Elections / 2008 · House

Democrats held the most US House seats in 2008.

Across 435 districts, Democrats won 257, Republicans 178. Results are party-level here — candidate names appear on each state's page. Every state below links to its districts.

2008 U.S. House elections

Democrats 257 +24218for control178 Republicans −24

435 voting seats, as elected in November 2008. The chamber is shown as voters returned it — seats vacated or members who changed party afterward are not reflected. DC’s delegate is non-voting and excluded.

Each of the 435 districts filled by the margin its winner carried · cyan outlines a district that flipped party · hover for the detail

Seats by state

Every row links to that state's district-by-district results.

State	Seats	Dem	Rep	Other	Delegation lean
Alaska	1	0	1	—	−100.0%
Alabama	7	3	4	—	−14.3%
Arkansas	4	3	1	—	+50.0%
Arizona	8	5	3	—	+25.0%
California	53	34	19	—	+28.3%
Colorado	7	5	2	—	+42.9%
Connecticut	5	5	0	—	+100.0%
Delaware	1	0	1	—	−100.0%
Florida	25	10	15	—	−20.0%
Georgia	13	6	7	—	−7.7%
Hawaii	2	2	0	—	+100.0%
Iowa	5	3	2	—	+20.0%
Idaho	2	1	1	—	+0.0%
Illinois	19	12	7	—	+26.3%
Indiana	9	5	4	—	+11.1%
Kansas	4	1	3	—	−50.0%
Kentucky	6	2	4	—	−33.3%
Louisiana	7	1	6	—	−71.4%
Massachusetts	10	10	0	—	+100.0%
Maryland	8	7	1	—	+75.0%
Maine	2	2	0	—	+100.0%
Michigan	15	8	7	—	+6.7%
Minnesota	8	5	3	—	+25.0%
Missouri	9	4	5	—	−11.1%
Mississippi	4	3	1	—	+50.0%
Montana	1	0	1	—	−100.0%
North Carolina	13	8	5	—	+23.1%
North Dakota	1	1	0	—	+100.0%
Nebraska	3	0	3	—	−100.0%
New Hampshire	2	2	0	—	+100.0%
New Jersey	13	8	5	—	+23.1%
New Mexico	3	3	0	—	+100.0%
Nevada	3	2	1	—	+33.3%
New York	29	26	3	—	+79.3%
Ohio	18	10	8	—	+11.1%
Oklahoma	5	1	4	—	−60.0%
Oregon	5	4	1	—	+60.0%
Pennsylvania	19	12	7	—	+26.3%
Rhode Island	2	2	0	—	+100.0%
South Carolina	6	2	4	—	−33.3%
South Dakota	1	1	0	—	+100.0%
Tennessee	9	5	4	—	+11.1%
Texas	32	12	20	—	−25.0%
Utah	3	1	2	—	−33.3%
Virginia	11	6	5	—	+9.1%
Vermont	1	1	0	—	+100.0%
Washington	9	6	3	—	+33.3%
Wisconsin	8	5	3	—	+25.0%
West Virginia	3	2	1	—	+33.3%
Wyoming	1	0	1	—	−100.0%

Source. MIT Election Data + Science Lab — 2008 US House returns, party-classified by literal ballot party · party-level district results. Real returns — nothing estimated.

Democratic	65,164,353	54.0%
Republican	52,187,068	43.2%
Other	3,367,100	2.8%
Margin	12,977,285	D+10.8