Minnesota's 8th congressional district

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Minnesota's 8th congressional district
Minnesota's 8th congressional district
	Minnesota's 8th congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Representative	Pete Stauber; R–Hermantown
Area	27,583 sq mi (71,440 km2)
Distribution	61.53% rural; 38.47% urban;
Population (2018 est.)	672,274
Median household; income	$56,656
Ethnicity	91% White; 3% Native American; 2% Hispanic; 2% other; 1% Black; 1% Asian;
Cook PVI	R+4

Minnesota's 8th congressional district covers the northeastern part of Minnesota. It is anchored by Duluth, the state's fifth-largest city. It also includes most of the Mesabi & Vermilion iron ranges, and the Boundary Waters Canoe Area in the Superior National Forest. The district is best known for its mining, agriculture, tourism, and shipping industries.

For many decades, the district reliably voted Democratic, but in 2016, Republicans made strong gains and Donald Trump carried the district by a 15-point margin. In the 2018 midterm election, it was one of only three congressional districts which flipped to Republican. The eastern part of the district (Carlton, Cook, Lake, and St. Louis counties) tends to vote Democratic while the rest of the district leans Republican.^[7]

The district is represented by Republican Pete Stauber.^[7]^[8]

List of members representing the district

Member	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history
James Bede	Republican	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1909	58th 59th 60th	[data missing]
Clarence B. Miller	Republican	March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1919	61st 62nd 63rd 64th 65th	[data missing]
William Leighton Carss	Farmer–Labor	March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1921	66th	[data missing]
Oscar Larson	Republican	March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1925	67th 68th	[data missing]
William Leighton Carss	Farmer–Labor	March 4, 1925 – March 3, 1929	69th 70th	[data missing]
William Pittenger	Republican	March 4, 1929 – March 3, 1933	71st 72nd	[data missing]
District inactive		March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935	73rd	All members elected At-large on a general ticket
William Pittenger	Republican	January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1937	74th	[data missing]
John Bernard	Farmer–Labor	January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1939	75th	[data missing]
William Pittenger	Republican	January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1947	76th 77th 78th 79th	[data missing]
John Blatnik	Democratic–Farmer–Labor	January 3, 1947 – December 31, 1974	80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd	[data missing] Resigned.
Vacant		December 31, 1974 – January 3, 1975	93rd
Jim Oberstar	Democratic–Farmer–Labor	January 3, 1975 – January 3, 2011	94th 95th 96th 97th 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th	[data missing] Lost re-election.
Chip Cravaack	Republican	January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2013	112th	[data missing] Lost re-election.
Rick Nolan	Democratic–Farmer–Labor	January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2019	113th 114th 115th	Elected in 2012. Retired to run for Lt. Governor of Minnesota.
File:Pete Stauber official photo.jpg Pete Stauber	Republican	January 3, 2019 – present	116th 117th 118th	[data missing]

Recent elections

Year	Nominee	Party	Votes	%	Nominee	Party	Votes	%	Nominee	Party	Votes	%
2002	Jim Oberstar	Democratic	193,959	68.6	Bob Lemen	Republican	88,423	31.2
2004	Jim Oberstar	Democratic	228,509	65.2	Mark Groettum	Republican	112,657	32.2	Van Presley	Green	8,933	2.5
2006	Jim Oberstar	Democratic	194,677	63.6	Rod Grams	Republican	101,744	34.4	Harry Welty	Unity	5,508	1.9
2008	Jim Oberstar	Democratic	240,586	67.6	Michael Cummins	Republican	114,588	32.2
2010	Jim Oberstar	Democratic	129,072	46.6	Chip Cravaack	Republican	133,479	48.2	Timothy Olson	Independence	11,876	4.3
2012	Rick Nolan	Democratic	192,748	54.5	Chip Cravaack	Republican	161,113	45.5
2014	Rick Nolan	Democratic	129,089	48.5	Stewart Mills III	Republican	125,357	47.1	Ray Sandman	Green	11,450	4.3
2016	Rick Nolan	Democratic	178,893	50.2	Stewart Mills III	Republican	176,821	49.6
2018	Joe Radinovich	Democratic	141,972	45.2	Pete Stauber	Republican	159,388	50.7	Ray Sandman	Independence	12,741	4.1

Election results from statewide races

Year	Office	Results
2000	President	Al Gore 49 - George W. Bush 44%
2004	President	John Kerry 53 - George W. Bush 46%
2008	President	Barack Obama 53 - John McCain 45%
2008	Senate	Al Franken 52.3 - Norm Coleman 47.6%
2012	President	Barack Obama 51.7 - Mitt Romney 46.2%
2012	Senate	Amy Klobuchar 65 - Kurt Bills 31%
2014	Senate	Al Franken 54 - Mike McFadden 42%
2016	President	Donald Trump 54.2 - Hillary Clinton 38.6%
2018	Senate	Amy Klobuchar 53.7 - Jim Newberger 42.9%
	Senate (special)	Karin Housley 48.3 - Tina Smith 46.8%
	Governor	Jeff Johnson 48.9 - Tim Walz 47.1%

Historical district boundaries

References

^ "Minnesota congressional districts by urban and rural population and land area" (PDF). US Census Bureau. 2000. Retrieved April 2, 2007.
^ Geography, US Census Bureau. "Congressional Districts Relationship Files (state-based)". www.census.gov.
^ Bureau, Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ https://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=27&cd=08
^ https://censusreporter.org/profiles/50000US2708-congressional-district-8-mn/
^ "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Minnesota Election Results 2018: Live Midterm Map by County & Analysis". Retrieved November 7, 2018.
^ "Minnesota's 8th Congressional District election, 2016 - Ballotpedia". Retrieved November 14, 2016.

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[1] "Minnesota congressional districts by urban and rural population and land area" (PDF). US Census Bureau. 2000. Retrieved April 2, 2007.

[2] Geography, US Census Bureau. "Congressional Districts Relationship Files (state-based)". www.census.gov.

[3] Bureau, Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[4] ttps://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=27&cd=08

[5] ttps://censusreporter.org/profiles/50000US2708-congressional-district-8-mn/

[Cook-6] "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.

[:0-7] "Minnesota Election Results 2018: Live Midterm Map by County & Analysis". Retrieved November 7, 2018.

[8] "Minnesota's 8th Congressional District election, 2016 - Ballotpedia". Retrieved November 14, 2016.

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Minnesota's 8th congressional district
Minnesota's 8th congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Representative	Pete Stauber R–Hermantown
Area	27,583^[1] sq mi (71,440 km²)
Distribution	61.53% rural^[2] 38.47% urban
Population (2018 est.)	672,274^[3]
Median household income	$56,656^[4]
Ethnicity	91% White^[5] 3% Native American 2% Hispanic 2% other 1% Black 1% Asian
Cook PVI	R+4^[6]

List of members representing the district

Recent elections

Election results from statewide races

Historical district boundaries

See also

References