Arizona's 8th congressional district

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Arizona's 8th congressional district
Arizona's 8th congressional district (since 2023).svg
Arizona's 8th congressional district
Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative
Area9,057 sq mi (23,460 km2)
Distribution
  • 87.3% urban
  • 12.7% rural
Population (2023)800,203 [1]
Median household
income		$79,122 [2]
Ethnicity
Cook PVI R+10 [3]

Arizona's 8th congressional district is a congressional district located in the U.S. state of Arizona. It includes many of the suburbs north and west of Phoenix, in Maricopa County, Arizona. The district includes several high-income retirement communities, including Sun City West.

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After redistricting for the 2012 general election, the new 8th district encompasses most of the Maricopa County portion of the old 2nd district, while most of the former 8th district became the 2nd congressional district. [4] It is the geographic and demographic successor of the old 2nd; while the 4th district contains most of the old 2nd's land, more than 92 percent of the old 2nd's constituents were drawn into the 8th. [5]

This seat was vacated by Representative Trent Franks on December 8, 2017. A special election was held on April 24, 2018, and won by Republican Debbie Lesko.

History

Arizona picked up an eighth congressional district after the 2000 census. It originally encompassed the extreme southeastern part of the state. It included all of Cochise County and parts of Pima, Pinal, and Santa Cruz counties. For all intents and purposes, it was the successor to what had been the 5th district from 1983 to 2003.

Longtime Republican incumbent Jim Kolbe retired in 2007, and was succeeded by Democrat Gabby Giffords, who was shot and severely wounded at a public event on January 8, 2011. Giffords resigned her seat on January 25, 2012. In a special election held on June 12, 2012, Democrat Ron Barber was elected as the new congressman. [6]

For the 2012 election, Barber was redistricted to the 2nd district, which includes the bulk of the old 8th district. The 8th was redrawn to include nearly all of the Maricopa County portion of the old 2nd district–as mentioned above, more than 92 percent of the old 2nd's population. The district had previously been the 3rd district from 1963 to 2003. That district's congressman, Republican Trent Franks, won the election for the new 8th.

After the 2022 redistricting, the 8th was one of only two districts, the other being the East Valley-based 5th, that retained essentially its same boundaries.

Composition

#CountySeatPopulation
13 Maricopa Phoenix 4,585,871

Cities of 10,000 people or more

Voting

YearOfficeResults
2004 President Bush 53–46%
2008 President McCain 52–46%
2012 President Romney 62–37%
2016 President Trump 58–37%
2020 President Trump 57–41%

John McCain, the 2008 Republican nominee, was also a resident of Arizona and one of the state's two United States Senators.

List of members representing the district

Arizona began sending an eighth member to the House after the 2000 Census. Prior to this time, most of the 8th's current territory was in the 5th district .

Member
(Residence)		PartyYearsCong
ress		Electoral historyDistrict location [7] [8] [9]
District created January 3, 2003
Jim Kolbe.png
Jim Kolbe
(Tucson)		 Republican January 3, 2003 –
January 3, 2007		 108th
109th 		Redistricted from the 5th district .
Re-elected in 2002.
Re-elected in 2004.
Retired.		2003–2013
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Cochise; parts of Pima, Pinal, and Santa Cruz
Gabrielle Giffords official portrait.jpg
Gabby Giffords
(Tucson)		 Democratic January 3, 2007 –
January 25, 2012		 110th
111th
112th 		Elected in 2006.
Re-elected in 2008.
Re-elected in 2010.
Resigned.
VacantJanuary 25, 2012 –
June 19, 2012		 112th
Ron Barber, official portrait, 112th Congress.jpg
Ron Barber
(Tucson)		 Democratic June 19, 2012 –
January 3, 2013		 Elected to finish Giffords's term.
Redistricted to the 2nd district .
Trent Franks, official portrait, 114th Congress (cropped).jpg
Trent Franks
(Glendale)		 Republican January 3, 2013 –
December 8, 2017		 113th
114th
115th 		Redistricted from the 2nd district .
Re-elected in 2012.
Re-elected in 2014.
Re-elected in 2016.
Resigned.		2013–2023
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Part of Maricopa
VacantDecember 8, 2017 –
May 7, 2018		 115th
Debbie Lesko, official portrait, 115th Congress.jpg
Debbie Lesko
(Peoria)		 Republican May 7, 2018 –
present		 115th
116th
117th
118th 		Elected to finish Franks's term.
Re-elected in 2018.
Re-elected in 2020.
Re-elected in 2022.
Retiring at end of term.
2023–present:
Arizona's 8th congressional district in Phoenix (since 2023).svg
Part of Maricopa
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Abraham Hamadeh (elect)
(Peoria)		 Republican January 3, 2025 Elected in 2024.

Complete election results

2002

Arizona's 8th congressional district election, 2002
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Jim Kolbe 126,930 63.33
Democratic Mary Judge Ryan67,32833.59
Libertarian Joe Duarte 6,1423.06
Write-In Jim Dorrance280.01
Majority59,60229.74
Total votes200,428 100.00

2004

Arizona's 8th congressional district election, 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Jim Kolbe (Incumbent) 183,363 60.36
Democratic Eva Bacal109,96336.20
Libertarian Robert Anderson10,4433.44
Majority73,40024.16
Total votes303,769 100.00
Republican hold

2006

Arizona's 8th congressional district election, 2006
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Gabby Giffords 137,655 54.25
Republican Randy Graf 106,79042.09
Libertarian David F. Nolan 4,8491.91
Independent Jay Quick4,4081.74
Majority30,86512.16
Total votes253,720 100.00
Democratic gain from Republican

2008

Arizona's 8th congressional district election, 2008
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Gabby Giffords (Incumbent) 179,629 54.72
Republican Tim Bee 140,55342.82
Libertarian Paul Davis 8,0812.46
Majority39,07611.90
Total votes328,266 100.00
Democratic hold

2010

Arizona's 8th congressional district election, 2010
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Gabby Giffords (Incumbent) 138,280 48.76
Republican Jesse Kelly134,12447.30
Libertarian Steven Stoltz11,1743.94
Majority4,1561.46
Total votes283,578 100.00
Democratic hold

2012 (special)

Arizona's 8th congressional district special election — June 12, 2012
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Ron Barber 111,203 52.32
Republican Jesse Kelly96,46545.39
Green Charlie Manolakis4,8692.29
Majority14,7396.93
Total votes212,538 100.00
Democratic hold

2012

Arizona's 8th congressional district election, 2012
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Trent Franks 172,809 63.35
Democratic Gene Scharer 95,63535.06
Americans Elect Stephen Dolgos4,3471.59
Majority77,17428.29
Total votes272,791 100.00
Republican hold

2014

Arizona's 8th congressional district election, November 4, 2014
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Trent Franks (Incumbent) 128,710 75.8
Americans Elect Stephen Dolgos41,06624.2
Majority87,64450.6
Total votes169,776 100.00
Republican hold

2016

Arizona's 8th congressional district election, 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Trent Franks (Incumbent) 204,942 68.6
Green Mark Salazar93,95431.4
Majority110,98837.2
Total votes298,896 100
Republican hold

2018 (special)

Arizona's 8th congressional district special election - April 24, 2018 [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Debbie Lesko 96,012 52.37 −16.23
Democratic Hiral Tipirneni 87,33147.63+47.63
Total votes183,343 100.0
Majority8,6814.74
Republican hold Swing -16.2%

2018

Arizona's 8th congressional district, 2018 [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Debbie Lesko (Incumbent) 168,835 55.5
Democratic Hiral Tipirneni135,56944.5
New Paradigm PartySteven Hummel (write-in)130.0
Total votes304,417 100.0
Republican hold

2020

Arizona's 8th congressional district election, 2020
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Debbie Lesko (incumbent) 251,633 59.6
Democratic Michael Muscato170,81640.4
Write-in 180.0
Total votes422,467 100.0
Republican hold

2022

Arizona's 8th congressional district election, 2022
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Debbie Lesko (incumbent) 197,555 96.5
Democratic Jeremy Spreitzer (write-in)5,1452.5
Democratic Alixandria Guzman (write-in)2,0131.0
Total votes204,713 100.0
Republican hold

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References

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  3. ↑ "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". Cook Political Report. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
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  9. ↑ Congressional Directory: Browse 105th Congress Archived February 17, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
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