With Dave Reichert’s (R) announcement that he won’t seek reelection to Washington’s 8th Congressional District, it becomes an open seat. Here are some basic statistics about the district that may influence which candidates file to replace Reichert.
Past Election results
Ballotpedia has a historical summary of the district. The district became more red after the 2010 redistricting, and Reichert has been winning reelection with around 60%.
The district leans red and has about a +7% GOP advantage relative to WA state overall. Here’s how other candidates did in that district:
| GOP Candidate in ’16 | Result in CD8 | Result Statewide | Difference | |
| Secretary of State | Kim Wyman | 62% | 54% | +8% |
| Congress | Reichert | 60% | ||
| Governor | Bill Bryant | 54% | 45% | +9% |
| Senate | Vance | 48% | 41% | +7% |
| President | Trump [1] | 45% | 38% | +7% |
[1] In the presidential race, Hillary Clinton got 48% and the remaining candidates got 7%. The other races had two candidates.
Downticket Districts
Here’s some basic analysis of downticket districts that overlaps the 8th CD.
Here are the Legislative Districts that overlap the 8th, sorted from most overlap to least. The most likely source of candidates would be a legislator from one of these districts.
| Legislative District | % of the 8th CD in this LD |
| 5 | 18% |
| 31 | 18% |
| 47 | 15% |
| 12 | 12% |
| 2 | 7% |
| 30 | 6% |
| 13 | 6% |
| 41 | 5% |
| 45 | 4% |
| 11 | 3% |
| 25 | 2% |
| 28 | 1% |
| 33 | 1% |
The 8th CD also is split across several counties:
| County | % of 8th CD in this county |
| King | 58% |
| Pierce | 24% |
| Chelan | 10% |
| Kittitas | 6% |
| Douglas | 2% |
There are about 50 cities that overlap the 8th CD.
