New Jersey's 8th congressional district

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New Jersey's 8th congressional district is a U.S. House district in northeastern New Jersey that includes parts of densely populated urban areas in and around cities such as Newark and Jersey City.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States congressional district
congressional district
apportionmentUnit New Jersey
borderingEntity New Jersey's 10th congressional district
New Jersey's 12th congressional district
New Jersey's 9th congressional district
contains parts of Jersey City
parts of Newark
urban areas
country United States of America
createdBy United States Congress
electoralSystem first-past-the-post voting
elects one member of the United States House of Representatives
governingLaw New Jersey state law
United States Constitution
governmentType federal electoral district
hasCharacteristic ethnically diverse
predominantly urban
jurisdiction federal law of the United States
legislativeBody United States House of Representatives
locatedIn New Jersey
Northeastern New Jersey
linked to: North Jersey
numberOfRepresentatives 1
partOf New Jersey congressional delegation
New Jersey's congressional districts
populationCharacteristic densely populated
region Northeastern United States
representedIn 116th United States Congress
117th United States Congress
118th United States Congress
represents residents of parts of Essex County, New Jersey
residents of parts of Hudson County, New Jersey
residents of parts of Union County, New Jersey
state New Jersey
subdivisionOf State of New Jersey
timeZone Eastern Time Zone
uses single-member district system

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New Jersey's 9th congressional district borderedBy New Jersey's 8th congressional district
United States House of Representatives districts in New Jersey composedOf New Jersey's 8th congressional district
Fred A. Hartley Jr. represented New Jersey's 8th congressional district
Bill Pascrell representedArea New Jersey's 8th congressional district
New Jersey's 10th congressional district borderedBy New Jersey's 8th congressional district
New Jersey's 11th congressional district borderingBody New Jersey's 8th congressional district
New Jersey congressional districts contains New Jersey's 8th congressional district