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Alabama Secretary of State - Election Division
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2008 Alabama Congressional and Statewide Races
Presidential Primary Filing Deadline: 11/7/07, Presidential Primary: 2/5/08, Primary Filing Deadline: 4/4/08, Major Party Certification Deadline: 4/21/08, Independent / Third Party Filing Deadline: 6/3/08, Primary: 6/3/08, Run-off: 7/15/08, Independent Presidential Filing Deadline: 9/6/08, General Election 11/4/08,
Last Updated: April 5, 2008 |
| Predictions, Notes, List of State Parties, State Media, |
President, 62.5% in '04 for Bush, Polls D.C.'s Political Report's Rating:   Republican, |
U.S. Sen. Barack H. Obama (D-IL) 55.96%, U.S. Sen. Hillary R. Clinton (D-NY) 41.56%, ex-U.S. Sen. John R. Edwards (D-NC) 1.47%, uncommitted 0.5%, U.S. Sen. Joseph R. "Joe" Biden, Jr. (D-DE) 0.22%, Gov. William B. "Bill" Richardson (D-NM) 0.19%, U.S. Sen. Christopher J. "Chris" Dodd (D-CT) 0.10%, |
ex-Gov. Mike Huckabee (R-AR) 40.74%, U.S. Sen. John S. McCain, III (R-AZ) 37.29%, ex-Gov. W. Mitt Romney (R-MA) 18.02%, U.S. Rep. Ronald E. "Ron" Paul (R-TX) 2.72%, ex-New York City Mayor Rudolph W. "Rudy" Giuliani (R-NY) 0.39%, ex-U.S. Sen. Fred D. Thompson (R-TN) 0.34%, uncommitted 0.23%, ex-Amb. Alan L. Keyes (R-MD) 0.14%, U.S. Rep. Duncan L. Hunter (R-CA) 0.07%, Hugh Cort, III (R-AL) 0.04%, U.S. Rep. Thomas G. "Tom" Tancredo (R-CO) 0.02%, |
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Governor, 57.5% in '06, 2nd term, next election in 2010, Robert R. "Bob" Riley (R) barred from 3rd term, Polls D.C.'s Political Report's Rating:     Republican, |
| U.S. Rep. Artur Earl Davis (D), Lt. Gov. James E. "Jim" Folsom, Jr. (D), |
Mike Hubbard (R), Rob Riley (R), Bradley Byrne (R), Troy Univ. Chanc. Jack Hawkins (R), businessman Tim James (R), |
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Lt. Governor, 50.6% in '06, 1st term, next election in 2010, D.C.'s Political Report's Rating:     Democratic, |
James E. "Jim" Folsom, Jr. (D), st. House Speaker Seth Hammett (D), Agriculture & Industries Commissioner Ron Sparks (D), |
'06 nominee / attorney Luther J. Strange, III (R), |
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Attorney General, 53.0% in '06, 1st term, next election in 2010, D.C.'s Political Report's Rating:     Republican, |
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Troy King (R), |
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Secretary of State, 57.6% in '06, 2nd term, next election in 2010, D.C.'s Political Report's Rating:     Republican, |
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Beth Chapman (R), |
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Treasurer, 60.5% in '06, 2nd term, next election in 2010, D.C.'s Political Report's Rating:     Republican, |
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Kay Ivey (R), |
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Auditor, 54.1% in '06, 1st term, next election in 2010, D.C.'s Political Report's Rating:     Republican, |
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Samantha Shaw (R), |
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Agriculture& Industries Commissioner, 59.0% in '06, 2nd term, barred from 3rd term, next election in 2010, D.C.'s Political Report's Rating:     Democrat, |
| Ron Sparks (D), |
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Senator, 58.6% in '02, 2nd term, next elections in 2008, Polls D.C.'s Political Report's Rating:  Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Republican Favored, Cook Political Report: Solid Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Republican, Rothenberg Political Report: Safe Republican, Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball: Solild Republican, |
| St. Sen. Vivian Davis Figures (D), '02 write-in candidate Johnny Swanson (D), '02 Governor candidate / carpenter Mark "No NCAA" Townsend (D), |
Jefferson Beauregard "Jeff" Sessions, III (R), Earl Mack "Choo-Choo" Gavin (R), |
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Senator, 67.5% in '04, 4th term, Next election in 2010, D.C.'s Political Report's Rating:  Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Unrated, |
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Richard C. Shelby (R), |
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1st Congressional District, 68.1% in '06, 3rd term, Polls D.C.'s Political Report's Rating:  Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Leans Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Republican, |
| party activist Thomas E. "Tommy" Fuller (D), |
Jo Robins Bonner (R), |
minister Gary Johnson (WI), |
2nd Congressional District, 69.5% in '06, R. Terry Everett (R) retiring after 8th term, Polls D.C.'s Political Report's Rating:     Republican, Cook Political Report: Leaning Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Lean Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Republican, Rothenberg Political Report: Republican Favored, Robert Novak: Likely Republican, |
| Mayor Bobby Bright (D), dentist Cendie Crawley (D), ex-AL NOW pres. Cheryl Sabel (D), |
St. Rep. David Grimes (R), St. Rep. Jay Love (R), businessman John W. Martin (R), dentist Craig D. Schmidtke (R), St. Sen. Harri Anne Smith (R), businessman David Woods (R), |
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3rd Congressional District, 59.4% in '06, 3rd term, Polls D.C.'s Political Report's Rating:  Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Republican, |
| attorney Joshua "Josh" Segall (D), |
Mike Rogers (R), |
'06 candidate / real estate broker / Navy vet Mark Edwin Layfield (I), |
4th Congressional District, 70.2% in '06, 6th term, Polls D.C.'s Political Report's Rating:  Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Republican, |
| radiologic technologist Greg Warren (D), Nicholas B. Sparks (D), |
Robert B. Aderholt (R), |
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5th Congressional District, 98.3% in '06, Robert E. "Bud" Cramer (D) retiring after 9th term, Polls D.C.'s Political Report's Rating:     Democratic, Cook Political Report: Tossup, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: No Clear Favorite, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Democratic, Rothenberg Political Report: Pure Toss-Up, |
| St. Sen. Parker Griffith (D), optical physicist David Maker (D), |
salesman George C. Barry (R), '06 St. Sen. candidate / attorney Cheryl Baswell-Guthrie (R), musician Mark Huff (R), ex-St. Rep. Angleo "Doc" Mancuso (R), engineer Ray McKee (R), activist '94 & '96 nominee Wayne Parker (R), |
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6th Congressional District, 98.3 in '06, 8th term, Polls D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Republican, |
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Spencer T. Bachus, III (R), |
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7th Congressional District, 99.0% in '06, 3rd term, Polls D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Democratic, |
| Artur Earl Davis (D), |
No Republican |
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1. Link to Predictions:
2. D.C.'s Political Report's stars indicate the rating of the race from 1 star to 5 stars depending on its entertainment value.
The color indicates D.C.'s Political Report's prediction of the winning party.
= Democrat retain control, |
= Democrats take over control, |
= Republican retain control, |
= Republicans take over control, |
= Independent / 3rd Party retains control, |
= Independent / 3rd Party take over control |
| Bold indicates incumbent. |
Yellow district indicates open races. |
| Light Blue boxes indicates Democrats maintained control. |
Light Red boxes indicates Republicans maintained control. |
| Blue boxes indicates Democrats took control. |
Red boxes indicates Republicans took control. |
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