United States House of Representatives elections in Virginia, 2008

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All 11 Virginia seats to the United States House of Representatives

	Majority party	Minority party

Party	Democratic	Republican
Last election	3	8
Seats won	6	5
Seat change	3	3
Popular vote	1,852,788	1,590,687
Percentage	53.01%	45.51%
Swing	11.78%	7.72%

The 2008 congressional elections in Virginia were held on November 4, 2008 to determine who would represent the state of Virginia in the United States House of Representatives, coinciding with the presidential and senatorial elections. Representatives are elected for two-year terms; those elected will serve in the 111th Congress from January 3, 2009 until January 3, 2011.

Virginia has eleven seats in the House, apportioned according to the 2000 United States Census. Its 2007-2008 congressional delegation consisted of eight Republicans and three Democrats. It is now five Republicans and six Democrats. Districts 2, 5 and 11 changed from Republican to Democratic, although CQ Politics had forecasted districts 2, 5, 10 and 11 to be at some risk for the incumbent party. As of 2016, this is the last time that Democrats won a majority of congressional districts from Virginia.

The Primary elections took place on June 10, 2008.

The District stretches along the eastern side of the commonwealth. Republican incumbent Rob Wittman won against Democratic nominee Bill Day and Libertarian Nathan Larson. Wittman had only held the seat since January 2008, having won the Virginia's 1st congressional district special election, 2007 to succeed deceased Congresswoman Jo Ann Davis. Larson is an accountant and self-described "anarcho-capitalist."

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