William 'Bill' Diamond (born February 19, 1945) is an American politician and former teacher.
 Diamond served as a Democratic State Senator from Maine's 12th District, including his residence in Windham.
 He was first elected to the Maine House of Representatives in 1976 and served in the House until 1982, when he was elected to the Maine State Senate.
 He served in the Senate until 1986.
 In 1989, he succeeded Rodney S. Quinn as Maine's Secretary of State and was re-elected four years later.
 He returned to elected office in 2004 when he was elected to the Senate.
 Unable to seek re-election due to term-limits in 2012, Diamond was replaced by Republican Gary Plummer.
Elizabeth Schneider (born 1962) is an American politician from Maine.
 Schneider served as a Democratic State Senator from Maine's 32nd District, representing part of Penobscot County, including the population centers of Orono and Lincoln.
 She was first elected to the Maine State Senate in 2004 after serving from 1996-2004 in the town government of Orono.
 Unable to run for re-election in 2012 due to term-limits, Schneider was replaced in the State Senate by Democratic State Representative Emily Cain.
John L. Tuttle, Jr. is an American politician from Maine.
 Tuttle served as a Democratic State Senator from Maine's 3rd District, representing part of York County including his residence of Sanford.
 He was first elected to the Maine House of Representatives in 1978, serving until 1984 when he successfully sought to represent Sanford and the surrounding towns in the State Senate.
 He served in the State Senate until 1988, when he returned to the House.
 He served again the House from 2002-2010, when he was unable to run for re-election due to term limits.
 He successfully ran to replace Republican Jonathan Courtney, who ran for U.S. Congress.
 In the general election, he defeated fellow Sanford High School Class of 1970 alumnus Brad Littlefield.
 He was defeated for re-election in 2014 by Waterboro Republican David Woodsome.
Eloise A. Vitelli (born 1949) is an American business advocate and politician from Maine.
 Vitelli served as a Democratic State Senator from Maine's 19th District, representing Sagadahoc County and the adjacent town of Dresden, Maine in Lincoln County, including the population centers of Bath and Topsham as well as her residence in Arrowsic.
 Vitelli was elected to the Maine Senate on August 27, 2013 in a special election to replace fellow Democrat Seth Goodall.
 She won 50.47% of the vote, topping Republican former State Senator Paula Benoit and Green Independent nominee and social worker Daniel Stromgren.
Nan Grogan Orrock (born November 8, 1943) is a Democratic state senator in the Georgia State Senate for the district 36.
 Following the 2006 retirement of State Senator Sam Zamarripa, Orrock was a candidate for his district; in the Democratic primary held on July 18, 2006 Orrock defeated Grace Davis to win a seat in the State Senate since she has no Republican opponent for the general election.
 She was sworn into office in 2007.
 She was previously a member of the Georgia House of Representatives from 1987, representing the 58th district.
 She was the Vice-Chair of the House Democratic Caucus and the former Majority Whip.
 Orrock was once a member of American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), but has since been critical of their influence.
Justin Loring Alfond (born January 8, 1975) is an American politician and real estate developer.
 He is a Democratic State Senator from the 8th District, which represents much of Portland.
 Alfond was first elected to the State Senate in 2008 to replace Democrat Ethan Strimling; he beat former State Senator Anne Rand and Cliff Ginn.
 He was re-elected in 2010 and 2012.
 In 2012, he faced Green Independent Party Chair Asher Platts.
 Alfond won with 71% of the vote in a two-way race.
Ethan King Strimling (born October 19, 1967) is the mayor of Portland, Maine, who served as a Democratic state senator from 2002 to 2009.
 He was replaced by Justin Alfond.
 He is Executive Director of LearningWorks, a West End non-profit organization, and has served as a political columnist and commentator for the Portland Press Herald.
Troy Dale Jackson (born June 26, 1968) is an American politician and logger from Maine.
 Jackson is a Democratic State Senator from Maine's 35th District, representing much of the northern Maine, including the towns of Fort Kent, Madawaska and Van Buren.
 He was first elected to the Maine State Senate in 2008.
 In June 2014, Jackson lost the Democratic primary for Maine's second Congressional District in 2014 to fellow State Senator Emily Cain.
 In November 2016, Jackson was re-elected to the Senate and a week later he was chosen by his fellow Democrats to be the Senate Minority Leader.
The Illinois Clean Jobs Bill is a renewable-energy bill introduced in the Illinois House of Representatives (H.B. 2607) and Illinois Senate (S.B. 1485).
 The bill was sponsored by Democratic state senator Don Harmon of Oak Park and Democratic state representative Elaine Nekritz of Northbrook.
Linda M. Valentino (born 1956) is an American politician from Maine.
 Valentino is a Democratic State Senator from Maine's 5th District, representing part of York County, including her residence of Saco.
 She was first elected to the Maine House of Representatives in 2004 and re-elected in 2006, 2008 and 2010.
 Unable to run for re-election to the Maine House in 2012 due to term limits, Valentino ran in the Democratic primary for the open District 5 State Senate seat to replace fellow Democrat Barry Hobbins.
 Valentino won the nomination by beating fellow State Representative Donald Pilon.
 Valentino easily won the general election, defeating Timothy Sevigny.
 In December 2012, Valentino was named Chair of the Judiciary Committee.

Question: Justin Alfond  was elected to replace the Democratic state senator who was born on October 19,1967 in what year?
Answer: 2008