2008 Election House And Senate

It coincided with the election of barack obama as president.

2008 election house and senate. Wed 5 nov 2008 19 01 est 70 barack obama is the first president elect in 32 years to receive a congress under the firm control of his party a powerful political gift that bodes well for the. The 2008 united states house of representatives elections were held on november 4 2008 to elect members to the united states house of representatives to serve in the 111th united states congress from january 3 2009 until january 3 2011. Bush term limited senator john mccain of arizona won the republican nomination in the 2008 republican primaries.

Senatorfrom illinois and joe biden the senior u s. The 2008 united states senate election in georgia took place on november 4 2008. Obama won his party s presidential nomination after defeating senator hillary clinton in the 2008 democratic primaries.

The 2008 united states elections were held on november 4. Live election results and maps for the 2008 senate elections including state by state and county by county maps. Democratic senator barack obama of illinois won the presidential election and democrats bolstered their majority in both houses of congress.

He was challenged by democratic nominee jim martin and libertarian nominee allen buckley. The 2008 united states senate electionswere held on november 4 2008 with 35 of the 100 seats in the senatebeing contested. All 435 voting seats as well as all 6 non voting seats were up for election.

Obama won the general election. The runoff was necessary as neither chambliss nor martin the two major party. The winners were eligible to serve six year terms from january 3 2009 to january 3 2015 as members of class 2.

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