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Kansas Secretary of State - Elections and Legislative Matters Division
2008 Kansas Congressional and Statewide Races
Democrats Presidential Caucus: 2/5/08, Republican Presidential Caucus: 2/9/08, Primary Filing Deadline: 6/10/08, 3rd Party Nomination Deadline: 6/10/08, Independent Filing Deadline: 8/4/08, Independent Presidential Deadline: 8/5/08, Primary: 8/5/08, Deadline to fill Nominee Vacancy: 9/15/08, Write-in Deadline: 10/27/08, General Election: 11/4/08,
Last Updated: March 13, 2008 |
| Predictions, Notes, List of State Parties, State Media, |
President, 62.0% in '04 for Bush, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating:  Republican, |
U.S. Sen. Barack H. Obama (D-IL) 73.98%,
U.S. Sen. Hillary R. Clinton (D-NY) 25.76%, ex-U.S. Sen. John R. Edwards (D-NC) 0.14%, U.S. Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich (D-OH) 0.1%, uncommitted 0.02%, Gov. William B. "Bill" Richardson (D-NM) 0.00%, |
ex-Gov. Mike Huckabee (R-AR) 59.58%,
U.S. Sen. John S. McCain, III (R-AZ) 23.5%, U.S. Rep. Ronald E. "Ron" Paul (R-TX) 11.18%, ex-Gov. W. Mitt Romney (R-MA) 3.35%, Alan L. Keyes (R-MD) 1.48%, uncommitted 0.43%, ex-U.S. Sen. Fred D. Thompson (R-TN) 0.31%, ex-New York City Mayor Rudolph W. "Rudy" Giuliani (R-NY) 0.17%, |
Libertarian nominee |
Governor, 57.9% in '06, 2nd term, barred from 3rd term, next election in 2010, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating:  Democratic, |
| Kathleen Sebelius (D), |
Sec. of St. Ron Thornbourgh (R), |
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Lt. Governor - Tied with Gov., 57.9% in '06, 1st term, next election in 2010
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, |
| ex-GOP chair Mark Parkinson (D), |
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Attorney General, 58.5% in '06, Paul J. Morrison (D) resigned in 1st term, next election in 2010,
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, |
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Secretary of State, 63.6% in '06, next election in 2010
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, |
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Ron Thornbourgh (R), |
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Treasurer, 64.4% in '06, 2nd term, next election in 2010, might run for Governor
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, |
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Lynn Jenkins (R), |
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Insurance Commissioner, 63.0% in '06, 2nd term, next election in 2010
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, |
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Sandy Praeger (R), |
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Senator, 82.5% in '02, 2nd term, next election in 2008, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Republican Favored, Cook Political Report: Solid Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Republican, Rothenberg Political Report: Safe Republican, Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball: Solid Republican, |
| '04 nominee / ex-lobbyist Lee Jones (D), ex-U.S. Rep. James C. "Jim" Slattery (D), |
C. Patrick "Pat" Roberts (R) |
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Senator, 69.1% in '04, 3rd term, will retire, Next election in 2010,
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Unrated, |
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Samuel D. "Sam" Brownback (R), |
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1st Congressional District, 78.6% in '06, 6th term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Republican, |
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Jerry Moran (R), |
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2nd Congressional District, 50.6% in '06, 1st term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Chris Cillizza: One of the Most Likely Seats to Switch Parties, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: No Clear Favorite, Cook Political Report: Lean Democratic, Robert Novak: Likely GOP Target, Roll Call's Outlook: Tossup, Rothenberg Political Report: Pure Toss Up, NRCC Target, |
| Nancy Boyda (D), |
ex-U.S. Rep. Jim R. Ryun (R), St. Treas. Lynn Jenkins (R), activist Alan Cobb (R)?, |
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3rd Congressional District, 64.6% in '06, 5th 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: Lean Democratic, NRCC Target, |
| Dennis Moore (D), |
St. Sen. Nick Jordan (R), Joel Balam (R), |
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4th Congressional District, 63.5% 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, |
| St. Sen. Donald Betts (D), |
Todd Tiahrt (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. |
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