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. 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. 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. 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. In 2024, Abraham Hamadeh was elected after Lesko retired.

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. 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

For the 118th and successive Congresses (based on redistricting following the 2020 census), the district contains all or portions of following counties and communities.https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/cong_dist/cd118/cd_based/ST04/CD118_AZ08.pdf Maricopa County (8) : Anthem, Glendale (part; also 9th), New River, Peoria (part; also 2nd; shared with Yavapai County), Phoenix (part; also 1st, 3rd, and 4th), Sun City, Sun City West, Surprise (part; also 9th)

Recent election results from statewide races

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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 .

Complete election results

2002

2004

2006

2008

2010

2012 (special)

2012

2014

2016

2018 (special)

2018

2020

2022

2024

References

External links

Demographic information at census.gov2002 Election data from CBSNews.comMaps of Congressional Districts first in effect for the 2002 electionMaps for the 2012 election
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