2008 Delaware House of Representatives election
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An election was held on November 4, 2008 to elect all 41 members to Delaware's House of Representatives. The election coincided with the elections for other offices, including U.S. President, U.S. Senate, U.S. House of Representatives, state governor and state senate. The primary election was held on September 9, 2008.
Democrats regained control of the House after 24 years after gaining seven seats, winning 25 seats compared to 16 seats for the Republicans.
Democratic Representative Dianna Williams (District 6) announced immediately after the election that she would be resigning. A special election was held on December 20, 2008 to fill the seat at which Tom Kovach gained the seat for the Republicans.
Results
Statewide
| Party | Candi- dates |
Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="background:Template:Delaware Democratic Party/meta/color;"| | Democratic Party | 37 | 208,990 | 56.87% | 25 |  7
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| style="background:Template:Delaware Republican Party/meta/color;"| | Republican Party | 32 | 156,832 | 42.68% | 16 |  7
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| style="background:Template:Independent Party of Delaware/meta/color;"| | Independent Party | 2 | 642 | 0.17% | 0 | – |
| style="background:Template:Libertarian Party of Delaware/meta/color;"| | Libertarian Party | 3 | 359 | 0.10% | 0 | – |
| style="background:Template:Blue Enigma Party/meta/color;"| | Blue Enigma Party | 3 | 346 | 0.09% | 0 | – |
| style="background:Template:Working Families Party/meta/color;"| | Working Families Party | 4 | 315 | 0.09% | 0 | – |
| Total | 81 | 367,484 | 100.00% | 41 | – | |
District
Results of the 2008 Delaware House of Representatives election by district:[1]
| District | Democratic | Republican | Others | Total | Result | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| scope=col colspan=2 style="background:Template:Delaware Democratic Party/meta/color"| | scope=col colspan=2 style="background:Template:Delaware Republican Party/meta/color"| | ||||||||
| Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | ||
| District 1 | 7,422 | 91.09% | 726 | 8.91% | - | - | 8,148 | 100.00% | Democratic Hold |
| District 2 | 5,729 | 94.26% | - | - | 349 | 5.74% | 6,078 | 100.00% | Democratic Hold |
| District 3 | 5,419 | 100.00% | - | - | - | - | 5,419 | 100.00% | Democratic Hold |
| District 4 | 7,174 | 73.36% | 2,487 | 25.43% | 118 | 1.21% | 9,779 | 100.00% | Democratic Hold |
| District 5 | 7,212 | 100.00% | - | - | - | - | 7,212 | 100.00% | Democratic Hold |
| District 6 | 8,331 | 100.00% | - | - | - | - | 8,331 | 100.00% | Democratic Hold |
| District 7 | 6,281 | 58.57% | 4,443 | 41.43% | - | - | 10,724 | 100.00% | Democratic GAIN |
| District 8 | 7,524 | 57.24% | 5,621 | 42.76% | - | - | 13,145 | 100.00% | Democratic Hold |
| District 9 | 6,375 | 46.16% | 7,436 | 53.84% | - | - | 13,811 | 100.00% | Republican Hold |
| District 10 | 5,039 | 50.45% | 4,898 | 49.03% | 52 | 0.52% | 9,989 | 100.00% | Democratic GAIN |
| District 11 | 3,895 | 36.66% | 6,731 | 63.34% | - | - | 10,626 | 100.00% | Republican Hold |
| District 12 | - | - | 7,428 | 100.00% | - | - | 7,428 | 100.00% | Republican Hold |
| District 13 | 6,547 | 96.14% | - | - | 263 | 3.86% | 6,810 | 100.00% | Democratic Hold |
| District 14 | 10,616 | 100.00% | - | - | - | - | 10,616 | 100.00% | Democratic Hold |
| District 15 | 10,570 | 100.00% | - | - | - | - | 10,570 | 100.00% | Democratic Hold |
| District 16 | 7,078 | 100.00% | - | - | - | - | 7,078 | 100.00% | Democratic Hold |
| District 17 | 6,981 | 83.41% | 1,388 | 16.59% | - | - | 8,369 | 100.00% | Democratic Hold |
| District 18 | 4,164 | 51.99% | 3,760 | 46.95% | 85 | 1.06% | 8,009 | 100.00% | Democratic GAIN |
| District 19 | 6,482 | 78.38% | 1,729 | 20.91% | 59 | 0.71% | 8,270 | 100.00% | Democratic Hold |
| District 20 | - | - | 8,045 | 99.70% | 24 | 0.30% | 8,069 | 100.00% | Republican Hold |
| District 21 | 4,454 | 44.86% | 5,474 | 55.14% | - | - | 9,928 | 100.00% | Republican Hold |
| District 22 | 3,585 | 33.87% | 6,999 | 66.13% | - | - | 10,584 | 100.00% | Republican Hold |
| District 23 | 6,098 | 74.95% | 1,913 | 23.51% | 125 | 1.54% | 8,136 | 100.00% | Democratic Hold |
| District 24 | 3,455 | 45.99% | 3,941 | 52.46% | 116 | 1.54% | 7,512 | 100.00% | Republican Hold |
| District 25 | 5,008 | 73.39% | 1,816 | 26.61% | - | - | 6,824 | 100.00% | Democratic Hold |
| District 26 | 6,316 | 79.93% | 1,586 | 20.07% | - | - | 7,902 | 100.00% | Democratic Hold |
| District 27 | 4,708 | 48.72% | 4,544 | 47.02% | 411 | 4.25% | 9,663 | 100.00% | Democratic GAIN |
| District 28 | 7,198 | 100.00% | - | - | - | - | 7,198 | 100.00% | Democratic Hold |
| District 29 | 5,574 | 49.78% | 5,624 | 50.22% | - | - | 11,198 | 100.00% | Republican Hold |
| District 30 | - | - | 6,921 | 100.00% | - | - | 6,921 | 100.00% | Republican Hold |
| District 31 | 4,372 | 52.64% | 3,934 | 47.36% | - | - | 8,306 | 100.00% | Democratic GAIN |
| District 32 | 3,742 | 57.03% | 2,820 | 42.97% | - | - | 6,562 | 100.00% | Democratic GAIN |
| District 33 | 5,546 | 53.66% | 4,790 | 46.34% | - | - | 10,336 | 100.00% | Democratic Hold |
| District 34 | 3,933 | 38.70% | 6,229 | 61.30% | - | - | 10,162 | 100.00% | Republican Hold |
| District 35 | 3,311 | 39.02% | 5,174 | 60.98% | - | - | 8,485 | 100.00% | Republican Hold |
| District 36 | - | - | 8,963 | 100.00% | - | - | 8,963 | 100.00% | Republican Hold |
| District 37 | 3,480 | 35.80% | 6,242 | 64.20% | - | - | 9,722 | 100.00% | Republican Hold |
| District 38 | 3,784 | 27.92% | 9,769 | 72.08% | - | - | 13,553 | 100.00% | Republican Hold |
| District 39 | 2,292 | 30.41% | 5,185 | 68.79% | 60 | 0.80% | 7,537 | 100.00% | Republican Hold |
| District 40 | 3,630 | 41.15% | 5,191 | 58.85% | - | - | 8,821 | 100.00% | Republican Hold |
| District 41 | 5,665 | 52.99% | 5,025 | 47.01% | - | - | 10,690 | 100.00% | Democratic GAIN |
| Total | 208,990 | 56.87% | 156,832 | 42.68% | 1,662 | 0.45% | 367,484 | 100.00% | |
References
- ^ "2010 General Election (Official Results)". Dover, U.S.A.: Office of the State Election Commissioner, Department of Elections, State of Delaware. Retrieved October 16, 2018.