Wisconsin's 8th congressional district

Wisconsin's 8th congressional district is a congressional district of the United States House of Representatives in northeastern Wisconsin. It is currently represented by Mike Gallagher, a Republican. Gallagher won the open seat vacated by Reid Ribble in 2016. It is also one of two Congressional Districts to ever elect a Catholic Priest, Robert John Cornell.

Wisconsin's 8th congressional district
Wisconsin's 8th congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Representative	Mike Gallagher R–Green Bay
Area	9,740.44 sq mi (25,227.6 km^2)
Distribution	56.04% urban 43.96% rural
Population (2018 est.)	735,997
Median income	$61,423[1]
Ethnicity	86% white[2] 5% Hispanic 2% Native American 2% Asian 2% black 2% other
Cook PVI	R+7[3]

The 8th leaned Republican for many years; only four Democrats represented it in the 20th century. However, it became more of a swing seat in the 1990s. In 2004, Republican George W. Bush won 55% of the vote in the district, while in 2008, Democrat Barack Obama received 53.6% of the vote. The last Democrat to represent the district was Steve Kagen from 2007 to 2011. Since Kagen lost in the 2010 election, the seat has been held by Republicans, who have consistently won it by double digit percent margins in each election to the seat since 2012.

Since the 1970s, the district has encompassed the northeastern part of Wisconsin, including cities such as Green Bay and Appleton, the peninsula of Door County, and (until redistricting following the 2010 census) most of the state’s counties bordering Michigan.

Presidential Voting Results

Year	Office	Results
2000	President	Bush 52% - 43%
2004	President	Bush 55% - 44%
2008	President	Obama 53% - 45%
2012	President	Romney 51% - 48%
2016	President	Trump 56% - 39%

List of members representing the district

Member	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history
District created		March 4, 1873
Alexander S. McDill	Republican	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875	43rd	[data unknown/missing]
George W. Cate	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877	44th	[data unknown/missing]
Thaddeus C. Pound	Republican	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1883	45th 46th 47th	[data unknown/missing]
William T. Price	Republican	March 4, 1883 – December 6, 1886	48th 49th	[data unknown/missing] Died.
Vacant		December 6, 1886 – January 18, 1887
Hugh H. Price	Republican	January 18, 1887 – March 3, 1887	49th	Elected to finish Pound's term. [data unknown/missing]
Nils P. Haugen	Republican	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1893	50th 51st 52nd	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 10th district.
Lyman E. Barnes	Democratic	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895	53rd	[data unknown/missing]
Edward S. Minor	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1903	54th 55th 56th 57th	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 9th district.
James H. Davidson	Republican	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1913	58th 59th 60th 61st 62nd	Redistricted from the 6th district. [data unknown/missing]
Edward E. Browne	Republican	March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1931	63rd 64th 65th 66th 67th 68th 69th 70th 71st	[data unknown/missing]
Gerald J. Boileau	Republican	March 4, 1931 – March 3, 1933	72nd	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 7th district.
James F. Hughes	Democratic	March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935	73rd	[data unknown/missing]
George J. Schneider	Progressive	January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1939	74th 75th	[data unknown/missing]
Joshua L. Johns	Republican	January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1943	76th 77th	[data unknown/missing]
Lavern Dilweg	Democratic	January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1945	78th	[data unknown/missing]
John W. Byrnes	Republican	January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1973	79th 80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd	[data unknown/missing]
Harold Vernon Froehlich	Republican	January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1975	93rd	[data unknown/missing]
Robert John Cornell	Democratic	January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1979	94th 95th	[data unknown/missing]
Toby Roth	Republican	January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1997	96th 97th 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd 104th	[data unknown/missing]
Jay W. Johnson	Democratic	January 3, 1997 – January 3, 1999	105th	[data unknown/missing]
Mark Green	Republican	January 3, 1999 – January 3, 2007	106th 107th 108th 109th	[data unknown/missing]
Steve Kagen	Democratic	January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2011	110th 111th	[data unknown/missing]
Reid Ribble	Republican	January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2017	112th 113th 114th	[data unknown/missing]
Mike Gallagher	Republican	January 3, 2017 – present	115th 116th	[data unknown/missing]

Recent election results

2006

2006 Wisconsin's 8th congressional district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Steve Kagen	141,570	50.90
	Republican	John Gard	135,622	48.76
	Write-ins		943	0.34
Total votes			278,135	100.00
	Democratic gain from Republican

2008

2008 Wisconsin's 8th congressional district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Steve Kagen (Incumbent)	193,662	54.00
	Republican	John Gard	164,621	45.90
	Write-ins		364	0.10
Total votes			358,647	100.00
	Democratic hold

2010

2010 Wisconsin's 8th congressional district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Reid Ribble	143,998	54.77
	Democratic	Steve Kagen (Incumbent)	118,646	45.12
	Write-ins		294	0.11
Total votes			262,938	100.00
	Republican gain from Democratic

2012

2012 Wisconsin 8th Congressional District

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Reid Ribble (Incumbent)	198,874	55.95
	Democratic	Jamie Wall	156,287	43.97
	none	Scattering	303	0.09
Total votes			355,464	100.0

2014

2014 Wisconsin's 8th congressional district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Reid Ribble (Incumbent)	188,553	65.0
	Democratic	Ron Gruett	101,345	34.9
	n/a	Write-ins	150	0.1
Total votes			290,048	100.0
	Republican hold

2016

On January 30, 2016, Reid Ribble announced he would retire at the end of his third term, opening the seat for the 2016 election.[4]

2016 Wisconsin's 8th congressional district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Gallagher	227,892	62.6
	Democratic	Tom Nelson	135,682	37.3
	Green	Wendy Gribben (write-in)	16	0.0
	Democratic	Jerry Kobishop (write-in)	2	0.0
	n/a	Write-ins	188	0.1
Total votes			363,280	100.0
	Republican hold

2018

2018 Wisconsin's 8th congressional district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Gallagher (Incumbent)	209,410	63.7
	Democratic	Beau Liegeois	119,265	36.3
	n/a	Write-ins	99	0.0
Total votes			328,774	100.0
	Republican hold

Historical district boundaries

2003 - 2013

See also

• Wisconsin's congressional districts
• List of United States congressional districts

References

1. https://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=55&cd=08
2. https://censusreporter.org/profiles/50000US5508-congressional-district-8-wi/
3. "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
4. McCardle, Elery (30 January 2016). "U.S. Rep. Reid Ribble not seeking re-election". WBAY-TV, Green Bay, Wisconsin. Retrieved 31 January 2016.

• Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
• Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
• Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present

External links

• Rep. Mike Gallagher's official House of Representatives website