2008 Results

In 2008, Democrats in Congress pulled off an amazing feat -- winning more than 20 seats for the second straight election. No party has done that in over 50 years.  This also marks the first time in history that a party that has won the Majority in a wave election and then gone on to win a second consecutive wave election.

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Democrats picked up a net gain of 24 seats in 2008 (pickups in bold):

AL-02 (O) CALLED FOR BRIGHT 50.3%: D Bobby Bright Sr 49.7%: R Jay Love
AL-05 (D) CALLED FOR GRIFFITH
51.5%: D Griffith Parker
48.5%  R Wayne Parker
AZ-01 (O) CALLED FOR KIRKPATRICK 55.7%: D Ann Kirkpatrick 39.7%: R Sydney Hay
AZ-05 (D) CALLED FOR MITCHELL 53.2%: D Harry Mitchell 43.6%: R David Schweikert
AZ-08 (D) CALLED FOR GIFFORDS 54.8%: D Gabrielle Giffords 42.7%: R Tim Bee
CA-11 (D) CALLED FOR MCNERNEY 55.5%: D Jerry McNerney 44.5%: R Dean Andal
CO-04 (R) CALLED FOR MARKEY 56.1%: D Betsy Markey 43.9%: R Marilyn Musgrave
CT-02 (D) CALLED FOR COURTNEY 64.5%: D Joseph Courtney 32.5%: R Sean Patrick Sullivan
CT-04 (R) CALLED FOR HIMES 51.9%: D James Himes 48.1%: R Chris Shays
CT-05 (D) CALLED FOR MURPHY 59.1%: D Christopher Murphy 38.9%: R David Cappiello
FL-08 (R) CALLED FOR GRAYSON 52.0%: D Alan Grayson 48.0%: R Ric Keller
FL-22 (D) CALLED FOR KLEIN 54.9%: D Ron Klein 45.1%: R Allen West
FL-24 (R) CALLED FOR KOSMAS 58.2%: D Suzanne Kosmas 41.8%: R Tom Feeney
GA-08 (D) CALLED FOR MARSHALL 57.2%: D Jim Marshall 45.8%: R Richard Goddard
GA-12 (D) CALLED FOR BARROW 66.0%: D John Barrow 34.0%: R John Stone
ID-01 (R) CALLED FOR MINNICK 50.6%: D Walter Minnick 49.4%: R William Sali
IL-08 (D) CALLED FOR BEAN 59.9%: D Melissa Bean 40.1%: R Steven M. Greenberg
IL-11 (O) CALLED FOR HALVORSON 58.4%: D Debbie Halvorson 34.5%: R Martin Ozinga
IL-14 (D) CALLED FOR FOSTER 57.4%: D Bill Foster 43.6%: R James Oberweis
IN-02 (D) CALLED FOR DONNELLY 67.1%: D Joe Donnelly 30.2%: R Luke Puckett
IN-07 (D) CALLED FOR CARSON 65.1%: D Andre Carson 34.9%: R Gabrielle Campo
IN-08 (D) CALLED FOR ELLSWORTH 64.8%: D Brad Ellsworth 35.2%: R Gregory Goode
IN-09 (D) CALLED FOR HILL 57.8%: D Baron Hill 38.4%: R Mike Sodrel
KY-03 (D) CALLED FOR YARMUTH 59.4%: D John Yarmuth 40.6%: R Anne Northup
MD-01 (O) CALLED FOR KRATOVIL
 49.1%: D Frank Kratovil 48.5%: R Andrew Harris
ME-01 (D) CALLED FOR PINGREE 54.6%: D Chellie Pingree 45.1%: R Charles Summers
MI-07 (R) CALLED FOR SCHAUER 48.8%: D Mark Schauer 46.5%: R Tim Walberg
MI-09 (R) CALLED FOR PETERS 52.1%: D Gary Peters 42.6%: R Joe Knollenberg
MN-01 (D) CALLED FOR WALZ 62.6%: D Timothy Walz 33.0%: R Brian Davis
MS-01 (D) CALLED FOR CHILDERS 54.4%: D Travis Childers 44.0%: R Greg Davis
NC-08 (R) CALLED FOR KISSELL 55.4%: D Larry Kissell 44.6%: R Robin Hayes
NC-11 (D) CALLED FOR SHULER 62.0%: D Heath Shuler 35.8%: R Carl Mumpower
NH-01 (D) CALLED FOR SHEA-PORTER 51.8%: D Carol Shea-Porter 45.9%: R Jeb Bradley
NH-02 (D) CALLED FOR HODES 56.5%: D Paul Hodes 41.5%: R Jennifer Horn
NJ-03 (O) CALLED FOR ADLER 51.7%: D John Adler 48.3%: R Chris Myers
NM-01 (O) CALLED FOR HEINRICH 55.5%: D Martin Heinrich 44.5%: R Darren White
NM-02 (O) CALLED FOR TEAGUE 55.8%: D Harry Teague 44.2%: R Ed Tinsley
NM-03 (D) CALLED FOR LUJAN 56.6%: D Ben Ray Lujan 30.7%: R Daniel East
NV-03 (R) CALLED FOR TITUS 47.4%: D Dina Titus 42.3%: R Jon Porter
NY-13 (O) CALLED FOR MCMAHON 60.8%: D Michael McMahon 33.3%: R Robert Straniere
NY-20 (D) CALLED FOR GILLIBRAND 61.8%: D Kirsten Gillibrand 38.2%: R Sandy Treadwell
NY-24 (D) CALLED FOR ARCURI 51.4%: D Michael Arcuri 48.6%: R Richard Hanna
NY-25 (O) CALLED FOR MAFFEI 54.5%: D Daniel Maffei 42.2%: R Dale Sweetland
NY-29 (R) CALLED FOR MASSA 50.9%: D Eric Massa 49.1%: R John 'Randy' Kuhl Jr.
OH-01 (R) CALLED FOR DRIEHAUS 51.5%: D Steven Driehaus 48.5%: R Steve Chabot
OH-15 (O) CALLED FOR KILROY
 45.9%: D Mary Jo Kilroy 45.2%: R Steve Stivers
OH-16 (O) CALLED FOR BOCCIERI 54.0%: D John Boccieri 46.0%: R Kirk Schuring
OR-05 (D) CALLED FOR SCHRADER 54.7%: D Kurt Schrader 38.4%: R Mike Erickson
PA-03 (R) CALLED FOR DAHLKEMPER 51.6%: D Kathy Dahlkemper 48.4%: R Phil English
PA-08 (D) CALLED FOR MURPHY 56.8%: D Patrick Murphy 41.7%: R Thomas Manion
PA-10 (D) CALLED FOR CARNEY 56.4%: D Christopher Carney 43.6%: R Christopher Hackett
PA-11 (D) CALLED FOR KANJORSKI 51.7%: D Paul Kanjorski 48.3%: R Lou Barletta
PA-12 (D) CALLED FOR MURTHA 58.1%: D John Murtha 41.9%: R William Russell
TX-23 (D) CALLED FOR RODRIGUEZ 55.8%: D Ciro Rodriguez 41.9%: R Lyle Larson
VA-02 (R) CALLED FOR NYE 52.5%: D Glenn Nye III 47.5%: R Thelma Drake
VA-05 (R) CALLED FOR PERRIELLO
 50.1%: D Tom Perriello 49.9%: R Virgil Goode, Jr.
VA-11 (O) CALLED FOR CONNOLLY 54.8%: D Gerry Connolly 43.2%: R Keith Fimian
WI-08 (D) CALLED FOR KAGEN 54.0%: D Steven Kagen 46.0%: R John Gard