Minnesota's 8th Congressional District

Minnesota's 8th Congressional District elects one member to the U.S. House of Representatives. Below is the district's current representative, the members of Congress who held this seat before, and Minnesota's two U.S. Senators.

Current Representative

Pete Stauber (Republican) currently represents Minnesota's 8th Congressional District. See Pete Stauber's full voting record and key issue positions →

District History — Past Representatives

Members of Congress who previously represented Minnesota's 8th Congressional District:

• Richard Nolan — Democrat (until 2019)
• Chip Cravaack — Republican (until 2013)
• James Oberstar — Democrat (until 2011)
• John Blatnik — Democrat (until 1975)
• William Pittenger — Republican (until 1947)
• John Bernard — Farmer-Labor (until 1939)
• William Carss — Farmer-Labor (until 1929)
• Oscar Larson — Republican (until 1925)
• Clarence Miller — Republican (until 1919)
• James Bede — Republican (until 1909)

Minnesota U.S. Senators

• Amy Klobuchar — Democrat Senator
• Tina Smith — Democrat Senator
• Alan Franken — Democrat Senator
• Norm Coleman — Republican Senator
• Mark Dayton — Democrat Senator
• Dean Barkley — Independent Senator
• Paul Wellstone — Democrat Senator
• Rod Grams — Republican Senator
• David Durenberger — Republican Senator
• Rudolph Boschwitz — Republican Senator
• Wendell Anderson — Democrat Senator
• Muriel Humphrey — Democrat Senator
• Hubert Humphrey — Democrat Senator
• Walter Mondale — Democrat Senator
• Eugene McCarthy — Democrat Senator
• Edward Thye — Republican Senator
• Joseph Ball — Republican Senator
• Henrik Shipstead — Republican Senator
• Arthur Nelson — Republican Senator
• Ernest Lundeen — Farmer-Labor Senator
• Elmer Benson — Farmer-Labor Senator
• Guy Howard — Republican Senator
• Thomas Schall — Republican Senator
• Knute Nelson — Republican Senator
• Frank Kellogg — Republican Senator
• Moses Clapp — Republican Senator
• Cushman Davis — Republican Senator
• William Washburn — Republican Senator
• Dwight Sabin — Republican Senator
• Samuel McMillan — Republican Senator
• William Windom — Republican Senator
• Alonzo Edgerton — Republican Senator
• Alexander Ramsey — Republican Senator
• Ozora Stearns — Republican Senator
• Daniel Norton — Democrat Senator
• Henry Rice — Democrat Senator

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