2008 West Virginia Senate election

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2008 West Virginia Senate elections
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17 of 34 seats in the West Virginia Senate
18 seats needed for a majority
 Majority partyMinority party
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Leader Earl Ray Tomblin Vic Sprouse
(retired)
Party Democratic Republican
Leader since19951998
Leader's seat SD 7 SD 8
Seats before2311
Seats after268
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 3Decrease2.svg 3
Popular vote435,696273,442
Percentage61.2%38.4%
Seats up107
Seats won134
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WV Senate Election by partisan lean, 2008.svg
Holds and gains
     Democratic gain     Democratic hold
     Republican hold
Senate President before election

Earl Ray Tomblin
Democratic

Elected Senate President

Earl Ray Tomblin
Democratic

The 2008 West Virginia Senate election took place on Tuesday, November 4, 2008, to elect members to the 79th and 80th Legislatures; held concurrently with the presidential, U.S. House, U.S. Senate, and gubernatorial elections. [1] State senate seats in West Virginia are staggered, with senators serving 4-year terms. 17 of the 34 state senate seats were up for election. While Republican candidate for John McCain won the state in the presidential election by 13 points, the Democratic Party won over 60% of the vote for state senate and flipped 3 Republican seats, expanding the Democrats' supermajority. [2]

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Summary

Summary of the 2008 West Virginia Senate election results [3]
PartyCandidatesVotes %Seats
Before [2]
78th Leg.		UpWonAfter
79th Leg.		+/–
Democratic 16435,69661.223101326Increase2.svg 3
Republican 14273,44238.411748Decrease2.svg 3
Mountain 12,6820.40000Steady2.svg
Total711,820100%341734Steady2.svg
Popular vote
Democratic
 
61.2%
Republican
 
38.4%
Mountain
 
0.4%
Seats won
Democratic
 
76.5%
Republican
 
23.5%
Total senate seats
Democratic
 
76.5%
Republican
 
23.5%

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
Stateline [4] Safe DOctober 15, 2008

SD 1

2008 West Virginia SD 1 general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Jack Yost 23,938 60.3
Republican Chris Wakim 15,78229.7
Total votes39,720 100.0
Democratic gain from Republican

SD 2

2008 West Virginia SD 2 general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Jeffrey V. Kessler (incumbent) 23,875 63.8
Republican Fred Brunner13,56426.2
Total votes37,439 100.0
Democratic hold

SD 3

2008 West Virginia SD 3 general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Donna Boley (incumbent) 35,470 100.0
Total votes35,470 100.0
Republican hold

SD 4

2008 West Virginia SD 4 general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Karen Facemyer (incumbent) 28,801 61.2
Democratic Rocky Holmes18,28038.8
Total votes47,081 100.0
Republican hold

SD 5

2008 West Virginia SD 5 general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Robert Plymale (incumbent) 23,763 67.0
Republican Stephen Hall11,72233.0
Total votes35,485 100.0
Democratic hold

SD 6

2008 West Virginia SD 6 general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic John Pat Fanning (incumbent) 17,603 65.6
Republican Mark Maynard9,24234.4
Total votes26,845 100.0
Democratic hold

SD 7

2008 West Virginia SD 7 general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Earl Ray Tomblin (incumbent) 24,010 73.1
Republican Billy Marcum8,81326.9
Total votes32,823 100.0
Democratic hold

SD 8

2008 West Virginia SD 8 general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Corey Palumbo 52,151 67.6
Republican Robert Ore25,02532.4
Total votes77,176 100.0
Democratic gain from Republican

SD 9

2008 West Virginia SD 9 general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Richard Browning 24,227 100.0
Total votes24,227 100.0
Democratic hold

SD 10

2008 West Virginia SD 10 general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Donald Caruth (incumbent) 20,270 53.7
Democratic James McNeely17,48646.3
Total votes37,756 100.0
Republican hold

SD 11

2008 West Virginia SD 11 general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic William Laird IV 21,619 59.5
Republican Aubry Wilson11,98433.0
Mountain Andy Waddell2,6827.4
Total votes36,285 100.0
Democratic hold

SD 12

2008 West Virginia SD 12 general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Douglas Facemire 34,203 100.0
Total votes34,203 100.0
Democratic hold

SD 13

2008 West Virginia SD 13 general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Roman W. Prezioso, Jr. (incumbent) 35,520 100.0
Total votes35,520 100.0
Democratic hold

SD 14

2008 West Virginia SD 14 general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Bob Williams 22,205 51.3
Republican Gary Howell21,09848.7
Total votes43,303 100.0
Democratic hold

SD 15

2008 West Virginia SD 15 general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Clark Barnes 25,283 55.9
Democratic Mark Ross19,94244.1
Total votes45,225 100.0
Republican hold

SD 16

2008 West Virginia SD 16 general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Herb Snyder 26,793 55.9
Republican Bob Adams21,09844.1
Total votes47,891 100.0
Democratic gain from Republican

SD 17

2008 West Virginia SD 17 general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Dan Foster (incumbent) 50,081 66.4
Republican Alan Long25,29033.6
Total votes75,371 100.0
Democratic hold

See also

References

  1. ↑ Holmes, Darrell. West Virginia Blue Book (PDF) (91 ed.). Charleston, West Virginia: West Virginia Legislature. pp. 731–39. Retrieved February 23, 2024.
  2. 1 2 Holmes, Darrell. West Virginia Blue Book (PDF) (91 ed.). Charleston, West Virginia: West Virginia Legislature. p. 483. Retrieved February 21, 2024.
  3. ↑ Holmes, Darrell. West Virginia Blue Book (PDF) (91 ed.). Charleston, West Virginia: West Virginia Legislature. pp. 741–44. Retrieved February 23, 2024.
  4. ↑ Jacobson, Louis (October 15, 2008). "Legislative races tilting Dems' way in '08". Stateline. Archived from the original on November 6, 2008. Retrieved August 1, 2024.
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