Maryland Congressional District 08

Congressional District Profile

Overview

District ID
MD-08
State
Maryland
District Number
08
Total Candidates
138
Election Cycles
2026, 2024, 2022, 2020, 2018, 2016, 2014, 2012, 2010, 2008, 2006, 2004, 2002, 2000, 1998, 1996, 1994, 1992, 1990, 1988, 1986, 1984, 1982, 1980

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Voters

Registered Voters
560,498
Active Voters
522,959 (93.3%)

Party Registration

PartyVotersShare
Democratic329,89958.9%
Republican77,99913.9%
Unaffiliated144,27925.7%
Other parties8,3211.5%
No party recorded00.0%

Turnout by Cycle

CycleGeneralDemocratic PrimaryRepublican Primary
2023–2024389,329 (69.5%)0 (0.0%)0 (0.0%)
2021–2022254,079 (45.3%)0 (0.0%)0 (0.0%)
2019–2020351,885 (62.8%)143,252 (25.6%)20,671 (3.7%)
2017–2018259,504 (46.3%)90,967 (16.2%)9,882 (1.8%)
2015–2016278,145 (49.6%)115,180 (20.5%)26,719 (4.8%)
2013–2014151,649 (27.1%)55,718 (9.9%)7,336 (1.3%)
2011–2012233,350 (41.6%)31,522 (5.6%)12,665 (2.3%)

Turnout counts today's registered voters with a counted ballot in the cycle's elections (the odd and even year), as a share of today's registered voters. Voters who have since left the rolls are not counted.

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Source: Civitech voter file snapshot as of 12/01/2025. These are registered voters, separate from the Census population figures. Counts under 10 are suppressed and shown as "<10".

Demographics

Total Citizen Population
667,467
Citizen Voting Age Population (CVAP)
507,958

Citizen Population by Race/Ethnicity

GroupCitizensShare
Non-Hispanic558,09883.6%
Hispanic109,37316.4%
White330,45649.5%
Black115,52717.3%
Asian82,37812.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native9310.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander2370.0%
Two or More Races4,6510.7%

Citizen Voting Age Population by Race/Ethnicity

GroupCVAPShare
Non-Hispanic438,44986.3%
Hispanic69,51313.7%
White269,16053.0%
Black92,60118.2%
Asian72,01014.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native2,7330.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander1580.0%
Two or More Races2,4530.5%

Source: Redistricting Data Hub / U.S. Census Bureau CVAP Special Tabulation.

Candidates