United States House of Representatives elections results, 2008

United States House of Representatives elections, 2008
Party		Voting members[1][2]				Non-voting members[3]
		Votes	Percentage	Seats	+/–	Votes	Percentage	Seats	+/–
	Democratic^[A]	59,713,061	53.04%	257	+21	1,952,133	94.34%	4	+1
	Republican	49,717,154	44.16%	178	–21	1,919	0.09%	0	–1
	Libertarian	1,039,054	0.92%	0	0	—	—	0	0
	Independent^[B]^[C]	913,414	0.81%	0	0	21,574	1.04%	2	+1
	Green	552,172	0.49%	0	0	14,386	0.70%	0	0
	Constitution	152,809	0.14%	0	0	—	—	0	0
	Independence	150,906	0.13%	0	0	—	—	0	0
	Working Families	97,805	0.09%	0	0	—	—	0	0
	Independent Oregon	64,468	0.06%	0	0	—	—	0	0
	Peace and Freedom	64,468	0.04%	0	0	—	—	0	0
	Purple	28,541	0.03%	0	0	—	—	0	0
	Conservative	25,148	0.02%	0	0	—	—	0	0
	Independent American	22,768	0.02%	0	0	—	—	0	0
	Reform	22,075	0.02%	0	0	—	—	0	0
	Alaskan Independence	12,071	0.01%	0	0	—	—	0	0
	Independent Green Populist	8,858	0.01%	0	0	—	—	0	0
	Socialist Workers	8,290	0.01%	0	0	—	—	0	0
	Progressive	7,920	0.01%	0	0	—	—	0	0
	American Independent	5,773	0.01%	0	0	—	—	0	0
	Vote People Change	3,587	0.00%	0	0	—	—	0	0
	Unity	2,093	0.00%	0	0	—	—	0	0
	Term Limits for the United States Congress	2,039	0.00%	0	0	—	—	0	0
	Socialist	519	0.00%	0	0	—	—	0	0
	Puerto Ricans for Puerto Rico	—	—	0	0	43,607	2.11%	0	0
	Puerto Rican Independence	—	—	0	0	35,687	1.72%	0	0
	Vacant^[D]	—	—	0	–1	—	—	0	—
Invalid or blank votes
Totals		112,588,380	100.00%	435	—	2,069,306	100.00%	6	+1
Voter turnout

  3 net Democratic seat pickups

  1-2 net Democratic seat pickups

  1-2 net Republican seat pickups

^A The number of non-voting members also includes the non-voting member-elect from Puerto Rico, Pedro Pierluisi, who is a member of the New Progressive Party of Puerto Rico, but will caucus with the Democrats. The New Progressive Party is affiliated with both the Democratic and Republican Parties and the last representative from Puerto Rico, Luis Fortuño, caucused with the Republicans. The vote total for the non-voting members also includes the Popular Democratic Party of Puerto Rico, which has ties to the Democratic Party.

^B Both non-voting independents, American Samoa's representative Eni Faleomavaega and the Northern Mariana Islands' representative-elect Gregorio Sablan, will caucus with the Democrats. In America Samoa all elections are non-partisan.^[4] In the Northern Mariana Islands, Sablan appeared on the ballot as an independent.^[5]

^C Write-in candidates are included with the vote totals.

^D Ohio's 11th congressional district was previously Democratic before being vacant. The Democratic Party regained control after this election. A special election to fill the seat for the remainder of the 110th Congress was held on November 15, 2008.

References

1. "U.S. House". CNN. 2008-11-05. Retrieved 2008-11-05.
2. "The Green Papers 2008 U.S. House Popular Vote and FEC Total Receipts by Party". The Green Papers. Retrieved 2008-11-13.
3. "2008 General Election". The Green Papers. Retrieved 2008-11-13.
4. "American Samoa 2008 General Election". The Green Papers. Retrieved 2008-11-11.
5. "Northern Marianas 2008 General Election". The Green Papers. Retrieved 2008-11-11.