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Montana Secretary of State - Election and Voter Information
2008 Montana Congressional and Statewide Races
Minor Party Filing Deadline: 3/13/08, Primary Filing Deadline: 3/20/08, Independent Filing Deadline: 3/20/08, Primary: 6/3/08, Independent Filing Deadline: 7/30/08, Presidential Filing Deadline: 8/20/08, General Election 11/4/08,
Last Updated: April 16, 2008 |
| Predictions, Notes, List of State Parties, State Media, |
President, 59.1% in '04 for Bush, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating:  Republican, |
| U.S. Sen. Hillary R. Clinton (D-NY), U.S. Sen. Barack H. Obama (D-IL), |
ex-Gov. W. Mitt Romney (R-MA) 38.34%,
U.S. Rep. Ronald E. "Ron" Paul (R-TX) 24.54%, U.S. Sen. John S. McCain, III (R-AZ) 21.96%, ex-Gov. Mike Huckabee (R-AR) 15.03%, ex-Amb. Alan L. Keyes (R-MD) 0.12%, |
Libertarian nominee |
| '04 VP nominee / Minister Chuck Baldwin (C-FL), |
Governor, 50.4% in '04, 1st term, Next election in 2008, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating:  Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Democrat Favored, Cook Political Report: Solid Democrat, Louis Jacobson's Rundown: Safe, Rothenberg Political Report: Safe Democrat, Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball: Solid Democratic, |
Brian Schweitzer (D),
teacher Don Pogreba (D), logger William A Fischer (D), |
St. Sen. Roy Brown (R), Larry H. Steele (R), |
Stan Jones (L), |
Lt. Governor, 50.4% in '04, 1st term, Next election in 2008,
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, |
John Bohlinger (D),
teacher Jason Neiffer (D), Steve White (D), |
businessman Steve Daines (R), Harold Luce (R), |
Michael Baker (L), |
Attorney General, unopposed in '04, Mike McGrath (D) barred from 3rd term, Next election in 2008,
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democrat |
| attorney Steve Bullock (D), St. Rep. John W. Parker (D), ex-St. Sen. Mike Wheat (D), |
attorney Timothy C. "Tim" Fox (R), attorney Lee Bruner (R), |
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Secretary of State, 51.0% in '04, 1st term, Next election in 2008,
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, |
| St. School Superintendent Linda McCulloch (D), |
Bradley S. "Brad" Johnson (R), |
Sieglinde Sharbono (C), |
Auditor, 55.9% in '04, John Morrison (D) barred from 3rd term, Next election in 2008,
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, |
| '06 congressional nominee ex-St. Rep. Monica J. Lindeen (D), |
Duane Grimes (R), |
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School Superintendent, 56.9% in '04, Linda McCulloch (D) barred from 3rd term, Next election in 2008
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic |
| Denise Juneau (D), St. Sen. Sam Kitzenberg (D), Claudette Morton (D), Holly Raser (D), |
Elaine Sollie Herman (R), |
Donald Eisenmenger (L), |
Senator, 62.7% in '02, 5th term, next election in 2008, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Democratic, Cook Political Report: Solid Democrat, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Democratic, Rothenberg Political Report: Safe Democrat, Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball: Solid Democratic, |
| Max Baucus (D), |
engineer Kirk Bushman (R), '88 Dem. candidate / '92 candidate / '96 Dem. Gov. candidate / '02 Green Senate nominee / '04 Green Gov. candidate / '06 candidate / attorney Bob Kelleher (R), St. Rep. Michael Lange (R), accountant Patty L. Lovaas (R), truck driver Anton A. Pearson (R), |
Steve Kelly (WI), |
Senator, 49.2% in '06, 1st term, next election in 2012,
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Roll Call's Outlook: Unrated, |
| Jon Tester (D), |
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At-Large Congressional District, 58.9% in '06, 4th term, Polls
D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Republican, Roll Call's Outlook: Safe Republican, |
| ex-St. House Speaker / '00 Senate candidate John Driscoll (D), retired Nat'l Guard Lt. Col. Jim Hunt (D), '02 candidate / '06 Senate candidate / farmer Robert G. "Bob" Candee (D), |
Dennis Rehberg (R), |
'00 Sec. of St. nominee / '98, '02, '04, '06 nominee Mike Fellows (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. |
3. Key to Montana Political Parties:
4. Montana Media Links:
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