Maryland's 8th Congressional District

Maryland's 8th Congressional District

Incumbent

Jamie Raskin

Assumed office: January 3, 2017

Maryland's 8th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives is represented by Jamie Raskin (D).

As of the 2020 Census, Maryland representatives represented an average of 773,160 residents. After the 2010 Census, each member represented 723,741 residents.

Elections

• 2030
• 2028
• 2026
• 2024
• 2022
• 2020
• 2018

See also: Maryland's 8th Congressional District election, 2030

There are no official candidates yet for this election.

See also: United States House of Representatives elections in Maryland, 2028

There are no official candidates yet for this election.

See also: Maryland's 8th Congressional District election, 2026

General election

The primary will occur on June 23, 2026. The general election will occur on November 3, 2026. General election candidates will be added here following the primary.

Democratic primary

Democratic primary for U.S. House Maryland District 8

Incumbent Jamie Raskin (D) and Stephen Leon (D) are running in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Maryland District 8 on June 23, 2026.

		Candidate
		Jamie Raskin
		Stephen Leon

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Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. House Maryland District 8

Cheryl Riley (R) is running in the Republican primary for U.S. House Maryland District 8 on June 23, 2026.

		Candidate
		Cheryl Riley

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See also: Maryland's 8th Congressional District election, 2024

General election

General election for U.S. House Maryland District 8

Incumbent Jamie Raskin (D) defeated Cheryl Riley (R) and Nancy Wallace (G) in the general election for U.S. House Maryland District 8 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jamie Raskin (D)	76.8	292,101
		Cheryl Riley (R)	20.5	77,821
		Nancy Wallace (G)	2.5	9,612
		Other/Write-in votes	0.2%	786

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 380,320
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Democratic primary

Democratic primary for U.S. House Maryland District 8

Incumbent Jamie Raskin (D) defeated Eric Felber (D) in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Maryland District 8 on May 14, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jamie Raskin	94.8	103,071
		Eric Felber	5.2	5,636

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 108,707
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Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. House Maryland District 8

Cheryl Riley (R) defeated Michael Yadeta (R) in the Republican primary for U.S. House Maryland District 8 on May 14, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Cheryl Riley	69.2	9,647
		Michael Yadeta	30.8	4,290

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 13,937
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See also: Maryland's 8th Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Maryland District 8

Incumbent Jamie Raskin (D) defeated Gregory Coll (R) and Andrés Garcia (L) in the general election for U.S. House Maryland District 8 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jamie Raskin (D)	80.2	211,842
		Gregory Coll (R)	18.2	47,965
		Andrés Garcia (L)	1.6	4,125
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1%	274

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 264,206
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Democratic primary

Democratic primary for U.S. House Maryland District 8

Incumbent Jamie Raskin (D) defeated Andalib Odulate (D) in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Maryland District 8 on July 19, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jamie Raskin	93.9	109,055
		Andalib Odulate	6.1	7,075

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 116,130
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Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. House Maryland District 8

Gregory Coll (R) defeated Michael Yadeta (R) in the Republican primary for U.S. House Maryland District 8 on July 19, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Gregory Coll	83.6	11,445
		Michael Yadeta	16.4	2,245

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 13,690
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See also: Maryland's 8th Congressional District election, 2020

General election

General election for U.S. House Maryland District 8

Incumbent Jamie Raskin (D) defeated Gregory Coll (R) and Lih Young (D) in the general election for U.S. House Maryland District 8 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jamie Raskin (D)	68.2	274,716
		Gregory Coll (R)	31.6	127,157
		Lih Young (D) (Write-in)	0.0	27
		Other/Write-in votes	0.2%	714

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 402,614
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Democratic primary

Democratic primary for U.S. House Maryland District 8

Incumbent Jamie Raskin (D) defeated Marcia Morgan (D), Lih Young (D), and Utam Paul (D) in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Maryland District 8 on June 2, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jamie Raskin	86.8	111,894
	Submit photo	Marcia Morgan	7.9	10,236
		Lih Young	3.8	4,874
	Submit photo	Utam Paul	1.5	1,885

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 128,889
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Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. House Maryland District 8

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Maryland District 8 on June 2, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Gregory Coll	41.8	13,070
		Bridgette Cooper	15.4	4,831
		Nicholas Gladden	12.8	4,019
	Submit photo	Patricia Rogers	12.4	3,868
		Shelly Skolnick	9.5	2,979
		Michael Yadeta	8.1	2,526

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 31,293
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See also: Maryland's 8th Congressional District election, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House Maryland District 8

Incumbent Jamie Raskin (D) defeated John Walsh (R) and Jasen Wunder (L) in the general election for U.S. House Maryland District 8 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jamie Raskin (D)	68.2	217,679
		John Walsh (R)	30.2	96,525
		Jasen Wunder (L)	1.5	4,853
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1%	273

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 319,330 (100% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary

Democratic primary for U.S. House Maryland District 8

Incumbent Jamie Raskin (D) defeated Summer Spring (D) and Utam Paul (D) in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Maryland District 8 on June 26, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jamie Raskin	90.5	81,071
		Summer Spring	5.8	5,239
	Submit photo	Utam Paul	3.7	3,272

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 89,582
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Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. House Maryland District 8

John Walsh (R) defeated Bridgette Cooper (R) and Victor Williams (R) in the Republican primary for U.S. House Maryland District 8 on June 26, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		John Walsh	44.9	9,095
		Bridgette Cooper	31.3	6,341
		Victor Williams	23.9	4,835

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 20,271
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Previous election results

2016

See also: Maryland's 8th Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Democratic. In Maryland's 8th Congressional District, incumbent Chris Van Hollen (D) chose not to run for re-election in 2016, instead seeking election to the U.S. Senate. Jamie Raskin (D) defeated Dan Cox (R), Nancy Wallace (Green), and Jasen Wunder (Libertarian) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Raskin defeated eight other candidates in the Democratic primary, while Cox defeated Jeffrey Jones, Elizabeth Matory, Aryeh Shudofsky and Shelly Skolnick to win the Republican nomination. Additionally, Wallace defeated Charles Galloway and Elizabeth Croydon to win the Green Party primary. The primary elections took place on April 26, 2016.

U.S. House, Maryland District 8 General Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Jamie Raskin	60.6%	220,657
	Republican	Dan Cox	34.2%	124,651
	Green	Nancy Wallace	3.1%	11,201
	Libertarian	Jasen Wunder	2%	7,283
	N/A	Write-in	0.1%	532
Total Votes				364,324
Source: Maryland State Board of Elections

U.S. House, Maryland District 8 Democratic Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Jamie Raskin	33.6%	43,776
David Trone	27.1%	35,400
Kathleen Matthews	23.9%	31,186
Ana Sol Gutierrez	5.5%	7,185
William Jawando	4.6%	6,058
Kumar Barve	2.4%	3,149
David Anderson	1.2%	1,511
Joel Rubin	1.1%	1,426
Dan Bolling	0.5%	712
Total Votes		130,403
Source: Maryland State Board of Elections

U.S. House, Maryland District 8 Republican Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Dan Cox	44.4%	20,647
Jeffrey Jones	20.1%	9,343
Elizabeth Matory	15.7%	7,295
Shelly Skolnick	12.5%	5,835
Aryeh Shudofsky	7.4%	3,421
Total Votes		46,541
Source: Maryland State Board of Elections

2014

See also: Maryland's 8th Congressional District elections, 2014

The 8th Congressional District of Maryland held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014. Incumbent Chris Van Hollen (D) defeated challenger Dave Wallace (R) in the general election.

U.S. House, Maryland District 8 General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Chris Van Hollen Incumbent	60.2%	127,260
	Republican	Dave Wallace	39.6%	83,711
	Write-in	Others	0.2%	516
Total Votes				211,487
Source: Maryland Secretary of State Official Results

General election candidates

• Dave Wallace
• Chris Van Hollen - Incumbent a
• Andrew Wildman (Write-in)

June 24, 2014, primary results

Democratic Primary

• Chris Van Hollen - Incumbenta
• George English
• Lih Young

Republican Primary

• Dave Wallacea

Third Party Candidates

• Andrew Wildman

Failed to file petition

• Steven Haddoxa

2012

See also: Maryland's 8th Congressional District elections, 2012

The 8th Congressional District of Maryland held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012, in which incumbent Chris Van Hollen (D) won re-election. He defeated Ken Timmerman (R), Mark Grannis (L) and George Gluck (G) in the general election.

U.S. House, Maryland District 8 General Election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Chris Van Hollen Incumbent	63.4%	217,531
	Republican	Ken Timmerman	32.9%	113,033
	Libertarian	Mark Grannis	2.1%	7,235
	Green	George Gluck	1.5%	5,064
	N/A	Other Write-ins	0.1%	393
Total Votes				343,256
Source: Maryland State Board of Elections "Representative in Congress"

2010
On November 2, 2010, Chris Van Hollen won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Michael Lee Philips (R), Mark Grannis (L) and Fred Nordhorn (Constitution) in the general election.

U.S. House, Maryland District 8 General Election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Chris Van Hollen incumbent	73.3%	153,613
	Republican	Michael Lee Philips	25%	52,421
	Libertarian	Mark Grannis	1.3%	2,713
	Constitution	Fred Nordhorn	0.3%	696
	N/A	Write-in	0.1%	224
Total Votes				209,667

2008
On November 4, 2008, Chris Van Hollen won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Steve Hudson (R), Ian Thomas (L), Gordon Clark (Green), Deborah A. Vollmer (D; Write-in) and Lih Young (D; Write-in) in the general election.

U.S. House, Maryland District 8 General Election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Chris Van Hollen incumbent	75.1%	229,740
	Republican	Steve Hudson	21.7%	66,351
	Libertarian	Ian Thomas	0.8%	2,562
	Green	Gordon Clark	2.2%	6,828
	Democratic Write-in	Deborah A. Vollmer	0.1%	188
	Democratic Write-in	Lih Young	0%	28
	N/A	Write-in	0.1%	317
Total Votes				306,014

2006
On November 7, 2006, Chris Van Hollen won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Jeffrey M. Stein (R) and Gerard P. Giblin (Green) in the general election.

U.S. House, Maryland District 8 General Election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Chris Van Hollen incumbent	76.5%	168,872
	Republican	Jeffrey M. Stein	21.9%	48,324
	Green	Gerard P. Giblin	1.5%	3,298
	N/A	Write-in	0.1%	191
Total Votes				220,685

2004
On November 2, 2004, Chris Van Hollen won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Chuck Floyd (R) and Lih Young (D; Write-in) in the general election.

U.S. House, Maryland District 8 General Election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Chris Van Hollen incumbent	74.9%	215,129
	Republican	Chuck Floyd	25.1%	71,989
	Democratic Write-in	Lih Young	0%	79
Total Votes				287,197

2002
On November 5, 2002, Chris Van Hollen won election to the United States House. He defeated Constance A. Morella (R) and Stephen Bassett (Unaffiliated) in the general election.

U.S. House, Maryland District 8 General Election, 2002
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Chris Van Hollen	51.7%	112,788
	Republican	Constance A. Morella	47.5%	103,587
	Unaffiliated	Stephen Bassett	0.7%	1,599
Total Votes				217,974

2000
On November 7, 2000, Constance Morella won re-election to the United States House. She defeated Terry Lierman (D), Lih Young (D), Brian D. Saunders (Constitution) and Scott Walker (Other) in the general election.

U.S. House, Maryland District 8 General Election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Constance Morella incumbent	52%	156,241
	Democratic	Terry Lierman	45.5%	136,840
	Constitution	Brian D. Saunders	2.3%	7,017
	Democratic	Lih Young	0%	77
	Other	Scott Walker	0%	19
	N/A	Write-in	0.1%	275
Total Votes				300,469

District map

Redistricting

2020-2021

See also: Redistricting in Maryland after the 2020 census

Maryland adopted new congressional district boundaries on April 4, 2022, when Gov. Larry Hogan (R) signed revised redistricting legislation that the General Assembly had finalized on March 30, 2022. Hogan signed the new map after state Attorney General Brian Frosh withdrew his appeal of Circuit Court Judge Lynne Battaglia's ruling overturning the state's previous congressional redistricting plan. The state Senate approved the revised congressional district boundaries 30-13 with all votes in favor by Democrats and all votes opposed by Republicans on March 29, 2022. The House of Delegates approved the revised map on March 30, 2022, by a vote of 94-41 with all 'yes' votes by Democrats and 40 Republicans and one Democrat voting 'no.'

How does redistricting in Maryland work? In Maryland, the primary authority to adopt both congressional and state legislative district lines rests with the state legislature. The governor submits a state legislative redistricting proposal (an advisory commission appointed by the governor assists in drafting this proposal). The state legislature may pass its own plan by joint resolution, which is not subject to gubernatorial veto. If the legislature fails to approve its own plan, the governor's plan takes effect. Congressional lines are adopted solely by the legislature and may be vetoed by the governor.

The Maryland Constitution requires that state legislative districts be contiguous, compact, and "give 'due regard' for political boundaries and natural features." No such requirements apply to congressional districts.

2020

2024

2010-2011

This is the 8th Congressional District of Maryland after the 2001 redistricting process.

See also: Redistricting in Maryland after the 2010 census

In 2011, the Maryland State Legislature re-drew the congressional districts based on updated population information from the 2010 census.

District analysis

See also: The Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index

See also: FiveThirtyEight's elasticity scores

2026

Heading into the 2026 elections, based on results from the 2024 and 2020 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district is D+30. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 30 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made Maryland's 8th the 15th most Democratic district nationally.

2024

Heading into the 2024 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was D+29. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 29 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made Maryland's 8th the 21st most Democratic district nationally.

Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Joe Biden (D) would have defeated Donald Trump (R) 80.5%-17.9%.

2022

Heading into the 2022 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was D+29. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 29 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made Maryland's 8th the 21st most Democratic district nationally.

Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Joe Biden (D) would have received 80.5% of the vote in this district and Donald Trump (R) would have received 17.9%.

2018

Heading into the 2018 elections, based on results from the 2016 and 2012 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was D+14. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 14 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made Maryland's 8th Congressional District the 95th most Democratic nationally.

FiveThirtyEight's September 2018 elasticity score for states and congressional districts measured "how sensitive it is to changes in the national political environment." This district's elasticity score was 0.87. This means that for every 1 point the national political mood moved toward a party, the district was expected to move 0.87 points toward that party.

See also

• Redistricting in Maryland
• Maryland's 8th Congressional District election, 2024
• Maryland's 8th Congressional District election, 2022
• Maryland's 8th Congressional District election, 2020
• Maryland's 8th Congressional District election, 2018

External links

• GovTrack District 8

Footnotes

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Maryland's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Angela Alsobrooks (D)

Chris Hollen (D)

Representatives

District 1

Andrew Harris (R)

District 2

John Olszewski (D)

District 3

Sarah Elfreth (D)

District 4

Glenn Ivey (D)

District 5

Steny Hoyer (D)

District 6

April McClain-Delaney (D)

District 7

Kweisi Mfume (D)

District 8

Jamie Raskin (D)

Democratic Party (9)

Republican Party (1)