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District of Columbia Board of Elections and Ethics
2008 District of Columbia Congressional and City wide Races
Presidential Primary Filing Deadline: 12/14/07, Presidential Primary: 2/12/08, Congressional Filing Deadline: 8/27/08, City Filing Deadline: 7/08, Independent Filing Deadline: 8/27/08, Primary: 9/9/08, General Election 11/4/08,
Last Updated: February 12, 2008 |
| Predictions, Notes, List of State Parties, State Media, |
President, 89.2% in '04 for Kerry, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating:  Democratic, |
U.S. Sen. Barack H. Obama (D-IL) 75.31%,
U.S. Sen. Hillary R. Clinton (D-NY) 23.77%, uncommitted 0.27%, ex-U.S. Sen. John R. Edwards (D-NC) 0.28%, U.S. Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich (D-OH) 0.16%, Gov. William B. "Bill" Richardson (D-NM) 0.12%, write in votes 0.09%, |
U.S. Sen. John S. McCain, III (R-AZ) 67.59%,
ex-Gov. Mike Huckabee (R-AR) 16.42%, U.S. Rep. Ronald E. "Ron" Paul (R-TX) 7.95%, ex-Gov. W. Mitt Romney (R-MA) 6.41%, ex-New York City Mayor Rudolph W. "Rudy" Giuliani (R-NY) 1.63%, |
Cynthia A. McKinney (G-GA) 41.07%,
No Candidate 10.75%, Howie Hawkins (G-NY) 6.53%, Kat Swift (G-TX) 4.03%, Jared Arlen Ball (G-MD) 3.65%, Kent Philip Mesplay (G-CA) 3.26%, Jesse Johnson (G-WV) 2.88%, write in votes 27.83%, Elaine Brown (G-GA) withdrew, |
Mayor, 88.6% in '06, 1st term, next election in 2010, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, |
| Adrian M. Fenty (D), |
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D.C. Council Chair, 97.8% in '06, 1st term, next election in 2010,
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, |
| Vincent C. Gray (D), |
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Two D.C. Council At-Large Seats, 55.4% for Brown, 30.9% for Schwartz in '04, Next election in 2008
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic,  Republican
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| Kwame Brown (D), |
Carol Schwartz (R), |
Sam Manuel (SW), |
Two D.C. Council At-Large Seats, 50.6% for Mendelson and 32.5% for Catania in '06, next election in 2010,
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic,  Independent, |
| Phil Mendelson (D), |
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David A. Catania (I), |
President of Board of Education, 43.8% in '06, 1st term, next election in 2010, 1st term,
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, |
| Robert C. Bobb |
Delegate to Congress, 97.3% in '06, 9th term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, |
| Eleanor Holmes Norton (D), |
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Seth Dellinger (SW), |
Shadow Senator, 77.3% in '02, 2nd term, next election in 2008
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, |
| Paul Strauss (D), |
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Shadow Senator, 84.2% in '06, next election 2012, 1st term,
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, |
| Michael D. Brown (D), |
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Shadow Representative, 77.5% in '06,
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, |
| Mike "Ice Man" Panetta (D), |
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1. Link to Predictions:
D.C.'s Political Report,
Washington Post's Chris Cillizza,
Campaign & Elections: Political Oddsmaker,
Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard,
Cook Political Report,
Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball,
Roll Call Analysis,
National Journal's Chuck Todd,
Rothenberg Political Report,
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. |
3. Key to District of Columbia Political Parties:
4. District of Columbia Media Links:
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