On November 4, 2008, the District of Columbia held a U.S. House of Representatives election for its shadow representative. Unlike its non-voting delegate, the shadow representative is only recognized by the district and is not officially sworn or seated. Incumbent Shadow Representative Mike Panetta won election to a second term.
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Turnout | 62.5% 31.6 pp[1] | ||||||||||||||||
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Panetta: 70–80% 80–90% >90% | |||||||||||||||||
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Primary elections were held on September 9, 2008
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Mike Panetta (incumbent) | 30,223 | 98.1 | |
Democratic | Write-ins | 602 | 2.0 | |
Total votes | 30,825 | 100.0 | ||
n/a | Overvotes | 2 | ||
n/a | Undervotes | 10,582 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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DC Statehood Green | Joyce Robinson-Paul | 195 | 94.6 | |
DC Statehood Green | Write-ins | 11 | 5.4 | |
Total votes | 206 | 100.0 | ||
n/a | Overvotes | 0 | ||
n/a | Undervotes | 19 |
A Republican primary was held but no candidates filed and only 248 write-in votes were cast.
The general election took place on November 4, 2008.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Mike Panetta (incumbent) | 187,362 | 85.87 | +8.4 | |
DC Statehood Green | Joyce Robinson-Paul | 28,703 | 13.2 | +5.0 | |
n/a | Write-ins | 2,123 | 1.0 | +0.2 | |
Total votes | 218,188 | 100.0% | |||
n/a | Overvotes | 81 | |||
n/a | Undervotes | 46,993 |