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词条 Indiana's 8th congressional district
释义

  1. Election results from presidential races

  2. Counties located in Indiana's 8th Congressional District

     Cities of 10,000 or more people  2,500 - 10,000 people 

  3. History

  4. List of members representing the district

  5. Election results

     2002  2004  2006  2008  2010  2012  2014  2016 

  6. Living former Members

  7. Historical district boundaries

  8. See also

  9. References

  10. External links

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Indiana's 8th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Indiana. Based in southwest and west central Indiana, the district is anchored in Evansville and also includes Jasper, Princeton, Terre Haute, Vincennes and Washington.

Commonly referred to as "The Bloody Eighth" at the local (and sometimes national) levels (See below for explanation), it was formerly a notorious swing district. However, due to a political realignment similar to contemporary realignment happening in the Deep South and Appalachia, it has in recent elections become a safe Republican district.

Election results from presidential races

Year Result
2004George W. Bush 62 - 38%
2008John McCain 50.6 - 48.1%
2012Mitt Romney 58.4 - 39.6%
2016Donald Trump 64.6 - 31%

Counties located in Indiana's 8th Congressional District

As of 2013.

#
County		 #
County		 #
County		 #
County		 #
County
11
Clay
Brazil
26,556		 13*
Crawford
English
10,713		 14
Daviess
Washington
30,726		 19
Dubois
Jasper
41,889		 26
Gibson
Princeton
39,750
28
Greene
Bloomfield
33,750		 42
Knox
Vincennes
38,920		 51
Martin
Shoals
10,370		 60
Owen
Spencer
21,790		 61
Parke
Rockville
17,250
62
Perry
Tell City
19,332		 63
Pike
Petersburg
12,845		 65
Posey
Mt. Vernon
27,500		 67
Putnam
Greencastle
10,100		 74
Spencer
Rockport
20,952
77
Sullivan
Sullivan
21,750		 82
Vanderburgh
Evansville
191,220		 83
Vermillion
Newport
16,790		 84
Vigo
Terre Haute
105,900		 87
Warrick
Boonville
59,700
  • 13 Crawford County exists in both the 8th and 9th Congressional Districts. Within Crawford County, two whole townships; Boone, and Johnson exist in the 8th District, while two other townships; Patoka, and Union, are partitioned by Indiana State Road 145 and Interstate 64 respectively.

Cities of 10,000 or more people

(2010 Census)

  • Evansville - 117,429
  • Terre Haute - 60,785
  • Vincennes - 18,423
  • Jasper - 15,038
  • Washington - 11,509
  • Greencastle - 10,326

2,500 - 10,000 people

(2010 Census)

  • Princeton - 8,644
  • Brazil - 7,912
  • Tell City - 7,272
  • Mt. Vernon - 6,687
  • Boonville - 6,246
  • Linton - 5,413
  • Clinton - 4,893
  • North Terre Haute - 4,305
  • Sullivan - 4,249
  • Newburgh - 3,325
  • Fort Branch - 2,771
  • Bicknell - 2,892

History

Based in Evansville, the 8th Congressional District was widened when Indiana lost a seat after the 2000 U.S. Census to include much of the former 5th and 7th Congressional Districts. At that time, Bloomington (the home of former U.S. Representative Frank McCloskey) was moved into the 9th Congressional District, while the 8th Congressional District was extended northward to include much of the former 7th Congressional District in west-central Indiana, including Terre Haute. As a result of this expansion, the district is the largest in area in Indiana with all or part of 18 counties.

The district has been nicknamed "The Bloody Eighth" because of a series of hard-fought campaigns and political reversals. Unlike most other districts in the state, which frequently give their representatives long tenures in Washington, the 8th Congressional District has a reputation for frequently ousting its incumbents.[3] Voters in the district ousted six incumbents from 1966 to 1982. The election in 1984 was so close that the House of Representatives itself determined which of two candidates to sit, accepting the recommendation of a Democratically controlled House task force sent to Indiana to count the ballots, with the winner holding a margin of four votes out of 233,000 cast.[4] Although Southern Indiana is ancestrally Democratic, the Democrats in this area are nowhere near as liberal as their counterparts in the rest of the state; most of them are Blue Dogs. The district also has a strong tint of social conservatism.

In 2000, a New York Times reporter said of the district: "With a populist streak and a conservative bent, this district does not cotton to country club Republicans or to social-engineering liberals," and also said, "More than 95 percent white and about 41 percent rural, the region shares much of the flavor of the Bible Belt."[5]

The district was previously represented by Brad Ellsworth, a moderate Democrat. As a result of Ellsworth's landslide defeat of 12-year incumbent John Hostettler, it was the first district picked up by the Democrats on Election Night 2006.[6] Ellsworth ran unsuccessfully for U.S. Senate in 2010 and was succeeded by Republican Larry Bucshon in the same election cycle.

In 2013, the district shifted away from Northern Indiana and more towards Evansville, losing Fountain and Warren Counties, and gaining Dubois, Perry, and Spencer Counties, and a portion of Crawford County, uniting southwestern Indiana under one district.

List of members representing the district

Representative Party Years Electoral history
District created March 4, 1843

John Pettit		DemocraticMarch 4, 1843 –
March 3, 1849		 {{dm}}

Joseph E. McDonald		DemocraticMarch 4, 1849 –
March 3, 1851		 {{dm}}
Daniel MaceDemocraticMarch 4, 1851 –
March 3, 1855		{{dm}}
OppositionMarch 4, 1855 –
March 3, 1857

James Wilson		RepublicanMarch 4, 1857 –
March 3, 1861		 {{dm}}

Albert S. White		RepublicanMarch 4, 1861 –
March 3, 1863		 {{dm}}

Godlove S. Orth		RepublicanMarch 4, 1863 –
March 3, 1869		Indiana|7|7th district}}.

James N. Tyner		RepublicanMarch 4, 1869 –
March 3, 1875		 Elected to the term left vacant by the resignation of Representative-elect Daniel D. Pratt.

Morton C. Hunter		RepublicanMarch 4, 1875 –
March 3, 1879		Indiana|6|6th district}}.

Abraham J. Hostetler		DemocraticMarch 4, 1879 –
March 3, 1881		 {{dm}}
Robert B. F. PeirceRepublicanMarch 4, 1881 –
March 3, 1883		 {{dm}}

John E. Lamb		DemocraticMarch 4, 1883 –
March 3, 1885		 {{dm}}

James T. Johnston		RepublicanMarch 4, 1885 –
March 3, 1889		 {{dm}}
Elijah V. BrookshireDemocraticMarch 4, 1889 –
March 3, 1895		 {{dm}}

George W. Faris		RepublicanMarch 4, 1895 –
March 3, 1897		Indiana|5|5th district}}.

Charles L. Henry		RepublicanMarch 4, 1897 –
March 3, 1899		Indiana|7|7th district}}.

George W. Cromer		RepublicanMarch 4, 1899 –
March 3, 1907		 {{dm}}

John A. M. Adair		DemocraticMarch 4, 1907 –
March 3, 1917		 {{dm}}

Albert H. Vestal		RepublicanMarch 4, 1917 –
April 1, 1932		 Died.
VacantApril 1, 1932 –
March 3, 1933
John W. Boehne Jr.DemocraticMarch 4, 1933 –
January 3, 1943		Indiana|1|1st district}}.
Charles M. La FolletteRepublicanJanuary 3, 1943 –
January 3, 1947		 {{dm}}
E. A. MitchellRepublicanJanuary 3, 1947 –
January 3, 1949		 {{dm}}

Winfield K. Denton		DemocraticJanuary 3, 1949 –
January 3, 1953		 {{dm}}

D. Bailey Merrill		RepublicanJanuary 3, 1953 –
January 3, 1955		 {{dm}}

Winfield K. Denton		DemocraticJanuary 3, 1955 –
December 30, 1966		 Resigned.
VacantDecember 30, 1966 –
January 3, 1967

Roger H. Zion		RepublicanJanuary 3, 1967 –
January 3, 1975		 {{dm}}

Philip H. Hayes		DemocraticJanuary 3, 1975 –
January 3, 1977		 {{dm}}

David L. Cornwell		DemocraticJanuary 3, 1977 –
January 3, 1979		 {{dm}}

H. Joel Deckard		RepublicanJanuary 3, 1979 –
January 3, 1983		 {{dm}}

Frank McCloskey		DemocraticJanuary 3, 1983 –
January 3, 1985		 {{dm}}
VacantJanuary 3, 1985 –
May 1, 1985		 Election contested and the House of Representatives refused to seat anyone.

Frank McCloskey		DemocraticMay 1, 1985 –
January 3, 1995		 Lost Re-Election

John Hostettler		RepublicanJanuary 3, 1995 –
January 3, 2007		 Lost Re-Election

Brad Ellsworth		DemocraticJanuary 3, 2007 –
January 3, 2011		 Retired to run for U.S. Senate

Larry Bucshon		RepublicanJanuary 3, 2011 –
Present		 Elected in 2010.

Election results

2002

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|candidate = John Hostettler*
|votes = 98,952
|percentage = 51.31
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|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Bryan Hartke
|votes = 88,763
|percentage = 46.02
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|party = Libertarian Party (United States)
|candidate = Pam Williams
|votes = 5,150
|percentage = 2.67
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|votes = 192,865
|percentage = 100.00
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2004

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|candidate = John Hostettler*
|votes = 145,576
|percentage = 53.37
}}{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Jon P. Jennings
|votes = 121,522
|percentage = 44.55
}}{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Libertarian Party (United States)
|candidate = Mark Garvin
|votes = 5,680
|percentage = 2.08
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|votes = 272,778
|percentage = 100.00
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2006

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|candidate = Brad Ellsworth
|votes = 131,019
|percentage = 61.02
}}{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = John Hostettler*
|votes = 83,704
|percentage = 38.98
}}{{Election box total no change|
|votes = 214,723
|percentage = 100.00
}}{{Election box turnout no change|
|percentage =
}}{{Election box gain with party link without swing|
|winner = Democratic Party (United States)
|loser = Republican Party (United States)
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2008

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|candidate = Brad Ellsworth*
|votes = 189,109
|percentage = 64.75
}}{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Greg Goode
|votes = 102,940
|percentage = 35.25
}}{{Election box total no change|
|votes = 292,049
|percentage = 100.00
}}{{Election box turnout no change|
|percentage =
}}{{Election box hold with party link without swing|
|winner = Democratic Party (United States)
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2010

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|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Larry Bucshon
|votes = 117,259
|percentage = 57.55
}}{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Trent Van Haaften
|votes = 76,265
|percentage = 37.43
}}{{Election box candidate with party link no change|
|party = Libertarian Party (United States)
|candidate = John Cunningham
|votes = 10,240
|percentage = 5.03
}}{{Election box total no change|
|votes = 203,764
|percentage = 100.00
}}{{Election box turnout no change|
|percentage =
}}{{Election box gain with party link without swing|
|winner = Republican Party (United States)
|loser = Democratic Party (United States)
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2012

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|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Larry Bucshon*
|votes = 151,533
|percentage = 53.36
}}{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Dave Crooks
|votes = 122,325
|percentage = 43.07
}}{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Libertarian Party (United States)
|candidate = Bart Gadau
|votes = 10,134
|percentage = 3.57
}}{{Election box total no change
|votes = 283,992
|percentage = 100.00
}}{{Election box turnout no change|
|percentage =
}}{{Election box hold with party link without swing
|winner = Republican Party (United States)
}}{{Election box end}}

2014

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|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Larry Bucshon (Incumbent)
|votes = 103,344
|percentage = 60.32
}}
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Tom Spangler
|votes = 61,384
|percentage = 35.83
}}{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Libertarian Party (United States)
|candidate = Andrew Horning
|votes = 6,587
|percentage = 3.84
}}{{Election box total no change
|votes = 171,315
|percentage = 100
}}{{Election box hold with party link without swing
|winner = Republican Party (United States)
}}{{Election box end}}

2016

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|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Larry Bucshon (Incumbent)
|votes = 187,702
|percentage = 63.69
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|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Ronald L. Drake
|votes = 93,356
|percentage = 31.68
}}{{Election box candidate with party link no change
|party = Libertarian Party (United States)
|candidate = Andrew Horning
|votes = 13,655
|percentage = 4.63
}}{{Election box total no change
|votes = 294,713
|percentage = 100
}}{{Election box hold with party link without swing
|winner = Republican Party (United States)
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Living former Members

{{As of|2019|1}}, four former members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Indiana's 8th congressional district are alive. The most recent representative to die was H. Joel Deckard (served 1979-1983) on September 6, 2016. The most recently serving representative to die was Frank McCloskey (served 1983-1995) on November 2, 2003.
Representative Term of office Date of birth (and age)
Roger H. Zion 1967–1975mf=yes|1921|9|17}}
Philip H. Hayes 1975–1977mf=yes|1940|9|1}}
John Hostettler 1995–2007mf=yes|1961|6|19}}
Brad Ellsworth 2007-2011mf=yes|1958|9|11}}

Historical district boundaries

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Note: There has been another change since the "most recent" image, reflected correctly on the 'Indiana districts' page.

See also

{{portal|United States|Indiana}}
  • Indiana's congressional districts
  • List of United States congressional districts
{{clear}}

References

1. ^https://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=18&cd=08
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://cookpolitical.com/file/Arranged_by_State_District.pdf|title=Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress|publisher=The Cook Political Report|date=April 7, 2017|accessdate=April 7, 2017}}
3. ^{{cite news | title=And They're Off And Running! | publisher=U.S. News & World Report | url=https://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/articles/060116/16candidate.htm | date=January 16, 2006 | accessdate=2007-01-07}}
4. ^http://articles.latimes.com/1986-10-29/news/mn-8026_1_house-race
5. ^Dirk Johnson, [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D00E5D8113CF933A25753C1A9669C8B63 "The 2000 Campaign: An Indiana Race; Conservatives Face Off in Quirky Populist District"], New York Times, October 10, 2000
6. ^{{cite web | title= Democrats pick up key House seat in Indiana | publisher=CNN.com | url=http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/11/07/election.house/index.html| accessdate=2007-01-07}}
  • {{cite book|title = The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress|last = Martis|first = Kenneth C.|authorlink =|coauthors =|year = 1989|publisher = Macmillan Publishing Company|location = New York|id =}}
  • {{cite book|title = The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts|last = Martis|first = Kenneth C.|authorlink =|coauthors =|year = 1982|publisher = Macmillan Publishing Company|location = New York|id =}}
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20100423082228/http://bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch.asp Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present]

External links

  • Congressman Larry Bucshon Official House Site
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