Colorado's 8th congressional district

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Colorado's 8th congressional district
Colorado's 8th congressional district (since 2023).svg
Colorado's 8th congressional district
Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative
Population (2023)740,576 [1]
Median household
income
$92,135 [2]
Ethnicity
Cook PVI EVEN [3]

Colorado's 8th congressional district is a new district in the United States House of Representatives that was apportioned after the 2020 United States census. [4] [5] [6] The first congressional seat to be added to Colorado's congressional delegation since 2001, the 8th district was drawn before the 2022 elections. [7] The district was drawn by the Colorado Independent Redistricting Commission and approved in an 11–1 vote on September 28, 2021, before being approved unanimously by the Colorado Supreme Court on November 1, 2021. [8] [9] [10] [11] It is currently represented by Republican Gabe Evans.

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The district is one of seven with a Cook Partisan Voting Index of EVEN, meaning that the district votes almost identically to the national electorate. It was also identified as a presidential bellwether district by Sabato's Crystal Ball , having voted for the Electoral College winner in the past four presidential elections as of 2020. [12]

Characteristics

Colorado's 8th congressional district stretches along Interstate 25, encompassing sections of Adams County, Larimer County, and Weld County. The largest population centers are Brighton, Commerce City, Greeley, Johnstown, Northglenn, and Thornton. [13] [14] The district has the largest number of Hispanic residents of any congressional district in Colorado, making up 38.5% of the adult population. [15] The 8th congressional district is viewed as competitive, with the Democratic Party holding a 3% lead in active registered voters and an average margin of victory of 1.3% between eight statewide elections held between 2016 and 2020. [13] Joe Biden won the area that is now the 8th district by 4.7% in the 2020 United States presidential election. [16] Republicans are strongest in Greeley and Weld County, while the northern Denver suburbs in Adams County lean Democratic.

Recent election results from statewide races

YearOfficeResults [17] [18] [19] [20]
2008 President Obama 54% - 44%
2012 President Obama 54% - 46%
2016 President Trump 46% - 45%
Senate Bennet 48% - 46%
2018 Governor Polis 49% - 47%
Attorney General Brauchler 49% - 47%
2020 President Biden 51% - 46%
Senate Hickenlooper 49% - 48%
2022 Senate Bennet 50% - 46%
Governor Polis 53% - 45%
Attorney General Weiser 50% - 48%
Secretary of State Griswold 50% - 46%
Treasurer Young 50% - 46%

Composition

For the 118th and successive Congresses (based on redistricting following the 2020 census), the district contains all or portions of the following counties and communities: [21]

AdamsCounty (15)

Arvada (part; also 2nd and 8th; shared with Jefferson County), Berkley, Brighton (shared with Weld County), Commerce City, Derby, Federal Heights, Lochbuie (shared with Weld County), Northglenn, North Washington, Shaw Heights, Sherrelwood, Thornton (shared with Weld County), Todd Creek, Twin Lakes, Welby, Westminster (part; also 7th; shared with Jefferson County)

LarimerCounty (1)

Berthoud (share with Weld County), Johnstown (shared with Weld County)

WeldCounty (18)

Aristocrat Ranchettes, Berthoud (share with Larimer County), Brighton (shared with Adams County), Dacono, Evans, Firestone, Fort Lupton, Frederick, Garden City, Gilcrest, Greeley, Johnstown (shared with Larimer County), Kersey, LaSalle, Lochbuie (shared with Adams County), Mead, Milliken, Thornton (shared with Weld County), Platteville

List of members representing the district

NamePartyYearsCong–
ress
Electoral historyDistrict location
District created January 3, 2023
Rep. Yadira Caraveo - 118th Congress.jpg
Yadira Caraveo
(Thornton)
Democratic January 3, 2023 –
January 3, 2025
118th Elected in 2022.
Lost re-election.
2023–present
Colorado's 8th congressional district (since 2023) (new version).svg
Parts of Adams, Larimer, and Weld
Rep. Gabe Evans official photo, 119th Congress.jpg
Gabe Evans
(Fort Lupton)
Republican January 3, 2025 –
present
119th Elected in 2024.

Election results

2022

2022 Colorado's 8th congressional district election [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Yadira Caraveo 114,377 48.38%
Republican Barbara Kirkmeyer 112,74547.69%
Libertarian Richard Ward9,2803.93%
Total votes236,402 100%
Democratic win (new seat)

2024

2024 Colorado's 8th congressional district election [23]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Gabe Evans 163,320 48.95%
Democratic Yadira Caraveo (incumbent)160,87148.22%
Approval Voting Chris Baum5,7411.72%
Unity Susan Hall3,6771.10%
Write-in 70.00%
Total votes333,616 100%
Republican gain from Democratic

See also

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