Colorado's 8th congressional district

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Colorado's 8th congressional district
Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative	Gabe Evans R–Fort Lupton
Population (2023)	740,576 [1]
Median household income	$92,135 [2]
Ethnicity	51.7% White 38.5% Hispanic 3.6% Two or more races 3.3% Asian 1.8% Black 1.0% other
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.

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

Year	Office	Results [17] [18] [19]
2008	President	Obama 54% - 44%
	Senate	Udall 54% - 41%
2010	Senate	Buck 48% - 46%
	Governor	Hickenlooper 47% - 10%
	Attorney General	Suthers 57% - 43%
	Secretary of State	Gessler 50% - 41%
	Treasurer	Stapleton 52% - 48%
2012	President	Obama 54% - 46%
2014	Senate	Gardner 49% - 44%
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% - 44%
	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: ^[20]

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 Adams County), Platteville

List of members representing the district

Name	Party	Years	Cong– ress	Electoral history	District location
District created January 3, 2023
Yadira Caraveo (Thornton)	Democratic	January 3, 2023 – January 3, 2025	118th	Elected in 2022. Lost re-election.	2023–present Parts of Adams, Larimer, and Weld
Gabe Evans (Fort Lupton)	Republican	January 3, 2025 – present	119th	Elected in 2024.

Election results

2022

2022 Colorado's 8th congressional district election ^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Yadira Caraveo	114,377	48.38%
	Republican	Barbara Kirkmeyer	112,745	47.69%
	Libertarian	Richard Ward	9,280	3.93%
Total votes			236,402	100%
	Democratic win (new seat)

2024

2024 Colorado's 8th congressional district election ^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gabe Evans	163,320	48.95%
	Democratic	Yadira Caraveo (incumbent)	160,871	48.22%
	Approval Voting	Chris Baum	5,741	1.72%
	Unity	Susan Hall	3,677	1.10%
	Write-in		7	0.00%
Total votes			333,616	100%
	Republican gain from Democratic

See also

• United States portal
• Colorado portal

• Colorado's congressional districts
• List of United States congressional districts

References

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