Elections by year

2008 elections

Every election in 2008 in the 99chambers archive: generals, primaries, specials and runoffs for Congress, governor, statewide offices and the state legislatures.

← 20072009 →

Races5,835
Changed party341
Unopposed32%1,880 races
Incumbents defeated174

Mar 8, 2008 special

1 races in 1 state: U.S. HouseD 1

May 3, 2008 special

2 races in 1 state: U.S. HouseD 1 · R 1

May 13, 2008 special

1 races in 1 state: U.S. HouseD 1

Jun 17, 2008 special

1 races in 1 state: U.S. HouseD 1

2008 general

5,828 races in 51 states: President, U.S. Senate, Governors, U.S. House, State legislaturesD 257 · R 178

Nov 18, 2008 special

1 races in 1 state: U.S. HouseD 1

Dec 2, 2008 runoff

1 races in 1 state: U.S. Senate

Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse); English Wikipedia; Federal Election Commission; Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner