Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth - Elections Division

2008 Massachusetts Congressional and Statewide Races 3rd Party Filing Deadline: 2/1/08, Presidential Primary: 2/5/08, Primary Filing Deadline: 6/3/08, Independent Filing Deadline: 8/26/08, Primary: 9/16/08, General Election 11/4/08, Last Updated: May 9, 2008
Predictions, Notes, List of State Parties, State Media,
President, 61.9% in '04 for Kerry, Polls D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic,
U.S. Sen. Hillary R. Clinton (D-NY) 56.16%, U.S. Sen. Barack H. Obama (D-IL) 40.80%, ex-U.S. Sen. John R. Edwards (D-NC) 1.59%, no preference 0.62%, U.S. Sen. Joseph R. "Joe" Biden, Jr. (D-DE) 0.29%, U.S. Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich (D-OH) 0.24%, ex-U.S. Sen. Maurice "Mike" Gravel (D-AK) 0.15%, Gov. William B. "Bill" Richardson (D-NM) 0.09%, U.S. Sen. Christopher J. "Chris" Dodd (D-CT) 0.07%,	ex-Gov. W. Mitt Romney (R-MA) 51.3%, U.S. Sen. John S. McCain, III (R-AZ) 41.01%, ex-Gov. Mike Huckabee (R-AR) 3.85%, U.S. Rep. Ronald E. "Ron" Paul (R-TX) 2.66%, ex-New York City Mayor Rudolph W. "Rudy" Giuliani (R-NY) 0.53%, no preference 0.38%, ex-U.S. Sen. Fred D. Thompson (R-TN) 0.19%, U.S. Rep. Duncan L. Hunter (R-CA) 0.05%, U.S. Rep. Thomas G. "Tom" Tancredo (R-CO) 0.03%,	Ralph Nader (I) 38.3%, ex-U.S. Rep. Cynthia A. McKinney (G-GA) 24.4%, activist Kat Swift (G-TX) 3.1%, Jared Arlen Ball (G-MD) 2.2%, Kent Philip Mesplay (G-CA) 2.0%, Elaine Brown (G-GA) withdrew 1.96%, no preference 10.0%, write in votes 14.1%, blank votes 4.0%,
Governor, 55.6% in '06, 1st term, next election in 2010, Polls D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic,
Deval L. Patrick (D),
Lt. Governor - Tied with Gov., 55.6% in '06, 1st term, next election in 2010, D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Rating: Democratic,
Timothy "Tim" Murray (D),
Attorney General, 73.0% in '06, 1st term, next election in 2010, D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic,
Martha Coakley (D),
Secretary of Commonwealth, 82.3% in '06, next election in 2010, D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic,
William F. Galvin (D),
Treasurer, 83.6% in '06, 2nd term, next election in 2010, D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic,
Timothy P. Cahill (D),
Auditor, 80.9% in '06, next election in 2006, D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic,
A. Joseph DeNucci (D),
Senator, 80.0% in '02, 3rd term, next election in 2008, Polls D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Cook Political Report: Solid Democrat, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Democratic, Rothenberg Political Report: Safe Democrat, Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball: Solid Democratic,
John F. Kerry (D), ex-Gloucester councilor Edward O'Reilly (D),	'06 congressional nominee / ex-Army Delta Force officer / ex-FBI agent / businessman Jeff Beatty (R), '07 congressional nominee / Air Force Lieutenant James "Jim" Ogonowski (R), '06 candidate / ex-Selectman / businessman Kevin Scott (R) dropped out of race,	Robert J. Underwood (L),
		William Estrada (SW),
Senator, 69.5% in '06, 10th term, next election in 2012, D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Unrated,
Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy (D),
1st Congressional District, 76.2% in '06, 9th term, Polls D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Democratic,
John W. Olver (D), Atttorney Robert Feuer (D),	Nathan Bech (R),
2nd Congressional District, unopposed in '06, 10th term, Polls D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Democratic,
Richard E. Neal (D),	No Republican
3rd Congressional District, unopposed 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,
James Patrick McGovern (D),	No Republican
4th Congressional District, unopposed in '06, 14th term, Polls D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Democratic,
Barney Frank (D),	No Republican
5th Congressional District, 51.3% in '07, 1st term, Polls D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Leans Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Likely Democratic,
Nicola S. "Niki" Tsongas (D),	No Republican
6th Congressional District, 70.0% 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,
John F. Tierney (D),	inventor Richard A. Baker, Jr. (R),
7th Congressional District, unopposed in '06, 16th term, might retire, Polls D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Democratic,
Edward J. "Ed" Markey (D),	No Republican
8th Congressional District, 91.0% in '06, 5th term, Polls D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Democratic,
Michael E. Capuano (D),	No Republican
9th Congressional District, 78.3% in '06, 4th term, Polls D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Democratic,
Stephen F. Lynch (D),	No Republican
10th Congressional District, 64.7% 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,
William D. Delahunt (D),	No Republican

1. Link to Predictions:

D.C.'s Political Report, Washington Post's Chris Cillizza, Campaign & Elections: Political Oddsmaker, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard, Cook Political Report, National Journal's Rankings, Roll Call's Outlook, Rothenberg Political Report, Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball,

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 Massachusetts Political Parties:

(A1) = America First Party (AI) = American Independent Party (Pagan) = American Pagan Party (AR) = American Reform Party (Com) = Communist Party (Cns) = Conservative Party (C) = Constitution Party (D) = Democratic Party (G) = Green-Rainbow Party (I) = independent candidates (IA) = Independent American Party (Labor) = Labor Party

(L) = Libertarian Party (NE) = New England Party (Pr) = Progressive Party (Pro) = Prohibition Party (R) = Republican Party (S) = Socialist Party (TS) = Timesizing.com Party (Whig) = Whig Party (WF) = Working Families Party (WW) = Workers World Party (WI) = Write-in candidates

4. Massachusetts Media Links:

Athol Daily News Bay Windows Berkshire Eagle Boston Globe Boston Herald Boston Phoenix Boston U. Daily Free Press Canton Citizen Cape Cod Times Dorchester Reporter Everett Independent Fall River Herald News Fitchburg Sentinel & Enterprise Gloucester Daily Times Haverhill Gazette Holden Landmark Jewish Advocate Lawrence Eagle-Tribune Lowell Sun

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