Georgia's 8th congressional district

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Georgia's 8th congressional district is a largely rural, conservative-leaning U.S. House district in south-central Georgia that includes cities such as Warner Robins and Valdosta.

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Georgia's 8th congressional district canonical 8

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Georgia congressional district
United States congressional district
borderingState Florida
chamber House of Representatives
characteristic largely rural
containsCity Americus, Georgia
Bainbridge, Georgia
Cordele
surface form: Cordele, Georgia

Douglas, Georgia
Fitzgerald, Georgia
Moultrie, Georgia
Perry, Georgia
Thomasville, Georgia
Tifton, Georgia
Valdosta, Georgia
Warner Robins, Georgia
Waycross, Georgia
country United States of America
surface form: United States
currentRepresentative Austin Scott
currentRepresentativeParty Republican Party
currentRepresentativeState Georgia
elects one member of the United States House of Representatives
geographicRegion South Georgia
hasIncumbentSince 2011
hasRuralAreas yes
hasUrbanCenters yes
includesCounty Coffee County, Georgia NERFINISHED
Colquitt County, Georgia NERFINISHED
Crisp County
surface form: Crisp County, Georgia

Houston County, Georgia NERFINISHED
Lowndes County, Georgia NERFINISHED
Sumter County, Georgia NERFINISHED
Thomas County, Georgia NERFINISHED
Tift County, Georgia NERFINISHED
Ware County, Georgia NERFINISHED
includesMilitaryInstallation Robins Air Force Base
legislativeBody United States House of Representatives
levelOfGovernment federal
locatedIn south-central Georgia
majorCity Valdosta, Georgia
Warner Robins, Georgia
partOf federal electoral districts of the United States
politicalLeaning conservative-leaning
politicalPartyDominance Republican Party
redistrictedAfter decennial United States Census
surface form: United States Census
representedIn United States Congress
state Georgia
timeZone Eastern Time Zone
typicalElectionOutcome Republican victory
votingSystem first-past-the-post

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Thomas County, Georgia isInCongressionalDistrict Georgia's 8th congressional district
Georgia’s 2nd congressional district borderedBy Georgia's 8th congressional district
subject surface form: Georgia's 2nd congressional district
Lowndes County, Georgia locatedInCongressionalDistrict Georgia's 8th congressional district
Dooly County isPartOfCongressionalDistrict Georgia's 8th congressional district
Telfair County isPartOfCongressionalDistrict Georgia's 8th congressional district
Telfair County, Georgia, United States congressionalDistrict Georgia's 8th congressional district
GA3 borderedBy Georgia's 8th congressional district
Jones County isInCongressionalDistrict Georgia's 8th congressional district
subject surface form: Jones County, Georgia