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Colorado's 8th congressional district
Colorado's 8th congressional district
	Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative	Gabe Evans; R–Fort Lupton
Population (2023)	740,576
Median household; income	$92,135
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

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] It is currently represented by Republican Gabe Evans.

The district is one of seven with a Cook Partisan Voting Index of EVEN, meaning that the district votes almost identically to the national electorate. 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

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.

Recent election results from statewide races

Year	Office	Results^[17]^[18]^[19]
2008	President	Obama 54% - 44%
2012	President	Obama 54% - 46%
2016	President	Trump 46% - 45%
2016	Senate	Bennet 48% - 46%
2018	Governor	Polis 49% - 47%
2018	Attorney General	Brauchler 49% - 47%
2020	President	Biden 51% - 46%
2020	Senate	Hickenlooper 49% - 48%
2022	Senate	Bennet 50% - 46%
	Governor	Polis 53% - 45%
	Attorney General	Weiser 50% - 48%

Composition

#	County	Seat	Population
1	Adams	Brighton	519,572
69	Larimer	Fort Collins	370,771
123	Weld	Greeley	359,442

Cities of 10,000 people or more

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

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

Name	Party	Years	Cong– ress	Electoral history	District location
District created January 3, 2023
Yadira Caraveo (Thornton)	Democratic	January 3, 2023 – January 3, 2025	118th	Elected in 2022. Lost re-election.	2023–present Parts of Adams, Larimer, and Weld
Gabe Evans (Fort Lupton)	Republican	January 3, 2025 – present	119th	Elected in 2024.	2023–present Parts of Adams, Larimer, and Weld

Election results

2022

2022 Colorado's 8th congressional district election^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Yadira Caraveo	114,377	48.38%	N/A
	Republican	Barbara Kirkmeyer	112,745	47.69%	N/A
	Libertarian	Richard Ward	9,280	3.93%	N/A
Total votes			236,402	100.00%
	Democratic win (new seat)