Congressional District 8

The audience at the Reif Center to listen to the Democrat speak for an hour, answering a handful of pre-submitted questions primarily about federal funding cuts.

Rep. Pete Stauber, who represents the Eighth Congressional District, hosted a telephone town hall on March 24, but has not hosted an in-person event this session.

Nolan died Thursday night, Oct. 17, 2024, at his home in Nisswa. He was 80 years old.

While the Cook Political Report has determined the district is “solidly Republican,” 538 shows that, in a generic ballot, Democratic candidates for Congress are ahead of Republicans by 1.5 percentage points.

This will be the Democrat’s second run for office in the district currently represented by Republican Rep. Pete Stauber, in office since 2018.

The 2022 elections are Tuesday November 8th. In interviews, web stories, and collaborations with Lakeland Public Television, we’ll do our best to get you information on the candidates running in our region. To find out how to register and where to vote, go to MNVOTES.ORG. Up next, we, have a conversation with the DFL Challenger to Pete Stauber in Congressional District 8. It covers the northeast part of Minnesota, anchored by Duluth, the state’s 4th largest city. It also covers the Mesabi and Vermillion Iron Ranges, Boundary Waters Canoe Area, the Superior National Forest, it goes as far as Bemidji, down to the norther suburbs. It’s a huge congressional district with a lot of different people. Stay tuned for that conversation next.

As of Tuesday, the newly drawn congressional districts keep the 7th in western Minnesota and extend the 8th west to take in all the state’s northern Native American reservations and south to the northeast metro area. Minnesota kept eight congressional districts, but the lines shifted because of population changes within them.

As of Tuesday, the newly drawn congressional districts keep the 7th in western Minnesota and extend the 8th west to take in all the state’s northern Native American reservations and south to the northeast metro area. Minnesota kept eight congressional districts, but the lines shifted because of population changes within them.

*We are continuing our Meet the Candidates conversations for the November 3rd 2020 elections. We recently talked with Quinn Nystrom (DFL) candidate for…