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Iowa Secretary of State - Elections
2008 Iowa Congressional and Statewide Races
Presidential Caucuses: 1/3/08, Primary Filing Deadline: 3/14/08, Primary: 6/3/08, Independent Filing Deadline: 8/15/08, General Election 11/4/08,
Last Updated: March 14, 2008 |
| Predictions, Notes, List of State Parties, State Media, |
President, 49.9% in '04 for Bush, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating:  Democratic, |
U.S. Sen. Barack H. Obama (D-IL) 37.58%,
'VP 04 nominee / ex-U.S. Sen. John R. Edwards (D-NC) 29.75%, U.S. Sen. Hillary R. Clinton (D-NY) 29.47%, Gov. William B. "Bill" Richardson (D-NM) 2.11%, U.S. Sen. Joseph R. "Joe" Biden, Jr. (D-DE) 0.93%, uncommitted 0.14%, U.S. Sen. Christopher J. "Chris" Dodd (D-CT) 0.02%, ex-U.S. Sen. Maurice "Mike" Gravel (D-AK) 0.00%, '04 candidate / U.S. Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich (D-OH) 0.00%, |
ex-Gov. Mike Huckabee (R-AR) 34.3%,
ex-Gov. W. Mitt Romney (R-MA) 25.3%, ex-U.S. Sen. Fred D. Thompson (R-TN) 13.4%, U.S. Sen. John S. McCain, III (R-AZ) 13.1%, '88 Libertarian Party nominee / U.S. Rep. Ronald E. "Ron" Paul (R-TX) 10.0%, ex-New York City Mayor Rudolph W. "Rudy" Giuliani (R-NY) 3.5%, U.S. Rep. Duncan L. Hunter (R-CA) 0.4%, ex-Amb./ '04, '92 & '88 Senate nominee '96 & '00 Presidential candidate Alan L. Keyes (R-MD) 0.0%, |
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Governor, 54.0% in '06, 1st term, next election in 2010, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, |
| Chet Culver (D), |
businessman Bruce Rastetter (R)?, |
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Lt. Governor - Tied with Gov., 54.0% in '06, 1st term, next election in 2010
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, |
| Patty Judge (D), |
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Attorney General, unopposed in '06, next election in 2010
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, |
| Tom Miller (D), |
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Secretary of State, 53.6% in '06, 1st term, next election in 2010,
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, |
| Michael A. Mauro (D), |
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Treasurer, 100% in '06, next election in 2010
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, |
| Michael L. "Mike" Fitzgerald (D), |
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Auditor, 100% in '06, 2nd term, next election in 2010
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating:  Republican, |
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David A. Vaudt (R), |
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Agriculture Secretary, 51.3% in '06, 1st term, next election in 2010,
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republilcan, |
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Bill Northey (R), |
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Senator, 54.2% in '02, 5th 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, |
| Tom Harkin (D), |
ex-St. Rep. George S. Eichhorn (R), businessman Steve Rathje (R), Christopher Reed (R), |
Diana Newberry (SW), |
Senator, 70.2% in '04, 5th term, Next election in 2010,
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Unrated, |
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Charles E. Grassley (R), |
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1st Congressional District, 55.0% in '06, 1st term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Democratic, |
| Bruce Braley (D), |
St. Sen. David Hartsuch (R), |
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2nd Congressional District, 51.4% in '06, 1st term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Democratic, |
| David W. Loebsack (D), |
minister Lee Harder (R), ophthalmologist Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R), Funeral director Peter Teahen (R), |
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3rd Congressional District, 51.8% 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, |
Leonard L. Boswell (D),
'06 Gov. cand. / ex-St. Rep. Ed Fallon (D), |
ex-party counsel Kim Schmett (R), |
Frank Forrestal (SW), |
4th Congressional District, 57.2% in '06, 7th term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Republican, |
| activist Becky Greenwald (D), businessman Kurt Meyer (D), disabled Marine vet. William J. Meyers (D), Vice President of the Iowa Farmer’s Union Kevin Miskell (D), |
Tom Latham (R), |
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5th Congressional District, 58.4% in '06, 3rd term, might run for U.S. Senate, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Republican, |
| retired Rev. Rob Hubler (D), |
Steve King (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. |
3. Key to Iowa Political Parties:
4. Iowa Media Links:
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