Virginia's 8th congressional district

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Virginia's 8th congressional district is a heavily Democratic, urban U.S. House district in Northern Virginia that includes Arlington, Alexandria, and parts of Fairfax County just outside Washington, D.C.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States congressional district
person
adjacentTo Washington, D.C.
borderedBy Potomac River
characteristic heavily Democratic
urban
congressionalNumber 8
contains Pentagon area vicinity
Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport vicinity
inner suburbs of Washington, D.C.
country United States
createdFor representation in the U.S. House of Representatives
currentRepresentative Don Beyer
currentRepresentativeParty Democratic Party (United States)
demographicCharacteristic high median household income
highly educated population
elects one member of the United States House of Representatives
governingBody United States Congress
includes Arlington County, Virginia
City of Alexandria, Virginia
parts of Fairfax County, Virginia
levelOfGovernment federal
locatedIn Northern Virginia
partOf federal capital region of the United States
party Democratic Party (United States)
representedIn United States House of Representatives
state Virginia
timeZone Eastern Time Zone
typicalElectionOutcome Democratic victory
votingSystem first-past-the-post

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Fairfax County, Virginia
congressionalDistrict

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