2008 general · November 4, 2008
2008 Vermont State Senate election results, district by district
Every Vermont State Senate district in the 2008 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.
Seats after the election
Democrats controlled the chamber · 30 seats
After the electionD 23 · R 7
Races13
Changed party0
Unopposed23%3 races
Incumbents defeated1
Every district
D 23 · R 7
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| SD-ADD | Claire Ayer · Harold Giard (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-BEN | Dick Sears · Bob Hartwell (D) | 11.3 | |
| SD-CAL | Jane Kitchel · Matthew Choate (D) | 2.4 | |
| SD-CHITTENDEN | Douglas A. Racine · Edward Flanagan · Ginny Lyons · Diane B. Snelling · Hinda Miller · Tim Ashe (DEM) | 0.1 | |
| SD-ESSEXORLEANS | Robert A. Starr Jr. · Vincent Illuzzi (DEM) | Unopposed | |
| SD-FRA | Randy Brock · Sara Branon Kittell (REP) | 0.6 | Incumbent lost |
| SD-GRI | Richard Mazza (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-LAM | Susan Bartlett (D) | 25.1 | |
| SD-ORA | Mark A. Macdonald (D) | 46.7 | |
| SD-RUT | Bill Carris · Hull Maynard · Kevin J. Mullin (DEM) | 4.3 | |
| SD-WAS | Phil Scott · Ann Cummings · William Doyle (REP) | 4.4 | |
| SD-WDH | Peter Shumlin · Jeanette White (D) | 35.9 | |
| SD-WSR | John Campbell · Richard J. McCormack · Alice W. Nitka (D) | 7.8 |
Vermont State Senate
Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner