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Kentucky State Board of Elections
2008 Kentucky Congressional Races
Filing Deadline: 1/29/08, Presidential Primary Deadline: 1/29/08, Primary: 5/20/08, Presidential Primary: 5/20/08, Independent Filing Deadline: 8/12/08, Presidential Independent Filing Deadline: 9/5/08, Write-In Filing Deadline: 10/24/08, General Election: 11/4/08,
Last Updated: April 30, 2008 |
| Predictions, Notes, List of State Parties, State Media, |
President, 59.6% in '04 for Bush, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating:  Democratic, |
| U.S. Sen. Hillary R. Clinton (D-NY), ex-U.S. Sen. John R. Edwards (D-NC), U.S. Sen. Barack H. Obama (D-IL), |
ex-New York City Mayor Rudolph W. "Rudy" Giuliani (R-NY), ex-Gov. Mike Huckabee (R-AR), ex-Amb. Alan L. Keyes (R-MD), U.S. Sen. John S. McCain, III (R-AZ), '88 Libertarian Party nominee / U.S. Rep. Ronald E. "Ron" Paul (R-TX), ex-Gov. W. Mitt Romney (R-MA), |
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Governor, 58.7% in '07, 1st term, next election in 2011, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democrat, |
| Steven L. "Steve" Beshear (D), |
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Lt. Governor, Tied with Gov., 1st term, 58.7%% in 2007, Next election in 2011, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democrat, |
| Daniel Mongiardo (D), |
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Secretary of State, 2nd term, 57.0% in 2007, Next election in 2011, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating:  Republican, |
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C. Merwin "Trey" Grayson, III (R), |
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Attorney General, 1st term, 60.5% in 2007, Next election in 2011, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, |
| Jack Conway (D), |
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Treasurer, 1st term, 57.5%% in 2007, Next election in 2011, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, |
| L.J. "Todd" Hollenbach, IV (D), |
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Auditor, 2nd term, 59.2% in 2007, Next election in 2011, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, |
| Eugenia Crittenden Blackburn "Crit" Luallen (D), |
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Agriculture Commissioner, 2nd term, 64.0% in 2007, Next election in 2011, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, |
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Richie Farmer (R), |
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Senator, 64.7% in '02, 4th term, next election in 2008, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Chris Cillizza: 10th Most Likely to Switch Party, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Republican Favored, Cook Political Report: Solid Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Republican, Rothenberg Political Report: Clear Advantage Republican, Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball: Solid Republican, |
| '03 & '07 Gov. candidate / businessman Bruce Lunsford (D), Dr. Michael Cassaro (D), businessman Greg Fischer (D), '04 & '06 congressional candidate James E. Rice (D), '06 congressional candidate / '88 Florida congressional candidate attorney / Navy vet. Kenneth Stepp (D), retired telephone line installer / '02 Congressional nominee / '04 Senate candidate / '07 Ag. Comm'r. nominee David Lynn Williams (D), ex-postal worker David Wylie (D), |
A. Mitchell "Mitch" McConnell (R),
truck driver Daniel Essek (R), |
ex-GOP Gov. nominee Former gubernatorial candidate Larry Forgy (I)?, |
Senator, 50.7% in '04, 2ndterm, Next election in 2010
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Unrated, |
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Jim Bunning (R), |
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1st Congressional District, 59.6% 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, |
| ex-non-profit exec. Heather A. Ryan (D), |
Edward "Ed" Whitfield (R), |
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2nd Congressional District, 55.4% in '06, Ron Lewis (R) retiring after 8th term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Likely Republican, Rothenberg Political Report: Republican Favored, |
| ex-St. Ag. Comm'r. / St. Sen. David E. Boswell (D), Co. Exec. Reid Haire (D), |
St. Sen. S. Brett Guthrie (R), |
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3rd Congressional District, 50.6% 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, NRCC Target, |
| John Yarmuth (D), |
Corley C. Everett (R), UPS employee Bob DeVore Jr. (R), '07 gubernatorial candidate / ex-U.S. Rep. Anne. M. Northup (R), developer / ex-prof. football player Chris Thieneman (R), |
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4th Congressional District, 51.7% in '06, 2nd term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Republican, |
| physician Michael Kelley (D), |
Geoffrey C. Davis (R),
contractor G. E. Puckett (R), UFO spotter Warren O. Stone (R), |
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5th Congressional District, 73.8% in '06, 14th term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Republican, |
| No Democrat |
Harold "Hal" Rogers (R), |
pilot Jim Holbert (I), |
6th Congressional District, 85.5% in '06, 2nd term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Democratic, |
| A.B. "Ben" Chandler III (D), |
businessman Gary Anthony "Tony" McCurdy (R), '07 Att. Gen. candidate / attorney Jon Larson (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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