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Mississippi Secretary of State - Elections
2008 Mississippi Congressional Races
2011 Mississippi Statewide Races
Third Party Filing Deadline: 1/10/08, Independent Filing Deadline: 1/11/08, Primary Filing Deadline: 1/11/08, Presidential Primary Filing Deadline: 1/14/08, Primary: 3/11/08, Primary Run-off: 4/1/08, Presidential Filing Deadline: 9/5/08, General Election 11/4/08, General Run-off: 11/18/08,
Last Updated: May 13, 2008 |
| Predictions, Notes, List of State Parties, State Media, |
President, 59.7% in '04 for Bush, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating:  Republican, |
U.S. Sen. Barack H. Obama (D-IL) 60.6%,
U.S. Sen. Hillary R. Clinton (D-NY) 37.2%, ex-U.S. Sen. John R. Edwards (D-NC) 0.9%, U.S. Sen. Joseph R. "Joe" Biden, Jr. (D-DE) 0.4%, Gov. William B. "Bill" Richardson (D-NM) 0.3%, U.S. Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich (D-OH) 0.2%, U.S. Sen. Christopher J. "Chris" Dodd (D-CT) 0.2%, ex-U.S. Sen. Maurice "Mike" Gravel (D-AK) 0.1%, |
U.S. Sen. John S. McCain, III (R-AZ) 78.9%,
ex-Gov. Mike Huckabee (R-AR) 12.4%, U.S. Rep. Ronald E. "Ron" Paul (R-TX) 3.9%, ex-Gov. W. Mitt Romney (R-MA) 1.5%, ex-U.S. Sen. Fred D. Thompson (R-TN) 1.5%, ex-New York City Mayor Rudolph W. "Rudy" Giuliani (R-NY) 0.6%, ex-Amb. Alan L. Keyes (R-MD) 0.6%, U.S. Rep. Duncan L. Hunter (R-CA) 0.3%, U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-CO) 0.2%, |
Libertarian nominee |
| Green Party nominee |
| '04 VP nominee / Minister Chuck Baldwin (C-FL), |
Governor, 58.1% in '03, 2nd term, Next election in 2011, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, |
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Haley Barbour (R), |
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Lt. Governor, 58.7% in 2007, 1st term, next election in 2011, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, |
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Phil Bryant (R), |
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Attorney General, 59.6% in 2007, 3rd term, next election in 2011, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating:  Democratic, |
| Jim Hood (D), |
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Secretary of State, 58.5% in 2007, 1st term, next election in 2011, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, |
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Delbert C. Hosemann Jr. (R), |
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Treasurer, 60.7% in 2007, 2nd term, next election in 2011, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, |
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Tate Reeves (R), |
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Auditor, 55.4% in 2007, 2nd term, next election in 2011, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, |
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Stacey E. Pickering (R), |
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Agriculture & Commerce Commissioner, 50.8% in 2007, next election in 2011, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, |
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Lester Spell (R), |
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Insurance Commissioner, 56.8% in 2007, 1st term, next election in 2011, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating:  Republican, |
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Michael Jackson "Mike" Chaney (R), |
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Senator, 84.9% in '02, 5th term, next election in 2008, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Republican, Cook Political Report: Solid Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Republican, Rothenberg Political Report: Safe Republican, Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball: Solid Republican, |
| '06 nominee / St. Rep. Erik R. Fleming (D), |
W. Thad Cochran (R), |
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Senator, 63.6% in '06, C. Trent Lott (R) resigned 12/18/07 during 4th term, special election in 2008, next election in 2012 for full term,
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Republican Favored, Roll Call's Outlook: Likely Republican, Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball: Leans Republican, |
| ex-Gov. David R. "Ronnie" Musgrove (D), |
U.S. Rep. Roger F. Wicker (R), |
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1st Congressional District, 66.0% in '06, 7th term, Roger F. Wicker (R) appointed to the U.S. Senate, Polls
Special Election Filing Deadline: 3/7/08, Special Election: 4/22/08, Special Election Run-off: 5/13/08,
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: No Clear Favorite, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Republican, Rothenberg Political Report: Pure Toss-Up, |
| chancery clerk Travis W. Childers (D) 53.7%, |
Mayor Charles G. "Greg" Davis (R) 46.3%, |
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1st Congressional District, 66.0% in '06, 7th term, Roger F. Wicker (R) appointed to the U.S. Senate, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: No Clear Favorite, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Republican, Rothenberg Political Report: Pure Toss-Up, |
| chancery clerk Travis W. Childers (D), |
Mayor Charles G. "Greg" Davis (R), |
prof. John M. Wages, Jr. (G), |
| restaurant owner Wally Pang (I), |
2nd Congressional District, 64.1% in '06, 8th term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Democratic, |
| Bennie G. Thompson (D), |
Richard Cook (R), |
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3rd Congressional District, 77.7% in '06, Charles W. "Chip" Pickering Jr. (R) retiring after 6th term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Republican, |
| Pickens Alderman Joel L. Gill (D), |
Rankin County GOP Chairman Gregg Harper (R), |
'00 Senate candidate / '04 & '06 congressional candidate confederate heritage activist Jim Giles (I), |
4th Congressional District, 79.9% 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, |
| Gene Taylor (D), |
minister John McCay, III (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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