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Indiana Secretary of State - Elections Division
2008 Indiana Congressional and Statewide Races
Governor Primary Filing Deadline: 2/19/08, Primary Filing Deadline: 2/22/08, Primary: 5/6/08, Independent Filing Deadline: 6/30/08, 3rd Party Filing Deadline: 7/15/08, General Election 11/4/08,
Last Updated: May 7, 2008 |
| Predictions, Notes, List of State Parties, State Media, |
President, 59.9% in '04 for Bush, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating:  Republican, |
U.S. Sen. Hillary R. Clinton (D-NY) 50.7%,
U.S. Sen. Barack H. Obama (D-IL) 49.3%, |
U.S. Sen. John S. McCain, III (R-AZ) 77.6%,
ex-Gov. Mike Huckabee (R-AR) 10.0%, U.S. Rep. Ronald E. "Ron" Paul (R-TX) 7.7%, ex-Gov. W. Mitt Romney (R-MA) 4.8%, |
Libertarian nominee |
Governor 53.2% in '04, 1st term, next election in 2008, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Chris Cillizza: 2nd Most Likely Governor to Switch Parties, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Leans Republican, Cook Political Report: Lean Republican, Louis Jacobson's Rundown: Vulnerable, Rothenberg Political Report: Narrow Advantage Republican, Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball: Likely Republican, |
| ex-U.S. Rep. Jill L. Long Thompson (D), |
Mitchell E. "Mitch" Daniels, Jr. (R),
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Kathleen Petitjean (G), |
| engineer / '99 Indianapolis Mayor / 00 Libertarian nominee / '02 & '04 congressional nominee Andrew M. "Andy" Horning (L), |
Lt. Governor, 53.2% in '04, 1st term, Next election in 2008
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, |
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Becky Skillman (R), |
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Attorney General, 58.2% in '04, Next election in 2008, Steve Carter (R) retiring
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, |
| attorney Linda Pence (D), |
Mayor Jon Costas (R), Chief Deputy Attorney General Greg Zoeller (R), |
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Secretary of State, 51.1% in '06, 2nd term, next election in 2010
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, |
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Todd Rokita (R), |
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Treasurer, 51.9% in '06, 1st term, next election in 2010,
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, |
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Richard Mourdock (R), |
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Auditor, 51.1% in '06, 1st term, next election in 2010,
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, |
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Tim Berry (R), |
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School Superintendent, 56.1% in '04, Suellen Reed (R) retiring, Next election in 2008
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, |
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Clark County School Superintendent Tony Bennett (R), |
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Senator, 61.6% in '04, 2nd term, next election in 2010, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating:  Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Unrated, |
| Evan Bayh (D), |
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Senator, 87.4% in '06, 6th term, next election in 2012,
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Unrated, |
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Richard G. Lugar (R), |
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1st Congressional District, 69.6% in '06, 12th term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Democratic, |
| Peter J. Visclosky (D), |
carpenter / '00 candidate, '02, '04 and '06 nominee Mark J. Leyva (R), |
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2nd Congressional District, 54.0% in '06, 1st term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Democrat Favored, Cook Political Report: Likely Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Likely Democratic, Rothenberg Political Report: Democrat Favored, |
| Joseph S. Donnelly (D), |
businessman Luke Puckett (R), |
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3rd Congressional District, 52.3% in '06, 7th term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Likely Republican, |
| attorney Michael A. "Mike" Montagano (D), |
Mark E. Souder (R), |
Scott Wise (L), |
4th Congressional District, 62.4% in '06, 8th term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Republican, |
| attorney / '80 nominee Nels Ackerson (D), |
Stephen Buyer (R), |
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5th Congressional District, 65.0% in '06, 13th term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Republican, |
| Mary Etta Ruley (D), |
Dan Burton (R), |
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6th Congressional District, 60.0% in '06, 4th term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Republican, |
| '06 nominee / minister / teacher Barry A. Welsh (D), |
Mike Pence (R), |
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7th Congressional District, 54.1% in '08, Julia M. Carson (D) died on 12/14/07, 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, DCCC target, Rothenberg Political Report: Safe Democrat, |
| André D. Carson (D), |
'08 Special election nominee / St. Rep. Jon Elrod (R), |
'08 Special election nominee Sean Shepard (L), |
8th Congressional District, 61.0% in '06, 1st term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Democrat Favored, Cook Political Report: Likely Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Likely Democratic, Rothenberg Political Report: Safe Democrat, |
| Brad Ellsworth (D), |
lobbyist Greg Goode (R), |
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9th Congressional District, 50.0% in '06, 1st / 4th term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Leans Democratic, Cook Political Report: Lean Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Tossup, Rothenberg Political Report: Lean Democratic, NRCC Target, |
| Baron P. Hill (D), |
ex-U.S. Rep. Michael E. "Mike" Sodrel (R), |
Eric Schansberg (L), |
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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