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Arkansas Secretary of State, Elections
2008 Arkansas Congressional and Statewide Races
Presidential Primary Filing Deadline: 11/19/07, Presidential Primary: 2/5/08, Filing Deadline: 3/10/08, Independent Filing Deadline: 5/1/08, Primary: 5/20/08, Run-Off: 6/10/08, 3rd Party Filing Deadline: 6/30/08, Independent Presidential Filing Deadline: 8/4/08, General Election 11/4/08,
Last Updated: April 9, 2008 |
| Predictions, Notes, List of State Parties, State Media, |
President, 54.3% in '04 for Bush, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating:  Democratic, |
U.S. Sen. Hillary R. Clinton (D-NY) 70.03%,
U.S. Sen. Barack H. Obama (D-IL) 26.24%, ex-U.S. Sen. John R. Edwards (D-NC) 1.87%, uncommitted 1.08%, Gov. William B. "Bill" Richardson (D-NM) 0.26%, U.S. Sen. Joseph R. "Joe" Biden, Jr. (D-DE) 0.16%, U.S. Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich (D-OH) 0.15%, ex-U.S. Sen. Maurice "Mike" Gravel (D-AK) 0.12%, U.S. Sen. Christopher J. "Chris" Dodd (D-CT) 0.09%, |
ex-Gov. Mike Huckabee (R-AR) 60.34%,
U.S. Sen. John S. McCain, III (R-AZ) 20.33%, ex-Gov. W. Mitt Romney (R-MA) 13.54%, U.S. Rep. Ronald E. "Ron" Paul (R-TX) 4.82%, uncommitted 0.42%, ex-New York City Mayor Rudolph W. "Rudy" Giuliani (R-NY) 0.29%, ex-U.S. Sen. Fred D. Thompson (R-TN) 0.28%, |
Libertarian Nominee |
| Uncommitted 55.28%, ex-U.S. Rep. Cynthia A. McKinney (G-GA) 20.32%, Jared Arlen Ball (G-MD) 10.55%, Kent Philip Mesplay (G-CA) 8.05%, activist Kat Swift (G-TX) 5.8%, |
| '04 VP nominee / Minister Chuck Baldwin (C-FL), |
Governor, 55.3% in '06, 1st term, next election in 2010, Polls,
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, |
| Mike D. Beebe (D), |
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Lt. Governor, 57.4% in '06, 1st term, next election in 2010,
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, |
| William A. "Bill" Halter (D), |
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Attorney General, 58.2% in '06, 1st term, next election in 2010,
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, |
| Dustin McDaniel (D), |
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Secretary of State, 61.5% in '06, 2nd term, next election in 2010,
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, |
| Charlie L. Daniels (D), |
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Treasurer, 59.5% in '06, 1st term, next election in 2010,
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, |
| Martha A. Shoffner (D), |
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Auditor, 84.8% in '06, 2nd term, next election in 2010
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, |
| Jim Wood (D), |
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Land Commissioner, 82.0% in '06, 2nd term, next election in 2010
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, |
| Mark Wilcox (D), |
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Senator, 53.9% in '02, 1st term, next election in 2008, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Democratic , Cook Political Report: Solid Democrat, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Democratic, Rothenberg Political Report: Safe Democrat, Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball: Solid Democratic, |
| Mark Pryor (D), |
No Republican |
attorney Rebekah J. Kennedy (G), |
merchant seaman Don Hamrick (WI), hog farmer Richard D. Percefull (WI), |
Senator, 55.9% in '04, 2nd term, next election in 2010
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Unrated, |
| Blanche Lambert Lincoln (D), |
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1st Congressional District, 69.2% in '06, 6th term, Polls,
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Democratic, |
| Marion Berry (D), |
No Republican |
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2nd Congressional District, 60.5% in '06, 6th term, Polls,
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Democratic, |
| Victor F. "Vic" Snyder (D), |
No Republican |
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3rd Congressional District, 62.2% in '06, 4th term, Polls,
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating:  Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Republican, |
| No Democrat |
John Boozman (R), |
grad student Abel Tomlinson (G), |
4th Congressional District, 74.5% in '06, 4th term, Polls,
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Democratic, |
| Mike Ross (D), |
No Republican |
attorney Joshua Drake (G), |
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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4. Arkansas Media Links:
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