1] | ||
Ethnicity |
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Cook PVI | D+29[2] |
With a median household income of $120,948, it is the ninth-wealthiest congressional district in the nation. The 8th district also has the eighth-highest share of residents with at least a bachelor's degree, at 63.9%. Those above-average numbers are largely due to the substantial presence of the federal government in nearby Washington, where thousands of the 8th district’s residents commute to work on a daily basis. Several federal agencies are likewise located within the 8th district, including the Food and Drug Administration, the National Institutes of Health, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. Two Fortune 500 companies are headquartered in the district: Lockheed Martin and Marriott International.[3]
Politically, the district is heavily liberal. It has consistently sent Democratic representatives to Congress by wide margins since 2002. In 2020, Joe Biden won nearly 80% of its vote. Democrat Jamie Raskin has represented the seat since 2017.
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. One proposal went so far as to divide the district in two, effectively giving one to state Senator Christopher Van Hollen, Jr. and forcing Morella to run against popular Maryland State Delegate and Kennedy political family member Mark Kennedy Shriver. 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 (encompassing nearly all of the area "inside the Beltway"), as well as adding an adjacent portion from heavily Democratic Prince George's County. 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, in addition to the larger part of Montgomery County and the small portion of Prince George's County, included most of Frederick County (but not the City of Frederick), and southern Carroll County. The redrawn district was slightly less Democratic than its predecessor. While the Carroll and Frederick portions of the district tilted strongly Republican, the Montgomery County portion had twice as many people as the rest of the district combined, and Montgomery's Democratic tilt was enough to keep the district in the Democratic column. Since Morella left office, no Republican has crossed the 40 percent mark in the 8th District.
Communities
Since 2023, the following communities have postal addresses within the 8th district.[4][5]
Entirely within the district
Partially within the district
Recent statewide election results
Year | Office | Results |
2000 | President | Gore 60% - 36% |
2004 | President | Kerry 69% - 30% |
2008 | President | Obama 73% - 24% |
2012 | President | Obama 61% - 36% |
2016 | President | Clinton 64% - 31% |
2020 | President | Biden 69% - 28% |
Recent elections
1960s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Gilbert Gude | 71,050 | 54.40 | |
Democratic | Royce Hanson | 59,568 | 45.60 | |
Total votes | 130,618 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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 | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Gilbert Gude (Incumbent) | 137,287 | 63.90 | |
Democratic | Joseph G. Anastasi | 77,551 | 36.10 | |
Total votes | 214,838 | 100.00 | ||
Republican hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Gilbert Gude (Incumbent) | 104,675 | 65.92 | |
Democratic | Sidney Kramer | 54,112 | 34.08 | |
Total votes | 158,787 | 100.00 | ||
Republican hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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 | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Michael D. Barnes (Incumbent) | 148,301 | 59.33 | |
Republican | Newton Steers | 101,659 | 40.67 | |
Total votes | 249,960 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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 | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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 | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Republican | Connie Morella | 92,917 | 52.87 | |||
Democratic | Stewart Bainum | 82,825 | 47.13 | |||
Total votes | 175,742 | 100.00 | ||||
Republican gain from Democratic | ||||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Connie Morella (Incumbent) | 172,619 | 62.75 | |
Democratic | Peter Franchot | 102,478 | 37.25 | |
Total votes | 275,097 | 100.00 | ||
Republican hold | ||||
1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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 | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Connie Morella (Incumbent) | 203,377 | 72.53 | |
Democratic | Edward J. Heffernan | 77,042 | 27.47 | |
Total votes | 280,419 | 100.00 | ||
Republican hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Connie Morella (Incumbent) | 143,449 | 70.28 | |
Democratic | Steven Van Grack | 60,660 | 29.72 | |
Total votes | 204,109 | 100.00 | ||
Republican hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Connie Morella (Incumbent) | 152,538 | 61.22 | |
Democratic | Donald Mooers | 96,229 | 38.62 | |
Total votes | 249,146 | 100.00 | ||
Republican hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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 | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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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 | ||||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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 | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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 | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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 | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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 | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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 | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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 | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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 | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Jamie Raskin (incumbent) | 211,842 | 80.2 | |
Republican | Gregory Coll | 47,965 | 18.1 | |
Libertarian | Andrés Garcia | 4,125 | 1.6 | |
Write-in | 274 | 0.1 | ||
Total votes | 264,206 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
List of members representing the district
Notes
- Supported the Adams-Clay faction in the 1824 United States presidential election
External links
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