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Arizona Secretary of State - Election Department
2008 Arizona Congressional and Statewide Races
Presidential Primary Filing Deadline: 12/17/07, Presidential Primary: 2/5/08, New Party Filing Deadline 4/15/08, Primary Filing Deadline: 6/4/08, Independent Filing Deadline: 6/4/08, Independent Presidential Filing Deadline: 6/4/08, Primary Write-in Deadline: 7/24/08, Primary: 9/2/08, Write-In Deadline: 9/25/08, General Election: 11/4/08,
Last Updated: April 16, 2008 |
| Predictions, Notes, List of State Parties, State Media, |
President, 54.9% in '04 for Bush, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating:  Republican, |
U.S. Sen. Hillary R. Clinton (D-NY) 50.49%,
U.S. Sen. Barack H. Obama (D-IL) 42.12%, ex-U.S. Sen. John R. Edwards (D-NC) 5.30%, Gov. William B. "Bill" Richardson (D-NM) 0.63%, U.S. Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich (D-OH) 0.44%, Sandy Whitehouse (D-AZ) 0.14%, U.S. Sen. Christopher J. "Chris" Dodd (D-CT) 0.11%, Edward Dobson (D-AZ) 0.09%, ex-U.S. Sen. Maurice "Mike" Gravel (D-AK) 0.08, Richard Grayson (D-AZ) 0.07%, Col. Karl E. Krueger (D-SD) 0.06%, retiree Frank Lynch (D-FL) 0.05%, William Campbell (D-AZ) 0.05%, Chuck See (D-AZ) 0.05%, Libby Hubbard (D-AZ) 0.04, Michael Oatman (D-AZ) 0.04%, Rich Lee (D-WA) 0.04%, Peter "Simon" Bollander (D-AZ) 0.03%, '04 candidate Evelyn L. Vitullo (D-AZ) 0.03%, Philip Tanner (D-AZ) 0.03%, Tish Haymer (D-AZ) 0.02%, Balance Party candidate Orion Karl Daley (D-NY) 0.02%, Leland Montell (D-AZ) 0.02%, Loti Gest (D-AZ) 0.02, |
U.S. Sen. John S. McCain, III (R-AZ) 47.37%,
ex-Gov. W. Mitt Romney (R-MA) 34.26%, ex-Gov. Mike Huckabee (R-AR) 8.98%, U.S. Rep. Ronald E. "Ron" Paul (R-TX) 4.18%, ex-New York City Mayor Rudolph W. "Rudy" Giuliani (R-NY) 2.60%, ex-U.S. Sen. Fred D. Thompson (R-TN) 1.81%, U.S. Rep. Duncan L. Hunter (R-CA) 0.20%, ex-Amb. Alan L. Keyes (R-MD) 0.18%, John R. McGrath (R-AZ) 0.09%, Frank Edward McEnulty (R-CA) 0.06%, Sean "CF" Murphy (R-AZ) 0.05%, James Creighton "Mitch" Mitchell Jr. (R-IL) 0.03%, John Michael Fitzpatrick (R-NY) 0.03%, David Ruben (R-AZ) 0.02%, Michael Burzynski (R-AZ) 0.02%, '88 congressional candidate / retired Gen. Jerry R. Curry (R-VA) 0.02%, '02 Senate candidate / '04 & '06 Congressional candidate / dentist / fugitive Jack Shepard (R-MN) 0.01%, Robert L. "Bob" Forthan (R-OR) 0.01%, Michael P. Shaw (R-AZ) 0.01%, Hugh Cort, III (R-AL) 0.01, Rick Outzen (R-FL) 0.01%, businessman Daniel A. "Dan" Gilbert (R-NC) 0.01%, Charles Skelley (R-AZ) 0.01, Rhett R. Smith (R-TX) 0.01%, |
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Governor, 62.6% in '06, 2nd term, Napolitano barred from 3rd term, next election in 2010, Polls,
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating:  Democratic, |
Janet Napolitano (D),
Mayor Phil Gordon (D), |
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Secretary of State, 57.2% in '06, 2nd term, next election in 2010
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, |
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Jan Brewer (R), |
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Attorney General, 60.2% in'06, 2nd term, next election in 2010
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, |
| Samuel P. "Terry" Goddard (D), |
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Treasurer, 56.7% in '06, 1st term,
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, |
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Dean Martin (D), |
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Superintendent of Schools, 53.7% in'06, 2nd term, next election in 2010
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, |
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Tom Horne (R), |
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Mine Inspector, unopposed in '06, 1st term, next election in 2010,
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, |
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Joe Hart (R), |
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Senator, 76.7% in '04, 4th term, Next election in 2010, running for President, Polls,
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Unrated, |
| real estate developer Jim Pederson (D)?, U.S. Rep. Ed Pastor (D)?, Att. Gen. Terry Goddard (D)?, |
John McCain, III (R),
attorney Grant Woods (R), attorney Patrick McGroder (R), congressional aide Deb Gullett (R), Sec. of St. Jan Brewer (R), retiring U.S. Rep. John Shadegg (R), |
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Senator, 53.3% in '06, 3rd term, next election in 2012,
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Unrated, |
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Jon Kyl (R), |
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1st Congressional District, 51.8% in '06, Richard G. "Rick" Renzi (R) retiring after 3rd term, Polls,
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating:  Democratic, Chris Cillizza: 9th Most Likely Seat to Switch Parties, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: No Clear Favorite, Cook Political Report: Toss Up, Roll Call's Outlook: Tossup, Rothenberg Political Report: Pure Toss Up, Robert Novak: Likely Democratic Target, |
| Jeffrey Brown (D), ex-St. Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick (D), attorney Howard M. Shanker (D), ex-TV reporter Mary Kim Titla (D), |
'02 candidate / trade assoc. exec. dir.. Sydney Ann Hay (R), businessman Preston Korn (R), St. Rep. Andrew M. "Andy" Tobin (R), |
Brent Geer Maupin (I), |
2nd Congressional District, 58.6% 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, |
| John Thrasher (D), |
Trent Franks (R), |
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3rd Congressional District, 59.3% in '06, 7th term, Polls,
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Republican Favored, Roll Call's Outlook: Likely Republican, |
| Bob Lord (D), |
John Shadegg (R),
ex-St. Rep. Steve May (R)?, |
Annie Loyd (I), |
4th Congressional District 72.5% in '06, 9th term, Polls,
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Democratic, |
| Ed Pastor (D), |
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5th Congressional District, 50.4% in '06, 1st term, Polls,
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Leans Democratic, Cook Political Report: Lean Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Leans Democratic, Rothenberg Political Report: Lean Democratic, NRCC Target, |
| Harry E. Mitchell (D), |
ex-St. Rep. Mark Anderson (R),
ex-St. Rep. / ex-St. Sen. Laura Knaperek (R),
lobbyist Jim Ogsbury (R),
ex-Co. Treas. David Schweikert (R),
'00 candidate Susan Bitter Smith (R),
St. Rep. Michele Reagan (R)?,
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6th Congressional District, 74.8% 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, |
| author Richard Grayson (D), |
Jeffrey Flake (R), |
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7th Congressional District, 61.1% 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, |
| Raul M. Grijalva (D), |
pastor Gene Chewning (R), |
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8th Congressional District, 54.3% in '06, 1st term, Polls,
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Leans Democratic, Cook Political Report: Likely Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Likely Democratic, Rothenberg Political Report: Lean Democratic, NRCC Target, |
| Gabrielle "Gabby" Giffords (D), |
St. Sen. Timothy S. Bee (R), |
veteran Derek Tidball (I), |
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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