Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district

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United States congressional district

Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district is a U.S. House of Representatives district in northeastern Pennsylvania that has historically included parts of the Scranton–Wilkes-Barre and Philadelphia suburban regions, and was once represented by influential abolitionist Thaddeus Stevens.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States congressional district ⓘ
containsCity Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States ⓘ
surface form: Scranton, Pennsylvania

Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, United States ⓘ
surface form: Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
containsCounty Lackawanna County ⓘ
surface form: Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania

Monroe County, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Pike County, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Wayne County, Pennsylvania ⓘ
part of Carbon County, Pennsylvania ⓘ
part of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania ⓘ
part of Northampton County, Pennsylvania ⓘ
containsRegion Pocono Mountains region, Pennsylvania ⓘ
surface form: Pocono Mountains

Wyoming Valley ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
created 1791 ⓘ
elects one member to the U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ
firstRepresentedInCongress Second United States Congress ⓘ
surface form: 2nd United States Congress
governedBy United States Constitution ⓘ
surface form: U.S. Constitution
hasBorder New Jersey, United States ⓘ
surface form: New Jersey

New York ⓘ
hasCookPVI R+4 ⓘ
hasElectionCycle every two years ⓘ
hasMajorIndustry education ⓘ
health care ⓘ
logistics and warehousing ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
hasPopulation approximately 760000 ⓘ
hasRepresentative Matt Cartwright ⓘ
hasRepresentativeParty Democratic Party ⓘ
surface form: Democratic Party (United States)
hasRepresentativeSince 2019 ⓘ
hasVotingSystem first-past-the-post ⓘ
historicallyIncluded Southeastern Pennsylvania ⓘ
surface form: Philadelphia suburban region

Scranton–Wilkes-Barre metropolitan area ⓘ
historicallyRepresentedBy Thaddeus Stevens ⓘ
legislativeChamber United States House of Representatives ⓘ
locatedIn Pennsylvania ⓘ
surface form: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Northeastern Pennsylvania ⓘ
notableRepresentative Thaddeus Stevens ⓘ
partOf United States House of Representatives ⓘ
surface form: U.S. House of Representatives
populationYear 2020 ⓘ
previousRepresentative Brian Fitzpatrick ⓘ
previousRepresentativeParty Republican Party ⓘ
surface form: Republican Party (United States)
redrawnFollowing decennial United States Census ⓘ
surface form: United States Census
representedInCongress Matt Cartwright ⓘ
represents residents of part of Pennsylvania ⓘ
stateDelegation Pennsylvania congressional delegation ⓘ
subjectTo decennial redistricting ⓘ
ThaddeusStevensRole influential abolitionist ⓘ
timeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ

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