Arizona's 8th Congressional District

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Arizona's 8th congressional district is a congressional district located in the U.S. state of Arizona and encompasses the extreme southeastern part of the state. It includes all of Cochise County and parts of Pima, Pinal, and Santa Cruz counties. A swing district, it was represented from 2007 to 2012 by Democrat Gabrielle Giffords, who was shot and severely wounded at a public event on January 8, 2011. Giffords resigned her seat in January of 2012. A special election that was on June 12, 2012 elected Ron Barber as the new congressman. After redistricting for the 2012 general election, most of current 8th district will become the 2nd congressional district, and the new 8th district will be in Maricopa County, including Phoenix and its northwestern suburbs. Athabaskan-speaking Native... (More from Freebase)

Senators

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John McCain Republican 26 years in office

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Jeff Flake Republican 0 years in office

Representative

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8th District Trent Franks MyOC Group Republican 10 years in office

District Boundary Map

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