2008 general · November 4, 2008

2008 general election results

Results of the 2008 general election in 51 states: President, U.S. Senate, Governors, U.S. House, State legislatures.

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Races5,828

Changed party338

Unopposed32%1,879 races

Incumbents defeated174

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U.S. Senate
Governors
U.S. House
State legislatures

President

D 29 · R 22

Race	Winner	Won by
Alabama	John McCain (R)	21.6
Alaska	John McCain (R)	21.5
Arizona	John McCain (R)	8.5
Arkansas	John McCain (R)	19.9
California	Barack H. Obama (D)	24.1
Colorado	Barack H. Obama (D)	9.0
Connecticut	Barack H. Obama (D)	22.4
Delaware	Barack H. Obama (D)	25.0
District of Columbia	Barack H. Obama (D)	85.9
Florida	Barack H. Obama (D)	2.8
Georgia	John McCain (R)	5.2
Hawaii	Barack H. Obama (D)	45.3
Idaho	John McCain (R)	25.4
Illinois	Barack H. Obama (D)	25.1
Indiana	Barack H. Obama (D)	1.0
Iowa	Barack H. Obama (D)	9.5
Kansas	John McCain (R)	15.0
Kentucky	John McCain (R)	16.2
Louisiana	John McCain (R)	18.6
Maine	Barack H. Obama (D)	17.3
Maryland	Barack H. Obama (D)	25.4
Massachusetts	Barack H. Obama (D)	25.8
Michigan	Barack H. Obama (D)	16.5
Minnesota	Barack H. Obama (D)	10.2
Mississippi	John McCain (R)	13.2
Missouri	John McCain (R)	0.1
Montana	John McCain (R)	2.3
Nebraska	John McCain (R)	14.9
Nevada	Barack H. Obama (D)	12.6
New Hampshire	Barack H. Obama (D)	9.6
New Jersey	Barack H. Obama (D)	15.6
New Mexico	Barack H. Obama (D)	15.1
New York	Barack H. Obama (D)	26.9
North Carolina	Barack H. Obama (D)	0.3
North Dakota	John McCain (R)	8.6
Ohio	Barack H. Obama (D)	4.6
Oklahoma	John McCain (R)	31.3
Oregon	Barack H. Obama (D)	16.3
Pennsylvania	Barack H. Obama (D)	10.3
Rhode Island	Barack H. Obama (D)	27.8
South Carolina	John McCain (R)	9.0
South Dakota	John McCain (R)	8.4
Tennessee	John McCain (R)	15.1
Texas	John McCain (R)	11.8
Utah	John McCain (R)	28.2
Vermont	Barack H. Obama (D)	37.0
Virginia	Barack H. Obama (D)	6.3
Washington	Barack H. Obama (D)	17.2
West Virginia	John McCain (R)	13.1
Wisconsin	Barack H. Obama (D)	13.9
Wyoming	John McCain (R)	32.2

U.S. Senate

D 20 · R 15 · 8 changed party

Race	Winner	Won by	Notes
Alabama	Jeff Sessions (R)	26.8
Alaska	Mark Begich (D)	1.2	Flipped
Arkansas	Mark L. Pryor (D)	59.1
Colorado	Mark Udall (D)	10.3	Flipped
Delaware	Joseph Biden (D)	29.4
Georgia	Saxby Chambliss (R)	14.9
Idaho	Jim Risch (R)	23.5
Illinois	Richard J. Durbin (D)	39.3
Iowa	Tom Harkin (D)	25.4
Kansas	Pat Roberts (R)	23.6
Kentucky	Mitch McConnell (R)	5.9
Louisiana	Mary L. Landrieu (D)	6.4
Maine	Susan Collins (R)	22.7
Massachusetts	John F. Kerry (D)	34.9
Michigan	Carl Levin (D)	28.8
Minnesota	Al Franken (D)	0.0	Flipped
Mississippi (special)	Roger F. Wicker (R)	9.9
Mississippi	Thad Cochran (R)	22.9
Montana	Max Baucus (D)	45.8
Nebraska	Mike Johanns (R)	17.5
New Hampshire	Jeanne Shaheen (D)	6.3	Flipped
New Jersey	Frank R. Lautenberg (D)	14.1
New Mexico	Tom Udall (D)	22.7	Flipped
North Carolina	Kay R. Hagan (D)	8.5	Flipped
Oklahoma	James M. Inhofe (R)	17.5
Oregon	Jeff Merkley (D)	3.4	Flipped
Rhode Island	Jack Reed (D)	46.6
South Carolina	Lindsey Graham (R)	15.3
South Dakota	Tim Johnson (D)	25.0
Tennessee	Lamar Alexander (R)	33.5
Texas	John Cornyn (R)	12.0
Virginia	Mark Warner (D)	31.3	Flipped
West Virginia	John D. Rockefeller, IV (D)	27.5
Wyoming (special)	John Barrasso (R)	46.8
Wyoming	Michael B. Enzi (R)	51.4

Governors

D 7 · R 4 · 1 changed party

Race	Winner	Won by	Notes
Delaware	Jack Markell (D)	35.6
Indiana	Mitch Daniels (R)	18.2
Missouri	Jay W. Nixon (D)	16.9	Flipped
Montana	Brian Schweitzer (D)	33.6
New Hampshire	John Lynch (D)	43.5
North Carolina	Bev Perdue (D)	3.5
North Dakota	John Hoeven (R)	52.0
Utah	Jon Huntsman Jr (R)	59.5
Vermont	Jim Douglas (R)	31.6
Washington	Christine Gregoire (D)	6.5
West Virginia	Joe Manchin, III (D)	46.1

U.S. House

D 257 · R 178 · 30 changed party

State legislatures

D 3,203 · R 2,580 · Other 35 · 299 changed party

Chamber	Races	Seats won	Changed party
Alaska House of Representatives	40	D 18 · R 22	3
Alaska State Senate	10	D 5 · R 5	1
Arizona House of Representatives	30	D 25 · R 35	—
Arizona State Senate	30	D 12 · R 18	1
Arkansas House of Representatives	100	D 71 · R 28 · Other 1	4
Arkansas State Senate	18	D 12 · R 6	—
California State Assembly	80	D 51 · R 29	5
California State Senate	20	D 11 · R 9	—
Colorado House of Representatives	65	D 38 · R 27	3
Colorado State Senate	19	D 13 · R 6	1
Connecticut House of Representatives	151	D 114 · R 37	14
Connecticut State Senate	36	D 24 · R 12	—
Delaware House of Representatives	41	D 25 · R 16	7
Delaware State Senate	10	D 7 · R 3	3
Florida House of Representatives	120	D 44 · R 76	2
Florida State Senate	21	D 8 · R 13	—
Georgia House of Representatives	180	D 75 · R 105	7
Georgia State Senate	56	D 22 · R 34	—
Hawaii House of Representatives	51	D 45 · R 6	2
Hawaii State Senate	12	D 12	2
Idaho House of Representatives	35	D 18 · R 52	—
Idaho State Senate	35	D 7 · R 28	—
Illinois House of Representatives	118	D 70 · R 48	6
Illinois State Senate	40	D 24 · R 16	—
Indiana House of Representatives	100	D 52 · R 48	7
Indiana State Senate	25	D 7 · R 18	—
Iowa House of Representatives	100	D 56 · R 44	10
Iowa State Senate	25	D 13 · R 12	4
Kansas House of Representatives	125	D 48 · R 77	5
Kansas State Senate	40	D 9 · R 31	3
Kentucky House of Representatives	100	D 65 · R 35	6
Kentucky State Senate	19	D 10 · R 9	—
Maine House of Representatives	151	D 96 · R 54 · Other 1	21
Maine State Senate	35	D 20 · R 15	2
Massachusetts House of Representatives	160	D 143 · R 16 · Other 1	4
Massachusetts State Senate	37	D 33 · R 4	1
Michigan House of Representatives	110	D 67 · R 43	9
Minnesota House of Representatives	134	D 87 · R 47	10
Minnesota State Senate	2	D 2	1
Missouri House of Representatives	163	D 74 · R 89	5
Missouri State Senate	17	D 4 · R 13	2
Montana House of Representatives	100	D 50 · R 50	7
Montana State Senate	25	D 14 · R 11	4
Nebraska Legislature	26	Other 26	—
Nevada State Assembly	42	D 28 · R 14	3
Nevada State Senate	10	D 7 · R 3	2
New Hampshire House of Representatives	103	D 225 · R 175	3
New Hampshire State Senate	24	D 14 · R 10	—
New Mexico House of Representatives	70	D 45 · R 25	3
New Mexico State Senate	42	D 27 · R 15	3
New York State Assembly	150	D 109 · R 41	3
New York State Senate	62	D 32 · R 30	4
North Carolina House of Representatives	120	D 68 · R 52	4
North Carolina State Senate	50	D 30 · R 20	1
North Dakota House of Representatives	23	D 16 · R 30	—
North Dakota State Senate	23	D 7 · R 16	2
Ohio House of Representatives	99	D 53 · R 46	11
Ohio State Senate	16	D 3 · R 13	—
Oklahoma House of Representatives	101	D 40 · R 61	6
Oklahoma State Senate	24	D 9 · R 15	1
Oregon House of Representatives	60	D 36 · R 24	5
Oregon State Senate	16	D 8 · R 8	—
Pennsylvania House of Representatives	203	D 104 · R 99	10
Pennsylvania State Senate	25	D 10 · R 15	2
Rhode Island House of Representatives	75	D 69 · R 6	10
Rhode Island State Senate	38	D 33 · R 4 · Other 1	2
South Carolina House of Representatives	124	D 53 · R 71	2
South Carolina State Senate	46	D 19 · R 27	1
South Dakota House of Representatives	37	D 24 · R 46	—
South Dakota State Senate	35	D 14 · R 20 · Other 1	8
Tennessee House of Representatives	99	D 49 · R 50	6
Tennessee State Senate	16	D 7 · R 9	2
Texas House of Representatives	150	D 74 · R 76	9
Texas State Senate	15	D 7 · R 8	1
Utah House of Representatives	75	D 23 · R 52	5
Utah State Senate	15	D 3 · R 12	2
Vermont House of Representatives	94	D 93 · R 42 · Other 3	7
Vermont State Senate	13	D 23 · R 7	—
Washington House of Representatives	98	D 62 · R 36	6
Washington State Senate	26	D 14 · R 12	1
West Virginia House of Delegates	58	D 70 · R 30	2
West Virginia State Senate	16	D 13 · R 4	2
Wisconsin State Assembly	99	D 52 · R 46 · Other 1	6
Wisconsin State Senate	16	D 8 · R 8	—
Wyoming House of Representatives	60	D 19 · R 41	2
Wyoming State Senate	16	D 2 · R 14	—

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; Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner; MIT Election Data and Science Lab

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