Arizona's 8th congressional district

Arizona's 8th congressional district
Arizona's 8th congressional district
	Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative
	Debbie Lesko; R–Peoria
Area	9,057 sq mi (23,460 km2)
Distribution	87.3% urban; 12.7% rural;
Population (2022)	811,500
Median household; income	$79,042
Ethnicity	64.3% White; 21.1% Hispanic; 4.5% Asian; 4.5% Black; 4.0% Two or more races; 1.1% Native American; 0.5% other;
Cook PVI	R+10

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.

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