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Minnesota's 8th district

Minnesota's 8th district has 724,647 residents on 31,240 mi² of land. It is represented by Pete Stauber (R-MN-8). Federal contract obligations attributed to it reached $224.8M in FY2026.

Residents
724,647
Land area
31,240 mi²
Counties
21
Representative
Pete Stauber
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Map of Minnesota's 8th district within Minnesota

Members for this district

Members who held this seat while these boundaries were in force, newest first.

Senators

The state's senators today, or on the last day of these boundaries for an older plan.

Counties

Share of the district's residents living in each county, and share of the county's residents living in the district (2020 census tracts weighted by their overlap).

  1. St. Louis County28% of the district · 100% of the county
  2. Crow Wing County9.3% of the district · 100% of the county
  3. Chisago County8.0% of the district · 100% of the county
  4. Washington County6.6% of the district · 17% of the county
  5. Beltrami County6.4% of the district · 100% of the county
  6. Itasca County6.2% of the district · 100% of the county
  7. Isanti County5.9% of the district · 100% of the county
  8. Carlton County5.0% of the district · 100% of the county
  9. Cass County4.3% of the district · 100% of the county
  10. Pine County4.1% of the district · 100% of the county
  11. Mille Lacs County3.7% of the district · 100% of the county
  12. Kanabec County2.3% of the district · 100% of the county
  13. Aitkin County2.2% of the district · 100% of the county
  14. Koochiching County1.6% of the district · 100% of the county
  15. Lake County1.5% of the district · 100% of the county
  16. Hubbard County1.3% of the district · 44% of the county
  17. Clearwater County1.2% of the district · 100% of the county
  18. Cook County0.8% of the district · 100% of the county
  19. Mahnomen County0.7% of the district · 100% of the county
  20. Becker County0.6% of the district · 12% of the county
  21. Lake of the Woods County0.5% of the district · 100% of the county

Federal contracts

Contract obligations attributed to the district by each action's county and its award's ZIP code (land shares through census tracts); an estimate where ZIP codes cross district lines.

Obligations · FY2026
$224.8M
Per resident
$310
Rank in Minnesota
4 of 8
Contract actions
1,800
New awards: 921

By fiscal year

  1. 100.8MFY2017
  2. 64.1MFY2018
  3. 76.4MFY2019
  4. 67.4MFY2020
  5. 111.2MFY2021
  6. 170.9MFY2022
  7. 105MFY2023
  8. 113.2MFY2024
  9. 105.9MFY2025
  10. 224.8MFY2026

Top buyers

  1. Public Buildings Service$109M49%
    General Services Administration
  2. Forest Service$26M12%
    Department of Agriculture
  3. Indian Health Service$23M10%
    Department of Health and Human Services
  4. Environmental Protection Agency$10.8M4.8%
  5. Department of the Army$8.4M3.7%
    Department of Defense
  6. Department of Veterans Affairs$8.2M3.7%
  7. Departmental Offices$7.9M3.5%
    Department of the Interior
  8. National Park Service$6.3M2.8%
    Department of the Interior

Top recipients

  1. MCGOUGH CONSTRUCTION CO., LLC$107.6M48%
    1 award
  2. BRIDGER AEROSPACE GROUP, LLC$7M3.1%
    2 awards
  3. DT-TRAK CONSULTING, INC.$5.4M2.4%
    29 awards
  4. EQ & CH REMEDIATION$5.3M2.4%
    1 award
  5. MICHELS CONSTRUCTION, INC.$4.9M2.2%
    2 awards
  6. ROEN SALVAGE CO.$4M1.8%
    2 awards
  7. LEECH LAKE BAND OF OJIBWE$3.2M1.4%
    5 awards
  8. SPECPRO SUSTAINMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL, LLC$3.2M1.4%
    6 awards
  9. AKICITA CYBER LLC$3.2M1.4%
    8 awards
  10. PRAIRIE BAND HEALTH SERVICES INC$3M1.3%
    1 award

Other boundaries

District lines change between plans; each plan keeps its own page.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

  • Congressional district boundaries and relationship files (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, Cartographic Boundary Files (congressional districts) and 2020 relationship files · release cd116+cd118+cd119 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • ZIP code (ZCTA) to congressional district crosswalk (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 relationship files (ZCTAs, tracts and congressional districts); shares computed by Analisa · release 2020 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov)USAspending.gov, prime award contract transactions (FPDS) · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.