Template:2008 United States Senate elections results

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Summary of the November 4, 2008, United States Senate election results[[{{fullurl:Template:Transclude|action=edit}} edit]]

Parties style="background-color:Template:Political party color" | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/color" | style="background-color:Template:Political party color" | style="background-color:Template:Political party color" | style="background-color:Template:Political party color" | style="background-color:Template:Other Party (US)/meta/color" | Total
Democratic Republican Independent Libertarian Independence Green Others
Before these elections Template:Party shading/Democratic | 49 49 2 100
Not
up
Class 1 (2006→2012) Template:Party shading/Democratic | 22 8 2 31
Class 3 (2004→2010) 15 Template:Party shading/Republican | 19 34
Total Template:Party shading/Democratic | 37 26 2 65
Up Class 1 Template:Party shading/Republican | 2 2
Class 2 12 Template:Party shading/Republican | 21 33
Total 12 Template:Party shading/Republican | 23 35
Incumbent
retired
Begin Template:Party shading/Republican | 5 5
Held by same party Template:Party shading/Republican | 2 2
Replaced by other party colspan=2 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Decrease 3 Republicans
replaced by
Increase 3 Democrats
IncreaseDecrease 3
Result Template:Party shading/Democratic | 3 2 5
Incumbent
ran
Begin 12 Template:Party shading/Republican | 18 30
Won election 12 Template:Party shading/Republican | 13 25
Lost election colspan=2 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Decrease 5 Republicans
replaced by
Increase 5 Democrats
IncreaseDecrease 5
Result Template:Party shading/Democratic | 17 13 30
Total held 12 Template:Party shading/Republican | 15 27
Total gained/lost Template:Party shading/Democratic | Increase 8 Decrease 8 IncreaseDecrease 8
Total elected Template:Party shading/Democratic | 20 15 35
Nation-wide vote Votes Template:Party shading/Democratic | 33,650,061 28,863,067 176,752 798,154 450,702 427,427 496,124 64,862,287
Share Template:Party shading/Democratic | 51.88% 44.50% 0.27% 1.23% 0.69% 0.66% 0.76% 100%
Result Template:Party shading/Democratic | 57 41 2 100

Sources:

  • U.S. Senate Popular Vote and FEC Total Receipts by Party, via TheGreenPapers.com
  • "U.S. Senate (Full results)". CNN. July 1, 2009. Retrieved November 29, 2017.
  • "The Green Papers 2008 U.S. Senate Popular Vote and FEC Total Receipts by Party". The Green Papers. Retrieved November 19, 2008.