Washington State Senate elections, 2008

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25 seats of the Washington State Senate

	Majority party	Minority party

Leader	Lisa Brown	Mike Hewitt
Party	Democratic	Republican
Leader's seat	3rd-Spokane	16th-Walla Walla
Last election	32	17

Majority Leader before election

Lisa Brown
Democratic

Elected Majority Leader

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The 2008 Washington State Senate elections will take place on November 4, 2008. Voters in 25 of Washington's legislative districts will vote for their representative. will also be held on November 4.

Overview

Washington State Senate elections, 2008
Party		Votes	Percentage	Seats	+/–
	Democratic			31	-1
	Republican			18	+1
	Independent
Invalid or blank votes				—	—
Totals			100.00%	49	—

Composition

Pre-election		Seats
	Democratic-Held	32
	Republican-Held	17

Elections		Seats
	Democratic Incumbent and Uncontested	2
	Races w/ two Democrats in General	2
	Republican Incumbent and Uncontested	4
	Races w/ two Republicans in General	0
	Contested, Open Seats

Post-election		Seats
	Democratic-Held	31
	Republican-Held	18
Total		49

Seats up for election

The results are unofficial, as of November 7, 2008 at 7:15PM.

District 1

Washington's 1st legislative district election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Rosemary McAuliffe Campaign website	31,008	58.95%
	Republican	Dennis Richter Campaign website	21,591	41.05%
Invalid or blank votes				%
Totals			52,599	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

District 2

Washington's 2nd legislative district election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Marilyn Rasmussen Campaign website	21,422	49.23%
	Republican	Randi Becker Campaign website	22,090	50.77%
Invalid or blank votes				%
Totals			43,512	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 3

Washington's 3rd legislative district election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Lisa Brown	29,690	74.52%
	Independent	John Moyna Campaign website	10,150	25.48%
Invalid or blank votes				%
Totals			39,840	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

District 4

Washington's 4th legislative district election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Bob McCaslin	35,847	57.56%
	Democratic	Judi Owens Campaign website	26,426	42.44%
Invalid or blank votes				%
Totals			62,273	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

District 5

Washington's 5th legislative district election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Cheryl Pflug Campaign website	33,156	59.24%
	Democratic	Phyllis Huster Campaign website	22,810	40.76%
Invalid or blank votes				%
Totals			55,966	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

District 9

Washington's 9th legislative district election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Mark G. Schoesler	37,594	100.00%
Invalid or blank votes				%
Totals			37,594	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

District 10

Washington's 10th legislative district election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Mary Margaret Haugen Campaign website	34,984	53.61%
	Republican	Linda Haddon Campaign website	30,270	46.39%
Invalid or blank votes				%
Totals			65,254	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

District 11

Washington's 11th legislative district election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Margarita Prentice Campaign website	19,780	68.80%
	Democratic	Juan Martinez Campaign website	8,970	31.20%
Invalid or blank votes				%
Totals			28,750	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

District 12

Washington's 12th legislative district election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Linda Evans Parlette	40,311	100.00%
Invalid or blank votes				%
Totals			40,311	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

District 14

Washington's 14th legislative district election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Curtis King Campaign website	29,810	100.00%
Invalid or blank votes				%
Totals			29,810	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

District 16

Washington's 16th legislative district election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Mike Hewitt Campaign website	35,559	100.00%
Invalid or blank votes				%
Totals			35,559	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

District 17

Washington's 17th legislative district election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Don Benton Campaign website	28,919	51.14%
	Democratic	David Carrier Campaign website	27,630	48.86%
Invalid or blank votes				%
Totals			56,549	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

District 18

Washington's 18th legislative district election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Joseph Zarelli	36,887	54.84%
	Democratic	Jon Haugen Campaign website	30,376	45.16%
Invalid or blank votes				%
Totals			67,263	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

District 19

Washington's 19th legislative district election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Brian Hatfield	35,206	100.00%
Invalid or blank votes				%
Totals			35,206	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

District 20

Washington's 20th legislative district election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Dan Swecker Campaign website	35,015	63.41%
	Democratic	Chuck Bojarski	20,203	36.59%
Invalid or blank votes				%
Totals			55,218	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

District 22

Washington's 22nd legislative district election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Karen Fraser	41,527	73.71%
	Democratic	Erik Lee	14,810	26.29%
Invalid or blank votes				%
Totals			56,337	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

District 23

Washington's 23rd legislative district election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Phil Rockefeller Campaign website	35,832	61.91%
	Republican	Connie Lord Campaign website	22,044	38.09%
Invalid or blank votes				%
Totals			57,876	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

District 24

Washington's 24th legislative district election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Jim Hargrove	49,059	100.00%
Invalid or blank votes				%
Totals			49,059	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

District 25

Washington's 25th legislative district election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Jim Kastama Campaign website	20,980	57.57%
	Republican	Michele Smith	15,462	42.43%
Invalid or blank votes				%
Totals			36,442	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

District 27

Washington's 27th legislative district election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Debbie Regala	21,152	68.37%
	Republican	Larry Faulk	9,787	31.63%
Invalid or blank votes				%
Totals			30,939	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

District 28

Washington's 28th legislative district election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Mike Carrell	17,906	55.03%
	Democratic	Debi Srail Campaign website	14,633	44.97%
Invalid or blank votes				%
Totals			32,539	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

District 34

Washington's 34th legislative district election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Joe McDermott	37,758	100.00%
Invalid or blank votes				%
Totals			37,758	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

District 39

Washington's 39th legislative district election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Val Stevens Campaign website	30,793	57.86%
	Democratic	Fred Walser Campaign website	22,424	42.14%
Invalid or blank votes				%
Totals			53,217	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

District 40

Washington's 40th legislative district election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Republican	Steve Van Luven Campaign website	25,511	41.34%
	Democratic	Kevin Ranker Campaign website	36,206	58.66%
Invalid or blank votes				%
Totals			61,717	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

District 41

Representative Fred Jarrett switched to the Democratic Party.

Washington's 41st legislative district election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Fred Jarrett Campaign website	30,161	60.24%
	Republican	Bob Baker Campaign website	19,910	39.76%
Invalid or blank votes				%
Totals			50,071	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

District 49

Washington's 49th legislative district election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
	Democratic	Craig Pridemore Campaign website	30,163	61.77%
	Republican	Tom Langston Campaign website	18,669	38.23%
Invalid or blank votes				%
Totals			48,832	100.00%
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold