2008 Special Elections
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** = swing-state or -district result most indicative of a nationwide trend
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State |
Contest |
Date |
Incumbent Name |
Result |
Winner |
Impact |
| MN** | 25th State Senate District | 1/3/08 | Tom Neuville (R) |
55% v 42% |
Kevin Dahle (D) |
State Senate has 22 Republicans and 45 Democrats
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| KY | 63rd State House District | 1/8/08 | Jon Draud (R) |
53% v 47% |
Alecia Webb-Edgington (R) |
State House has 37 Republicans and 63 Democrats
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| KY | 72nd State House District | 1/8/08 | Carolyn Belcher (D) |
61% v 39% |
Sannie Overly (D) | State House has 37 Republicans and 63 Democrats |
| NH** | State House, Rockingham District 1 | 1/22/08 | Bob Johnson (R) |
53% v 47% |
Maureen Mann (D) |
State House has 157 Republicans, 240 Democrats, and 1 Independent |
| KY | 6th State House District | 2/5/08 | J.R. Gray (D) |
64% v 36% |
Will Coursey (D) |
State House has 37 Republicans and 63 Democrats |
| 95th State House District | James Brandon Spencer (D) |
89.6% v 10.4% |
Greg Stumbo (D) |
State House has 37 Republicans and 63 Democrats |
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| 30th State Senate District | Daniel Mongiardo (D) |
51% v 49% |
Brandon Smith (R) |
State Senate has 22 Republicans, 15 Democrats, and 1 Independent |
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| CA | 55th State Assembly District | 2/5/08 | Laura Richardson (D) |
69.84% v 15.4% 14.76% |
Warren Furutani (D) |
State Assembly has 32 Republicans and 48 Democrats
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| MO | Missouri House, District 16 | 2/5/08 | Carl Bearden (R) |
51.6% v 48.4% |
Mark Parkinson (R) | State House has 92 Republicans and 71 Democrats |
| Missouri House, District 65 | Fred Kratky (D) | 100% | Michele Kratky (D) | |||
| Missouri House, District 158 | Nathan Cooper (R) |
50.2% v 43.4% 6.4% |
Mary Kasten (R) | |||
| VA | 99th House of Delegates District | 2/19/08 | Rob Whitman (D) |
58% v 42% |
Albert Pollard (D) |
House of Delegates has 53 Republicans, 45 Democrats, and 2
Independents |
| FL** | 32nd State House District | 2/26/08 | Bob Allen (R) |
47% v 46% 7% |
Tony Sasso (D) | State House has 77 Republicans and 43 Democrats |
| NY** | 48th State Senate District | 2/26/08 | Jim Wright (R) |
52% v 48% |
Darrel Aubertine (D) | New York State Senate has 32 Republicans and 30 Democrats |
| IL** | 14th Congressional District | 3/8/08 | Dennis Hastert (R) |
53% v 47% |
Bill Foster (D) |
Current Breakdown is: R: 199 D: 236
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| IN | 7th Congressional District | 3/11/08 | Julia Carson (D) |
54% v 43% |
Andre Carson (D) |
Current Breakdown is: R: 199 D: 236 |
| KY | 84th State House District | 3/18/08 | Brandon Smith (R) | Uncontested | Scott Alexander (D) |
State House has 36 Republicans and 64 Democrats |
| FL | 55th State House District | 4/15/08 | Frank Peterman (D) |
93% v 7% |
Daryl Rouson (D) | State House has 77 Republicans and 43 Democrats |
| LA | 6th Congressional District** | 5/3/08 | Richard Baker (R) |
49% v 46% |
Don Cazayoux (D) |
Current Breakdown is: R: 199 D: 236 |
| 1st Congressional District | Bobby Jindal (R) |
75% v 22% |
Steve Scalise (R) | |||
| TX | State House District 119 | 5/10/08 | Robert Puente (D) | Uncontested |
Roland Gutierrez (D) |
State House has 79 Republicans and 70 Democrats |
| MS** | 1st Congressional District | 5/13/08 | Roger Wicker (R) |
53.7% v 46.3% |
Tom Childers (D) |
Current Breakdown is: R: 199 D: 236 |
| CA | 12th Congressional District | 6/3/08 | Tom Lantos (D) | 76.9% | Jackie Speier (D) |
Current Breakdown is: R: 199 D: 236 |
| MD | 4th Congressional District | 6/17/08 | Al Wynn (D) |
93% v 7% |
Donna Edwards (D) |
Current Breakdown is: R: 199 D: 236
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| OH | 11th Congressional District | 11/18/08 | Stephanie Tubbs Jones (D) | ** | ** |
Current Breakdown is: R: 199 D: 236 |