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2008 U.S. Senate election results

33 races · 33 with a recorded winner · popular vote by contest

Every U.S. Senate contest in the 2008 U.S. general election. Each race links to its full popular-vote breakdown; winners link to their profile. Part of the party vote tracker.

2008 U.S. Senate results by state
StateWinnerResult
AlabamaJeff SessionsR1,305,383 votes · +552,992 over Vivian Davis Figures
AlaskaMark BegichD151,767 votes · +3,953 over Ted Stevens
ArkansasMark L. PryorD804,678 votes · +597,602 over Rebekah Kennedy
ColoradoMark UdallD1,230,994 votes · +240,239 over Bob Schaffer
DelawareJoe BidenD257,539 votes · +116,944 over Christine O'Donnell
GeorgiaSaxby ChamblissR1,867,097 votes · +109,704 over Jim Martin
IdahoJames E. RischR371,744 votes · +151,841 over Larry Larocco
IllinoisRichard J. DurbinD3,615,844 votes · +2,095,223 over Steve Sauerberg
IowaTom HarkinD941,665 votes · +381,659 over Christopher Reed
KansasPat RobertsR727,121 votes · +285,722 over Jim Slattery
KentuckyMitch McConnellR953,816 votes · +106,811 over Bruce Lunsford
LouisianaMary L. LandrieuD988,298 votes · +121,121 over John Kennedy
MaineSusan Margaret CollinsR444,300 votes · +164,790 over Thomas H. Allen
MassachusettsJohn KerryD1,971,974 votes · +1,045,930 over Jeffrey K. Beatty
MichiganCarl LevinD3,038,386 votes · +1,397,316 over Jack Hoogendyk
MinnesotaAl FrankenD1,212,629 votes · +312 over Norm Coleman
MississippiThad CochranR766,111 votes · +285,196 over Erik R. Fleming
MontanaMax BaucusD348,289 votes · +218,920 over Bob Kelleher
NebraskaMike JohannsR455,854 votes · +138,398 over Scott Kleeb
New HampshireJeanne ShaheenD358,438 votes · +44,035 over John E. Sununu
New JerseyFrank R. LautenbergD1,951,218 votes · +490,193 over Dick Zimmer
New MexicoTom UdallD505,128 votes · +186,606 over Steve Pearce
North CarolinaKay R. HaganD2,249,311 votes · +361,801 over Elizabeth H. Dole
OklahomaJames M. InhofeR763,375 votes · +235,639 over Andrew Rice
OregonJeff MerkleyD864,392 votes · +59,233 over Gordon H. Smith
Rhode IslandJack ReedD320,644 votes · +204,470 over Robert G. Tingle
South CarolinaLindsey O. GrahamR1,076,534 votes · +285,913 over Bob Conley
South DakotaTim JohnsonD237,889 votes · +95,105 over Joel Dykstra
TennesseeLamar AlexanderR1,579,477 votes · +812,241 over Robert D. Tuke
TexasJohn CornynR4,337,469 votes · +948,104 over Richard J. Rick Noriega
VirginiaMark R. WarnerD2,369,327 votes · +1,140,497 over James S. Jim Gilmore III
West VirginiaJay RockefellerD447,560 votes · +192,931 over M. Jay Wolfe
WyomingMichael B. EnziR189,046 votes · +128,415 over Chris Rothfuss