Welcome to the Donklephant 2008 U.S. House of Representatives results coverage.

Below, you’ll find up-to-date, state-by-state results on the races expected to be the most contested. As races are called, we will put the name of the projected winner in bold. The party currently holding the contested seat is noted with a D or a R. Below each state’s name, we will announce any net gains by either the Democrats or the Republicans.

We will update regularly throughout the night. Below the fold, we will post additional news items.

Total House Seats
Democrats: 233
Republicans: 147

UPDATE: We’re halting the updating of votes for the night but will cover the final tallies and late-night developments tomorrow!

Full numbers below!

• Alabama – No Change: 2 D/5 R
  R – Dis. 2: D – Bright:52%, R – Love: 48%
  D – Dis. 5: D – Griffith: 51%, R – Parker: 49%
• Alaska – No Change: 1 R
  R – At Large: D – Berkowitz: 0%, R – Young: 0%
• Arizona – +1 Dem: 5 D/3 R
  R – Dis. 1: D – Kirkpatrick: 58%, R – Hay: 38%
  D – Dis. 5: D – Mitchell: 54%, R – Schweikert: 43%
  D – Dis. 8: D – Giffords: 48%, R – Bee: 48%
• Arkansas – No Change: 3 D/ 1 R
• California – No Change: 34 D / 19 R
  R – Dis. 4: D – Brown: 0%, R – McClintock: 0%
  D – Dis. 11: D – McNerney: 0%, R – Andal: 0%
  R – Dis. 26: D – Warner: 0%, R – Dreier: 0%
  D – Dis. 50: D – Leibham: 0%, R – Bilbray
• Colorado – No Change: 4 D / 3 R
  R – Dis. 4: D – Markey: 58%, R – Musgrave: 42%
• Connecticut – +1 Dem: 5 D
  D – Dis. 2: D – Courtney: 64%, R – Sullivan: 34%
  R – Dis. 4: D – Himes: 57%, R – Shays: 42%
  D – Dis. 5: D – Murphy: 57%, R – Cappiello: 41%
• Delaware – No Change: 1 R
• Florida – No Change: 9 D / 16 R
  R – Dis. 8: D – Grayson: 52%, R – Keller: 48%
  R – Dis. 13: D – Jennings: 38%, R – Buchanan: 55%
  R – Dis. 15: D – Blythe: 40%, R – Posey: 55%
  D – Dis. 16: D – Mahoney: 40%, R – Rooney: 60%
  R – Dis. 18: D – Taddeo: 42%, R – Ros-Lehtinen: 58%
  R – Dis. 21: D – Martinez: 42%, R – Diaz-Balart: 58%
  D – Dis. 22: D – Klein: 55%, R – West: 45%
  R – Dis. 24: D – Kosmas: 57%, R – Tom Feeney: 41%
  D – Dis. 25: D – Garcia: 49%, R – Diaz-Balart: 51%
• Georgia – No Change: 6 D / 7 R
  D – Dis. 8: D – Marshall: 55%, R – Goddard: 45%
  D – Dis. 12: D – Barrow: 63%, R – Stone: 37%
• Hawaii – No Change – 2 D
• Idaho – No Change: 2 R
  R – Dis. 1: D – Minnick: 0%, R – Sali: 0%
• Illinois – No Change: 11 D / 8 R
  R – Dis. 6: D – Morgenthaler: 42%. R – Roskam: 58%
  D – Dis. 8: D – Bean: 58%, R – Greenberg: 42%
  R – Dis. 10: D – Seals: 46%, R – Kirk: 54%
  R – Dis. 11: D – Halvorson: 58%, R – Ozinga: 35%
  D – Dis. 14: D – Foster: 57%, R – Oberweis: 42%
• Indiana – No Change: 5 D / 4 R
  D – Dis. 2: D – Donnelly: 67%, R – Puckett: 30%
  R – Dis. 3: D – Montagano: 37%, R – Souder: 56%
  D – Dis. 8: D – Ellsworth: 65%, R – Goode: 35%
  D – Dis. 9: D – Hill: 55%, R – Sodrel: 41%
• Iowa – No Change: 3 D / 2 R
  R – Dis. 4: D – Greenwald: 41%, R – Latham: 59%
• Kansas – No Change: 2 D / 2 R
  D – Dis. 2: D – Boyda: 47%, R – Jenkins: 50%
• Kentucky – No Change: 2 D / 4 R
  D – Dis. 3: D – Yarmuth: 57%, R – Northup: 43%
• Louisiana – +1 Rep: 2 D / 5 R
  D – Dis. 6: D – Cazayoux: 37%, R – Cassidy: 55%
• Maine – No Change: 2 D
• Maryland – No Change: 6 D / 2 R
  R – Dis. 1: D – Kratovil: 50%, R – Harris: 47%
• Massachusetts – No Change: 10 D
• Michigan – No Change: 6 D / 9 R
  R – Dis. 7: D – Schauer: 47%, R – Walberg: 48%
  R – Dis. 9: D – Peters: 52%, R – Knollenberg: 43%
• Minnesota – No Change: 5 D / 3 R
  D – Dis. 1: D – Waltz: 59%, R – Davis: 35%
  R – Dis. 3: D – Madia: 43%, R – Paulsen: 45%
  R – Dis. 6: D – Tinklenberg: 42%, R – Bachmann: 47%
• Mississippi – No Change: 3 D / 1 R
  D – Dis. 1: D – Childress: 57%, R – Davis: 42%
• Missouri – No Change: 4 D / 5 R
  R – Dis. 6: D – Barnes: 36%, R – Graves: 61%
  R – Dis. 9: D – Baker: 47%, R – Luetkemeyer: 51%
• Montana – No Change: 1 R
• Nebraska – No Change: 3 R
  R – Dis. 2: D – Esch: 51%, R – Terry: 49%
• Nevada – No Change: 1 D / 2 R
  R – Dis. 2: D – Derby: 50%, R – Heller: 44%
  R – Dis. 3: D – Titus: 50%, R – Porter: 40%
• New Hampshire – No Change: 2 D
  D – Dis. 1: D – Shea-Porter: 53%, R – Bradley: 45%
• New Jersey – No Change: 7 D / 6 R
  R – Dis. 3: D – Adler: 49%, R – Myers: 51%
  R – Dis. 7: D – Stender: 42%, R – Lance: 51%
• New Mexico – +2 Dem: 3 D
  R – Dis. 1: D – Heinrich: 57%, R – White: 43%
  R – Dis. 2: D – Teague: 55%, R – Tinsley: 45%
• New York – +2 Dem: 25 D / 4 R
  R – Dis. 13: D – McMahon: 61%, R – Straniere: 33%
  D – Dis. 19: D – Hall: 58%, R – Lalor: 42%
  D – Dis. 20: D – Gillibrand: 62%, R – Treadwell: 38%
  D – Dis. 24: D – Acuri: 50%, R – Hanna: 50%
  R – Dis. 25: D – Maffei: 55%, R – Sweetland: 42%
  R – Dis. 26: D – Kryzan: 40%, R – Lee: 56%
  R – Dis. 29: D – Massa: 51%, R – Kuhl: 49%
• North Carolina – +1 Dem: 8 D / 5 R
  R – Dis. 8: D – Kissell: 56%, R – Hayes: 44%
• North Dakota – No Change: 1 D
• Ohio – No Change: 7 D / 11 R
  R – Dis. 1: D – Driehaus: 46%, R – Chabot: 54%
  R – Dis. 2: D – Wulsin: 36%, R – Schmidt: 47%
  R – Dis. 14: D – O’Neill: 41%, R – LaTourette: 57%
  R – Dis. 15: D – Kilroy: 47%, R – Stivers: 45%
  R – Dis. 16: D – Boccieri: 52%, R – Schuring: 48%
  D – Dis. 18: D – Space: 59%, R – Dailey: 41%
• Oklahoma – No Change: 1 D / 4 R
• Oregon – No Change: 4 D / 1 R
  D – Dis. 5: D – Schrader: 0%, R – Erickson: 0%
• Pennsylvania – No Change: 11 D / 8 R
  R – Dis. 3: D – Dahlkemper: 52%, R – English: 48%
  D – Dis. 4: D – Altmire: 57%, R – Hart: 43%
  R – Dis. 6: D – Roggio: 47%, R – Gerlach: 53%
  D – Dis. 8: D – Murphy: 58%, R – Manion: 41%
  D – Dis. 10: D – Carney: 57%, R – Hackett: 43%
  D – Dis. 11: D – Kanjorski: 52%, R – Barletta: 48%
  D – Dis. 12: D – Murtha: 58%, R – Russell: 42%
• Rhode Island – No Change: 2 D
• South Carolina – No Change: 2 D / 4 R
• South Dakota – No Change: 1 D
• Tennessee – No Change: 5 D / 4 R
• Texas – No Change: 13 D / 19 R
  D – Dis. 22: D – Lampson: 46%, R – Olson: 52%
  D – Dis. 23: D – Rodriguez: 55%, R – Larson: 42%
• Utah – No Change: 1 D / 2 R
• Vermont – No Change: 1 D
• Virginia – +1 Dem: 4 D / 7 R
  R – Dis. 2: D – Nye: 51%, R – Drake: 49%
  R – Dis. 11: D – Connolly: 53%, R – Fimian: 45%
• Washington – No Change: 6 D / 3 R
  R – Dis. 8: D – Burner: 0%, R – Reichert: 0%
• West Virginia – No Change: 2 D / 1 R
• Wisconsin – No Change: 5 D / 3 R
  D – Dis. 8: D – Kagen: 53%, R – Gard: 47%
• Wyoming – No Change: 1 R
  R – At Large: D – Trauner: 45%, R – Lummis: 51%

LIVEBLOG — all times Eastern

11:40 In New York, Dems have picked up two and could grab three seats, leaving Republicans with just 3 seats in the House. Dems also look poised to pick up somewhere between 10 to 15 new seats, maybe less. The Republicans did manage to net one seat in Louisiana.

10:20: Lots and lots of updates, but no big news. Dems hoped to pick up some Indiana seats but that’s not happening. Right now, it looks like Obama’s coattails won’t be as long in these House races as some predicted. But Dems should still come out ahead.

9:00: More updates from around the nation. Looks like Dems are doing a good job defending the seats they won in 2006. No surprises yet.

7:55: Lots of updates for states that have already closed. Of note, Democrat Yarmuth has held onto the seat won in 2006.

6:55: Our first house race! Indiana Dis. 3 has 3% reporting and the Republican is well ahead in this district Democrats thought they might be able to pick off.