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Colorado Department of State - Election Division
2008 Colorado Congressional and Statewide Races
Precinct Caucus: 2/5/08, 3rd Party Filing Deadline: 3/3/08, Primary Filing Deadline: 5/29/08, Primary Write-in Deadline: 6/6/08, Independents Filing Deadline: 6/17/08, Independents Presidential Filing Deadline: 6/17/08, Primary: 8/12/08, Write-in Deadline: 8/26/08, General Election 11/4/08,
Last Updated: May 17, 2008 |
| Predictions, Notes, List of State Parties, State Media, |
President, 51.7% in '04 for Bush, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating:  Republican, |
U.S. Sen. Barack H. Obama (D-IL) 66.21%,
U.S. Sen. Hillary R. Clinton (D-NY) 32.19%, uncommitted 1.04%, ex-U.S. Sen. John R. Edwards (D-NC) 0.08%, U.S. Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich (D-OH) 0.05%, Gov. William B. "Bill" Richardson (D-NM) 0.01%, ex-U.S. Sen. Maurice "Mike" Gravel (D-AK) 0.01%, U.S. Sen. Joseph R. "Joe" Biden, Jr. (D-DE) 0.00%, |
ex-Gov. W. Mitt Romney (R-MA) 60.11%,
U.S. Sen. John S. McCain, III (R-AZ) 18.39%, ex-Gov. Mike Huckabee (R-AR) 12.76%, U.S. Rep. Ronald E. "Ron" Paul (R-TX) 8.42%, ex-Amb. Alan L. Keyes (R-MD) 0.10%, ex-New York City Mayor Rudolph W. "Rudy" Giuliani (R-NY) 0.08%, U.S. Rep. Duncan L. Hunter (R-CA) 0.04%, ex-U.S. Sen. Fred D. Thompson (R-TN) 0.01%, |
Libertarian Nominee |
| Green Party Nominee |
| '04 VP nominee / Minister Chuck Baldwin (C-FL), |
Governor, 57.0% in '06, 1st term, next election in 2010, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating:  Democratic, |
| August William "Bill" Ritter, Jr. (D), |
ex-St. Sen. John Andrews (R)?, ex-U.S. Rep. / '06 nominee Bob Beauprez (R)?, ex-U.S. Sen. Hank Brown (R)?, ex-U.S. Rep. Scott McInnins (R)?, ex-Lt. Gov. Jane Norton (R)?, businessmna Pete Coors (R)?, St. Sen. Mark Hillman (R)?, St. Sen. Josh Penry (R)?, |
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Lt. Governor - Tied with Gov., 57.0% in '06, 1st term, next election in 2010
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, |
| Barbara O'Brien (D), |
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Attorney General, 52.5% in '06, 1st term, next election in 2010,
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, |
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John W. Suthers (R), |
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Secretary of State 50.8% in '06, 1st term, next election in 2010,
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, |
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Mike Coffman (R), |
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Treasurer, 51.3% in '06, 1st term, next election in 2010,
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, |
| Cary Kennedy (D), |
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Senator, 50.7% in '02, Wayne A. Allard (R) retiring after 2nd term, next election in 2008, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating:  Democratic, Chris Cillizza: 4th Most Likely Seats to Switch Party, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: No Clear Favorite, Cook Political Report: Toss Up, National Journal's Rankings: 3rd Most Likely to Switch Parties, Robert Novak: Leaning Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Tossup, Rothenberg Political Report: Toss Up, Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball: Leans Democratic, |
| U.S. Rep. Mark Udall (D), teacher Mark Benner (D)?, |
ex-U.S. Rep. / '04 candidate Robert W. "Bob" Schaffer (R), |
'04 congressional candidate Robert A. "Bob" Kinsey (G), |
Senator, 51.3 in '04, 1st term, Next election in 2010,
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Unrated, |
| Ken Salazar (D), |
ex-U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo (R)?, ex-U.S. Rep. Bob Beauprez (R)?, Att. Gen. John Suthers (R)?, St. Sen. Nancy Spence (R)?, radio host Dan Caplis (R)?, Steve Schuck (R)?, ex-Univ. Pres. Bruce Benson (R)?, ex-NFL QB John Elway (R)?, |
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1st Congressional District, 79.8% 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, |
| Dianna DeGette (D), |
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2nd Congressional District, 68.3% in '06, 5th term, Mark Udall (D) running for Senate in 2008, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Democratic, |
| St. Sen. Joan Fitz-Gerald (D), attorney / teacher / '96 Reform Party congressional candidate, '98 congressional candidate, '04 congressional candidate Larry E. Johnson (D)?, ex-St. Board of Education member Jared Polis (D), conservationist Will Shafroth (D), |
enigneer Scott Starin (R), ex-Co. Comm'r. Tom Stone (R), |
Unity Party co-founder Bill Hammons (I), |
3rd Congressional District, 61.6% in '06, 2nd term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Democratic, |
| John T. Salazar (D), |
Co. Comm'r. Wayne E. Wolf (R), |
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4th Congressional District, 45.6% in '06, 3rd term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Leans Republican, Cook Political Report: Lean Republican, Robert Novak: Likely Democratic Target, Roll Call's Outlook: Leans Republican, Rothenberg Political Report: Republican Favored, |
| congressional aide Betsy Markey (D), |
Marilyn N. Musgrave (R), |
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5th Congressional District, 59.6% in '06, 1st term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Republican, |
| Ret. USAF Lt. Col. Hal Bidlack (D), |
Doug Lamborn (R), '06 candidate Jeff Crank (R), '06 candidate Ret. USAF Maj. Gen. Bentley B. Rayburn (R), |
'06 write-in candidate / musician Rich Hand (Rfm), |
6th Congressional District, 58.6% in '06, 5th term, Tom Tancredo (R) ran for President, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Republican, Robert Novak: Leaning Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Republican, |
| Hank Eng (D), |
mortgage banker Will Armstrong (R), electrical engineer Pepito Castellanes (R), Sec. of St. Mike Coffman (R), St. Sen. Steve Ward (R), St. Sen. Ted Harvey (R), |
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7th Congressional District, 54.9% in '06, 1st term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Democratic, Rothenberg Political Report: Safe Democrat, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Democratic, |
| Ed Perlmutter (D), |
ex-Brighton School Board member Tom Janich (R)?, |
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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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