Colorado's 8th congressional district

"CO-8" redirects here. For the state highway, see Colorado State Highway 8.

Colorado's 8th congressional district
Map
Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative
Population (2023)740,576[1]
Median household
income		$92,135[2]
Ethnicity
Cook PVIEVEN[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 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]

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  3. ^ "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". The Cook Political Report.
  4. ^ Wyloge, Evan. "It's official: Colorado will have 8th congressional district". Colorado Springs Gazette. Archived from the original on April 26, 2021. Retrieved April 26, 2021.
  5. ^ "It's official: Colorado will get an eighth congressional seat in 2022". The Colorado Sun. April 26, 2021. Retrieved April 26, 2021.
  6. ^ "Colorado to gain 8th Congressional seat, Census announces". KDVR. April 26, 2021. Retrieved April 26, 2021.
  7. ^ Mario M. Carrera (April 26, 2021). "Opinion: Colorado just got an 8th congressional district, now how do we get competitiveness?". The Denver Post. Retrieved April 26, 2021.
  8. ^ Riccardi, Nicholas (September 29, 2021). "Colorado commission agrees on new congressional map". Associated Press.
  9. ^ Miller, Blair (September 29, 2021). "Colorado congressional redistricting commission approves map to send to state Supreme Court".
  10. ^ Vo, Thy (November 2021). "Colorado Supreme Court approves new congressional map drawn by redistricting commission".
  11. ^ Verlee, Megan (November 1, 2021). "Colorado's supreme court approves new congressional district map".
  12. ^ "Districts of Change, Part Two: Looking Beyond the Straight-Party Districts".