2008 general · November 4, 2008

2008 U.S. Senate election results

Name: 2008 U.S. Senate election results
Creator: 99chambers

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

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Races35

Changed party8

Unopposed0%0 races

U.S. Senate

D 20 · R 15

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

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