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2008 Washington State Senate Elections
Voters in 26 of Washington's 49 legislative districts voted for their state senators in the 2008 Washington (state), Washington Washington State Senate, State Senate elections on November 4, 2008. All vote totals are from the Washington Secretary of State's website. 25 seats were regularly scheduled to be up this cycle, along with 1 additional seat holding a special election to fill an unexpired term: the 34th district, held by appointed Senator Joe McDermott (politician), Joe McDermott, whose former incumbent Erik Poulsen vacated the seat. Overview Composition Seats up for election These are the final, official results as taken from the website of the Secretary of State of Washington. District 1 District 2 District 3 District 4 District 5 District 9 District 10 District 11 District 12 District 14 District 16 District 17 District 18 District 19 Distr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Washington State Senate
The Washington State Senate is the upper house of the Washington State Legislature. The body consists of 49 members, each representing a district with a population of nearly 160,000. The State Senate meets at the Legislative Building in Olympia. As with the lower House of Representatives, state senators serve without term limits, though senators serve four-year terms. Senators are elected from the same legislative districts as House members, with each district electing one senator and two representatives. Terms are staggered so that half the Senate is up for reelection every two years. Like other upper houses of state and territorial legislatures and the federal U.S. Senate, the state senate can confirm or reject gubernatorial appointments to the state cabinet, commissions and boards. Leadership The state constitution allows both houses to write their own rules of procedure (article II, section 9) and to elect their own officers (article II, section 10) with the proviso tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |