2008 general · November 4, 2008

2008 U.S. House election results

Every U.S. House race in the 2008 general election, state by state: winners, margins and seats that changed party.

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Races435
Changed party30
Unopposed7%30 races

Alabama

D 3 · R 4

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
AL-1Jo Bonner (R)Unopposed
AL-2Bobby Bright (D)0.6Flipped
AL-3Mike Rogers (R)8.2
AL-4Robert Aderholt (R)49.7
AL-5Parker Griffith (D)3.6
AL-6Spencer Bachus (R)Unopposed
AL-7Artur Davis (D)Unopposed
RaceWinnerWon byNotes
AK-ALDon Young (R)5.2

Arizona

D 5 · R 3

Arkansas

D 3 · R 1

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
AR-1Marion Berry (D)Unopposed
AR-2Victor Snyder (D)53.3
AR-3John Boozman (R)57.1
AR-4Mike Ross (D)72.3

California

D 34 · R 19

Colorado

D 5 · R 2

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
CO-1Diana DeGette (D)48.2
CO-2Jared Polis (D)28.7
CO-3John Salazar (D)23.2
CO-4Betsy Markey (D)12.4Flipped
CO-5Doug Lamborn (R)23.0
CO-6Mike Coffman (R)21.3
CO-7Ed Perlmutter (D)27.0
RaceWinnerWon byNotes
CT-1John B. Larson (D)45.6
CT-2Joe Courtney (D)33.3
CT-3Rosa DeLauro (D)57.7
CT-4Jim Himes (D)3.8Flipped
CT-5Christopher Murphy (D)20.3
RaceWinnerWon byNotes
DE-ALMichael Castle (R)23.1

Florida

D 10 · R 15

Georgia

D 6 · R 7

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
GA-1Jack Kingston (R)33.1
GA-2Sanford Bishop (D)37.9
GA-3Lynn A. Westmoreland (R)31.4
GA-4Hank Johnson (D)Unopposed
GA-5John Lewis (D)Unopposed
GA-6Tom Price (R)37.0
GA-7John Linder (R)24.1
GA-8James Marshall (D)14.5
GA-9Nathan Deal (R)51.0
GA-10Paul C. Broun (R)21.5
GA-11Phil Gingrey (R)36.4
GA-12John Barrow (D)32.0
GA-13David Scott (D)38.1
RaceWinnerWon byNotes
HI-1Neil Abercrombie (D)58.1
HI-2Mazie K. Hirono (D)55.7

Idaho

D 1 · R 1

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
ID-1Walter Minnick (D)1.2Flipped
ID-2Mike Simpson (R)42.0

Illinois

D 12 · R 7

Indiana

D 5 · R 4

Iowa

D 3 · R 2

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
IA-1Bruce L. Braley (D)29.2
IA-2David Loebsack (D)18.4
IA-3Leonard L. Boswell (D)14.3
IA-4Tom Latham (R)21.1
IA-5Steve King (R)22.5

Kansas

D 1 · R 3

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
KS-1Jerry Moran (R)68.6
KS-2Lynn Jenkins (R)4.4Flipped
KS-3Dennis Moore (D)16.8
KS-4Todd Tiahrt (R)31.0

Kentucky

D 2 · R 4

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
KY-1Ed Whitfield (R)28.7
KY-2Brett Guthrie (R)5.1
KY-3John A. Yarmuth (D)18.7
KY-4Geoff Davis (R)26.1
KY-5Hal Rogers (R)68.2
KY-6Ben Chandler (D)29.3

Louisiana

D 1 · R 6

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
LA-1Steve Scalise (R)31.4
LA-2Anh Cao (R)2.7Flipped
LA-3Charles Melancon (D)Unopposed
LA-4John Fleming (R)0.4
LA-5Rodney Alexander (R)Unopposed
LA-6Bill Cassidy (R)7.8Flipped
LA-7Charles W. Boustany Jr. (R)27.6
RaceWinnerWon byNotes
ME-1Chellie Pingree (D)9.8
ME-2Michael H. Michaud (D)34.9

Maryland

D 7 · R 1

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
MA-1John W. Olver (D)45.8
MA-2Richard Neal (D)Unopposed
MA-3Jim McGovern (D)Unopposed
MA-4Barney Frank (D)42.7
MA-5Niki Tsongas (D)Unopposed
MA-6John F. Tierney (D)40.9
MA-7Ed Markey (D)51.4
MA-8Michael E. Capuano (D)Unopposed
MA-9Stephen Lynch (D)Unopposed
MA-10William Delahunt (D)Unopposed

Michigan

D 8 · R 7

Minnesota

D 5 · R 3

Mississippi

D 3 · R 1

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
MS-1Travis Childers (D)10.6
MS-2Bennie Thompson (D)38.1
MS-3Gregg Harper (R)25.1
MS-4Gene Taylor (D)49.1

Missouri

D 4 · R 5

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
MT-ALDennis R. Rehberg (R)31.7
RaceWinnerWon byNotes
NE-1Jeff Fortenberry (R)40.7
NE-2Lee Terry (R)3.9
NE-3Adrian Smith (R)53.7

Nevada

D 2 · R 1

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
NV-1Shelley Berkley (D)39.3
NV-2Dean Heller (R)10.4
NV-3Dina Titus (D)5.1Flipped
RaceWinnerWon byNotes
NH-1Carol Shea-Porter (D)5.9
NH-2Paul Hodes (D)15.0

New Jersey

D 8 · R 5

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
NM-1Martin Heinrich (D)11.3Flipped
NM-2Harry Teague (D)11.9Flipped
NM-3Ben Ray Luján (D)26.3

New York

D 26 · R 3

North Carolina

D 8 · R 5

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
ND-ALEarl Pomeroy (D)23.9

Ohio

D 10 · R 8

Oklahoma

D 1 · R 4

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
OK-1John Sullivan (R)32.3
OK-2Dan Boren (D)40.9
OK-3Frank Lucas (R)46.2
OK-4Tom Cole (R)36.8
OK-5Mary Fallin (R)31.8

Oregon

D 4 · R 1

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
OR-1David Wu (D)54.0
OR-2Greg Walden (R)43.7
OR-3Earl Blumenauer (D)53.7
OR-4Peter A. DeFazio (D)69.4
OR-5Kurt Schrader (D)15.9

Pennsylvania

D 12 · R 7

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
RI-1Patrick Kennedy (D)44.3
RI-2James R. Langevin (D)40.2

South Carolina

D 2 · R 4

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
SC-1Henry Brown (R)4.0
SC-2Joe Wilson (R)7.6
SC-3James Barrett (R)29.5
SC-4Bob Inglis (R)23.2
SC-5John Spratt (D)24.7
SC-6Jim Clyburn (D)35.0
RaceWinnerWon byNotes
SD-ALStephanie Herseth Sandlin (D)35.1

Tennessee

D 5 · R 4

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
TN-1Phil Roe (R)47.3
TN-2John J. Duncan, Jr. (R)56.2
TN-3Zach Wamp (R)42.0
TN-4Lincoln Davis (D)20.9
TN-5Jim Cooper (D)34.8
TN-6Barton Gordon (D)48.8
TN-7Marsha Blackburn (R)37.2
TN-8John Tanner (D)Unopposed
TN-9Steve Cohen (D)83.0

Texas

D 12 · R 20

Utah

D 1 · R 2

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
UT-1Rob Bishop (R)34.4
UT-2Jim Matheson (D)28.9
UT-3Jason Chaffetz (R)37.3
RaceWinnerWon byNotes
VT-ALPeter Welch (D)78.4

Virginia

D 6 · R 5

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
VA-1Rob Wittman (R)14.8
VA-2Glenn Nye (D)4.9Flipped
VA-3Bobby Scott (D)Unopposed
VA-4J. Randy Forbes (R)19.1
VA-5Tom Perriello (D)0.2Flipped
VA-6Bob Goodlatte (R)25.0
VA-7Eric Cantor (R)25.6
VA-8James P. Moran (D)38.3
VA-9Frederick Boucher (D)Unopposed
VA-10Frank R. Wolf (R)20.0
VA-11Gerald E. Connolly (D)11.6Flipped

Washington

D 6 · R 3

West Virginia

D 2 · R 1

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
WV-1Alan Mollohan (D)Unopposed
WV-2Shelley Moore Capito (R)14.1
WV-3Nick J. Rahall II (D)33.8

Wisconsin

D 5 · R 3

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
WY-ALCynthia M. Lummis (R)9.8

Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab