Election Name: | Washington State Senate elections, 2008 |
Country: | Washington |
Type: | legislative |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2006 Washington State Senate election |
Previous Year: | 2006 |
Next Election: | 2010 Washington State Senate election |
Next Year: | 2010 |
Seats For Election: | 25 seats of the Washington State Senate |
Majority Seats: | 25 |
Election Date: | November 4, 2008 |
Image1: | File:3x4.svg |
Leader1: | Rosa Franklin |
Party1: | Democratic |
Leaders Seat1: | 29th-Tacoma |
Last Election1: | 32 |
Seats1: | 31 |
Seat Change1: | 1 |
Leader2: | Mike Hewitt |
Party2: | Republican |
Leaders Seat2: | 16th-Walla Walla |
Last Election2: | 17 |
Seats2: | 18 |
Seat Change2: | 1 |
Map Size: | 350px |
President pro tempore | |
Before Election: | Rosa Franklin |
Before Party: | Democratic |
After Election: | Rosa Franklin |
After Party: | Democratic |
Voters in 26 of Washington's 49 legislative districts voted for their state senators in the 2008 Washington State Senate elections on November 4, 2008. All vote totals are from the Washington Secretary of State's website.[1]
25 seats were regularly scheduled to be up this cycle, along with 1 additional seat holding a special election to fill an unexpired term: the 34th district, held by appointed Senator Joe McDermott, whose former incumbent Erik Poulsen vacated the seat.
Washington State Senate elections, 2008 | ||||||
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Party | Votes | Percentage | Seats | +/– | ||
Democratic | 774,925 | 54.15% | 31 | -1 | ||
Republican | 645,664 | 45.11% | 18 | +1 | ||
Independent | 10,598 | 0.74% | ||||
Invalid or blank votes | — | — | ||||
Totals | 1,431,187 | 100.00% | 49 | — |
Pre-election | Seats | |
Democratic-Held | 32 | |
Republican-Held | 17 | |
Elections | Seats | |
Democratic Incumbent and Uncontested | 2 | |
Races w/ two Democrats in General | 2 | |
Republican Incumbent and Uncontested | 4 | |
Races w/ two Republicans in General | 0 | |
Contested, Open Seats | ||
Post-election | Seats | |
Democratic-Held | 31 | |
Republican-Held | 18 | |
Total | 49 | |
These are the final, official results as taken from the website of the Secretary of State of Washington.
Representative Fred Jarrett switched to the Democratic Party.