Think you've got him mixed up...He was confirmed with only 8 demoncrat votes...It's Quattlebaum who got 28 demoncrat votes...
You sure about that?
According to the article, "Judge Quattlebaum was confirmed on a 62-28 vote, while Mr. Richardson was cleared by an 81-8 margin." There are currently 51 Republicans in the Senate, so Richardson got at least 30 democrat votes. Quattlebaum got at least 11.
That assumes that the 10 Senators who did not vote were all democrats. If any of the 51 Republicans did not vote, then the number of democrat votes would have to be higher.