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Colorado's 8th congressional district

Colorado's 8th congressional district
Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative	Yadira Caraveo D–Thornton
Population (2022)	737,452[1]
Median household income	$92,047[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]}

The district is one of seven with a Cook Partisan Voting Index of EVEN, meaning that, overall, the district is relatively equal in terms of the number of people who vote for Democratic candidates versus Republican candidates. 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[edit]

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.

Voting[edit]

These results vary from older lines to current

Composition[edit]

Cities of 10,000 people or more[edit]

• Thornton – 141,867
• Westminster – 116,317
• Greeley – 108,795
• Commerce City – 62,418
• Brighton – 40,083
• Northglenn – 38,131
• Evans – 22,165
• Sherrelwood – 19,228
• Johnstown – 17,303
• Firestone – 16,381
• Welby – 15,553
• Frederick – 14,513
• Federal Heights – 14,382
• Berkley – 12,536
• Berthoud – 10,332

2,500 – 10,000 people[edit]

• Derby – 8,407
• Milliken – 8,386
• Twin Lakes – 8,226
• Lochbuie – 8,088
• Fort Lupton – 7,955
• Dacono – 6,297
• Shaw Heights – 5,185
• Todd Creek – 5,028
• Mead – 4,781
• Platteville – 2,955

List of members representing the district[edit]

Name	Party	Years	Cong– ress	Electoral history	District location
District created January 3, 2023
Yadira Caraveo (Thornton)	Democratic	January 3, 2023 – present	118th	Elected in 2022.	2023–present Parts of Adams, Larimer, and Weld

Election results[edit]

2022[edit]

See also[edit]

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

References[edit]

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