United States Senate Elections, 2008 - Results Summary - Change in Composition

Change in Composition

Senate composition before the elections
R₁	R₁₁	R₂₁	R₃₁	R₄₁	D₄₈	D₃₈	D₂₈	D₁₈	D₈
R₂	R₁₂	R₂₂	R₃₂	R₄₂	D₄₇	D₃₇	D₂₇	D₁₇	D₇
R₃	R₁₃	R₂₃	R₃₃	R₄₃	D₄₆	D₃₆	D₂₆	D₁₆	D₆
R₄	R₁₄	R₂₄	R₃₄	R₄₄	D₄₅	D₃₅	D₂₅	D₁₅	D₅
R₅	R₁₅	R₂₅	R₃₅	R₄₅	D₄₄	D₃₄	D₂₄	D₁₄	D₄
R₆	R₁₆	R₂₆	R₃₆	R₄₆	D₄₃	D₃₃	D₂₃	D₁₃	D₃
R₇	R₁₇	R₂₇	R₃₇	R₄₇	D₄₂	D₃₂	D₂₂	D₁₂	D₂
R₈	R₁₈	R₂₈	R₃₈	R₅₁	D₄₁	D₃₁	D₂₁	D₁₁	D₁
R₉	R₁₉	R₂₉	R₃₉	R₄₉	D₄₀	D₃₀	D₂₀	D₁₀	I₂
R₁₀	R₂₀	R₃₀	R₄₀	D₄₉	D₃₉	D₂₉	D₁₉	D₉	I₁

Senate composition at the beginning of the 111th Congress
R₁	R₁₁	R₂₁	R₃₁ √	R₄₁ O	D₄₈ √	D₃₈	D₂₈	D₁₈	D₈
R₂	R₁₂	R₂₂	R₃₂ √	D₅₇ +	D₄₇ √	D₃₇	D₂₇	D₁₇	D₇
R₃	R₁₃	R₂₃	R₃₃ √	D₅₆ +	D₄₆ √	D₃₆	D₂₆	D₁₆	D₆
R₄	R₁₄	R₂₄	R₃₄ √	D₅₅ +	D₄₅ √	D₃₅	D₂₅	D₁₅	D₅
R₅	R₁₅	R₂₅	R₃₅ √	D₅₄ +	D₄₄ √	D₃₄	D₂₄	D₁₄	D₄
R₆	R₁₆	R₂₆	R₃₆ √	D₅₃ +	D₄₃ √	D₃₃	D₂₃	D₁₃	D₃
R₇	R₁₇	R₂₇ √	R₃₇ √	D₅₂ +	D₄₂ √	D₃₂	D₂₂	D₁₂	D₂
R₈	R₁₈	R₂₈ √	R₃₈ √	D₅₁ +	D₄₁ √	D₃₁	D₂₁	D₁₁	D₁
R₉	R₁₉	R₂₉ √	R₃₉ √	D₅₀ +	D₄₀ √	D₃₀	D₂₀	D₁₀	I₂
R₁₀	R₂₀	R₃₀ √	R₄₀ O	D₄₉ √	D₃₉ √	D₂₉	D₁₉	D₉	I₁

Key	Parties	Results
	R = Republican	√ = Party hold: Incumbent re-elected
	D = Democratic	O = Party hold: New Senator elected from same party
	I = Independent, caucused with Democrats	+ = Party gain: New Senator elected from different party
		No tag = Seat not up for election this year

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