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Virginia's 8th congressional district

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Current Representative
  
Don Beyer (D–Alexandria)

Median income
  
92,181

Population (2011)
  
767,596

Cook PVI
  
D+16

Virginia's 8th congressional district

Ethnicity
  
64.5% White 13.7% Black 9.5% Asian 16.4% Hispanic 0.3% Native American 0.5% other

Charles hernick republican candidate of virginia s 8th congressional district


Virginia's 8th congressional district is a United States congressional district in the Commonwealth of Virginia. It comprises all of Arlington County, portions of Fairfax County and all of the independent cities of Alexandria and Falls Church.

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The residents of the 8th district are currently represented by Democratic Congressman Don Beyer, elected in November 2014. It is the second-most Democratic district in Virginia (only the 3rd district is more Democratic), and one of the most Democratic white-majority districts in the South.

Geography

Encompassing much of Northern Virginia's suburbs of Washington, D.C., Virginia's 8th District includes Arlington County, parts of Fairfax County, and the independent cities of Alexandria and Falls Church.

Demographics

As of 2000, the district has 643,503 residents, 13.7% are African American, 9.5% are Asian, 16.4% are Hispanic and 64.5% are white.

Virginia's eighth congressional district is traditionally a Democratic stronghold, most notably in the urban communities of Arlington and Alexandria.

References

Virginia's 8th congressional district Wikipedia