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	Rick Nolan; D–Crosby
Area	27,583 sq mi (71,440 km2)
Distribution	61.53% rural;
Population (2016)	662,354
Median household; income	$53,676
Ethnicity	92.93% White; 2.85% Native American; 1.69% Hispanic; 1.04% Black; 0.81% Asian;
Cook PVI	R+4

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

For many decades, the district was Democratic. However, in 2016, Republicans made strong gains and Donald Trump carried the district by a 15-point margin. Nonetheless, elected Republicans are few and far between. Republican strength is concentrated in the district's southern portion, which stretches into the outer northern portion of the Twin Cities.

The district is currently represented by retiring Democrat Rick Nolan, who defeated incumbent Republican Chip Cravaack in November 2012, and Republican Stewart Mills in 2014 and 2016.^[5]

List of representatives

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

Recent elections

Year	Nominee	Party	Votes	%	Nominee	Party	Votes	%
2002	Jim Oberstar	Democratic	193,959	69.0	Bob Lemen	Republican	88,423	31
2004	Jim Oberstar	Democratic	228,509	65	Mark Groettum	Republican	112,657	32
2006	Jim Oberstar	Democratic	194,677	64	Rod Grams	Republican	101,744	34
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
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
2016	Rick Nolan	Democratic	178,893	50.2	Stewart Mills III	Republican	176,821	49.6

Election results from presidential races

Year	Office	Results	Political parties that won the district
2000	President	Al Gore 49 - George W. Bush 44%	Democratic Party (United States)
2004	President	John Kerry 53 - George W. Bush 46%	Democratic Party (United States)
2008	President	Barack Obama 53 - John McCain 45%	Democratic Party (United States)
2012	President	Barack Obama 52 - Mitt Romney 46%	Democratic Party (United States)
2016	President	Donald Trump 54 - Hillary Clinton 39%	Republican Party (United States)

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

[Cook-4] "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.

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

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List of representatives

Recent elections

Election results from presidential races

Historical district boundaries

See also

References