Democratic
Jamie Raskin
Incumbent representative for MD-8. Voting record, ideology and biography →
VotePredictor forecast
Jamie Raskin favored
Safe D · predicted margin D+69.4
100%
chance to win
2024 presidential lean
D+57.82026 national environment
D+6.3Model uncertainty
±6.9 pointsFundamentals model using district presidential lean, incumbency and the national environment. It is not a poll average.
Republican
Cheryl Riley
Major-party general-election nominee.
Other listed candidates
- Nancy Wallace · Green
Polls
No district-level 2026 general-election poll is currently in VotePredictor's verified polling feed for MD-8. The forecast above uses fundamentals only.
Other forecasts
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Past results
Every election in Maryland's 8th district we hold a result for. District numbers are reused across redistricting, so older rows may cover different ground than the seat does today.
YearWinnerMargin
Candidate news
Transcript: The Mistakes That The Democrats Keep Making
This is a lightly edited transcript of the September 17 edition of Right Now With Perry Bacon. You can watch the video here or by following this show on YouTube or Substack.Perry Bacon: Hi, this is Right Now on The New Republic, and I’m the host, Perry Bacon.…
The New Republic · September 18, 2026
Watchdogs Sue to Stop Wall Street's 'Pay-to-Play' Access to Trump Truth Posts
A pair of watchdog groups on Thursday sued President Donald Trump and other US officials over their "pay-to-play" scheme that gives subscribers who fork over a monthly fee of up to $100,000 early access to key decision-makers' posts on Truth Social.The presid…
Common Dreams · September 18, 2026
250+ Current, Former Lawmakers Urge Supreme Court to Block Trump Attack on Mail Voting
With the midterm elections less than two months away, more than 250 current and former Members of Congress came together on Tuesday to pressure the US Supreme Court to block Republican President Donald Trump's March executive order on voting and its resulting…
Common Dreams · September 8, 2026
Raskin Schools Welker: Hasan Piker 'Is An Irrelevant Distraction'
On Meet The Press, Rep Jamie Raskin easily pushed back against the continued insistence that Hasan Piker is relevant to the Democratic Party and the issues the U.S. faces from the destructive Trump administration. Host Kristin Welker played a clip of Piker ch…
Crooksandliars.com · September 7, 2026
Candidate field source: 2026 House election roster ↗