Michigan's 8th congressional district

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Michigan's 8th congressional district
Michigan's 8th congressional district (since 2023).svg
Michigan's 8th congressional district
Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative
Population (2023)766,628
Median household
income
$60,825 [1]
Ethnicity
Cook PVI R+1 [2]

Michigan's 8th congressional district is a United States congressional district in Central Michigan. The district was first created in 1873, after redistricting following the 1870 census. From 2003 to 2013, it consisted of all of Clinton, Ingham, and Livingston counties, and included the southern portion of Shiawassee and the northern portion of Oakland counties. From 2013 to 2023, the district no longer covered Clinton or Shiawassee counties and instead covered more of Oakland County, including Rochester. In 2023, the district was redrawn to be centered on the city of Flint and the "Tri-Cities" metropolitan area around Saginaw, Midland, Bay City. The district includes all of Saginaw and Bay counties, almost all of Genesee County, and portions of Midland and Tuscola counties.

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The district's current representative is Democrat incumbent Dan Kildee, who previously represented the old 5th district. According to the Cook Partisan Voting Index, after 2022 redistricting Michigan's 8th is the median district in the country, with 217 districts rated more Democratic and 217 districts rated more Republican.

Composition

#CountySeatPopulation
17 Bay Bay City 102,500
49 Genesee Flint 401,522
111 Midland Midland 84,039
145 Saginaw Saginaw 187,782
157 Tuscola Caro 52,826

Cities and townships of 10,000 or more people

2,500 – 10,000 people

Recent election results in presidential races

YearOfficeResults
1992 President Clinton 40% - 36%
1996 President Clinton 49% - 40%
2000 President Bush 51% - 47%
2004 President Bush 54% - 45%
2008 President Obama 53% - 46%
2012 President Obama 58.2% - 40.8%
2016 President Clinton 48% - 46.9%
2020 President Biden 50.3% - 48.2% [3]

History

Prior to 1992, the 8th congressional district included the cities of Saginaw and Bay City as well as Huron, Tuscola and Sanilac Counties in the Thumb of Michigan, Arenac county north from Bay County, a total of about half the area of Saginaw County, and small northern portions of Lapeer and St. Clair counties.

This area would largely be transferred to the 5th district after the 1990 census, while most of the old 6th district became the 8th district. Unlike the old 6th district, the 8th did not include Pontiac. To make up for the loss in population, it was pushed further into Lansing (which had previously been split between the 6th and 8th districts), picking up all of Ingham County. It also added the area around Brighton and portions of Washtenaw and Genesee counties.

In the 2002 redistricting, the district gained all of Clinton County about half of Shiawasee County and most of its area in Oakland County while losing its shares of Washtenaw and Genesee counties.

In the 2012 redistricting, the district dropped all of its area in Clinton and Shiawasee counties and was pushed further into Oakland County.

In the 2022 redistricting, the district was shifted to mid-Michigan to include the Tri Cities and Flint.

List of members representing the district

MemberPartyYearsCong
ress
Electoral history
District created March 4, 1873
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Nathan B. Bradley
(Bay City)
RepublicanMarch 4, 1873 –
March 3, 1877
43rd
44th
Elected in 1872.
Re-elected in 1874.
Retired.
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Charles C. Ellsworth
(Greenville)
RepublicanMarch 4, 1877 –
March 3, 1879
45th Elected in 1876.
Retired.
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Roswell G. Horr
(East Saginaw)
RepublicanMarch 4, 1879 –
March 3, 1885
46th
47th
48th
Elected in 1878.
Re-elected in 1880.
Re-elected in 1882.
Lost re-election.
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Timothy E. Tarsney
(East Saginaw)
Democratic [a] March 4, 1885 –
March 3, 1889
49th
50th
Elected in 1884.
Re-elected in 1886.
Lost re-election.
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Aaron T. Bliss
(Saginaw)
RepublicanMarch 4, 1889 –
March 3, 1891
51st Elected in 1888.
Lost re-election.
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Henry M. Youmans
(Saginaw)
DemocraticMarch 4, 1891 –
March 3, 1893
52nd Elected in 1890.
Lost re-election.
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William S. Linton
(Saginaw)
RepublicanMarch 4, 1893 –
March 3, 1897
53rd
54th
Elected in 1892.
Re-elected in 1894.
Lost re-election.
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Ferdinand Brucker
(Saginaw)
Democratic [b] March 4, 1897 –
March 3, 1899
55th Elected in 1896.
Lost re-election.
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Joseph W. Fordney
(Saginaw)
RepublicanMarch 4, 1899 –
March 3, 1923
56th
57th
58th
59th
60th
61st
62nd
63rd
64th
65th
66th
67th
Elected in 1898.
Re-elected in 1900.
Re-elected in 1902.
Re-elected in 1904.
Re-elected in 1906.
Re-elected in 1908.
Re-elected in 1910.
Re-elected in 1912.
Re-elected in 1914.
Re-elected in 1916.
Re-elected in 1918.
Re-elected in 1920.
Retired.
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Bird J. Vincent
(Saginaw)
RepublicanMarch 4, 1923 –
July 18, 1931
68th
69th
70th
71st
72nd
Elected in 1922.
Re-elected in 1924.
Re-elected in 1926.
Re-elected in 1928.
Re-elected in 1930.
Died.
VacantJuly 18, 1931 –
November 3, 1931
72nd
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Michael J. Hart
(Saginaw)
DemocraticNovember 3, 1931 –
January 3, 1935
72nd
73rd
Elected to finish Vincent's term.
Re-elected in 1932.
Lost re-election.
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Fred L. Crawford
(Saginaw)
RepublicanJanuary 3, 1935 –
January 3, 1953
74th
75th
76th
77th
78th
79th
80th
81st
82nd
Elected in 1934.
Re-elected in 1936.
Re-elected in 1938.
Re-elected in 1940.
Re-elected in 1942.
Re-elected in 1944.
Re-elected in 1946.
Re-elected in 1948.
Re-elected in 1950.
Lost renomination.
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Alvin M. Bentley
(Owosso)
RepublicanJanuary 3, 1953 –
January 3, 1961
83rd
84th
85th
86th
Elected in 1952.
Re-elected in 1954.
Re-elected in 1956.
Re-elected in 1958.
Retired to run for U.S. Senator.
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James Harvey
(Saginaw)
RepublicanJanuary 3, 1961 –
January 31, 1974
87th
88th
89th
90th
91st
92nd
93rd
Elected in 1960.
Re-elected in 1962.
Re-elected in 1964.
Re-elected in 1966.
Re-elected in 1968.
Re-elected in 1970.
Re-elected in 1972.
Re-elected in 1974.
Resigned to become judge of the Eastern District of Michigan.
VacantJanuary 31, 1974 –
April 23, 1974
93rd
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J. Bob Traxler
(Bay City)
DemocraticApril 23, 1974 –
January 3, 1993
93rd
94th
95th
96th
97th
98th
99th
100th
101st
102nd
Elected to finish Harvey's term.
Re-elected in 1976.
Re-elected in 1978.
Re-elected in 1980.
Re-elected in 1982.
Re-elected in 1984.
Re-elected in 1986.
Re-elected in 1988.
Re-elected in 1990.
Retired.
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Bob Carr
(East Lansing)
DemocraticJanuary 3, 1993 –
January 3, 1995
103rd Redistricted from the 6th district and re-elected in 1992.
Retired to run for U.S. Senator.
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Dick Chrysler
(Brighton)
RepublicanJanuary 3, 1995 –
January 3, 1997
104th Elected in 1994.
Lost re-election.
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Debbie Stabenow
(Lansing)
DemocraticJanuary 3, 1997 –
January 3, 2001
105th
106th
Elected in 1996.
Re-elected in 1998.
Retired to run for U.S. Senator.
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Mike Rogers
(Brighton)
RepublicanJanuary 3, 2001 –
January 3, 2015
107th
108th
109th
110th
111th
112th
113th
Elected in 2000.
Re-elected in 2002.
Re-elected in 2004.
Re-elected in 2006.
Re-elected in 2008.
Re-elected in 2010.
Re-elected in 2012.
Retired.
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Mike Bishop
(Rochester)
RepublicanJanuary 3, 2015 –
January 3, 2019
114th
115th
Elected in 2014.
Re-elected in 2016.
Lost re-election.
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Elissa Slotkin
(Holly)
DemocraticJanuary 3, 2019 –
January 3, 2023
116th
117th
Elected in 2018.
Re-elected in 2020.
Redistricted to the 7th district .
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Dan Kildee
(Flint Township)
Democratic January 3, 2023 –
present
118th Redistricted from the 5th district and re-elected in 2022.
Retiring at end of term.
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Kristen McDonald Rivet (elect)
(Bay City)
Democratic January 3, 2025 Elected in 2024.

Recent election results

2012

Michigan's 8th congressional district, 2012 [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Mike Rogers (incumbent) 202,217 58.6
Democratic Lance Enderle128,65737.3
Libertarian Daniel Goebel8,0832.3
Independent Preston Brooks6,0971.8
Total votes345,054 100.0
Republican hold

2014

Michigan's 8th congressional district, 2014 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Mike Bishop 132,739 54.6
Democratic Eric Schertzing102,26942.1
Libertarian James Weeks4,5571.9
Green Jim Casha1,8800.8
Natural Law Jeremy Burgess1,6800.7
Total votes243,125 100.0
Republican hold

2016

Michigan's 8th congressional district, 2016 [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Mike Bishop (incumbent) 205,629 56.0
Democratic Suzanna Shkreli143,79139.2
Libertarian Jeff Wood9,6192.6
Green Maria Green5,6791.6
Natural Law Jeremy Burgess2,2500.6
Total votes366,968 100.0
Republican hold

2018

Michigan's 8th congressional district, 2018 [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Elissa Slotkin 172,880 50.6
Republican Mike Bishop (incumbent)159,78246.8
Libertarian Brian Ellison6,3021.8
Constitution David Lillis2,6290.8
Total votes341,593 100.0
Democratic gain from Republican

2020

Michigan's 8th congressional district, 2020 [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Elissa Slotkin (incumbent) 217,922 50.9
Republican Paul Junge202,52547.3
Libertarian Joe Hartman7,8971.8
Total votes428,344 100.0
Democratic hold

2022

Michigan's 8th congressional district, 2022 [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Dan Kildee (incumbent) 178,322 53.1
Republican Paul Junge143,85042.8
Working Class Kathy Goodwin9,0772.7
Libertarian David Canny4,5801.3
Total votes335,829 100.0
Democratic hold

Historical district boundaries

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1993–2003
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2003–2013
2013-2023 Michigan US Congressional District 8 (since 2013).tif
2013–2023

See also

Notes

  1. Timothy E. Tarsney was elected as a fusion candidate, but was seated in Congress with the Democratic Party.
  2. Elected on the Democratic Peoples Union Silver ticket, a union of elements from the Democratic Party and Populist Party. They were seated as part of the Democratic Party in Congress.
  1. "My Congressional District".
  2. "2022 Cook PV: District Map and List". The Cook Political Report. July 12, 2022. Retrieved January 5, 2023.
  3. "Daily Kos Elections' presidential results by congressional district for 2020". Daily Kos. November 14, 2022. Retrieved July 28, 2023.
  4. "2012 Michigan House Results". Politico .
  5. "2014 Michigan Official General Election Results - 11/04/2014".
  6. "2016 Michigan Election Results - Official Results". Michigan Department of State. November 8, 2016. Retrieved December 9, 2016.
  7. Johnson, Cheryl L. (February 28, 2019). "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 6, 2018". Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives . Retrieved April 27, 2019.
  8. "2020 Michigan Election Results Official". Michigan Secretary of State. Retrieved November 23, 2020.
  9. "2022 Michigan Election Results". Michigan Department of State. November 8, 2022. Retrieved July 8, 2024.

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