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.
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.
Overview Washington State Senate elections, 2008PartyVotesPercentageSeats+/– 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
Predictions SourceRankingAs of Stateline | October 15, 2008
Seats up for election
These are the final, official results as taken from the website of the Secretary of State of Washington.
District 1
District 2
District 3
District 4
District 5
District 9
District 10
District 11
District 12
District 14
District 16
District 17
District 18
District 19
District 20
District 22
District 23
District 24
District 25
District 27
District 28
District 34 (special election)
District 39
District 40
District 41 Representative Fred Jarrett switched to the Democratic Party.
District 49
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