Washington State Senate election, 2008

Washington State Senate elections, 2008
Washington (state)
November 4, 2008
25 seats of the Washington State Senate
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Lisa Brown Mike Hewitt
Party Democratic Republican
Leader's seat 3rd-Spokane 16th-Walla Walla
Last election 32 17
Majority Leader before election

Lisa Brown
Democratic

 Elected Majority Leader

TBD

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 Poulson vacated the seat.

Overview

Washington State Senate elections, 2008
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 —

Composition

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

Seats up for election

These are the final, official results as taken from the website of the Secretary of State of Washington.

District 1

Washington's 1st legislative district election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Rosemary McAuliffe
Campaign website		 36,628 57.95
Republican Dennis Richter
Campaign website		 26,583 42.05
Invalid or blank votes
Total votes 63,211 100.00
Voter turnout %
Democratic hold

District 2

Washington's 2nd legislative district election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Marilyn Rasmussen
Campaign website		 30,206 48.37
Republican Randi Becker
Campaign website		 32,244 51.63%
Invalid or blank votes
Total votes 62,450 100.00
Voter turnout %
Republican gain from Democratic

District 3

Washington's 3rd legislative district election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Lisa Brown 30,893 74.46
Independent John Moyna
Campaign website		 10,598 25.54
Invalid or blank votes
Total votes 41,491 100.00
Voter turnout %
Democratic hold

District 4

Washington's 4th legislative district election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Bob McCaslin, Sr. 36,745 57.5
Democratic Judi Owens
Campaign website		 27,163 42.5
Invalid or blank votes
Total votes 63,908 100.00
Voter turnout %
Republican hold

District 5

Washington's 5th legislative district election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Cheryl Pflug
Campaign website		 43,178 59.95
Democratic Phyllis Huster
Campaign website		 28,851 40.05
Invalid or blank votes
Total votes 72,029 100.00
Voter turnout %
Republican hold

District 9

Washington's 9th legislative district election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mark G. Schoesler 41,263 100.00
Invalid or blank votes
Total votes 41,263 100.00
Voter turnout %
Republican hold

District 10

Washington's 10th legislative district election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Mary Margaret Haugen
Campaign website		 36,835 53.58
Republican Linda Haddon
Campaign website		 31,917 46.42
Invalid or blank votes
Total votes 68,752 100.00
Voter turnout %
Democratic hold

District 11

Washington's 11th legislative district election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Margarita Prentice
Campaign website		 25,817 68.25
Democratic Juan Martinez
Campaign website		 12,011 31.75
Invalid or blank votes
Total votes 37,828 100.00
Voter turnout %
Democratic hold

District 12

Washington's 12th legislative district election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Linda Evans Parlette 43,993 100.00
Invalid or blank votes
Total votes 43,993 100.00
Voter turnout %
Republican hold

District 14

Washington's 14th legislative district election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Curtis King
Campaign website		 36,984 100.00
Invalid or blank votes
Total votes 36,984 100.00
Voter turnout %
Republican hold

District 16

Washington's 16th legislative district election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mike Hewitt
Campaign website		 42,811 100.00
Invalid or blank votes
Total votes 42,811 100.00
Voter turnout %
Republican hold

District 17

Washington's 17th legislative district election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Don Benton
Campaign website		 29,426 51.14
Democratic David Carrier
Campaign website		 28,111 48.86
Invalid or blank votes
Total votes 57,537 100.00
Voter turnout %
Republican hold

District 18

Washington's 18th legislative district election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Joseph Zarelli 39,311 55.03
Democratic Jon Haugen
Campaign website		 32,127 44.97
Invalid or blank votes
Total votes 71,438 100.00
Voter turnout %
Republican hold

District 19

Washington's 19th legislative district election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Brian Hatfield 41,073 100.00
Invalid or blank votes
Total votes 41,073 100.00
Voter turnout %
Democratic hold

District 20

Washington's 20th legislative district election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Dan Swecker
Campaign website		 39,650 63.87
Democratic Chuck Bojarski 22,428 36.13
Invalid or blank votes
Total votes 62,078 100.00
Voter turnout %
Republican hold

District 22

Washington's 22nd legislative district election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Karen Fraser 45,062 73.48
Democratic Erik Lee 16,266 26.52
Invalid or blank votes
Total votes 61,328 100.00
Voter turnout %
Democratic hold

District 23

Washington's 23rd legislative district election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Phil Rockefeller
Campaign website		 40,128 61.9
Republican Connie Lord
Campaign website		 24,701 38.1
Invalid or blank votes
Total votes 64,829 100.00
Voter turnout %
Democratic hold

District 24

Washington's 24th legislative district election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jim Hargrove 52,742 100.00
Invalid or blank votes
Total votes 52,742 100.00
Voter turnout %
Democratic hold

District 25

Washington's 25th legislative district election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jim Kastama
Campaign website		 32,988 56.56
Republican Michele Smith 25,338 43.44
Invalid or blank votes
Total votes 58,326 100.00
Voter turnout %
Democratic hold

District 27

Washington's 27th legislative district election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Debbie Regala 31,988 67.18
Republican Larry Faulk 15,625 32.82
Invalid or blank votes
Total votes 47,613 100.00
Voter turnout %
Democratic hold

District 28

Washington's 28th legislative district election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mike Carrell 27,628 56.07
Democratic Debi Srail
Campaign website		 21,644 43.93
Invalid or blank votes
Total votes 49,272 100.00
Voter turnout %
Republican hold

District 34

Washington's 34th legislative district election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Joe McDermott 49,203 100.00
Invalid or blank votes
Total votes 49,203 100.00
Voter turnout %
Democratic hold

District 39

Washington's 39th legislative district election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Val Stevens
Campaign website		 36,118 58.55
Democratic Fred Walser
Campaign website		 25,570 41.45
Invalid or blank votes
Total votes 61,688 100.00
Voter turnout %
Republican hold

District 40

Washington's 40th legislative district election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Steve Van Luven
Campaign website		 27,028 41.44
Democratic Kevin Ranker
Campaign website		 38,200 58.56
Invalid or blank votes
Total votes 65,228 100.00
Voter turnout %
Democratic hold

District 41

Representative Fred Jarrett switched to the Democratic Party.

Washington's 41st legislative district election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Fred Jarrett
Campaign website		 38,327 59.5
Republican Bob Baker
Campaign website		 26,092 40.05
Invalid or blank votes
Total votes 64,419 100.00
Voter turnout %
Democratic hold

District 49

Washington's 49th legislative district election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Craig Pridemore
Campaign website		 30,664 61.71
Republican Tom Langston
Campaign website		 19,029 38.29
Invalid or blank votes
Total votes 49,693 100.00
Voter turnout %
Democratic hold

References

  1. ↑ "November 04, 2008 General Election Results". Washington Secretary of State. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
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