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Idaho Secretary of State - Election Division
2008 Idaho Congressional and Statewide Races
Democratic Presidential Caucus: 2/5/08, Primary Filing Deadline: 3/21/08, Presidential Primary Filing Deadline: 3/21/08, Primary Withdrawal Deadline: 4/14/08, Primary Write-in Deadline: 5/13/08, Primary: 5/27/08, Republican Presidential Primary: 5/27/08, Independent Filing Deadline: 8/24/08, Third Party Deadline: 8/30/08, Withdrawal Deadline: 9/7/08, Write-in Deadline: 10/21/08, General Election: 11/4/08,
Last Updated: May 14, 2008 |
| Predictions, Notes, List of State Parties, State Media, |
President, 68.4% in '04 for Bush, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating:  Republican, |
Caucus Results
U.S. Sen. Barack H. Obama (D-IL) 79.53%,
U.S. Sen. Hillary R. Clinton (D-NY) 17.22%, uncommitted 2.6%, ex-U.S. Sen. John R. Edwards (D-NC) 0.65%,
Primary Results
U.S. Sen. Barack H. Obama (D-IL), U.S. Sen. Hillary R. Clinton (D-NY), Keith Russell Judd (D-TX), |
U.S. Sen. John S. McCain, III (R-AZ), U.S. Rep. Ronald E. "Ron" Paul (R-TX), |
Libertarian nominee |
| '04 VP nominee / Minister Chuck Baldwin (C-FL), |
Governor, 52.7% in '06, 1st term, next election in 2010, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, |
| '02 Nevada congressional candidate / businessman W. Lane Stratin (D), |
C.L. "Butch" Otter (R), |
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Lt. Governor, 58.3% in '06, 2nd term, next election in 2010,
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, |
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James E. "Jim" Risch (R), |
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Attorney General, 61.7% in '06, 2nd term, next election in 2010
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, |
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Lawrence G. Wasden (R), |
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Secretary of State, unopposed in '06, 2nd term, next election in 2010
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, |
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Ben Ysursa (R), |
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Controller / Auditor, 58.5% in '06, 1st term, next election in 2010,
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, |
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Donna M. Jones (R), |
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Treasurer, 64.3% in '06, 3rd term, next election in 2010
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, |
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Ron G. Crane (R), |
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Superintendent of Schools, 51.3% in '06, 1st term, next election in 2010
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, |
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Tom Luna (R), |
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Senator, 65.2% in '02, Larry E. Craig (R) resigning during 2nd term, next election in 2008, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Republican, Cook Political Report: Solid Republican, Robert Novak: Leaning Republican Retention, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Republican, Rothenberg Political Report: Safe Republican, Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball: Solid Republican, |
| ex-U.S. Rep. / '06 Lt. Gov. nominee Larry LaRocco (D), tribal attorney David J. Archuleta (D), |
teacher Fred M. Adams (R), teacher Bill Hunter (R), machinist Brian E. Hefner (R), businessman Richard Phenneger (R), ex-Gov. / Lt. Gov. James E. "Jim" Risch (R), California realtor Hal James Styles, Jr. (R), realtor Scott A. Syme (R), school board trustee Neal Thompson (R), |
businessman Kent A. Marmon (L), |
| '06 Gubernatorial candidate Marvin "Pro-Life" Richardson (I), |
| rancher Rex Rammell (I), |
Senator, unopposed in '04, 2nd term, Next election in 2010
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Unrated, |
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Michael D. Crapo (R), |
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1st Congressional District, 49.9% in '06, 1st term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Republican Favored, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Republican, Robert Novak: Likely Democratic Target, |
| '96 Senate nominee millionaire Walt Minnick (D), |
William T. "Bill" Sali (R), Iraqi vet. Matthew "Matt" Salisbury (R), |
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2nd Congressional District, 62.0% in '06, 5th term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Republican, |
| real estate agent Deborah Holmes (D), '02 Senate candidate / realtor David P. "Dave" Sneddon (D), |
Michael K. "Mike" Simpson (R),
'00 Democratic candidate Jack Wayne Chappell (R), businessman Gregory Nemitz (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 Idaho Political Parties:
4. Idaho Media Links:
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