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Virginia's 8th Congressional District
Virginia's 8th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives is represented by Donald Sternoff Beyer Jr. (D).
As of the 2020 Census, Virginia representatives represented an average of 786,777 residents. After the 2010 Census, each member represented 730,703 residents.
Elections
See also: Virginia's 8th Congressional District election, 2030
There are no official candidates yet for this election.
See also: United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia, 2028
There are no official candidates yet for this election.
See also: Virginia's 8th Congressional District election, 2026
General election
The general election will occur on November 3, 2026.
General election for U.S. House Virginia District 8
The following candidates are running in the general election for U.S. House Virginia District 8 on November 3, 2026.
Candidate | ||
 | Donald Sternoff Beyer Jr. (D) | |
 | Michael Duffin (D) | |
 | Frank Ferreira (D)  | |
| Daniel Gray (D) | ||
| Mo Seifeldein (D) | ||
 | Heerak Christian Kim (R) | |
 | Tony Sabio (R) | |
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See also: Virginia's 8th Congressional District election, 2024
General election
General election for U.S. House Virginia District 8
Incumbent Donald Sternoff Beyer Jr. (D) defeated Jerry Torres (R), David Kennedy (Independent), and Bentley Hensel (Independent) in the general election for U.S. House Virginia District 8 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Donald Sternoff Beyer Jr. (D) | 71.5 | 274,593 |
 | Jerry Torres (R) | 24.7 | 94,676 | |
 | David Kennedy (Independent) | 2.6 | 9,956 | |
 | Bentley Hensel (Independent) | 1.0 | 3,656 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.3% | 1,034 | ||
| Total votes: 383,915 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Jeramy Olmack (No Party Affiliation)
- Stephen Leon (Independent)
Democratic primary
The Democratic primary scheduled for June 18, 2024, was canceled. Incumbent Donald Sternoff Beyer Jr. (D) advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Virginia District 8 without appearing on the ballot.
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Andrew Campbell (D)
Republican primary
The Republican primary scheduled for June 18, 2024, was canceled. Jerry Torres (R) advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Virginia District 8 without appearing on the ballot.
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Heerak Christian Kim (R)
- Bill Moher (R)
- Gavin Proffitt (R)
- Adam Sahebian (R)
- Mike Webb (R)
See also: Virginia's 8th Congressional District election, 2022
General election
General election for U.S. House Virginia District 8
Incumbent Donald Sternoff Beyer Jr. (D) defeated Karina Lipsman (R) and Teddy Fikre (Independent) in the general election for U.S. House Virginia District 8 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Donald Sternoff Beyer Jr. (D) | 73.5 | 197,760 |
 | Karina Lipsman (R) | 24.8 | 66,589 | |
 | Teddy Fikre (Independent) | 1.5 | 4,078 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2% | 503 | ||
| Total votes: 268,930 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
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Democratic primary
Democratic primary for U.S. House Virginia District 8
Incumbent Donald Sternoff Beyer Jr. (D) defeated Victoria Virasingh (D) in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Virginia District 8 on June 21, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Donald Sternoff Beyer Jr. | 77.1 | 39,062 |
 | Victoria Virasingh | 22.9 | 11,583 | |
| Total votes: 50,645 | |||
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Republican convention
Republican convention for U.S. House Virginia District 8
Karina Lipsman (R) defeated Kezia Tunnell (R), Jeff Jordan (R), Heerak Christian Kim (R), and Monica Carpio (R) in the Republican convention for U.S. House Virginia District 8 on May 21, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Karina Lipsman | 61.5 | 440 |
 | Kezia Tunnell | 19.1 | 137 | |
 | Jeff Jordan | 15.9 | 114 | |
| | Heerak Christian Kim | 2.4 | 17 | |
 | Monica Carpio | 1.1 | 8 | |
| Total votes: 716 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
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See also: Virginia's 8th Congressional District election, 2020
General election
General election for U.S. House Virginia District 8
Incumbent Donald Sternoff Beyer Jr. (D) defeated Jeff Jordan (R) in the general election for U.S. House Virginia District 8 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Donald Sternoff Beyer Jr. (D) | 75.8 | 301,454 |
| | Jeff Jordan (R) | 24.0 | 95,365 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2% | 926 | ||
| Total votes: 397,745 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Andrew Straw (Independent)
Democratic primary
The Democratic primary scheduled for June 23, 2020, was canceled. Incumbent Donald Sternoff Beyer Jr. (D) advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Virginia District 8 without appearing on the ballot.
Republican convention
Republican convention for U.S. House Virginia District 8
Jeff Jordan (R) defeated Mark Ellmore (R) in the Republican convention for U.S. House Virginia District 8 on May 30, 2020.
Candidate | ||
 | Mark Ellmore | |
| ✔ | | Jeff Jordan |
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Heerak Christian Kim (R)
- Mike Webb (R)
See also: United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia, 2018
General election
General election for U.S. House Virginia District 8
Incumbent Donald Sternoff Beyer Jr. (D) defeated Thomas Oh (R) in the general election for U.S. House Virginia District 8 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Donald Sternoff Beyer Jr. (D) | 76.1 | 247,137 |
 | Thomas Oh (R) | 23.7 | 76,899 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2% | 712 | ||
| Total votes: 324,7480 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Mike Webb (Independent)
Democratic primary
The Democratic primary scheduled for June 12, 2018, was canceled. Incumbent Donald Sternoff Beyer Jr. (D) advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Virginia District 8 without appearing on the ballot.
Republican primary
The Republican primary scheduled for June 12, 2018, was canceled. Thomas Oh (R) advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Virginia District 8 without appearing on the ballot.
District map
Redistricting
2020-2021
The Virginia Supreme Court unanimously approved congressional maps for the state on December 28, 2021.[10] The Virginia Redistricting Commission released two statewide congressional map proposals on October 14, 2021, and another on October 15, 2021.[11] After the commission missed its deadline for approving map proposals and the Virginia Supreme Court assumed authority over the process, the two special masters selected by the court released proposals for congressional districts on December 8, 2021.[12]
How does redistricting in Virginia work? On November 3, 2020, Virginia voters approved a constitutional amendment establishing a commission-driven congressional and state legislative redistricting process. The 16-member commission comprises eight legislators and eight non-legislator members. Leaders of the legislature's two largest political parties select legislators to serve on the commission. The commission's eight citizen members are recommended by legislative leaders and selected by a committee of five retired circuit court judges. The commissioners themselves select one of the eight citizens to serve as chairperson.[13]
District maps are subject to the following consensus requirements:[13]
- Congressional maps: Approval by 12 commissioners, including six legislators and six non-legislators.
- Virginia State Senate: Approval by 12 commissioners, including six legislators (with three state senators) and six non-legislators.
- Virginia House of Delegates: Approval by 12 commissioners, including six legislators (with three state delegates) and six non-legislators.
The commission submits its maps to the General Assembly, which can vote to approve the maps or reject them. The General Assembly cannot amend the maps. If the General Assembly rejects a map, the commission must draft a second map. If the General Assembly rejects that map, the Virginia Supreme Court is tasked with enacting a new map.[13][14]
2020
2024
2010-2011
In 2011, the Virginia 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+26. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 26 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made Virginia's 8th the 25th most Democratic district nationally.[15]
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+26. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 26 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made Virginia's 8th the 30th most Democratic district nationally.[16]
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) 77.4%-21.3%.[17]
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+26. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 26 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made Virginia's 8th the 30th most Democratic district nationally.[18]
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 77.4% of the vote in this district and Donald Trump (R) would have received 21.3%.[19]
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+21. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 21 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made Virginia's 8th Congressional District the 58th most Democratic nationally.[20]
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 0.82. This means that for every 1 point the national political mood moved toward a party, the district was expected to move 0.82 points toward that party.[21]
See also
- Redistricting in Virginia
- Virginia's 8th Congressional District election, 2024
- Virginia's 8th Congressional District election, 2022
- Virginia's 8th Congressional District election, 2020
- Virginia's 8th Congressional District election, 2018
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Facebook, "Mike Webb for Congress," May 8, 2016
- ↑ Virginia Department of Elections, "List of Candidates," accessed September 8, 2016
- ↑ Politico, "2012 Election Map, Virginia"
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 4, 2008," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 2006," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2004," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 5, 2002," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 2000," accessed March 28, 2013
- ↑ 13News Now, "Virginia has new voting maps after redistricting process finishes," December 30, 2021
- ↑ Virginia Redistricting, "Congressional," accessed October 19, 2021
- ↑ Associated Press, "Proposed congressional maps give Dems an edge in Virginia," December 9, 2021
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 Virginia's Legislative Information System, "HJ 615 Constitutional amendment; Virginia Redistricting Commission (first reference)," accessed November 18, 2020
- ↑ All About Redistricting, "Virginia," accessed May 8, 2015
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "2025 Cook PVI℠: District Map and List (119th Congress)," accessed July 1, 2025
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "The 2022 Cook Partisan Voting Index (Cook PVI℠)," accessed January 10, 2024
- ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' 2020 presidential results by congressional district, for new and old districts," accessed September 15, 2022
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "The 2022 Cook Partisan Voting Index (Cook PVI℠)," accessed February 6, 2023
- ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' 2020 presidential results by congressional district, for new and old districts," accessed September 15, 2022
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "Introducing the 2017 Cook Political Report Partisan Voter Index," April 7, 2017
- ↑ FiveThirtyEight, "Election Update: The Most (And Least) Elastic States And Districts," September 6, 2018
