Voters in 26 of Washington's 49 legislative districts voted for their state senators in the 2008
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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, 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
District 20
District 22
District 23
District 24
District 25
District 27
District 28
District 34 (special election)
District 39
District 40
District 41
Representative
Fred Jarrett switched to the Democratic Party.
District 49
References
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2008 Washington (state) elections
Washington State Senate elections
Washington 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 Olympi ...