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Connecticut Secretary of State - Election Services Division
2008 Connecticut Congressional and Statewide Races
Presidential Primary Filing Deadline: 12/17/07, Presidential Primary: 2/5/08, Party Endorsements Deadline: 5/08, Primary Filing Deadline: 5/3/08 (14 days after convention), Independent / Minor Party Filing Deadline: 8/6/08, Independent / Minor Party Presidential Filing Deadline: 8/6/08, Primary: 8/12/08, General Election 11/4/08,
Last Updated: May 10, 2008 |
| Predictions, Notes, List of State Parties, State Media, |
President, 54.3% in '04 for Kerry, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating:  Democratic, |
U.S. Sen. Barack H. Obama (D-IL) 50.70%,
U.S. Sen. Hillary R. Clinton (D-NY) 46.66%, ex-U.S. Sen. John R. Edwards (D-NC) 0.97%, uncommitted 0.86%, U.S. Sen. Christopher J. "Chris" Dodd (D-CT) 0.26%, U.S. Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich (D-OH) 0.24%, U.S. Sen. Joseph R. "Joe" Biden, Jr. (D-DE) 0.12%, Gov. William B. "Bill" Richardson (D-NM) 0.12%, ex-U.S. Sen. Maurice "Mike" Gravel (D-AK) 0.08%, |
U.S. Sen. John S. McCain, III (R-AZ) 52.0%,
ex-Gov. W. Mitt Romney (R-MA) 32.9%, ex-Gov. Mike Huckabee (R-AR) 7.0%, U.S. Rep. Ronald E. "Ron" Paul (R-TX) 4.1%, ex-New York City Mayor Rudolph W. "Rudy" Giuliani (R-NY) 1.6%, uncommitted 1.6%, ex-U.S. Sen. Fred D. Thompson (R-TN) 0.4%, ex-Amb. Alan L. Keyes (R-MD) 0.2%, U.S. Rep. Duncan L. Hunter (R-CA) 0.1%, |
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Governor, 63.2% in '06, 2nd term, next election in 2010, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating:  Democratic, |
| St. Rep. James A. Amann (D), Att. Gen. Richard "Dick" Blumenthal (D), Sec. of St. Susan Bysiewicz (D), '06 nominee / Mayor John DeStefano, Jr. (D), '06 candidate / Mayor Dannel P. Malloy (D), |
M. Jodi Rell (R),
Lt. Gov. Michael Fedele (R), |
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Lt. Governor - Tied with Gov., 63.2% in '06, 1st term, next election in 2010,
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, |
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Michael Fedele (R), |
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Attorney General, 74.1% in '06, next election in 2006
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, |
| Richard "Dick" Blumenthal (D), |
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Secretary of State, 69.8% in '06, next election in 2010, 3rd term,
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, |
| Susan Bysiewicz (D), |
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Treasurer, 64.1% in '06, next election in 2010
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, |
| Denise L. Nappier (D), |
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Comptroller, 64.4% in '06 next election in 2010
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, |
| Nancy Wyman (D), |
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Senator, 66.3% in '04, 5th term, next election in 2010, running for President and will not seek re-election, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Unrated, |
| Christopher J. Dodd (D), |
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Senator, 49.7% in '06, 4th term, next election in 2012,
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Unrated, |
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Joseph I. "Joe" Lieberman (I), |
1st Congressional District, 74.4% in '06, 5th term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Democratic, |
| John B. Larson (D), |
council member Joseph Visconti (R), |
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2nd Congressional District, 50.0% 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: Safe Democratic, |
| Joseph "Joe" Courtney (D), |
ex-FEMA official Sean Sullivan (R), |
Daniel Reale (L), |
| Todd Vachon (S), |
3rd Congressional District, 76.0% 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, |
| Rosa L. DeLauro (D), |
acupuncturist Boaz Itshaky (R), |
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4th Congressional District, 51.0% in '06, 10th term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating:  Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Leans Republican, Cook Political Report: Lean Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Tossup, Rothenberg Political Report: Lean Republican, DCCC Target, |
activist Jim Himes (D),
Lee Whitnum (D), |
Christopher Shays (R), |
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5th Congressional District, 56.5% 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: Leans Democratic, Rothenberg Political Report: Democrat Favored, NRCC Target, |
| Christopher S. "Chris" Murphy (D), |
St. Sen. David J. Cappiello (R), |
Harold Burbank (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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