Members of The 111th United States Congress - Elections

Elections

See also: United States general elections, 2008

Elections for all House seats and 35 Senate seats were held on November 4, 2008, across the country. The Democratic Party increased its majority in both houses, and regained control of the White House before the end of the second term of George W. Bush.

Summary of the November 4, 2008 United States Senate election results

Parties									Total
		Democratic	Republican	Independent	Libertarian	Independence	Green	Others
Last election (2006)		49	49	2ID	—	—	—	—	100
Before this election		49	49	2ID	—	—	—	—	100
End of this Congress (two months later)		48	49	2ID	—	—	—	—	99
Not Up		37	26	2ID	—	—	—	—	65
Up		12	23	—	—	—	—	—	35
Incumbent retired		—	5	—	—	—	—	—	5
		—	2	—	—	—	—	—	2
		3 Republicans replaced by 3 Democrats		—	—	—	—	—	3
		3	2	—	—	—	—	—	5
Incumbent ran		12	16+2A	—	—	—	—	—	30
		12	11+2A	—	—	—	—	—	25
		5 Republicans replaced by 5 Democrats		—	—	—	—	—	5
		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0
		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0
		—	—	—	—	—	—	—
		17	11+2A	—	—	—	—	—	30
Total held		12	15	—	—	—	—	—	27
Total not held / gained		8	8	—	—	—	—	—	8
Total elected		20	15	—	—	—	—	—	35
Result		57	41	2ID	—	—	—	—	100
Popular vote	Votes	33,650,061	28,863,067	176,752	798,154	450,702	427,427	496,124	64,862,287
	Share	51.88%	44.50%	0.27%	1.23%	0.69%	0.66%	0.76%	100%

A Includes two appointees who won special elections to a full term.

ID The two Independents joined with the Democrats to make a majority caucus.

Sources:

• U.S. Senate 2008 results, via CNN.com
• U.S. Senate Popular Vote and FEC Total Receipts by Party, via TheGreenPapers.com
• "U.S. Senate". CNN. November 6, 2008. http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/results/main.results/#val=S. Retrieved November 6, 2008.
• "The Green Papers 2008 U.S. Senate Popular Vote and FEC Total Receipts by Party". The Green Papers. http://www.thegreenpapers.com/G08/SenateVoteByParty.phtml. Retrieved November 19, 2008.

United States House of Representatives elections, 2008
Party		Voting members				Non-voting members
		Votes	Percentage	Seats	+/–	Votes	Percentage	Seats	+/–
	Democratic	59,713,061	53.04%	257	+21	1,952,133	94.34%	4	+1
	Republican	49,717,154	44.16%	178	–21	1,919	0.09%	0	–1
	Libertarian	1,039,054	0.92%	0	0	—	—	0	0
	Independent	913,414	0.81%	0	0	21,574	1.04%	2	+1
	Green	552,172	0.49%	0	0	14,386	0.70%	0	0
	Constitution	152,809	0.14%	0	0	—	—	0	0
	Independence	150,906	0.13%	0	0	—	—	0	0
	Working Families	97,805	0.09%	0	0	—	—	0	0
	Independent Oregon	64,468	0.06%	0	0	—	—	0	0
	Peace and Freedom	64,468	0.04%	0	0	—	—	0	0
	Purple	28,541	0.03%	0	0	—	—	0	0
	Conservative	25,148	0.02%	0	0	—	—	0	0
	Independent American	22,768	0.02%	0	0	—	—	0	0
	Reform	22,075	0.02%	0	0	—	—	0	0
	Alaskan Independence	12,071	0.01%	0	0	—	—	0	0
	Independent Green Populist	8,858	0.01%	0	0	—	—	0	0
	Socialist Workers	8,290	0.01%	0	0	—	—	0	0
	Progressive	7,920	0.01%	0	0	—	—	0	0
	American Independent	5,773	0.01%	0	0	—	—	0	0
	Vote People Change	3,587	0.00%	0	0	—	—	0	0
	Unity	2,093	0.00%	0	0	—	—	0	0
	Term Limits for the United States Congress	2,039	0.00%	0	0	—	—	0	0
	Socialist	519	0.00%	0	0	—	—	0	0
	Puerto Ricans for Puerto Rico	—	—	0	0	43,607	2.11%	0	0
	Puerto Rican Independence	—	—	0	0	35,687	1.72%	0	0
	Vacant	—	—	0	–1	—	—	0	—
Invalid or blank votes
Totals		112,588,380	100.00%	435	—	2,069,306	100.00%	6	+1
Voter turnout

A The number of non-voting members also includes the non-voting member-elect from Puerto Rico, Pedro Pierluisi, who is a member of the New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico, but will caucus with the Democrats. The New Progressive Party is affiliated with both the Democratic and Republican Parties and the last representative from Puerto Rico, Luis Fortuño, caucused with the Republicans. The vote total for the non-voting members also includes the Popular Democratic Party of Puerto Rico, which has ties to the Democratic Party.

B Both non-voting independents, American Samoa's representative Eni Faleomavaega and the Northern Mariana Islands' representative-elect Gregorio Sablan, will caucus with the Democrats. In America Samoa all elections are non-partisan. In the Northern Mariana Islands, Sablan appeared on the ballot as an independent.

C Write-in candidates are included with the vote totals.

D Ohio's 11th congressional district was previously Democratic before being vacant. The Democratic Party regained control after this election. A special election to fill the seat for the remainder of the 110th Congress was held on November 15, 2008.