Representative Pete Stauber, Republican from Minnesota

Pete Stauber

Minnesota's 8th congressional district

MN-8 Midterms Intelligence

Stauber’s 8th is a culturally conservative, resource-and-infrastructure district where blue-collar identity still drives politics more than ideology. The seat leans R+16 and has continued a modest rightward drift, giving Stauber a durable edge after seven years, but not a free pass. The district is older than the national average, with 21.6% seniors, heavily white at 88%, and rooted in small-city, exurban, and rural communities that respond to economic pragmatism over partisan abstraction. His committee profile fits the turf: transportation, natural resources, and small business are the district’s political grammar.

For advocates, the opening is jobs, access, and local control — not national messaging. With 78.1% homeownership and a manufacturing base at 10.3%, campaigns should tie proposals to cost stability, permitting certainty, roads, freight, and keeping working families in place. The tension is between conservation and extraction, and between federal investment people will take and federal mandates they distrust. Anything framed as strengthening supply chains, public works, veterans, or rural health will travel; anything that smells culture-war adjacent or anti-industry will harden resistance fast.

Representative Pete Stauber represents Minnesota's 8th congressional district, serving 722,069 constituents. The district has an estimated median household income of $75,433 and an unemployment rate of 4.7%.

Economic & Demographic Snapshot

722,069Population
↑ 6,555
$75,433Median Incomenat'l $37,585
↑ $4,959
4.7%Unemploymentnat'l 3.5%
→ no change
6.6%Poverty Ratenat'l 12.4%
→ no change
78.1%Homeownershipnat'l 65.5%
→ no change
$1,019Median Rentnat'l $1,163
↑ $81
0.8%Public Transitnat'l 5%
→ no change
24.4 minMean Commutenat'l 26.4 min
↓ 0.2 min

Data sourced from U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates (2017-2021 vs. 2019-2023). All figures are statistical estimates with 90% confidence level.

Minnesota District 8 Demographics

Median Age 42.9 (vs 38.5) · Homeownership 78.1% (vs 65.5%) · Bachelor’s+ 28.4% (vs 33.7%) · Poverty 6.6% (vs 12.4%) · Income $75,433 (vs $37,585)

Age Distribution

Skews older than the national average (median age 42.9 vs 38.5 nationally). The largest age cohort is 60–69 at 15.1%.

Race & Ethnicity

White residents are the largest group at 88%.

* Hispanic includes respondents of any race. Racial categories include both Hispanic and non-Hispanic individuals.

Education

28.4% hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, below the 33.7% national average.

Income Distribution

Median household income is $75,433, well above the $37,585 national median.

Housing

A homeowner district: 78.1% own their home, well above the 65.5% national average. Median rent is $1,019. Median home value is $264,800.

How People Get to Work

Car-dependent: 74.9% drive alone to work. Average commute is 24.4 minutes.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates
Data represents 5-year statistical estimates for increased reliability.

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