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Maryland's 8th district

U.S. House district profile: the sitting representative, 2024 Census demographics (119th-district boundaries), partisan lean, and 2026 race rating.

Representative

Official portrait of Jamie Raskin

Jamie Raskin

MD · District 8
DemocratRanking Member, House Committee on the Judiciary
Raised $7,425,389 · 1.2M followers (office + personal) · missed 1.0% of votes
9.7 years in Congress · Up for reelection: 2026
House Committee on the Judiciary
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Cook PVI: D+30

District demographics

MeasureValue
Population773,463
Median household income$146,362
Median age41.7
Bachelor's degree or higher65.4%
White alone42.0%
Black alone16.3%
Hispanic or Latino21.1%
Asian alone14.2%
Unemployment rate4.2%
Population density (per sq mi)2,829

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 American Community Survey 1-year estimates (tables B01003, B01002, B19013 and related), 119th Congress district boundaries, released September 2025; land area from the 2025 Gazetteer.