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Maryland State Board of Elections
2008 Maryland Congressional and Statewide Races
Primary Filing Deadline: 12/3/07, Primary: 2/12/08, Filing Deadline: 8/4/08, Write-in Deadline: 10/29/08, General Election 11/4/08,
Last Updated: March 27, 2008 |
| Predictions, Notes, List of State Parties, State Media, |
President, 56.0% in '04 for Kerry, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating:  Democratic, |
U.S. Sen. Barack H. Obama (D-IL) 60.5%,
U.S. Sen. Hillary R. Clinton (D-NY) 35.9%, uncommitted 1.3%, ex-U.S. Sen. John R. Edwards (D-NC) 1.2%, U.S. Sen. Joseph R. "Joe" Biden, Jr. (D-DE) 0.4%, Gov. William B. "Bill" Richardson (D-NM) 0.2%, U.S. Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich (D-OH) 0.2%, ex-U.S. Sen. Maurice "Mike" Gravel (D-AK) 0.1%, U.S. Sen. Christopher J. "Chris" Dodd (D-CT) 0.09%, |
U.S. Sen. John S. McCain, III (R-AZ) 54.9%,
ex-Gov. Mike Huckabee (R-AR) 28.5%, ex-Gov. W. Mitt Romney (R-MA) 7.0%, U.S. Rep. Ronald E. "Ron" Paul (R-TX) 6.0%, ex-New York City Mayor Rudolph W. "Rudy" Giuliani (R-NY) 1.4%, ex-Amb. Alan L. Keyes (R-MD) 1.1%, ex-U.S. Sen. Fred D. Thompson (R-TN) 0.9%, U.S. Rep. Duncan L. Hunter (R-CA) 0.2%, U.S. Rep. Thomas G. "Tom" Tancredo (R-CO) 0.1%, |
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| Green Party nominee |
Governor, 52.7% in '06, 1st term, next election in 2010, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, |
| Martin O'Malley (D), |
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Lt. Governor - Tied with Gov., 53.1% in '06, 1st term, next election in 2010,
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, |
| Anthony G. Brown (D), |
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Attorney General, 61.0% in '06, 1st term, next election in 2010,
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, |
| Douglas F. Gansler (D), |
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Comptroller, 59.0% in '06, 1st term, next election in 2010,
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, |
| Peter V.R. Franchot (D), |
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Senator, 64.8% in '04, 4th term, Next election in 2010, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Unrated, |
| Barbara A. Mikulski (D), |
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Senator, 54.2% in '06, 1st term, next election in 2012,
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Unrated, |
| Benjamin L. "Ben" Cardin (D), |
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1st Congressional District, 68.8% in '06, 9th term, Wayne T. Gilchrest (R) defeated in Primary, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating:  Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Republican, |
| attorney Frank M. Kratovil Jr. (D), |
St. Sen. Andrew P. Harris (R), |
dentist Richard J. Davis (L), |
2nd Congressional District, 69.2% in '06, 3rd term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Democratic, |
| C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger (D), |
Richard Pryce Matthews (R), |
'02 Lt. Gov. nominee Lorenzo Gaztañaga (L), |
3rd Congressional District, 64.0% in '06, 1st term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Democratic, |
| John P. Sarbanes (D), |
insurance broker Thomas E. "Pinkston" Tom Harris (R), |
Charles McPeek (L)?, Sebastian Sassi (L), |
4th Congressional District, 80.7% in '06, 8th term, Albert R. Wynn (D) defeated in primary and resigned earlier, Polls
Special Election: 6/17/08
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Democratic, |
| '06 candidate / activist Donna Edwards (D), |
Peter James (R), |
Thibeaux Lincecum (L), |
5th Congressional District, 82.7% 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, |
| Steny H. Hoyer (D), |
school board member Collins Bailey (R), |
Darlene Nicholas (L), |
6th Congressional District, 59.0% 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, |
| ex-Frederick Mayor Jennifer Dougherty (D), |
Roscoe G. Bartlett (R), |
auto loan consultant Gary W. Hoover, Sr. (I), |
7th Congressional District, 98.1% in '06, 7th term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Democratic, |
| Elijah E. Cummings (D), |
dentist Michael Hargadon (R), |
Ronald Owens-Bey (L), |
8th Congressional District, 76.5% in '06, 3rd term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Democratic, |
| Christopher Van Hollen, Jr. (D), |
Steven Hudson (R), |
Benjamin Parker (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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4. Maryland Media Links:
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