The Tennessee House of Representatives 8th district in the United States is one of 99 legislative districts included in the lower house of the Tennessee General Assembly. It covers the some of Knoxville's suburbs in Blount County, with the exceptions of large portions of Maryville and Alcoa, and all of Friendsville and Louisville. The district includes downtown Maryville, Maryville College, Rockford, Walland, Townsend, McGhee Tyson Airport, and the Blount County portion of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The district shares a border with Knox County, Monroe County, and a protracted border with Sevier County.[1] The district has been represented by Jerome Moon, since 2017.
| State: | Tennessee |
| District: | 8 |
| Chamber: | House of Representatives |
| Representative: | Jerome Moon |
| Party: | Republican |
| Residence: | Maryville |
| Percent White: | 93.1 |
| Percent Black: | 2.7 |
| Percent Hispanic: | 2.0 |
| Percent Asian: | 0.4 |
| Percent Other Race: | 1.8 |
| Population: | 66,819 |
| Image Width: | 400px |
| Image Caption: | Map of Tennessee House districts, with the 8th District shaded in blue |
In 1993, the district was redistricted from Greene County to where it is today. The following is a list of the representatives who have represented the HD-08 since 1993:
| Mae Stamey Owenby | Democratic | 1993-1995 | 98th | Maryville | ||
| Bill Clabough | Republican | 1995-1999 | 99th, 100th | Maryville | ||
| Joe McCord | Republican | 1999-2011 | 101st, 102nd, 103rd104th, 105th, 106th | Maryville | ||
| Art Swann | Republican | 2011-2017 | 107th, 108th, 109th | Maryville | ||
| Jerome Moon | Republican | 2017–present | 110th, 111th, 112th | Maryville |